4th September: Members’ Evening – Summer Projects

This week we enjoyed our first meeting of the 2023/24 season over Zoom on Monday evening.

Several members took the time and effort to produce short talks on their projects, some of which are on-going.

With subjects as varied as ‘Things Found in Mud’, ‘Brutalist Architecture’, ‘Pelicans’, ’50:50′, ‘Sywell Airfield’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Maiden Tower Istanbul’ , ‘Wide Angle’ and ‘Yerebatan’ we had a very interesting and lively evening.  The discussions were both entertaining and informative.  Some of the images may well appear in competitions over the coming months.

Huge thanks to everyone who produced their talk and to those who participated in this thought-provoking and enjoyable event.

Next week we meet at our new home, Century Bowling & Sports Club for a ‘meet and greet’ evening.

WE’VE MOVED INTO CENTURY BOWLING & SPORTS CLUB – NEW HOME – NEW SEASON – SEPTEMBER 2023 – JUNE 2024

We’ve packed our trunks, we’ve unpacked our trunks and we look forward to greeting you on Zoom and at our new venue!

 

TRUNKS PACKED & UNPACKED!

 

 

20th June: Print of the Year and Nature Competitions judged by Peter Cox

Many thanks to Peter Cox from Tring Camera club who judged for us last night.  Peter’s erudite, constructive and helpful critiques were much appreciated.

Congratulations to Avril Candler for winning the Nature trophy with ‘Black Bear Clam Hunting’.  Judith Gimber’s ‘Worm Catcher’ and ‘Razor Bills with Sandeels’  were second and third respectively.  YC Wei’s ‘Osprey’ was commended.

Nature Trophy Winner by Avril Candler

This year’s Print of the Year competition entries comprised members’ personal choice of their prints that had been shown either in monthly of specialist competitions during our 2022/23 season.  In a very close race for first, congratulations to Alan Colegrave whose ‘Princess, Guatemala’ was awarded the Trophy;  Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Dressed for the Occasion’ was second and Alan’s ‘Religious Event, Guatemala’ third.  Highly commended were ‘Finlay’ by Judith Gimber,  Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Open Late’ and  ‘Under the Bridge’ by YC Wei,  and ‘Yurt Mother and Child Kyrgyzstan’ by Alan Colegrave.  Commended were Alan’s ‘Wet Wet-Neck’ , and ‘Reflection Brackets’ and ‘Water (Algarve Pool)’ by Peter Polkinghorne.

Print of the Year Trophy winner by Alan Colegrave

 

We thank Peter for his excellent judging and everyone who entered and came along last night.   All the images may be viewed on Facebook.

Our 2022/23 competition year is now ended and we look forward to our 2023/24 programme with its mixture of Zoom and face-to-face meetings – the latter in our new home – Century Bowling and Sports Club.

Have a good summer and hope to see you in September!