The 2018 Welsh Salon Exhibition has now closed. It ran throughout June 2018.
Thanks to Steve Littlewood of Gwynfa for these photographs to remind us of the opening day.
A gentle reminder to all clubs
When you invite a judge or a presenter to your club please:-
Keep club business short – i.e. not longer than 5 minutes. If you have a lot of club business then please attend to it during the tea break.
Please ensure that guest speakers get the full amount of time as they will have prepared their presentations to fit the available time and it is not easy for them to change the timings if you start late (and then expect them to finish on time).
If there are a lot of pictures to be judged, or you are informed that the presentation is long, then please keep the tea break as short as possible.
This post is in response to several observations from judges and presenters.
Ed Cloutman (WPF Judges and Presenters Secretary).
The WPF in 1958 Amateur Photographer
Thanks to Johnnie Rogers who spotted this article from 5th March 1958 whilst browsing through some old ‘Amateur Photographer’ magazines. It seems feedback from clubs in Wales had waned and Amateur Photographer hoped to revive interest in its weekly column.
The WPF came into being in 1951 and was initially a Federation covering the whole of Wales. Later, in the early 1970s we think, the clubs in North Wales split away to form the NWPA. A full list of WPF Past Presidents can be found on our history page here.
If you have any interesting information about the history of the Federation, please let us know
Lampeter Convention becomes Carmarthen Conference
The WPF Lampeter Convention is moving to a new venue and has become the WPF Carmarthen Conference.
The new venue is The Halliwell Centre, University of Wales, Trinity St David, College Road, Carmarthen. SA31 3EP.
This year’s dates are Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2018. Full weekend (2 nights and 2 days inc. Friday & conference dinner) is just £170. Saturday & Sunday (1 night and 2 days inc. conference dinner) is £120. Day visitors £40 (Conference Dinner £21 supplement).
More information about the location, speakers and events can be seen here.
New talks and New Email from Chris Warren
Chris Warren has a new email address of chris@chriswarrenimages.co.uk and also has a new selection of Presentations:
The World of Long Exposure and the Twilight Zone
A Photo Quiz, for all.
Look before you enter – Competitions
Novices, and a reminder for others
Shooting for a theme – Trees
A presentation fee, plus travel is charged. See our presenters page for full details.
Graham Jones
Sad news from Des Daughton at Trostre CC..
It is with sadness and deep regret that I have to inform you of the death of our dear friend Graham Jones, Upper Tumble.
In his time a staunch member of the Trostre Camera Club who will be greatly missed not only for his photography but for his slant on different matters, his great advice and also for his wry sense of humour.
May he rest in peace.
Congratulations to Sue Ashford ARPS
We are also pleased to annouce that Sue Ashford of Swansea CC recently became an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS).
Our congratulations go to her.
2019 Welsh Salon Exhibition
The Salon Exhibition this year is in the The Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare, CF44 8DL. It runs throughout May.
Opening hours:
Sunday and Monday Closed
Tuesday 10am–4pm
Wednesday 10am–4pm
Thursday 10am–4pm
Friday 10am–4pm
Saturday 10am–4pm
The official opening and awards presentations are on Saturday 4th May 2.00pm.
Results from the 2018 Welsh Salon
Here are the full results from the 2018 Welsh Salon of Photography.
Congratulations to everyone who gained an acceptance.
Salon Results Posted
Hi All
At last 2018 Welsh Salon results are out and all entrants should have received an email of their results. Apologies that due to a short spell in hospital they were delayed
Congratulations to all who had acceptances and awards. This year the standard was very high with many PDIs and prints scoring 12 or over. In most internationals 12 is enough for an acceptance, and sometimes 11 is the bench mark. In our salon all the PDIs that scored 12 and over were accepted. However, with the prints we had to have an in/out with those scoring 12 or we would have ended up with more than the number it is possible to exhibit (a maximum of 150 prints).
On the day I commented that it was a shame that some of those 12s that didn’t get selected were unlucky as some of them were really good. I was immediately corrected by the judging panel who said ALL those scoring 12 (whether accepted or not) were really good.
The salon exhibition will be held this year in the Volcano Theatre, High Street, Swansea in June. We’ll announce full details and the official opening date later.
It was a great weekend and I would like to thank all who helped out to make it so.
Again sorry for the unavoidable delay.
Cliff Emery (Salon Chairman)