PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit
The next adjudication is scheduled for the weekend of 22/23 November 2025 in Kingston on Thames. Lack of support has made cancellation a distinct possibility. Update – This has now been cancelled.
Should you be thinking of seeking one of the PAGB’s distinctions, (Badge, Credit, Distinction, Excellence or Master), please contact me to discuss your options. Please do so quickly as the PAGB has to pay a 20% deposit for the venue, imminently, and that will be the point at which the decision to cancel will need to be taken.
Peter Young HonPAGB – WPF Awards Officer – pagbapm@thewpf.co.uk
Recent PSA Salon Successes
Here is the list of people whom have had continued successes in PSA Salons from April 2025 to the end of June 2025.
- Paul James – Gold Medal x2 / Bronze medal x1 / Merit x2 / Judges Choice x4 Diploma x2 HM’s x7 Plus an impressive silver medal for the Architecture theme competition 2025 season.
- Kev Robertson – Jury Choice x3 / Merit x1 / Ribbon x1
- Rhodri Phillips – Silver medal x1 / Bronze Medal x1 / Diploma x1 / Jury choice x1
- Sian Davies – Ribbon x1 / Jury Choice x1 / HM’s x2
- Ian Ledgard – Gold Medal x2 / Circuit Gold x1 / Medal x1 / Diploma x1 / Merits x4 / HM’s x4
- Gary Shinner – Judges Choice x1 / Merit x1
- Tony Grubb – HM x1. But also PSA Monochrome Print of the year from 2024, judged in the last few weeks (July 2025) * A special article about Tony’s successful image appears below and will be in Newsflash very soon.
Congratulations to all members listed above, who reported back to me with their recent awards, medals and other successes in the PSA affiliated salons. If there are any other members of the PSA have some successes please e-mail me directly at gary_shinnerlrps@sky.com (note the underscore).
Anyone out there wants to find out any more about the PSA, please again contact me, I’ll do my best to help you. However you can go to their website.
Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys.
Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA
PSA CMD for Wales
PSA Story of an Image – ‘The Tree’
The Tree, Llyn Padarn 11/01/2022 09:45 – Tony Grubb CPAGB BPE2* AFIAP PPSA GPU CR1*
I have been a photographer (sort of) since the late 1960s but they were really only happy snaps taken with a point and shoot. I got my first Proper camera in the late 1970s, a Zenit something and because it was manual I actually started to learn something. I bought my first Canon in the early 1980s and have never used another make since. My first Canon was an AE1 and my last film camera was an A1, in my honest opinion, the best amateur film camera ever made (still got a couple).
See the rest of Tony’s story and the image itself by clicking the ‘continue reading’ link below…
New Judges
The WPF is delighted to welcome the following new judges and their contact details will shortly appear on the WPF List of Judges.
26th International RPS AV Festival
Click below for how to enter the RPS 26th International AV Festival.
PAGB Interfed Results 2025
Click here to see the results of the PAGB Interfed Competition.
The WPF didn’t enjoy a very successful weekend but had a couple of highlights along the way.
Peter Wyles of Monmouth CC won Best Colour Print (Gold) with ‘Hakkaido Dawn’ and Gary Collyer of Bridgend won a nature print Judges Award (Silver) for ‘Helmet Shrike Preparing to Sleep’.
Fotofest 2025 at Bath University
Click the poster for more information.
WPF Convention 2025
The WPF is delighted to announce  the speakers for this year’s convention:
- Colin Trow-Poole FRPS MPAGB FIPFÂ – A collection of prints including his latest FRPS panel.
- Nigel Thomas – How To Achieve The Perfect Print.
- Tony Worobiec FRPS – Landscapes For All Seasons.
It takes place on Saturday 13th September, 2025 at St. Theodore’s Church Hall, Port Talbot. SA13 1LE and tickets are only £20 per person. Ticket purchase information is here.
G Martin – Convention Officer
A Hundred & Fifty Years B.P.
A photographer who pioneered techniques to create detailed images by combining multiple negatives is being celebrated 170 years after he set up his first studio.
Henry Peach Robinson was one of the most famous characters of his age, said photographic historian Dr Michael Pritchard, with his work winning awards and selling widely.
You can read the BBC article here.
