The Welsh Photographic Federation
Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
Allan Squires, deputy chair at Gwynfa Camera Club, has heard that he has been awarded an ADPS (Associate of the Disabled Photographers Society) to go with his AWPF. His panel was 15 photographs of paint sculptures. Allan described himself as being “well chuffed”.
Val Shepherd of Gwynfa Camera Club has been selected as one of the runners-up in the Creative Compositions competition in Outdoor Photography magazine (Edition 173, out next week). The shot, which can be seen below, is the type that Val really enjoys taking, involving colour, texture, & pattern in wood. Well done Val! We hope the old man is not too jealous 
The 2013 AWPF Distinctions were held at Talbot Green on Sunday 10th November and out of the 12 who entered 5 were successful. Congratulations go to ;-
Joanne Searle AWPF of Kinswood photographic Society
David Jones AWPF of Conwy Camera Club
Cliff Emery AWPF of Neath Photographic Society
Vince Penticost AWPF of Western Valley Camera Club
Angie Jones AWPF of Towy Valley Camera Club
The panels can be seen here.
The funeral of P O Davies will be held at 10:40 am on Tuesday 26 November 2013 at Llwydcoed Crematorium, Aberdare, CF44 0DJ. At Phil’s request there will be no flowers or hymns, so it will be a short committal service.
Phil Davies, from Mountain Ash, passed away at the age of 87 on 14th November 2013 at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil. Phil, formerly a long standing member of Aberdare Camera Club, was one of South Wales’ early pioneers of Audio Visual. Some may remember him with Nigel Flowers and David Hawkins carrying Kodak Carousels and loads of kit to give shows at camera clubs throughout South Wales.
At Pixels 2013 Jan Cawley presented the awards to the highest aggregate scorers in each section of the recent Welsh International Salon of Photography. The awards went to:
Coltrane Koh (General), Alan Shepherd (Photo Travel), Ian Munro (Experimental) and Alan Coles (Nature).
Congratulations to all four!
We have received a sad message from Lynn Phillips at Amman Valley Camera Club.
With great sadness I wish to inform you that Dai Evans passed away yesterday after a short illness. He was a founder member of the Amman Valley Camera Club when it was formed in 1967 and was our Chairman for the last 30 years.
Dai was well known throughout the WPF for his unique style of photography for which he was awarded Associate-ships of both the Royal Photographic Society and the Welsh Photographic Federation.
He will be sorely missed by all at the Amman Valley Camera Club.
Dai is survived by his children Huw and Susan and their families.
Dai’s funeral will be held at Swansea Crematorium on Thursday 7 November at 12:30.
Congratulations to all those with acceptances and awards in the recent Welsh International Salon.
We will publish full details as soon as we have them.
We’ve just received some sad news from Mel O’Brien, Secretary of Caerphilly Camera Club.
One of their long standing members, Brian George, passed away on Monday 22nd July. Brian was chairman of the club for over 20 years and one of its founder members over 60 years ago. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to attend the club in recent years to illness but is fondly remembered by the older members.
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Ainslie was born into the family home in Swansea in 1930 joining a brother. He attended Leeds private school before going on to Aberystwyth University where he obtained an honours degree in Botany. After university he joined the family business of coopers, hauliers and property owners in the Swansea Area. He lived in the same house throughout his life.
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