This from John Campbell at Swansea.
Congratulations to Sue Ashford from Swansea Camera Club who was recommended for her LRPS at the recent RPS Assessment at Barry. Sue was one of only 4 out of 20 who passed.
2016 Welsh Salon Results
Here are the results of the 2016 Welsh Salon of Photography amended as at 30th May, 2016.
The Gwyn & Walter Morgan trophies (club awards) for Best Print Panel and Best PDI Panel both went to Inn Focus Group.
Oakdale becomes Sirhowy Valley PC
Oakdale PS has now changed its name to Sirhowy Valley Photography Club.
2016 Bridgend 5-8 Results
The judging for the 2016 5 to 8 Competition took place on Monday 14th March. Our judge, Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M), commented on the excellence of the sequences with a high standard of photography, good choice of music and excellent production. A close fought competition was decided as follows:
Winner
Searching for the Light – A Norwegian Quest by Jane and Stephen Lee (Dorchester)
Joint Runner Up
Reflections – a Feeling of Eternal Longing by Bill Bruce (Norway)
Wiseman’s Wood by Ian Bateman (Exemouth)
Joint Highly Commended
Winter Light at Waddesdon Manor by Ian Bateman (Exemouth)
Under Norfolk Skies by Brian Harvey (Norwich)
Commended
Colours of Spring by Malcolm Moorehead (Antrim)
Alpine Seasons by Malcolm and Jenny Gee (Norwich)
Bridgend CC would like to thank all who supported the evening and in particular the many members of the RPS South Wales AV group who attended.
2016 Ace of Clubs Result Confirmed
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.
2016 Ace of Prints Result Confirmed
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.
IFG & Gwynfa shine in the 2016 GB Cup
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!
2016 Memorial Trophy Results
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.
Amman Valley club activities on hold
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.
John Gray FRPS
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