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…..
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.
The Photography Show at the N.E.C. in Birmingham is back for 2019.
Dates are 16-19 March, 2019.
Full details on their website.
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.
Bridgend CC 5 to 8 Competition.
The 2019 5 to 8 Competition for digital Photo Harmony audio visuals is open for entries from 23rd November 2018 until 18th February 2019. Entries can be made online or by post.
This years judges are:
Joan Ryder Rathband FRPS FPSSA AFIAP DPAGB and Clive Rathband FRPS FPSSA EFIAP DPAGB
Judging takes place on Monday 18th March at Bridgend’s usual venue and all are welcome. Full details, rules and entry forms are available on Bridgend CC website.
