13th October: Summer Project Challenges – Show and Tell Part II

Many thanks to Barry Sampson, Ian Roberts, John Draper, Julia Wainwright and Trevor Alexander for their informative and entertaining presentations of their Summer projects.

Barry took us through his ‘lost summer’ thanks to a fall which meant he had to change ‘tack’ – life on his boat was constrained to taking photos of the marina, comical boat names and sunsets……Barry doesn’t ‘do sunrises’.  A lovely set of images to start the evening with.

Ian gave us a detailed presentation on his journey into the print process sharing a great deal of very useful information with us all.

John took us into his garden and the extraordinary life of wasps nest building, butterflies on Buddleia , the structure of a magnolia blossom and the beautiful pasque flower.

Julia’s challenge was to work on high impact image making, describing her process and work in progress.

Finally Trevor took us through his multiple exposure challenge and results to date with a red Ferrari………..maybe one day it will be a real one!

It was a great evening and much appreciated by everyone.  Thanks again all.

6th October: Ron Wake Trophy Interclub Competition – judged by Carol McNiven Young FRPS EFIAP BPE4* CPAGB

Many thanks to Ealing and Hampshire House, Field End, Pinner, Watford and XRR for entering this year’s Ron Wake Trophy Projected competition (traditionally a print competition).  Special thanks to Carol McNiven Young as she battled through poor internet connections to give each image her detailed and informative commentary.  Carol built the tension by holding back several images, before declaring the results.

Watford Camera Club’s  “Behind” by Alicja O’Sullivan and Patrick Seehanach’s “Catch” were highly commended;  Terri Adcock’s “Fox Fight” was third.

Simon Mee from Pinner Camera Club was second with “Dandelion Clock with Droplets – Blue”.

And the Ron Wake Trophy is coming home!   Ian Robert’s “Ring Necked Pheasant Reflection” was awarded first place.

Once again, thanks to everyone for contributing to an evening of wonderful images and to Carol for her excellent judging.

We hope by this time next year we will be meeting in person with an evening of prints.

In the meantime, stay safe and well.

1st October: Good News

Many congratulations to Peter Polkinghorne whose “Stay Safe North Harrow” image has been accepted for the PAGB Lockdown Archive 100.

Peter’s entry is a triptych of pictures, all taken on local walks from his home in May 2020, when we were limited to one hour of exercise a day.

The image was entered into the club’s Triptych challenge – one of the subjects in our series of Summer challenges.

The PAGB Lockdown Archive 100 can be seen at:

Lockdown 2020