The 2017 Gwynfa Photographer of the Year is once again Gwynfryn Jones with a total of 207 points from his eleven scores. Rob Beynon was runner up with 205 points.
Below are some of Gwynfryn’s images.
The final merit table for 2017 can be seen BELOW….
The 2017 Picture of the Year was won by Peter Hughes with his photo entitled ‘Winter Light’. This photograph will appear on the front of our 2018 handbook. (Heidi accepted the award on Peter’s behalf as he was unable to attend).
The runner up was ‘Steampunk’ by Lynda Beynon. The photo will appear on the greetings card we present to judges and lecturers.
Below is a list of the top three photographs in each section.
Prints
Steampunk – Lynda Beynon – 8 votes
On the Dockside – Chris Tidman – 5 votes
Childhood Dreams – Rob Beynon – 4 votes
Mirage Fighter Jets – Steve Littlewood – 4 votes
DPI
Winter Light – Peter Hughes – 19 votes
First Light at Llanddwyn Island – Heidi Stewart – 9 votes
Lady in Blue – Terry Donnelly – 3 votes
Congratulations to everyone who had a photograph get through to our ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.
The following awards were also presented during our ‘Picture of the Year’ evening.
Chris Tidman – Special Merit Award
Gwynfryn Jones – Special Merit Award
Linda & Edgar Gibbs – Special Merit Award
Lynda Beynon – Colour Challenge
Gwynfryn Jones – The Colin Williams Trophy / Monochrome Challenge
Heidi Stewart – The Freespirit Images Shield
Gary Welsby – The President’s Trophy
Alan Hoskins – The Jim Davies Award
Alec Stewart – Monthly Trophy – January
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – February
Meryl Natt – Monthly Trophy – March
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – May
Gwynfryn Jones – Monthly Trophy – September
Chris Tidman – Monthly Trophy – October
Heidi Stewart won the 2017 Freespirit Images shield with her DPI entitled ‘First Light at Llanddwyn Island’ which can be seen below.
Second was Gwynfryn Jones with his print ‘Defying Gravity’ and third was Meryl Natt with her DPI ‘Window Shopping’.
All three photos go forward to next week’s ‘Picture of the Year’ competition.
Aberdare Camera club once again provided a warm welcome and a very enjoyable afternoon for the 2017 Stanley Chell competition. Congratulations to Inn Focus Group who came away with a well-deserved win for the second year running, very closely followed by Gwynfa and Western Valley. The judge Mr Walter Benzie Hon FRPS, former president of the Royal Photographic Society kept us entertained providing a thorough and concise critique, unusually marking out of 10.
Once again Gwynfryn Jones took the award for the best colour print with “The Apple Woman”
1 Inn Focus Group 37½ pts
2 Gwynfa 37 pts
3 Western Valley 36½ pts