OPEN PRINT AND DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITION

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB OPEN PRINT AND DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITION Before the evenings judging began chairman Roy Packer wished club member Harry Gardiner a happy birthday from all those present. The open competition was judged by John B Davies DPAGB, AWPF, CPAGB who travelled from his home in Swansea. John has been interested in Photography for over 50 years, but di

d not purchase his first digital camera until 2001, which he say’s ‘changed my life’ and since retiring from full time employment, photography now takes up a significant part of his life. He was a member of Swansea Camera club for several years. In the past 12 months John has visited 26 different venues giving talks on photography, judging and presenting numerous digital slide shows. The chairman thanked John for standing in to judge at short notice due to the fact that the appointed judge could not attend. John told the audience enjoy your photography, do not blame the tool it’s all in the eye of the photographer, he went on to tell members of the several hours he sat in a hide waiting to photograph a Kingfisher and did not take one image and was envious of the ones submitted in this evenings competition. He commented on the very high quality of images presented for him to judge, 29 prints and 49 digital images in total. Due to the very high standard of entries in the print image section John awarded 3 x 3rd places, 3 x 2nd places and joint 1st place winners, Roy Packer – ‘Severn Crossing’ and Paul Richards – ‘Hanging by a Thread’. After the coffee break, digital images were shown and once again because of an excellent selection of images John could not award an individual winner and gave 6 images the maximum score of 20 points, the photographers being, Andrew Baxter, Neil Thomas, Dave Bolton, Les Wallace, Gary Jenkins and Roy Packer. 10th October – Aircraft and Bird flight photography – Steve Littlewood 17th October – Macro Photography Explained – Allan Squires