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2019 Welsh Salon Open for Entries

Saturday, 12 January 2019 10:53 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2019 Welsh Salon is now open to receive entries. You can enter here.

We have prepared some notes on how to enter and you can read them here. Please read them in conjunction with the official conditions of entry (see below).

You can find the new conditions of entry here. Please read them carefully. Please note, there are new file sizes for digital entries and for digital versions of your prints.

The Salon is open to any member of a WPF or NWPA affiliated club and there are numerous prizes and awards on offer.

Although the official deadline is March 3rd please bring your print entries to Gwynfa on Thursday February, 28th and we will transport them to the WPF on your behalf. (You can deliver them in person to the WPF AGM if you prefer).

The selection dates are the 23rd and 24th March, 2019 at Talbot Green Community Centre and our selectors are Vince Penticost, Mike Cullis and Paul Keene. Detail of the exhibition dates and venue will follow in due course.

We encourage you all to have a go at entering the 2019 Welsh Salon as Gwynfa has a rich history of acceptances and awards. A list of all the awards from last year’s salon can be seen here. Gwynfa did very well.

New Email Sending System

Saturday, 05 January 2019 11:49 Written by Leigh Woolford

We are currently experimenting with a new member email delivery system powered by ‘Mailchimp’. We will use it to publicise forthcoming evenings and other events.

So watch out for the new style emails arriving in your in-box. The first was sent on 5th January at around noon.

If your email browser does not support HTML each email will contain both a link to open it in a web browser and a plain text version of the email.

If you haven’t received anything, check your spam folders and add the email address to your trusted senders list. If it’s not there at all, contact Leigh Woolford.

2019 Handbook Printed

Monday, 17 December 2018 18:03 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2019 Gwynfa Handbook arrived today. Are you interested in photography? Why not come and say hello…

Photographer of the Year

Friday, 07 December 2018 11:18 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2018 Gwynfa Photographer of the Year is Leigh Wooford with a total of 209 points from his eleven scores.

Alec Stewart was runner up with 200 points. Third was Rob Greenhill (198), fourth was Chris Tidman (193) and fifth was Val Shepherd (191).

The full merit table for 2018 can be seen here.

Below are Leigh’s 2018 entries.

Picture of the Year

Friday, 07 December 2018 11:16 Written by Leigh Woolford

The 2018 Picture of the Year was won by Alec Stewart with his photo entitled ‘Kingfisher Pair‘. This photograph will appear on the front of our 2019 handbook.

The runner up was ‘Velma and the Mystery Case‘ by Rob Greenhill. The photo will appear on the greetings card we present to judges and lecturers.

Below is a list of the top 5 photographs in each section.

Prints

1. Kingfisher Pair by Alec Stewart (8 first place votes/5 second places).
2. Rannoch Morning Light by Leigh Woolford (8 first place votes/3 second places).
3. Dancer in the Moonlight by Gwynfryn Jones (8 first place votes/2 second places).
4. Godafoss Sunset by Leigh Woolford (5 first place votes/5 second places).
5. Meditation by Alan Shepherd (3 first place votes/2 second places).

DPI

1. Velma & the Mystery Case by Rob Greenhill (6 first place votes/7 second places).
2. Jetstream by Mike Jones (5 first place votes/3 second places).
3. Mother & Baby by Alec Stewart (5 first place votes/2 second places).
4. Mirror of the Soul by Mark Ashford (5 first place votes/1 second places).
5. Serenity by Cathy Coombs (4 first place votes/8 second places).

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

Other 2018 Awards

Friday, 07 December 2018 11:16 Written by Leigh Woolford

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

Chris Tidman - Special Merit Award for achieving her EFIAP and CPAGB.

Heidi Stewart - Special Merit Award for achieving her AWPF.

Gary Welsby - Special Merit Award for achieving his AWPF.

Gary Welsby – The Colour Challenge Trophy

Gwynfryn Jones - The Colin Williams Trophy / Monochrome Challenge

Rob Beynon - The Freespirit Images Shield

Leigh Woolford - The President’s Trophy

Alan Shepherd – The Jim Davies Trophy

Dave Lingham - Monthly Trophy – January

Gill Jones - Monthly Trophy – February

Alec Stewart - Monthly Trophy – March

Leigh Woolford - Monthly Trophy – May

Chris Lawrence - Monthly Trophy – September

Gwynfryn Jones - Monthly Trophy – October

Please accept our apologies but due to a technical issue we don’t have any photos to show you.

Beginners Photography Course at Ponty Lido

Monday, 03 December 2018 09:06 Written by Leigh Woolford

Pontypridd Lido are organising a beginners photography course on 9th December. It will be held at the Lido.

It is free of charge but you need to book a place.

Full details here.

Gwynfa Joint 2nd in 2018 Rhondda Battle

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 21:56 Written by Leigh Woolford

Gwynfa finished second in the 2018 Rhondda battle which was judged by Tony Byram ARPS AWPF DPAGB EFIAP of Kingswood PS.

The final placings were: Rhondda (109), Gwynfa (105), Pyle & Porthcawl (105), Afan Nedd (103), Bridgend (103), Cyrmu Mono (101), Port Talbot (99), Western Valley (95) and Aberdare (90).

Heidi’s Panel

Monday, 05 November 2018 13:22 Written by Leigh Woolford

Here’s a quick look at Heidi’s AWPF panel.

Tenby win Pixels 2018

Monday, 05 November 2018 12:37 Written by Leigh Woolford

Pixels 2018, the 14th running of the competition, took place at Talbot Green Community Centre on Saturday 3rd November and was a very well attended and enjoyable competition.

It was a particularly good day for Tenby Camera Club who, with 77 points from a possible 80, were clear winners and became the first club to win the competition three times. They finished four points ahead of Afan Nedd (73 points).  Inn Focus were third on 72 points. Top North Wales club were Deeside who finished fourth, tied with Gwynfa on 70 points.

Click here to see the final Pixels 2018 score sheet.

The Tenby photos were: ‘Go’ by Mike Cullis (19), ‘Loving Life’ by Al Rees (20), ‘Water Rail at Sunrise’ by Charlie Kidd (18) and ‘Newly Emerged Four Spot Chaser’ by Gary Jenkins (20). Click here to see them.

The judges were Phil Charnock (FRPS MFIAP) and Gwen Charnock (FRPS MFIAP) who kept the audience entertained with their inciteful critique, humourous comments and a little bit of marital bickering. They made the job of judging 164 images look easy and their entertaining approach meant that time flew.

Gwen & Phil selected ‘The Space Between Us‘ by Dan Muckle-Jones of Ruthin Camera Club as Best Monochrome Photograph and ‘Wild Fox cubs, Early Evening‘ by Jenny Hibbert of Bridgend & District Camera Club as Best Colour Photograph. Click the links to see the photographs. A further nine photos scored twenty points and were in contention for the awards. You can see them here.

Gwynfa Camera Club would like to thank everyone who attended the competition (we counted over 140 people) and all 41 clubs that entered. Without you, this event would not be possible.

We’d also like to thank very much indeed everyone who supported the event by buying raffle tickets as this is a significant part of helping us to finance the event. Huge thanks to all those who donated such amazing raffle prizes especially Fotospeed, Permajet and Carmarthen Cameras. Also special thanks to Crystal Vision Locks and Trophies for providing the Pixels Trophies and to Fun Fillings & Valley Catering for providing such a tasty (and plentiful) buffet.

We also wish to thank everyone from Gwynfa who helped to organise and run Pixels 2018. It was a real team effort.

A slideshow of all the photographs entered can be seen below.

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