TENBY
AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB
Neil Thomas the club Vice Chairman introduced
the guest speaker for the club evening of the 24th April, Mr Alan
Sheppard ARPS AFIAP AWPF Vice President of the Welsh Photographic Federation.
Alan has been the WPF distinctions secretary for many years and has only
recently vacated the position. Alan’s talk was how to become an Associate of
the WPF and what is needed to qualify and where do you start. The distinctions
are open to all members of all clubs that are themselves members of the WPF or
any other federation which is a member of the P.A.G.B.
Panels for assessment comprise of twelve
prints, twelve slides or twelve digital images.
Alan displayed several panels that had
achieved success and explained that not only should there be photographic
quality, there should be harmony of colour, shape and form and avoid
repetition. Members enjoyed the question and answer with Alan following his
talk.
The guest speaker for the clubs last meeting
of the Winter Programme, Thursday 1st May was introduced by Roy
Packer club chairman, Mr Gareth Martin AWPF CPAGB travelled from Bridgend to
give a talk on monochrome, miniatures and more. Gareth is a member of the
Bridgend and District Camera Club and has been very successful in competition with
many of his images. He showed a variety of images which he had entered into the
various salons and spoke of the different judges reactions and comments, and
some very interesting stories attached to the images he had taken. Gareth
displayed a panel of 12 prints showing the technique of manipulation to give
the images a water colour effect.
Members spent time viewing the images up
close and asked Gareth numerous questions before the chairman closed the
evening with a vote of thanks and reminding members that the summer programme
starts Thursday15th May at Jameston Community Hall.
