FIAP Gold Medal for Alan Shepherd

Hearty congratulations to Alan Shepherd AWPF ARPS AFIAP of Gwynfa Camera Club who had a FIAP Gold Medal for his photo “Empty Table” in the 2011 Ecological Truth International Salon in Serbia.

Congratulations (again) to Jenny Hibbert

Very well done to Jenny Hibbert AWPF MPAGB who had a print accepted in the RPS Print Exhibition. There were 2500 prints entered & they chose 123 so to have a print accepted is marvellous. The print accepted was Hard Times for Polar Bears.

Colin Kelly gets his CPAGB

Many congratulations to Colin Kelly, of Neath Photographic Society on his CPAGB accreditation success. This was Colin,s second attempt at a CPAGB distinction and his panel of prints scored consistently well under the careful scrutiny of six critical judges.Well done Colin!

Inn Focus Win 2011 Premier League

Inn Focus have won the South Wales Premier League for Photography by defeating Bargoed by 265 points to 259. It was a close contest excellently judged by Les Loosemoore with superb images on show throughout the evening. It ended Bargoed’s run of winning the title for the past three seasons. Tom Dee of Inn Focus said ‘following on from our Salon results this puts the icing on the cake for us’.

Congratulation to Ian Ledgard

Ian Ledgard has gained a Galaxy 1 Award in the PSA Colour Projected Image Division. The qualifying requirements being at least 363 acceptances with 121 different images. Ian is the first person from Wales to gain a Galaxy in any PSA Division. Well done!

2011 FIAP Awards for 15 WPF Photographers

We are very pleased to be able to announce that all the 2010 FIAP Distinction application results have been received and many congratulations go to the following members;

Those who have achieved their EFIAP are:- Robert Lloyd, Jill Baxter, Andrew Baxter, Phillip Davies and Jan Cawley.

Those who have achieved their AFIAP are:- Graham Davies, Dennis Russ, Haydn Thomas, Martyn Pinches, Leigh Woolford, Alan Shepherd, Tim Knifton, Gary Shinner, Karl Mullen & David Edwardes.

Well done to everyone. Also thanks to Jan Cawley for taking care of the applications and for being the bearer of such good tidings.