Do take a look at our Virtual Exhibition on YouTube put together for us by Alan Colegrave. Just click on the link and enjoy!
A great evening with Dave Stewart, Deepings Camera Club, judging our competitions in his informative and entertaining way.
The Open competition was won by Judith Gimber with ‘Rosy Pelican’; in second place was ‘Georgia’ by Avril Candler and Trevor Alexander’s ‘Well Supported’ third. Highly commended were John Draper’s ‘Catching Up’ and Avril’s ‘Jay at the Kitchen Window’. Trevor’s ‘Fast Flowing’ and Judith’s ‘Young Hummingbird’ were commended. Congratulations all.
Open Winner by Judith Gimber
Portraits and People: The Annual Projected Trophy was awarded to John Draper for his ‘Big Issue Seller’ and his ‘Extinction Rebellion Demo’ was second; Judith Gimber’s ‘Lighting Up Time’ was third. Highly commended were ‘Carnival in Black White and Gold’ by Mark Buckley-Sharp, ‘The Shepherd’ by John Draper and ‘Wheelchair Marathon’ by YC Wei. Commended were YC’s ‘Toward Big Ben’ and Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘Walk Up That Hill’.
Portrait & People Winner by John Draper
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competitions and ‘came along’ to support the evening. Special thanks to Dave Stewart for his erudite, helpful critiques which made a very enjoyable evening.
All the entries may be viewed on Facebook.
Next week we are ‘on holiday’ returning on the 13th May to Century for our Open and Triptych Print competitions which will be judged by Martin Patten.
In the meantime have a good fortnight and hopefully May weather will improve on April’s!
Very many thanks to Peter for his excellent judging for both the Panels and Open Prints.
Panels comprise between three and eight prints and there is quite an art to display them to their full advantage. We really appreciate the cost, time and effort that goes into making panels and the task we give the judge! Congratulations go to Judy Buckley-Sharp for her trophy winning ‘Stuttgart Lights’; Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘Looking Through’ was second and Mark Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Carnival People’ third.
Panel Trophy Winner by Judy Buckley-Sharp
In the Open section congratulations to Judith Gimber for ‘Trio of Chatty Puffins’; Second and third went to Avril Candler’s ‘Safe’ and ‘Trees Tangles and Dappled Light’. YC Wei’s ‘Reflection’ was highly commended.
Open Print Winner by Judith Gimber
Once again, many thanks to everyone who entered prints and supported this evening. Special thanks to Peter Cox for his erudite, informative and helpful commentaries which made the evening so enjoyable.
Next week we are on Zoom for projected Portrait/People and Open competitions which will be judged by Dave Stewart.
Very many thanks to Neil for his outstanding talk last night covering an overview of different aspects of his photography such as People and Street, ‘Candids’, Still Life, and concentrating on his Surreal Abstracts and Minimalism work. Neil spoke about having “obsessive ideas” such as Metallographs, Household Geometry, Frames and Red. He works in sets and highlighted where each image works best as a print rather than projected. It It was fascinating to see his minimalist, witty and beautifully photographed work. It was a truly enjoyable and inspiring evening.
https://www.neilscottphotos.co.uk/
Next week we are at Century for our annual Panel of Prints and Open competition which will be judged by Peter Cox, Tring Camera Club.
Have a good week – whatever the weather!
