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Ian Ledgard of Towy Valley CC writes I have recently been appointed to a volunteer role within the Photographic Society of America as Country Membership Director for Wales. I have been a member since 2005 but there are only a handful of PSA members in Wales. My task will be to support existing members and […] When you invite a judge or a presenter to your club please:- Keep club business short – i.e. not longer than 5 minutes. If you have a lot of club business then please attend to it during the tea break. Please ensure that guest speakers get the full amount of time as they will have […] Thanks to Johnnie Rogers who spotted this article from 5th March 1958 whilst browsing through some old ‘Amateur Photographer’ magazines. It seems feedback from clubs in Wales had waned and Amateur Photographer hoped to revive interest in its weekly column. The WPF came into being in 1951 and was initially a Federation covering the […] The WPF Lampeter Convention is moving to a new venue and has become the WPF Carmarthen Conference. The new venue is The Halliwell Centre, University of Wales, Trinity St David, College Road, Carmarthen. SA31 3EP. This year’s dates are Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2018. Full weekend (2 nights and 2 days inc. Friday […] Gary Shinner, EPSA, BPSA has gained the new distinction of MPSA, on achieving 1,500 acceptances in PSA-recognised exhibitions this was clarified and approved in the last two weeks. MPSA = Master of the Photographic Society of America, this is ROPA Recognition of Photographic Achievement award. Gary has now gained nine qualifications in his photography after […] Chris Warren has a new email address of chris@chriswarrenimages.co.uk and also has a new selection of Presentations: The World of Long Exposure and the Twilight Zone A Photo Quiz, for all. Look before you enter – Competitions Novices, and a reminder for others Shooting for a theme – Trees A presentation fee, plus travel is […] Sad news from Des Daughton at Trostre CC.. It is with sadness and deep regret that I have to inform you of the death of our dear friend Graham Jones, Upper Tumble. In his time a staunch member of the Trostre Camera Club who will be greatly missed not only for his photography but […] We are also pleased to annouce that Sue Ashford of Swansea CC recently became an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS). Our congratulations go to her. The Salon Exhibition this year is in the The Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare, CF44 8DL. It runs throughout May. Opening hours: Sunday and Monday Closed Tuesday 10am–4pm Wednesday 10am–4pm Thursday 10am–4pm Friday 10am–4pm Saturday 10am–4pm The official opening and awards presentations are on Saturday 4th May 2.00pm.
Here are the full results from the 2018 Welsh Salon of Photography. All Awards Colour Prints Mono Prints PDI Congratulations to everyone who gained an acceptance. Hi All At last 2018 Welsh Salon results are out and all entrants should have received an email of their results. Apologies that due to a short spell in hospital they were delayed Congratulations to all who had acceptances and awards. This year the standard was very high with many PDIs and prints scoring 12 […] The Photographic Society of America has a series of honours for photographic achievement and Ian Ledgard of Towy Valley has just been awarded the honour GMPSA (Grand Master). The qualification is for achieving 3000 acceptances in PSA recognised exhibitions. We believe Ian is the first person in Wales to receive this honour. Well done Ian, […] This years 5 to 8 Competition for digital PhotoHarmony AV sequences was held on the 19th March and despite the snowy conditions the Judge Howard Bagshaw ARPS MPAGB, safely made it to Bridgend. This years competition attracted it’s largest ever entry with sequences from a number of countries. After a short introduction the evening continued […] Inn Focus CC Total: 250 1st Tenby & Dist Total: 241 2nd Western Valley Total: 224 3rd Afan Nedd CC Total: 219 4th The Vale CC Total: 217 5th Bridgend CC Total: 214 6th = Neath & Dist Total: 214 6th = Swansea CC Total: 213 8th Congratulations to those clubs going to Warwick to […] Inn Focus – 210 – 1st Tenby – 191 – 2nd Western Valley – 182 – 3rd Afan Nedd – 181 – 4th Bridgend – 168 – 5th The Vale – 165 – 6th Neath – 162 – 7th Swansea – 159 – 8th Congratulations to all who entered. For anyone thinking about becoming a WPF judge and would like to know more about judging, could you please contact me (judgepresent@thewpf.co.uk), so that I can arrange an informal meeting. This usually takes the form of a ‘mock’ judging session where you are given a set of prints to critique, and Jan and I go […] |
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