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PROGRAMME CHANGES FOR SEPTEMBER
Please note that there have been a few changes to the programme advertised in your club handbook.
- September 9th sees Margaret Salisbury join us for the talk entitled 'The Dragon's Pictures'. This replaces the Members Evening.
- The speakers for September 16th and September 23rd have switched dates. Pierino Algieri is now on the 23rd and Jim Lowe is on the 16th.
For full details of the revised September to December programme click HERE.
You will see that we have an absolutely amazing end to the year with no less than SEVEN very special visiting speakers as well as our own Nigel Butters. We also have the final three competitions of the year plus our Winner of winners night celebrations. Pixels 2010 also takes place on Saturday 6th November at Talbot Green Community Centre. Then, before you know it, it will be Christmas! |
YOUR PRINTS WANTED FOR CAERLAN HALL
We are due to change the framed photographs that are on the walls of our meeting place, Caerlan Hall. We are therefore inviting you to submit up to two 20x16 mounted prints for consideration. Prints should be given to Andy Baker by the 9th September. For this display we would like you to enter NEW WORK - photographs that have not been entered into a club competition yet. (Note, it won't stop you entering them into future competitions). All enquiries to Andy Baker atbaker1@googlemail.com
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GWYNFA PHOTO MARATHON - RESULTS
Cowbridge was a very wet and cold place on Thursday 15th July yet a dozen hardy souls braved the deluge to take part in the Gwynfa mini photo marathon. Entrants had up to 2½ hours to take five photographs on five subjects in the correct order. The five subjects were "Wet", "On The Move", "Street Life", "Looking Up" and "Self Portrait". Organiser Leigh is very impressed by the quality and inventiveness of the photographs submitted particularly considering the dire conditions. Well done to Teresa, Andy, Betty, Heidi, Alec, Allan Squires, Nick, Alan Shepherd, Gary W., Cecilia and Philippa for coming out and getting stuck in on such a terrible night.
The winners WERE:
WET - Cecilia Hannigan-Davies - photo here
ON THE MOVE - Nick Jenkins - photo here
STREET LIFE - Cecilia Hannigan-Davies - photo here
LOOKING UP - Teresa Baker - photo here
SELF PORTRAIT - Andy Baker - photo here
BEST PANEL OF FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS - Alec Stewart - photos here
Special thanks to judge Gary Green for his deliberations and interesting statistics. It was interesting to note that Alec Stewart completed the task in 20 minutes and Nick Jenkins in 21 minutes. At the other end of the scale were Heidi Stewart (52 minutes) and Alan Shepherd (51 minutes). It was also noteable that Nick Jenkins took all five of his shots from within 3 metres of the pub doorway! Philippa Wood and Andy Baker took only 9 photos each. The aforementioned Alan Shepherd took over 50. The winners received some very nice 'poundstretcher' prizes ranging from an inflatable travel cushion and a pencil set for subject winners to the grand prize of a 'Captain Kirk' action figure for the overall panel winner. |
GWYNFA IN THE OBSERVER
There is a two page spread of Gwynfa photographs in the Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer (28th July). Thanks to Betty Walker for organising this.
The editor of the paper has asked us to remind you that Gwynga members can also send photos direct to the paper. So if you have any landscape or urban studies of Pontypridd, Llantrisant, the Rhondda or anywhere relevant to this publication and you would like to see them published, send them to pontypridd.observer@walesonline.co.uk
Please include a description of the scene and your name and town of origin and make sure you tell them you are a member of Gwynfa Camera Club.
Photos should be jpeg attachments and LARGER than 2 megabytes. You may get published so it is worth a try! |
THE SWANSEA INTERNATIONAL IS BACK
A welcome return for the Swansea International Salon. Four sections are offered with up to 4 digital images entered per section. ‘Open’ will include colour and/or mono (you can mix them in your 4 entries ), there is also Travel, Nature, and a new section, People. If all sections are entered with 4 images the fee is less than £1 per image. Uploading on the website and payment by Paypal is preferred. The salon has both FIAP and PSA approval so any acceptances will count towards their awards. Closing date is 21st October and judging the following weekend. Website: http://www.swanseacameraclub.co.uk/international/sccinternational.html |
DICK KNILL - IRON MAN
A message from Dick Knill who completed his 'Iron Man' Challenge lst Sunday. Well done Dick. Fantastic....
Just to keep you in the loop, the Half Iron Man took place on Sunday, and I managed to get round finishing a total of 75th out of a field of 174. My overall time was 6 hours 19 minutes, which I am pleased with. The boring bits on time are below:
Swim 1.2 miles (time taken from start of swim until leaving the transition area on the bike, which included a soggy 500 meter run) 51 mins 20seconds
Bike-58 miles (time taken from start of bike to star of run) 3 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds
Run (OUCH!!) 13.1 miles (yes...the .1 meant alot!!!) 2hours 17minutes 13seconds.
I would therefore like to thank you all for the sponsorship you have pledged, and if I have not yet recieved it I will gather the cash when I am back from my hols in 3 weeks.
It's not to late to pledge money to Dick. Contact him at rarrknill@hotmail.com
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LOTS OF INTERNATIONAL SALON ACCEPTANCES
Congratulations to Alan Shepherd and Leigh Woolford who had acceptances in the following International Salons, including an award each.
