'Chairman's Evening - a warm welcome to existing and new members | 5 Sept 2017 |
Club Chairman Richard Watson LRPS welcomed members back after the summer break. This was the first meeting of the 2017-2018 season so there was a great deal of chatter about trips to exiting places and photographic experiences.
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Social Event 2017 | 15 July 2017 |
Club members and guests met in the large secluded garden of Gill and Ian Cardy. ![]() ![]() Everyone enjoyed an excellent meal in the delightful surroundings and it was a great occasion for members to meet up during the summer break and chat about their photography and holidays as they enjoyed the food and drink. There was a chance to look around the large interesting garden and towards the end of the evening Gill brought out her immaculate 1925 Austin 7 which was greatly admired by all. ![]() There was a lot of peering under the bonnet and discussion about the technicalities of such a vintage car. The car is Gill's pride and joy so she was only too pleased to take some members out for a spin! Many thanks to Gill and Ian and their family for ther kind hospitality and to those who made it such an enjoyable afternoon, The 2017 -2 018 season starts on 5 September with a wide range of interesting speakers to enjoy - competitions to enter and photographic topics to discuss. The many interesting presentations include Portraits, Movement, Altered Reality, Bugs, America and Fine Art. See the Programme for details. |
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The competition was organised by FIAP with 20 countries taking part.
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AGM and Presentation of Awards | 16 May 2017 | |
The Club Chairman Richard Watson LRPS welcomed members to the AGM which was the last meeting of the 2016 - 2017 season. About 30 members attended and the evening began with some apologies followed by the approval of the 2016 minutes. Reports from officers of the Committee had previously been circulated to members but Richard asked if a brief resume could be given to the members present. ![]() Richard thanked all those who had worked so hard in their various roles. Committee members spoke briefly about the events and activities that had taken place during the season. ![]() There was a resolution proposed for a number of minor changes and clarifications to the present competitions rules. There was some debate on some of the changes but finally they were all voted in on a show of hands. In future more information will be required when sending in competition entries so members must follow the instructions very carefully. The new rules will be published on the website when the final wording is agreed. The committee was elected with Richard Watson continuing as Chairman and Dave Gray as Secretary. Mike Valentine takes over as Treasurer from Richard Atkinson as each post has to be changed after 4 years. Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP continues as Programme Secretary. Caroline Wright is in her 4th Year as Competition secretary and Hilary Eagles has volunteered to shadow her with a view to taking over the role in 2018-2019. Frank Collins continues as Battle Secretary. Three new committee members were welcomed - Lynda Croft, Steve Hardman & Craig Purvis and last but not least as the club could not do without Mike Saunders the 'chairman' who always puts himself out to arrive early and set out the hall! ![]() The evening concluded with the presentation of the 20 Annual Competition Trophies by Richard Watson. The awards were not spread out very far amongst the members as there were only 7 recipients. Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP had the lions share with 7 of them, Pam Mullings 4, Caroline Wright 3, Kyra Wilson 3 (1 tied) Tim Pier 2, David Wilkinson 1 and Steve Hardman 1 tied with Kyra. The full list of Awards can be seen in Club Awards. Make a note that the theme for a competition next season is 'Portraits' and there is also a competition for images taken on a phone - further details will be sent out to members. Keep in mind that images will be needed for Landscape, Nature and Monochrome competitions and why not get inspiration for some Creative images either in camera or by manipulation! Finally have a great summer, take lots of photos and come back ready for a new season which starts on 5th September. |
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Thanks to Tim Pier and Derek Mason for the photographs. Top left: Robert Harvey, above right: Pam Mullings and above left: Caroline Wright Below: Kyra Wilson, Tim Pier and David Wilkinson. Many Congratulations to all |
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Ladies v Gents Battle 2017 - a win for the Ladies! | 9 May 2017 |
Adrian Herring ARPS DPAGB and Vanessa Herring LRPS are both very experienced judges and did an excellent job of jointly judging what Adrian described as 'a fantastic set of images - especially the wildlife'. This 'friendly' battle between the sexes of the club is always closely fought and both sides do all they can to win! Out of the 60 images projected 5 scored the maximum 20 points with Gill Cardy FRPS AFIAP DPAGB bumping up the Ladies total considerably with perfect scores on all 3 of her images. Both judges were in agreement and each gave top marks to the 3 stunning wildlife images 'Black Grouse at Lek', Great Grey Owl sitting in Snow' and 'Osprey Bringing Nesting Material' (right) The total scores for the rest of the entries went from 12 to up to 17 points but members should not feel disappointed if they did not get top marks because, as Adrian said, the judges had to be 'picky' with such a high standard of entries so even any very minor flaws lost a point or two.
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Landscape Group visit to South Devon | Sunday 23 April |
A small group led by Robert Harvey visited several locations on the South Devon coast.![]() Our first stop was at Ringmore where we walked for a mile or so past Anstey Cove to Westcombe Beach just west of Bigbury on Sea. As is often the case with coastal paths it was quite a steep and undulating path, but fortunately dry. ![]() Our next stop was a brief viewing of the sea tractor which carries visitors to and from Burgh Island and its ![]() (not in the exclusive Burgh Island Hotel!). From here we drove round the very narrow country lanes to Bantham Beach – for reference note that the main gate to the car park is locked at 8pm, something to be considered for summer sunset shots. Here time was spent exploring the location which has many rock “spines” leading seawards and different coloured boulders of various sizes. We stayed for the sunset – amazingly the disc of the sun set exactly over the cupola of the Hotel, probably on only this day of the summer. Care must be taken at this location as it is possible to be cut off by the high tide, but at neap tides high water access should be OK. A long journey home, many thanks to Ray for driving and to Robert for organising. SH |
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Images: Top - Burgh Island Sunset by Steve Hardman Above left - Bantham Beach and right - Westconbe Bay - both by Ray Grace ARPS DPAGB Below: Bantham Beach, Sea Tractor and Westcombe Beach - all by Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP |
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