Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
This sad news from Ebbw Vale.
We are sad to report that Jim Holland, vice Chairman at Ebbw Vale Camera Club has passed away. Jim will be known by many in the WPF as he was Chairman of our club for all but one of the years we have been in existence, he stepped down last October at the AGM but remained on the committee as vice chair. A strong character in the club he has kept us going when times have been tough. He will be missed. RIP.
Another new club has joined the WPF. Oakdale Photographic Society is based near Blackwood and you can find out more about them on their website. I am sure you will all join us in welcoming them to the federation!
Alan Shepherd of Gwynfa Camera Club has won a Gold Medal in the 91st Scottish Print salon with his monochrome print entitled The Waterfall. Well done Alan!
Here are the acceptance lists for the 2014 Welsh Salon of Photography.
We are aware there are some errors. Some photographers are shown as belonging to the wrong clubs.
Please check the listing thoroughly and report any problems to Linda Baldwin. welshinternational@thewpf.co.uk
Meanhile, congratulations to everyone.
The results of the 2014 5 to 8 Competition for PhotoHarmony digital AV sequences are as follows:
Winner – Wantage Camera Club – One Day Like This
Runner-up – Malcolm Imhoff – On Higher Ground
Runner-up – Adri van Oudheusden – One Fine Day (South Africa)
Highly Commended – Ian Bateman – Catalunyan Morning
Highly Commended – Nellian Bekker – Fantasie d’Eau (South Africa)
This years winning sequence was a joint entry by members of Wantage Camera Club, I hope this will encourage other clubs to consider entering. The winning entry will shortly be available to view on the Bridgend CC website. Our Judges this year, Edgar Gibbs FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP and Linda Gibbs MPAGB AV-AFIAP, provided expert critique of all the sequences and helped make the evening very stimulating and enjoyable. Edgar and Linda commented that the standard was very high and the final results were very close. Bridgend CC would like to thank them for all their hard work. The presence of visitors from other clubs and the South Wales RPS AV group was much appreciated. A DVD of sequences and the judges critique will be sent to clubs via the WPF portfolio service. Bridgend CC hope that other clubs will find this entertaining and with the Judges comments enclosed an informative disc. Details of the 2015 competition will be on the Bridgend CC website in the near future, If anyone has any queries about this competition please contact us at: 5to8@bridgendcameraclub.co.uk
Big apologies for the omission of Kidwelly Camera Club from our previous post welcoming six new clubs to the WPF. Seemingly in their place we included Gower Photographic Society, who aren’t new to the WPF, they have just changed their name (from Mumbles & West Cross).
This was solely an error on the part of our news editor (that’s me). It was the Gower name change that threw me off the scent. I was looking for six new names on the list and thought I had found them all.
So, to all Kidwelly members, I am very sorry for upsetting you!
Inn Focus Group (1st) and Tenby (2nd) proved to be the class of the field at the Ace of Clubs. Both clubs go on the represent the WPF at the National DPI Championships at Warwick. The plate competition was won by Gwent.
Official scores, both individual and overall, can now be found in the following documents:
At the recent PAGB Cup, four WPF members received individual recognition. Congratulations to them all.
In the open competition:
Best Imaginative – Mystery at Manor House by Matthew Jones of Ebbw Vale Camera Club
Best Humour – The Irony Of Ironing by Ian Munro of Inn Focus Group
Chairman’s Award – King of the Islands by Coltrane Koh of Inn Focus Group
In the small clubs competition:
Best Landscape – Winter Tarn by Alan Jenkinson of Bridgend
Very well done to Rhondda who were top Welsh club in the recent PAGB Cup for small clubs. Welsh scores (both WPF and NWPA) were:
Rhondda Camera Club 119 4th=
Llandudno Photographic Society 119 4th=
Dwyfor Camera Club 112 8th=
Clwb Camera Caernarfon 108 16th=
Swansea Camera Club 107 18th=
Mold Camera Club 101 37th=
Conwy Camera Club 101 37th=
Bridgend 99 42nd= ***
Merthyr Tydfil Camera Club 98 48th=
Full results here.
*** Note, Bridgend were docked points and demoted to 42nd due to a member entering the same photograph at two clubs. We do not know how many points they were docked.
Other posts give info about the large club and nature competitions.
Welsh clubs placed very well among the 110 clubs that entered the 2014 PAGB Cup (Open section for large clubs). Inn Focus Group finished a creditable 5th and Gwynfa were 9th from the 100 biggest clubs in the UK.
The four Welsh clubs who entered this competition achieved the following scores:
Inn Focus Group 175 5th
Gwynfa Camera Club 168 9th ***
Ebbw Vale Camera Club 164 16th=
Cardiff Camera Club 151 48th=
Top club was Wigan 10 with 186 points. Full results here.
*** Please note, Gwynfa were later docked 11 points and dropped to 29th place due to a member entering the same photograph to two different clubs.
Please see separate posts for the ‘Nature’ competition and the ‘Open for small clubs’ competition (when available).