The Winner of the April Monthly Competition on the theme of ‘Yellow’ was Alan Shepherd with his print entitled ‘Meditation’. You can see it below.
Second was Stephen Lindsay with his PDI entitled ‘Yellow Hammer’ and third was Catherine Coombs with her DPI entitled ‘Look Into My Eyes’.
The judge was John Ridgwell.
The Winner of the March Monthly Competition was Alec Stewart with his DPI entitled ‘Mother and Baby’. You can see it below.
Second was Chris Tidman with her print entitled ‘Granny Gets Distracted’ and third was Alan Stokes with a print entitled ‘Quarryman’s House’.
The judges were Sue O’Connell & Peter Brisley of Bristol.
The Winner of the February Monthly Competition was Gill Jones with her DPI entitled ‘Child of the Universe’. You can see it below.
Second was Jeff Thomas with his print entitled ‘Steamy Relationship’ and third was Rob Greenhill with a PDI entitled ‘Thelma & the Mystery Case’.
The judge was Dennis Russ LRPS, AFIAP, AWPF, CPAGB, BPE1*.
The current Merit Table can be seen below. Please check your scores and report any inaccuracies to Alan Shepherd.
The Winner of the January Monthly Competition was Dave Lingham with his print entitled ‘Last Light.
Dave managed to do more than keep up with the Joneses…. Second overall was Doug Jones with his PDI entitled ‘The Forgotten‘ and third was Mike Jones with a PDI entitled ‘Jet Steam’.
All three images can be seen below.
The judge was Rob Mitchell MA Phot.
Below is a list of our 2018 Competition Judges.
Those of you who prefer not to know, please don’t look!
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
