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The official opening and awards presentations are on Saturday 4th May, 2019 at 2.00pm.
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 winners of the March monthly open competition judged by Gary Shinner LRPS, MFIAP/b, MPSA, AWPF, BPSA were as follows:
1st – Nick ’21′ Jenkins - The Enchanted Forrest (Print) – see below
2nd – Gary Were - Fjiords End (Print)
3rd – Chris Lawrence - Shake It Off (DPI)
Below you can find a copy of the current merit table. Please report any inaccuracies to Geoff Howard.
Here are all the Gwynfa acceptances and awards for the 2019 Welsh Salon of Photography. We achieved 40 acceptances and 9 Awards.
Special mention must go to Lynda Beynon who got nine acceptances and three big awards. Wow!
Full list of Gwynfa acceptances here. All the other salon results can be seen here.
Well done to everyone who took part. It is not easy to get accepted in this event.
The Salon Exhibition this year is in the The Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare, CF44 8DL. It opens on May 1st and closes on May 31st. The official opening and awards presentations are on Saturday 4th May 2.00pm.
An AWPF distinction workshop is being held on Sunday 28th April at Talbot Green Community Centre starting at 10 am.
This event is open to anyone interested in applying for the distinction of Associate of the Welsh Photographic Federation.
There is no need to book just go along and get some valuable advice.
It proved to be a really good evening for Gwynfa at the 2018 RGB battle held at Rhondda Camera Club on 12th March. The final scores were Gwynfa 228, Barry 217 and Rhondda 216.
Judge Roy Thomas awarded no less than five of our photographs the maximum 20 points and none of our entries scored less than 17.
Thanks to all those who attended the evening and special thanks to Rhondda for their warm welcome and to Roy Thomas for his considered and interesting comments..
Also, congratulations to all photographers who were selected.
The winners of the February monthly open competition judged by John Ridgwell were as follows:
1st - Peter Hughes - Light on Brecon Beacons (DPI) – see below
2nd - Steve Littlewood - White Throat (Print)
3rd - Alan Shepherd - Boscastle Evening (Print)
The top three will go forward to our Picture of the Year competition in December.
All the scores can be seen below…..
Here are the results from the 2019 WPF Memorial Trophies. The judge was Martin Fry of Cheltenham who did an excellent job.
Past President’s Memorial Trophy – Colour Prints
1st= Bridgend & District (74)
1st= Inn Focus (74)
3rd Gwynfa (73)
4th Kidwelly (69)
Gwyn Morgan Trophy for a set of four Mono Prints (only three places awarded).
1st Inn Focus
2nd Abergavenny
3rd Swansea
Walter Morgan Trophy for PDI images
1st Inn Focus (75)
2nd Western Valley (71)
3rd Afan Nedd (70)
4th Gwynfa (69)
The winners of the January monthly open competition judged by Keith Sharples of Mounmouth were as follows:
1st – Chris Lawrence – Out of the Shadows (DPI) – see below
2nd – Dave Lingham – Nine Wells Bay (Print)
3rd – Neil West – It’s our ball (DPI)
The top three will go forward to our Picture of the Year competition in December.
Sorry we were unable to run the competition in club due to the adverse weather forecast.
All the scores can be seen below…..
Neath and District PS are again running their popular National Photographic Salon which will open for entries on 01st February 2019 with a closing date of the 21st April 2019.
The salon which is approved by British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE) and also has PAGB Patronage will have four sections. Open Colour, Open Mono, Nature and Creative. The Selectors for the event will be Brian Coleman AFIAP, AWPF, FWPF, Leo Rich ARPS, DPAGB, Hon PAGB, EFIAPg,BPE3* and Brian Swinyard MA (Photography), ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAPb, PSA, BPE3* Minst.M.Mifl
Entry fees for the salon will be £10 for the first section and £2 for each additional section with PAGB and NDPS gold, silver and bronze medals, ribbons and certificates, plus an overall trophy being awarded.
Entries can be made through the club website.
Thanks to Edgar Gibbs for forwarding this link to a company that runs photo experience days. Some of you may be interested in attending.
Full details here.
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