Mini Comp Transport 25th April

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

The last mini-competition of the winter programme took place on Thursday 25^th April at the club meeting in the Community Hall, St Florence.

The theme of the competition was ‘Transport’ and thirty nine images were shown and judged by the members. In third place was ‘Waiting for MOT’ by Neil Thomas and in joint first place was ‘Man and Machine’ by Dave Bolton together with ‘Giants of Steam’ by Roy Packer, once again a very high standard of photography with images of ships, boats and planes, cars bikes and even prams.

Following the coffee break the members were then shown a short video of Ty-Hafod the Hospice for Children. Members were asked to subscribe this week to a fund raising appeal.

The evening concluded with Chairman Roy Packer showing members images of his travels to Norway in 2012, to primarily shoot images of the White Tailed Sea Eagles. His adventure started with a flight from Cardiff to Amsterdam changing planes at the infamous Schipol Airport, from there flying to Trondiem Airport, Norway and then a 190km road trip to the village of Lauvsnes in the district of Flatanger. Roy explained to the audience that only one shop, a mini supermarket was open for business. Roy’s images of the White Tailed Sea Eagle catching fish let members in awe of the magnificence of this bird, which is the 4^th largest eagle in the world. Roy and his party had the exclusive use of a purpose built bird hide which enabled him to photograph Bull Finches, Eurasian Jays, Red Squirrels and Goshawks. Roy concluded his talk with a short sequence of images of the buildings and the majestic landscapes around the Fjords of Nord-Trondelag.

Painting With Light 18th April

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

‘Painting with Light’, this was the theme title of the clubs guest speaker Rob Lloyd FRPS, DPAGB, EFIAP on Thursday 18^th April at the Community Hall, St Florence.

On this visit to the Camera Club Rob enthralled the members with his superb landscape and portrait photographs. Rob is a member of the Merthyr Tydfal Camera club and has done particularly well in there club competitions this year gaining a 1^st place in both colour and monochrome prints and a joint 3^rd in monochrome.

Ron explained to members there is no better way of bringing a dramatic scene to life than with a hint of movement, whether it is a branch swaying in the breeze or long grasses being buffered around. Look for creative possibilities, a black dramatic sky is always impressive and with any portrait, the focus is on the eyes or actually on the bridge between them.

Rob showed members many of the images taken in Switzerland in the Zermatt area, where he uses the natural light to its full advantage and then to a winter sunrise in the Brecon Beacons and many landscapes in the Welsh valleys. His portrait images of the Minor’s together with all of the landscapes showed what an excellent photographer Rob Lloyd is.

A lot more of his images can be seen on his website (www.roblloyd.co.uk)

2^nd May – A ‘Search for Focus’ with guest speaker Leigh Woolford.