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Thanks to Gwynfa Camera Club for this report…. Links are to their website…
Pixels 2017, the 13th running of the competition, took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 4th November 2017 and was a tense, exciting and high scoring affair.
It was a particularly good day for Mold Camera Club from the NWPA who, with 76 points from a possible 80, were the winners just a single point ahead of four clubs namely Western Valley, Towy Valley, Barry & Gwynfa. Mold became only the fourth club to win for a second time.
The Mold photos were: Baby Gets a Kick From Dad by Andy Polakowski (19), Dancing Through the Dirt by Matt Morrow (20), The Busker by Rich Hainsworth (19) and Unlucky For Some by Linda Bell (18). Click on the links to see the photographs.
The judge was Brian Swinyard MA(Photo), ARPS, EFIAP/b, DPAGB, BPE3*, PPSA who did a terrific job of expertly judging 156 images. He was concise, humorous and informative. Brian also selected Frozen in Time by John Hufferdine of Towy Valley as Best Monochrome Photograph and Tempest by Eric Williams of Western Valley as Best Colour Photograph.
Gwynfa Camera Club would like to thank everyone who attended the competition and all 39 clubs that entered. Without you, this event would not be possible.
Click here to see the final Pixels 2017 score sheet.
We also wish to thank everyone from team Gwynfa who helped out on the day. Special thanks to Leigh Woolford, Rob Beynon, Heidi Stewart, Lynda Beynon, Allan Squires, Steve Littlewood, Alec Stewart, Gary Welsby, Meryl Natt and Rob Owen..
Huge thanks also to all those who donated raffle prizes especially Fotospeed, Permajet and Carmarthen Cameras.
Also special thanks to Crystal Vision Locks and Trophies for providing the Pixels Trophies.
A slideshow of all the photographs entered can be seen below. (NB. Alec Stewart of Gwynfa accepted the Pixels Trophy on behalf of Mold).
Good news from the FIAP Liaison Officer
I am glad to inform you that all those seeking FIAP distinctions this year have succeeded! These are:
Charlie Kidd AFIAP
Chris Tidman AFIAP
Gary Jenkins AFIAP
Glenn Porter AFIAP
Jenny Hibbert EFIAP/b
Lynford Hallett AFIAP
Matthew Jones EFIAP/b
Neville Thomas EFIAP/s
Nick Craddock AFIAP
Well done all of you! I will amend the website. I have emailed you separately about how to get the certificates to you.
I hope this will encourage more of you to ‘have a go’ at showing your work in internationals salons. It really is good fun waiting to see how many you have got in!
Ed Cloutman (FIAP Liaison Officer)
Gwynfa Camera Club Members Linda Gibbs MPAGB, AV-AFIAP and Edgar Gibbs FRPS, MPAGB, AV-AFIAP have each been awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s Dobson Henry Medal. This award is for outstanding contributions in the Audio Visual medium. This not only includes organising events at national and international level, but helping and advising others. They were each presented with a medal at the National Audio Visual Championship on Saturday 23rd September, only the fourth couple to receive the award.
Linda and Edgar, who have been involved in the medium for nearly 30 years, said that they were delighted and honoured to be awarded their Medals, which were presented to them by RPS President Robert Albright FRPS.
We have been informed of the very sad news that Mike Stokes, immediate past Deputy Chairman of the Bridgend Camera Club, passed away last Monday.
His funeral will be held at Coychurch Crematorium at 1.15pm on Friday 3rd November. Donations to Y Bwthyn Newydd at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
Congratulations to Jenny Hibbert who had a photograph selected in the inaugural PAGB Masters of Print Competition. This was a highly competitive event. No photographer was allowed to win more than once. Jenny’s winning entry was “Hawk Owl Hunting Over Snow” and was awarded a Silver Medal by judge Gwen Charnock.
There are superb photographs and photographers who have been accepted into this, the first masters of print exhibition. The exhibition will be held at the Robert Burt Gallery at 57-61 Union Street, LONDON, SE1 1SG from Tue 5th – Fri 15th Dec, (10.00-16.00, closed Sat & Sun), with an opening and private view on Monday 4th December from 2.00 p.m.
