Many thanks to Tim Morland, Kingston Camera Club, for coming from afar to judge our print competitions.

Open Print section was won by Judy Buckley-Sharp with ‘Toil of Hand’;  second was ‘The Detectorist’ by Judith Gimber and third place went to YC Wei for ‘Crossing the Road’;  ‘Inked’ by Sanjay Mistry was highly commended.  Commended were Avril Candler’s ‘Rhino Baby’s Grass-eating Lesson’ and Mark Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Carnival Companions’.

Open Print Winner by Judy Buckley-Sharp

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Landscape Trophy was won by Judith Gimber with ‘Twilight Fishing’; ‘Half Dome’ by YC was second and Leo Firman’s ‘London at night’ third.  Judy’s ‘Unwanted Dungeness’ was highly commended.

Landscape Trophy Winner by Judith Gimber

Congratulations all and thanks to everyone who entered. Special and many thanks to Tim Morland for his erudite and informative critiques.

As usual all the images are available to view on our Facebook page.

Next week, 3rd February, we are on Zoom for our annual Sets competition and an Open section which will be judged by Steven LePrevost MPAGB FRPS FIPF AFIAP BPE5

In the meantime we say farewell to January (where did it go?) and have a good week.

After our Christmas break we began 2025 with our set subject and open projected competitions which were judged expertly by  Richard Houghton.

The Open section was won by John Draper with ‘Pier of the Year’;  Judith Gimber’s ‘No.29’ and ‘Little Sister’ were second and third respectively. Highly commended were ‘Maiden Tower Istanbul’ by Mark Buckley-Sharp, ‘Rainbow’ by Mark Ornstein and ‘Spreading Fun and Dust’ by Avril Candler. Commended were ‘2 Points’ by Godfrey Dyan, ‘St. Mary-le-Bow Detail’  and ‘Woolwich’ by Trevor Alexander and ‘Wind on the Bridge’ by YC Wei.

Open Winner by John Draper

The Set Subject this year was ‘Industrial’ – left open to photographers’ (and judge’s)  interpretation!  Congratulations to Leo Firman for winning the trophy with ‘Charing Cross’ .  ‘Change and Decay’ by Judith was second and Avril’s ‘Night Gang’ third.  Highly commended were Leo’s ‘Big Ben Eye Pod’, ‘Cranes at Twilight’ by Barry Sampson and  ‘Cromer Crabbing’ by Judith.  Commended were Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘ADM Pier, Erith’, John’s ‘Dray Power Station’ and Peter Keeble’s ‘Gas Worker’.

Set Subject Trophy Winner
by Leo Firman

Congratulations to our winners and and thanks to everyone who submitted their work.  Very special thanks to Richard Houghton whose thorough, informative and considered critiques were much appreciated.  All the images may be viewed on Facebook.

Next Monday we are ‘at home’ at Century for a workshop run by Mark Buckley-Sharp.

In the meantime have a good week and stay warm and safe.