5th February: Wet and Wild, talk by Dave Stewart

Huge thanks to Dave Stewart from Deepings Camera Club for his terrific talk.  Dave, an ‘accidental’ professional sports photographer took us to the exciting world of motor and water sports, illustrated with his wonderful images.  With a prolific career filling sports magazines over the years with his pictures his talk was  a masterclass in techniques and very sound advice!  He learned his craft with air shows practising techniques such as panning, choosing the best spot (safest spot!)  etc. which he  honed over many years.  Practice certainly makes perfect!  It was an entertaining, informative and very inspiring evening, much appreciated by all.

Coming down to earth, next week we are at Century for an interactive workshop led by Mark Buckley-Sharp and Judith Gimber.

Have a good week and keep warm.

29th January: Open and Set Subject (Sacred Places) digital competitions judged by Johnnie Rogers ARPS DPAGB AWPF AFIAP

Very many thanks to Johnnie Rogers for his excellent judging last night.  His critiques were informative and delivered in a generous and kindly manner.

Open:  Congratulations to Dave Martin for his winning image ‘Hoar Frost on Mycena Fungi’ beautifully taken and presented;  Judith Gimber’s ‘Iridescent Hummingbird’ and ‘Banded Damoiselle’ were second and third respectively.  Highly commended were  John Draper’s ‘The Shepherd’ and Dave Martin’s  ‘Corgette Flower’ and ‘Snowdrop’.  Commended were John’s ‘St. Ives’,  Peter Polkinhorne’s ‘House Tree’ and Avril Candler’s ‘Patterns of Neglect’.  Thanks to everyone who entered the Open competition.

Open Winner by Dave Martin

Set Subject – Sacred Places:  Another trophy triumph for Judith Gimber whose ‘Call to Prayer’ was the winning image and her ‘Awestruck’ claimed second place.  In third place was Mark Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Sancaklar Recitation’;  highly commended were Peter Keeble’s ‘Harrow Central Mosque Interior’,  Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘St. Albans, North Harrow’ and ‘Whitby Abbey’ by Dave Martin.  Five images were commended – Peter Keeble’s Harrow Central Mosque Exterior’, Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘St. Sava Belgrade’,  Mark Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Mihrimar Sultan Mosque Mihrab’ and ‘The Artemesium’ and ‘Salisbury Cathedral Cloister by Judy Buckley-Sharp.  Congratulations to all.

Set Subject Trophy Winner by Judith Gimber

Once again, many thanks to Johnnie Rogers for his expert  judging and for making the evening so enjoyable.  Much appreciated by all.  Thanks to everyone who entered the competitions and supported the evening

Next week 5th  February(!) we are on Zoom again for a talk ‘Wet & Wild’ by Dave Stewart.

 

 

22nd January: Landscape and Open Print competitions, judged by Chris Drury

Grateful thanks to Chris for stepping into the breach and coming along to judge our print competitions.

In the Open section, Judith Gimber’s ‘Camel Herder’ won first place; YC Wei’s ‘Weaver Bird’ and ‘Top Shine’ were second and third.  Highly commended were Mark Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Parade Commander’ and ‘Throne Hall Topkapi Harem’ ;  Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Halic Metro Bridge’ and Avril Candler’s ‘The Fly’ were commended.  Well done all and thanks to everyone who participated.

 

Open Print Winner by Judith Gimber

The Landscape trophy went to Judith Gimber for her ‘Six Windmills’, Avril’s ‘Silver Fields’ was second and Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘Cloud Dance’ third.  Judith’s ‘Wild Flower Meadow and YC’s ‘Jasper Mountain  View’ were highly commended.  Godfrey Dee, in his first competition was commended for his photograph of ‘Fawsley’.  Congratulations to everyone and especially to Judith whose night it was and to our new member Godfrey.

 

 

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Many thanks to everyone who supported the evening and special thanks to Chris for fronting our open discussion and feedback session.

Next week we have Open and Set Subject (Sacred Places) projected image competitions which will be judged by Johnnie Rogers ARPS DPAGB AWPF AFIAP over Zoom. If you would like to join us please contact us and we will send you the link.

In the meantime have a good week and stay safe.