Although the PAGB are looking at the possibility of staging the exhibition at other UK venues, this is the one to visit. Do, please, make the effort, most people can do London and back in a day by public transport.
The WPF are looking to host the exhibition of about 60 prints in our area in the New Year if a suitable venue can be found.
Sad news from Llanelli Photographic Society. Alun Lewis passed away last Saturday, he was 68.
His funeral will be held on 19 October at the Llanelli Crematorium at 11 am.
He was Llanelli’s current external competition secretary and as such would be familiar to many of the clubs in the WPF.
The adjudication for the Welsh International Salon took place a short while ago and the lists of acceptance can be seen below.
Continue reading 2017 Welsh International Salon Results
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Colour Print Awards
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Mono Print Awards
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Mono PDI Award Winners
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Colour PDI Awards
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Nature PDI Awards
Welsh International Salon of Photography 2017 – Photo Travel PDI Awards
As many of you will already know, Royston Kneath has sadly passed away.
Roy was a very active person on the Swansea camera scene and a WPF speaker and judge of long standing.
His family wishes to thank everyone for their thoughts, wishes and sympathy which has meant so much to his wife Laura, and daughters Suzy Richards and Jennifer Kneath.
They would like to invite you to join them in celebrating his life on Tuesday 5th September 2017. Full details below.
- 11.15 Hill United Reformed Church , North Hill Road, North Hill SA1Â 6YB
- 12.30 Swansea Crematorium, SA6 6BY
- 1.30 Landore Social Club, Neath Road, SA1 2LE (turning next to Thrifty Car Rental and Garage)
All are welcome at any or all of the services/reception above
Family Flowers only but donations may be made in lieu of flowers if desired.
Roy was passionate about Swansea’s history and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Royal Institution of South Wales charitable work acting as the Friends of Swansea Museum. Donations will help preserve Swansea’s past for future generations.
c/o D.G Attwell Funeral Directors, 95 Eaton Road, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, SA5 9JH, 01792 650205.
More sad news. John B. Davies of Swansea has passed away after the swift onset of Leukeamia.
John was a WPF lecturer and many will know him from the talks he gave.
More information when we have it.
Inn Focus, Tenby & Gwynfa travelled to Warwick to represent the WPF at the PAGB National Print Championships on Saturday 15th July and it was a good day for the Welsh clubs.
The first two rounds of the competition consist of 16 PDI’s for each of the 38 competing clubs with images scored out of a maximum of 15. The total scores for each club over two rounds determines the eight clubs who compete in the Grand Final and the 30 clubs who contest the Plate Final.
At the end of round two Inn Focus had a total of 208, enough to qualify for the Grand Final with Tenby (189) and Gwynfa (187) going into the Plate Final.
In the Plate Final clubs need to select 8 images (with only four allowed from the previous rounds). After a high scoring final Tenby finished a creditable joint 12th on 102 points and Gwynfa achieved an excellent 3rd place on 108 points (from a possible 120) with only Tamworth (111) and Dumfries (112) ahead. Well done team Gwynfa. A great result for their travelling army.
In the Grand Final each club submits 20 images, 10 of which must not have been used in the previous rounds. After an excellent selection of images were projected to the large crowd present the winners turned out to be Smethwick PS with an incredible 282 points (from a maximum 300). In a competition where the highest score an individual image can achieve is 15, they averaged 14.1 per image. Wigan 10 were runners up on 277 and Arden PG third on 271. Inn Focus were a creditable 5th on 267 and will be automatically invited to the 2018 event.
There was futher Welsh success when it was announced that Phil Morgan of Inn Focus was awarded Judge’s Choice for his photograph European Dipper. Well done Phil. (The judges were Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP BPE5*, Gabriel O’Shaughnessy FIPF FRPS MFIAP and Richard Speir DPAGB APAGB BPE2*).
Results & Awards                   2017 Scores
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