Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
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Peter Young recently provided us with the following information the late Roy Thomas and we thought we’d share it here as many of you won’t know how much work Roy did for the WPF and the PAGB.
Roy’s career in the service of UK photography.
Citation in support of Roy’s nomination for the J S Lancaster Award.
The WPF Executive are very saddened to inform you of the sudden and sad passing of Roy Thomas in Morriston Hospital, on the afternoon of 3rd January 2025. As a Past President of the WPF and a very well-respected Life Member of Neath & District PS, he will be sadly missed.
Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with his wife Margaret and his family at this time. May he rest in peace.
Roy’s funeral will be held at St. Matthew’s Church, Dyffryn, Bryncoch, Neath, SA10 7AZ ar 2pm on 23rd January, 2025.
Pat Hollis (Hon.General Secretary)
Roy in March 2024 being presented with a gift for 40 years of service to the Welsh Photographic Federation.
The 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography is Open for Entry
Entry Now Closed!
How to Enter: For 2025 we will be utilising an email entry system and an on-line catalogue. Information on how to enter can be found in the documents below. Please ensure to read the entry form in conjunction with the supplementary information and conditions of entry.
Entry form (Word document) Entry Form (PDF document)
Supplementary Information Conditions of Entry
Categories: There will be 3 ‘open’ categories: Colour Prints, Monochrome Prints and PDIs.
Fees: The basic charge per image entered will £2 but with a minimum charge of £6 which will cover up to 3 entries, and a maximum charge of £24 which covers 4 entries in each of the 3 Categories.
Entry Deadline: The date and time of the last (on-line) entry and delivery of Prints to the WPF AGM at Talbot Green at 10am Sunday 2nd March 2025.
Selection: At Talbot Green Community Centre, 93 Clos Springfield, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, CF72 8FE from 10am on Sunday 23rd March 2025. Free parking is available.
Selectors: For 2025 the selectors will be: Colin Trow-Poole FRPS FIPF MAPGB, Julie Morgan AWPF and Leigh Woolford AWPF EFIAP DPAGB BPE4 Hon. FWPF
Exhibition Venue: Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare. CF44 8DL.
Exhibition Official Opening: 11am on Saturday 3rd May.
Exhibition Opening Dates & Times – The exhibition opens on Saturday 3rd May 2025 and the last full viewing day will be Thursday 29th May. Please note, the museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday. Please be sure to double-check opening/closing details before visiting.
Exhibition parking: You can park for up to two hours free in the adjacent Tesco car park.
Attendance: There is no entry fee to attend either the selection at Talbot Green Community Centre or the exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum. However, visitors will need to provide their own refreshments. There is a Tesco nearby at both sites.
AWPF Distinction Workshop: This will be held during the exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum on Saturday 17th May. Contact David Lewis by emailing distinctions@thewpf.co.uk if you wish to be involved.
Please note, due to space limitations and other factors, not all accepted images can be displayed at the exhibition. However, they will all be included and displayed in an eCatalogue which will be published on the WPF website.
Examples of previous eCatalogues can be viewed here.
Here is the list of people whom have had continued successes from September to the end of November.
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 – then please e-mail me directly – 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: https://psa-photo.org/
Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys.
Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA
CMD for Wales
“A Sporting Win” (by Kev Robertson PPSA EFIAP BPE1 APWF)
I bought my first camera which was second hand in 1995 and it was it was a Minolta digital and then I started taking the usual holiday snaps, and for the next few years that was all I used the camera for.
Huge congratulations to Bridgend Bridgend & District CC who won the recent Cwm Rhondda Battle (organised by Rhondda CC) with a total of 76 points. It is great to see a WPF Club finishing ahead of clubs like Smethwick, Bristol, Catchlight, Carluke, Edinburgh and the like.
Joint second were Dublin and Smethwick with 75. Joint fouth on 74 were another WPF Club, Gwynfa along with Bristol and Johannesburg. The final scores can be seen here and for anyone who missed the battle, it can be viewed on Youtube.
The judge was Margaret Salisbury FRPS, MFIAP, FIPF, FSITTP, FSINWP, AWPF, APAGB.
The clubs involved were: Sheffield PS, Camera Club Johannesburg South Africa, Baglan Bay, Dublin CC, Western Valley CC, Hay On Wye CC, Bridgend CC, Visions PS. Aberdeen, Bromsgrove PS, Edinburgh PS, Catchlight (Belfast), Smethwick PS, Exmouth PG, Hermanus PS South Africa, Rhondda CC, Dumfries CC, Tenby CC, Gwynfa CC, Afan Nedd, Bristol CC, Aberdare CC and Carluke CC.
Four WPF Photographers were successful at the recent PAGM Awards for Photographic Merit.
Congratulations go to Dave Brassey and Annette O’Connell, both of Gwent CC, who have attained the distinction of CPAGB (Credit award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) and also to Peter Wyles and Lin Wyles, both of Monmouth PC who achieved thei DPAGB (Distinction award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain).
Below are Dave & Annette pictured with President of the PAGB, Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB.
In the photo below, Lin is to the right of Daphne Hanson and Peter is above Daphne’s head.
The 2024 Stanley Chell Memorial Trophy was jointly won by Gwynfa and Cwmbran with both finishing on 75 points. The two clubs could not even be separated by countback: both scored two 20s, one 18 and one 17. Third placed Afan-Nedd also scored 75 but finished third as they only had one print scoring 20. The detailed scoresheet can be seen here.
Judge was Ralph Snook ARPS, EFIAP/b, DPAGB. also made the following individual awards:
The Hans Hover Trophy for Best Monochrome Print was won by Iain Blacklock of Aberdare CC for ‘Marilyn’.
The Glyn John Trophy for Best Colour Print was won by Jenny Hibbert of Bridgend for ‘Golden Eagle Moving Magpies On’.
The Glan and Mair Trophy for Best Landscape was won by Leigh Woolford of Gwynfa for ‘Lone Photographer’.
The Doris Chell Memorial Trophy for Best Image in the Competition was also won by Leigh Woolford of Gwynfa for ‘Lone Photographer’ which can be seen below.
Aberdare Camera Club thanks all clubs that entered and all those who attended. The greatest victory of the day was meeting friends and enjoying one hundred remarkable prints. Thank also you to judge Ralph Snook for giving very clear and precise critique’s.
