ACES OF CLUBS – Hosted by Newport PC on 20 February 2016
Judges: Peter Cheetham APAGB (N&EMPF), Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB (WCPF) & Graham Reeves FRPS AFIAP (WCPF)
Full results below.

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ACES OF CLUBS – Hosted by Newport PC on 20 February 2016
Judges: Peter Cheetham APAGB (N&EMPF), Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB (WCPF) & Graham Reeves FRPS AFIAP (WCPF)
Full results below.
Ace of Prints – Hosted by Newport PC on 20 February 2016
Judges: Peter Cheetham APAGB (N&EMPF), Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB (WCPF) & Graham Reeves FRPS AFIAP (WCPF)
Full results below.
Inn Focus Group and Gwynfa have finished 4th and 6th respectively in the GB Cup for large clubs from the 95 clubs that entered.
Inn Focus were top WPF club beating Gwynfa by just three points but both finished above some of the most prestigious clubs in the UK, including Wigan 10, Edinburgh and Dumfries.
Gwynfa also finished 20th (out of 96 clubs) in the GB Cup for Nature.
The final placings can be found here. Well done both!
Thanks to Rob Beynon of Gwynfa for this information.
Another successful day out for Gwynfa, this time at the WPF Memorial trophy in Kidwelly. They finished joint 1st with Tenby (72 points) but Gwynfa won the trophy due to two 20’s being scored.
‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Margot Rowlands of Gwynfa won the trophy for Best Colour Print. The trophy for Best Monochrome Print was won by Brian Merry of the Rhondda for ‘Be Very Afraid’.
Great hospitality from Kidwelly camera club made for an entertaining day with some outstanding prints being shown from 24 clubs. The competition was expertly judged by Leo Rich ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/g, APAGB.
We’ve received this sad news from Jackie Domingo at Amman Valley.
It is with great regret I have to announce that the Amman Valley Camera Club have suspended all Club activities for the remainder of this Season as from 13th January 2016. We dramatically lost most of our Membership and do not feel we can advertise or promote ourselves in order attract new members until we have safe and proper storage facilities on-site for our equipment at the Community Centre.
We have not finished as a Club, but hope this major issue can be resolved and we can start back in early September, picking up where we left off.
Fellow photographers will be saddened to hear that John Gray FRPS has died in Cardiff at the age of 83. During 2015 he learnt that he had terminal cancer but faced the inevitable outcome with great bravery and he was keen to talk about photographic issues right to the very end.
Most of his working life was spent at Rolls Royce as a compressor designer, first in Cardiff and then at Filton near Bristol. He was a member at one time of Bristol PS before he became a long standing and highly respected member of Cam and Dursley CC. On retirement he returned to Cardiff where he became a member of the local club.
John’s talents were many ( in his early years he was a racing cyclist ) but he will be best remembered in the photographic world for his highly creative images which enjoyed huge success in the 1980’s and 90’s. and for which he has awarded the Fellowship of the RPS. He won award after award for his high impact creations which were technically perfect. He developed his own techniques of copying slides through textured plastic to create ‘impressions’ and of projecting slide images into puddles of water which led to their distortion and the creation of many unusual effects. He was rightly proud of an exhibition of his prints displayed at the RPS in Bath in 2012. In his retirement he enjoyed travelling and produced many fine images on these journeys.
John was an eloquent speaker and delivered many absorbing talks to local clubs where he was in great demand. He always explained in detail how he had achieved his images and listeners were left in awe of his technical expertise. John also turned his design skills to making many beautiful objects in wood where his patience and skill again shone through.
Above all, John will be remembered as a highly respected man of great charm and courtesy who had a wonderful creative mind which was particularly expressed in his photography. He will be sorely missed by his wife and family but also by his many photographic friends and acquaintances who were truly privileged to have known him.
John Chamberlin FRPS
Pyle & Porthcawl PS have informed us of the death of Trevor Owen.
He was Vice Chairman of the club, the current holder of their Photographer of the Year trophy and known to many in the camera club scene. Trevor was 71, a keen (and very good) wildlife photographer.
He became ill on the 28th December at a family wedding, was rushed into hospital for an emergency operation but sadly passed away on New Year’s Eve.
It is with regret we have to inform you that Gower Photographic Society has sadly decided to close down after well over 30 years.
The club is currently selling off its club assets, including the club’s custom made exhibition print display stands. The club hopes that they will find a good home with other WPF Clubs or members. (Full details are in the For Sale section of the news WPF Newsflash letter).
‘Mike Cullis ARPS has been named a finalist in the wildlife section of the Wanderlust Travel Photography Competition. Ten finalist prints selected from an entry in thousands will be on display at the 3 day Adventure Travel Show at Olympia and on 5 February  the results will be announced in the theatre at 4pm. The first prize is a commission for photography in Western Australia including a partner.  The competition is sponsored by Nikon, Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers and the Australian Travel Board ; so good luck Mike! Here’s the successful image:
The Metropolitan Police have issued guidelines regarding photography in these troubled times. Whilst the information is perhaps more relevant to members of the media, it is well worth reading if you are an amateur photographer. Full information here.