60 Iconic Images Of Pembrokeshire by Chris Warren

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

The chairman opened the club evening asking Charlie Kidd to give the results and show the images of the clubs entries in the W.P.F Memorial trophy competition. From the 24 Welsh clubs that entered, Tenby and District came a very credible fourth with Gary Jenkins image ‘Tipping Point’ gaining 19 points.

Our guest speaker needed no introduction to the members, as Chris Warren, a commercial photographer has been a club member for many a year. Tonight Chris was talking and showing images of his commission for the Pembrokeshire National Park, “60 iconic images of Pembrokeshire”. He took the images in the Autumn of 2012, but before showing members the images he explained what pre-planning had to be carried out following receipt of his brief. Planning – what view points and where, planning a working route, working out best times of day, was it to be a sunrise or sunset shot? The times for the beach and harbours – tide in or out? And finally the weather forecast.

His introduction to the 60 images started with a few statistics, such as the Pembrokeshire National Park being the only coastal path in Britain with an area of 243 square miles and was created in 1952.

The tour around the Park was in bite size sections starting from Amroth along the south coast taking in Saundersfoot, Tenby, Manorbier, Freshwater East to the Green Bridge. Chris gave interesting facts and history on many of the locations. His commission took in a range of locations and while the coastline is spectacular, the woodlands, hills, and the waterway is equally spectacular. His images showed just that, the inland waterway of Carew, Cresswell Quay and up to Llangwm, the Milford Haven Waterway with stunning images of Angle Bay, Thorn Island, Dale and Watwick Bay. The contrasting differences in coastline, and scenery from the north to the south of the County was evident when the images of St Brides, Haroldston Chins, Solva, St Davids and north to Abereiddi and Strumble Head were projected, leaving the audience spell bound. Chris then took us inland to the hills with images of Carn Igili, Pontfaen Woods, Castell Henllys and finishing at Pentre Ifan.

Photographing the Park in its 60^th year was a dream commission Chris stated and was proud to be part of a project recording this magical and fascinating world class landscape for generations of people to come.

Many of the images were published in the National Park paper Coast to Coast, Wales Online and in the local papers, and with some of the images being displayed on the National Park vehicles.

The chairman thanked Chris for a most interesting evening.

All 60 images can be seen at the National Park offices, Llanion Park, Pembroke Dock.

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