Swansea 10 way battle Beynon Trophy 2014

Swansea 10 way battle  Beynon Trophy 23/06/2014 (5 prints)

The 10 clubs that take part in this comp are Abertawe, Barry, Llanelli, Methyr,  Morriston, Rhondda, Swansea, Tenby, Trostre, And Vale. All images used had to be ones that had only been seen in the clubs internal comps and not judged externally. Tenby came joint 2^nd with Vale scoring 90 out of a possible 100 the winners were Swansea. Only 4x20’s were awarded and Tenby got 2 of them.

Prints and scores out of a possible 20

Paul Richards                     Female Reed Bunting with Damsels          20

Robert Lineker                   Sadhu                                                      16

Charlie Kidd                      Never the Train will Meet                        17

Roy Packer                        Kestrel with Prey                                    20

Dylon Harris                      The Copse                                               17

thank you very much to all those that supply me with their images and well done

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

Thursday 15^th May was the clubs first meeting of the summer programme held at Jameston Community Hall.

The clubs vice chairman introduced to the evening and gave a brief explanation of the programme of events. He went on to introduce Ray Hines one of the founder members of the club and himself an experienced photographer.

Ray began the evening with a power point presentation talking about aperture, depth of field, shutter speeds. Following a break for refreshments Ray continued the evenings talk with his own images and explaining the various processes that he adopted to produce the shot.

The evening was attended by 15 members of the club with one new face who we hope will continue to come along.

To finish the evening a general discussion took place about the programme and the areas proposed to visit for practical photography.

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

The camera club held it’s Annual Award Presentation evening on Thursday 8^th May at the St Florence community Hall. The evening started with members and guests enjoying a Thai curry supper prepared and served by committee members and partners.

Mr Allen Lloyd ARPS AWPF was the guest speaker for the evening and gave the members and their guests a presentation of images taken at the Yellowstone Park in America and of the Grizzly Bears playing in the snow. This was followed by landscape images of the Brecon Beacons and of Allen’s home area of Chepstow with remarkable views of the Severn Bridges.

Allen was asked by the club Chairman and committee to award the trophies to those successful photographers.

Award winners 2014

1. Jack Davies Award for Landscape/Seascape print -‘Scour Hole – Paul Richards
2. Jack Davies Award for Landscape/Seascape – digital - ‘In the Cool of the Night’

                                                                                      -  Gary Jenkins

      3.    Black and white Award – print – ‘Lady in Doorway’ – Roy Packer     

      4.    Black and white – digital – ‘ Powering Up’ – Roy Packer

      5.    Natural History – print – ‘Scent Marking Stag – Andrew Baxter

      6.    Natural History – digital – ‘Barn Owl with Prey – Paul Richards

      7.    Panels – print – ‘Dalmatian Pelicans’ – Roy Packer

      9.    Audio Visual – ‘UK in the 40’s’ – Charles Kidd

      10.  Creative – print – ‘Birkenau – Roy Packer

      11.  Creative – Digital – ‘Puppet Masters Wheelchair’ – Roy Packer

      12.  Merit award for non-winners  - Print – Chris Mansell

      13.  Merit award for non-winners – digital – Jan Hornett

      14.  Liz Pellowe award for 1^st Year Members Print – Peter Bierbach

      15.  Liz Pellowe award for 1^st Year Members Digital – Peter Bierbach

      16.  Print of the Year – ‘Kestrel Prey’ – Roy Packer

      17. Digital Image of the Year – ‘Losing It’ – Andrew Weaver

      18. Photographer of the Year – Roy Packer

Roy Packer, Jan Hornett, Charles Kidd, Andrew Weaver, Chris Mansell, Gary Jenkins

                                      and Liz Wallis for Paul Richards

Unable to attend Paul Richards, Andrew Baxter and Peter Bierbach.

Evening with Alan Sheppard ARPS AFIAP AWPF

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

Neil Thomas the club Vice Chairman introduced the guest speaker for the club evening of the 24^th 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 1^st 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 Thursday15^th May at Jameston Community Hall.

                                                 

                               

Mick Brown -: South Georgia the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean

Fascinating and mysterious, vast and sweeping, these were the opening lines to the report given in 2012 with regards Mick Brown; two years later Mick Brown was back at the camera club to present a talk on South Georgia the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean.

Mick Brown’s home base is Pembrokeshire, but spends most time of the year as a guide on polar expeditions and has a wealth of facts and figures to go with his images which he showed to members on Thursday 3^rd April.

Mick explained that to explore the wild life and history of South Georgia you must travel by ship, sailing from the various ports in Chile and Peru. South Georgia which is a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean, it is a remote and inhospitable part of the earth’s surface, but has a magical attraction. The island is 167.4km long and 1.4 to 37km wide and is the largest island in the territory.

The images Mick showed members were of the many sea birds the island supports such as the Albatross, large colonies of King Penguins along with Petrels, Prions, Shags, Skuas, Gulls and Terns, also birds unique to the Archipelago such as South Georgia Shag, South Georgia Pipit and the South Georgia Pintail. There is no native population; but images were shown of a few settlements with the present inhabitants of the British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, Scientists and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey.

Following a coffee break Mick continued to explain that there are no native land mammals, though Reindeer, Brown Rats and Mice have been introduced through the activities of man. Reindeer amongst the Seals was an amusing image, these being introduced to the island in 1911 by Norwegian Whalers for meat and for sport hunting. In 2011 a complete cull was announced to take place, leading to the eradication of Reindeer from the island.

To conclude Mick showed members images relating to Sir Ernest Henry Shackelton’s Polar Expeditions to the Antarctic and his final resting place in Grytviken, South Georgia.

Images taken by Mick Brown.                  

Thursday 10^th April Judging Print/Digital of the year.

Thursday 17^th April Judging of Audio Visuals.