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2020 Welsh Salon Open for Entries

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 09:54 Written by Leigh Woolford

The Welsh Salon is now open for entries; the cost is the same as last year with the closing date being March 8th 2020. This is our AGM date and you can deliver your prints on the day to Talbot Green Community Centre. We have a new Trophy this year “The Jan Cawley Trophy” this will be presented to the best image in the salon.

The judging will take place at the same venue on the 21st and 22nd March 2020.

Our judges this year are John Chamberlin FRPS APAGB MFIAP FBPE, Ed Cloutman AFIAP FWPF AWPF and Jennifer Cox ARPS ASWPP.

Here is a link to the Salon entry page.

More information about how we will deal with Gwynfa print entries will follow in due course…..

Competition Judges for 2020

Thursday, 09 January 2020 10:02 Written by Leigh Woolford

This is a reminder of how we deal with the thorny issue of those of you who DO and those of you who DO NOT wish to know the identities of the judges for our monthly competitions and challenges in 2020.

As in the past few years, we won’t be announcing the names of judges in club but their names are shown on our website.

To find the name of any judge we are using in 2020, please look in the website calendar (on the right hand side of our home page). Please note, the information won’t be visible unless you click on the link and open the calendar entry. The information is visible in either the entry night or competition dates.

New Photo Collages

Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:37 Written by Leigh Woolford

You may have noticed that we’ve refreshed the photo collages above. They now show a selection of about 340 images from our 2019 monthly competitions, challenges and exhibitions.

If you’d like to see your photos up there next year, why not come and join us. New members are always welcome.

2019 Gwynfa Photographer of the Year

Friday, 06 December 2019 10:26 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2019 Gwynfa Photographer of the Year is Alec Stewart with a total of 211 points from his eleven scores.

Gwynfryn Jones was runner up with 206 points.

Third was Chris Tidman (201), fourth was Chris Lawrence (200) and fifth was Gary Welsby (199).

The full merit table for 2019 can be seen here.

2019 Gwynfa Picture of the Year

Friday, 06 December 2019 10:20 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2019 Picture of the Year was won by Nick Jenkins with his photo entitled ‘Enchanted Forest‘ (see below). This photograph will appear on the front of our 2019 handbook. The runner up was ‘Out of the Shadows‘ by Chris Lawrence. Below is a list of the top three photographs in each section.

Prints
1.            Enchanted Forest by Nick Jenkins
2.            Dangerous Lines by Dave Owen
3.            Banded Demoiselle on Daisy by Alec Stewart

DPI
1.            Out of the Shadows by Chris Lawrence
2.            Light on the Brecon Beacons by Peter Hughes
3.            Binnean Mhor in Winter by Nick Jenkins

Congratulations to everyone who had a photograph that qualified for our ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.

2019 Gwynfa Awards

Friday, 06 December 2019 10:00 Written by Leigh Woolford

The following awards were also presented during our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening.

Alec Stewart The Colour Challenge Trophy
Nick Jenkins The Colin Williams Trophy / Monochrome Challenge
Gwynfryn Jones The Freespirit Images Shield
Adrian Lant The President’s Trophy
Dave Owen The Jim Davies Award
Glenn Porter Special Merit Award for his ARPS
Chris Lawrence Monthly Trophy – January
Peter Hughes Monthly Trophy – February
Nick Jenkins Monthly Trophy – March
Alan Shepherd Monthly Trophy – May
Alec Stewart Monthly Trophy – September
Margot Rowlands Monthly Trophy – October

 

Results from November ‘Seasons’ Competition

Wednesday, 04 December 2019 21:46 Written by Leigh Woolford

The winners of the November monthly ‘Seasons’ competition for the Freespirit Images Shield were as follows:

1st – Gwynfryn Jones – Close to a Winter Storm (Print) – See Below
2nd – Chris Lawrence – The Autumnal Years (DPI)
3rd – Alec Stewart – Winter Water Rail (Print)

The competition was judged by Dave Russell of Cardiff.

The Photography Show

Thursday, 28 November 2019 10:45 Written by Leigh Woolford

Registration is now open for the UK’s biggest photography show, 14 – 17 March 2020.

Full details here.

PAGB – Awards for Photographic Merit

Thursday, 28 November 2019 10:43 Written by Leigh Woolford

After the recent success of our Tenby duo, Gillian Mackay & Charlie Kidd, YOU could be the next WPF photographer to gain a PAGB distinction and have CPAGB, DPAGB or MPAGB after your name!

Full details of the requirements and how to apply can be found here. The next opportunities to do so can be seen below. Move fast. They fill quickly. We suggest you apply now and panic later!

April 2020 adjudication – Birmingham
This Adjudication to be held on the weekend of 25th/26th April in Rednal, Birmingham is now filling up. There are still 10 spaces left in the Credit section, but only 4 in the Distinction/Master categories and anyone thinking of applying for either DPAGB or MPAGB should apply as soon as possible!

November 2020 adjudication – Newton Abbot
Applications are slowly coming in for this Adjudication to be held at Coomsbeshead Academy, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 1PT, on the weekend of 28th/29th November, hosted by the Western Counties Photographic Federation.

The 2020 Bristol Salon

Tuesday, 12 November 2019 11:58 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2020 Bristol salon opens for entries on Sunday 17 November.

The closing date is 25th January 2020. Full details here.

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