Jenny Hibbert, the PAGB Distinctions Officer for the WPF, is looking for photos of insects, mammals & birds for the PAGB 2020 Nature Biennial.
So please send her a few photos for selection. She needs them by December.
For full details please click on the image below…
Gwynfa finished 2nd in the WPF Ace of Prints Competition on Sunday.
With each photo able to score a maximum of 15 points we averaged 13 points per image in the final round and lost by just 4 points to ISO (195 to 199). Tenby were third on 186
All our images are shown below.
The WPF finished fairly low down in the order but did achieve some individual successes. Gwynfa members did particularly well generally scoring very well. Note, scores are out of 15 and full WPF scores can be seen below:-
Mono Prints Colour Prints PDI Open PDI Nature
The overall results can be seen here and further details can be found in this edition of PAGB e-news.
Three WPF photographers (inlcuding one from Gwynfa) will have mono prints in the exhibition. They are:-
Gillian Mackay (Tenby) – The Last Tram
Leigh Woolford (Gwynfa) – The White Hut (See below)
Nick Craddock (The Vale) – London Experience
Three WPF photographers will have colour prints in the exhibition. They are:-
Gareth Martin (Afan Nedd) – In Need of a Wash
Gillian Mackay (Tenby) – Looking Out
Jenny Hibbert (Bridgend) – Water Vole About To Enter Water
Phil Morgan (Inn Focus) achieved a PDIs Judge’s Award for:- Red Throated Diver.
Congratulations to them all.
You will be able to see the Exhibition in Maesteg Library during October so don’t forget to go along and enjoy the style and quality of prints that make the exhibition the Best of British! (More details of the exhibition will appear here in due course).
Please find attached the listings for the 4 Sections in the 2019 PAGB Inter-Federaion Competition. The prints were selected from this year’s Welsh Salon and the PDIs were selected from the Welsh Salon and the Ace of Clubs entries.
Gwynfa is very well represented in the selection with 25 photos selected. Our photographers are Chris Tidman, Gill Jones, Gwynfryn Jones, Leigh Woolford, Alec Stewart, gary Welsby, Rob Beynon, Lynda Beynon, Alan Shepherd and Margot Rowlands.
The Judging takes place on June 15th in Burton on Trent – see poster below.
The Barrian Cup took place on Saturday 8th June, 2019 and was judged by Peter Gennard, MFIAP, EFIAP/Plat.
Gwynfa finished in second place!
1st – ISO Group – 90 points
2nd – Gwynfa 87 points
3rd – Inn Focus – 86 points
4th – Neath- 83 points
A total of 24 clubs took part.
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.
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)
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).
