T he last themes and their closing dates for the Camera Club of the Year have been announced by Absolute Photo. If you go to their website you can sign up (it’s free) and you’ll be able to see the entries from previous rounds. You can also read an on-line up to date version of Photography News. (That’s the newspaper that is distributed at club meetings).
The final themes are Round 4: Movement, and Round 5: The power of Nature. All themes are open now so I’m sure that Conor will be asking for your pics anytime now.
One of our aims for 2016 is to get more active in Federation and National level competitions, so our first foray is into the national GB Cup as organised by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. We have entered the nature section and here is a selection of our images. So far we have 14 images from five club photographers but only the top 10 scoring images will count. There is also a prize for the photographer with the best 3 images. Lets see how we get on.
Only one week left to get your print entries in for the next competition. Entries must be in by 18th Jan. There will be no extensions as the prints will be collected by the judges next Monday evening. Please DO NOT write your name on the back, only the title, as the competition will be judged by a panel of club members. Also, don’t forget to send your entry form to me as usual.
Many thanks to everyone who came along and participated in our first home-judged competition. Despite the technical hitches we managed to get through everything, thanks in no small part, to our volunteer critiquers (Mark, Len, Howard, Alan and Louise). They somehow kept us on track with concise and insightful comments on all of the 50 entered images. Congratulations to Steve Gresty for taking the top spot, with Louise Acton in second and Anthony Gosling and Conor Molloy sharing 3rd place. Louise did particularly well with all three of her images in the top 10. All of the top 10 images are now available to see under the ‘Competitions’ section of this web site.
It would be great to know how everyone thought the evening went, compared to the more usual format with an external judge. Please use the forum to leave feedback along with any ideas you might have for future competitions or have a chat with any of the committee members.
After two competitions the accumulated scores are as follows:
Conor Molloy 16, Kevin Blake 15, Paul Scott 15, Steve Gresty 14, David Tolliday 13, Louise Acton 12, Anthony Gosling 11, Vince Sparks 6, Malcolm Brunt 4, Kevin Lomax 4, and Irene Lea 1.
An excellent night in Holmes Chapel saw our Camera Club lift the Robertshaw trophy for the first time in 15 years. Five clubs complete for this trophy and the overall scores on the night were : Macclesfield 180 points, Crewe 172, Leek 171, Blythe Bridge 159 and Holmes Chapel 159. The event was well attended by all clubs with Macc being represented by Paul Scott, Anthony Gosling, Keith Parker, Kevin Blake, Peter Thomasson and Conor Molloy. Thank you to our new External Competition secretary Chris Aggersbury for co-ordinating the submission and selection of our 10 images. Our individual image scores were :
Kissing Beeeaters by Conor Molloy (19 points) , Focus by Steve Gresty (18 points) , Quarter inch Jack by Antony Gosling (19 points), Mia by Paul Scott (20 points)
Battle of the Hurdles by Alison Lomax (16 points), Nature Red in Tooth and claw by Leonie Sellars (16 points), Polo player by David Tolliday (18 points), One Angel Square, Manchester by Anthony Gosling (16 points)
Arctic Tern Feeding Time by David Tolliday (18 points), Hunting Great Grey Owl by Conor Molloy (20 points).
All of the images can be viewed under the Competitions tab on the website. The judge was Robert Millin from Stockport. Well done to everyone.
