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 
2013 Rhondda 11 Way Goes to the Vale
On Tuesday 19th December at 7.3pm Rhondda hosted their annual 11 sided battle. Present was a good crowd who enjoyed the usual warm welcome and fine hospitality of RCC.
The battle was won by The Vale PS (107) with Rhondda and Western Valley (both 105) hot on their heels. Gwynfa and Cynon Isaf finished 5 points off the pace in joint 4th.
The judge was Peter Weaver LRPS, CPAGB, APAGB of Bristol.
2013 AWPF Distinction Successes
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.
Obituary – P.O. Davies
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.
Ian Gets Bronze
At Pixels 2103 Jan Cawley, President of the WPF, took the opportunity to present Ian Ledgard with his recent FIAP Bronze Medal for his photograph entitled “Conducting the Choir”.
MFIAP for Mervyn
At Pixels 2103 Jan Cawley, President of the WPF, also presented Mervyn Pugh with his MFIAP Certificate. It is the first MFIAP ever to be awarded in the Welsh Photographic Federation. A slideshow of Mervyn’s MFIAP panel can be seen here.
2013 WIPS awards for Welsh Photographers
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!
Inn Focus Group Wins Pixels 2013
Inn Focus Group added to their recent successes by winning Pixels 2013 at Talbot Green.
Judges Gwen & Phil Charnock selected Water Wheels by Bob Thrush of Ebbw Vale as Best Monochrome Photograph and Ashes to Ashes by Jennifer Williams of Llanelli as Best Colour Photograph.
A full list of scores can be found here.
For a slideshow of all the entries, please click here.
Dai Evans
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.
Inn Focus Finish Second at Connah’s Quay 2013
Smethwick won the National Print Championships at Connahs Quay. Joint second, one point behind, were Inn Focus, Wigan 10 and Dumfries.
This is an incredible achievement by Inn Focus and below, Phil Morgan tells us more about their great day:
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