Alan got four acceptances in the Indonesian Salon. The photos were Stormy Waters (which also got a PSA Honourable Mention), Harbour Storm, Santorini Village and Scott Memorial Abstract.
Leigh got one acceptance in the Indonesian Salon (Reflections in the Liffey) and ten acceptances in Rock 2010 (Serbia) - the photos were Taking a Nap (which also got a 'Salon Praise'), Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash, Adulation, Jan Akkerman, London Paddington Station, Inquisitive Locals, Windfarm Avila, Death Valley, Number 489 and Open Window Madrid.
Very well done to both!
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SOME FORTHCOMING LOCAL EVENTS TO PHOTOGRAPH
Thanks to Betty Walker for the following list.
1. Ponty's Big Weekend - Sunday July 25th at Ynysangharad Park free tickets available. www.pontysbigweekend.co.uk
2. Big Welsh Bite Food / craft festival , arena displays, Health and Wellbeing etc event - Friday-Sunday July 30-August 1st at Pontypridd Ynysangharad Park Free admission. Including The Mayors harnessed Horse Parade August 1st at 12.00noon with over 40 horse drawn carriages will take part to raise money for the Mayors Charity Appeal
3. Tonyrefail Classic Car Show , Tyn y Bryn Park Tonyrefail - Sunday September 12th 1-5.00pm Free admission. Fun Fair, birds of prey display
4. County Show Tyn y Bryn Park Tonyrefail - Sunday September 12th 150 show sections including, flowers, fruit, veg, photography
5. Live Music Outdoors, Dare Valley Country park Aberdare - Every Sunday afternoon from July 25th- August 29th from 2-4.00pm
6. Events at Trehafod Rhondda Heritage Park
- Cordell Festival - Saturday and Sunday 11.00am - 4.00pm daily Free event including music, theatre, tours, crafts, food and more
- Free underground tours every weekend in September pre booking 01443 682036
- Art Exhibitions will be held in Level One Rhondda Heritage Park Tel No 01443 682036 www.rhonddaheritagepark.com
Something for everyone! |
COMPETITION SET SUBJECTS FOR 2011
The following subjects were selected for our 2011 themed competitions.
February - STREET ART
April (The Jim Davies Award) - TRANQUILITY
June (The President's Trophy) - DECISIVE MOMENT
November (The Freespirit Images Shield) - BEACH
Start taking your photographs now!
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GWYNFA ON FACEBOOK
We have started an informal page on FACEBOOK. It is called 'Friends of Gwynfa Camera Club'. On it you can find out about our latest events, join in discussions or upload your photographs for comment. Anyone is welcome to join.
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PHILIPPA HAS A NEW WEBSITE
Philippa Wood AWPF CPAGB Hon. FWPF has a new website. It contains photos from the various talks she gives to camera clubs and contains hundreds of Philippa's fantastic images from plces such as Cuba, India, The Isles of Scilly, Wales, Barcelona and more..... It is well worth a visit!
http://www.philippawoodphotography.co.uk/Welcome.html |
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER IN CARDIFF
For anyone who couldn't make the London trip, the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is in Cardiff from 19 June 2010 to 12 September 2010 at the National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF14 3NP, 02920 573 276. Thanks to Rob Dummer for the information.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/ |
GWYNFA.ORG.UK - THREE YEARS AND COUNTING.....
This website went live on March 1st, 2007 so we celebrated our third anniversary a short while ago. At the time of writing the site has been in existence for 1162 days and during that time has received 255,709 page hits. This translates to an average 220 page hits per day. Not bad for a camera club website! A big thank you to everyone who has contributed or visited this site since it appeared. Extra special thanks to Neil Aubin who set up the initial site and made it easy for us to pick up the reigns and run. |
WELSH SALON AWARDS
To see the photographs that won awards at the 2010 Welsh Salon of Photography, please click HERE. |
GWYNFA'S WELSH SALON RESULTS
Well done to everyone who achieved an acceptance at the 2010 Welsh salon. We have it on good authority that the standards were very high.
Gwynfa had a total of 33 photographs accepted shared among 14 photographers. This was more than any other club. Congratulations to Mark Mumford who had eight acceptances and scooped two of the major awards: Best Colour Projected Image and Best Creative Print. Special Congratulations also to Brian Sewell and Alan Shepherd who each got five acceptance.
To see a full list of Gwynfa acceptances click HERE.
Congratulations to our good friends at Bridgend & Disitrict Camera Club who were easily the most successful club this year. Among their 28 acceptances were awards for Best Colour Print, Best Creative Projected Image, Best Natural History, a Judges Choice, the Gwyn Morgan Trophy and a share of the Walter Morgan Trophy. They also had a few 'Highly Commended' and 'Commended' photographs for good measure. A fantastic achievement. Well done.
To see a complete list of all acceptances and awards click HERE. |
2010 REFRESHMENTS ROTA
Click HERE to see the 2010 rota for tea & coffee making duties. Please try to ensure you are present on the evening for which you have volunteered. Inform Dave Owen if you cannot attend. Additional willing helpers (ideally in working pairs) are invited to inform Dave Owen (norton7348@tiscali.co.uk) of their willingness to help in order to ensure rota continuity. Thanks to everyone who is helping. |
