Congratulations to Keith Parker who recently came second in the Aspiring Class of the Disabled Photographer’s Society (DPS) competition on the theme of ‘Landscape’. The DPS is a national charity for disabled photographers in the UK and has over 500 members. Keith’s image is of the Newcastle Swing Bridge taken at night.
Thanks to all who attended and submitted entries for our first competition of the season, ‘Mono’ prints. Thanks also to our judge, Graham Currey for his judging and comments on the night. Congratulations go to Paul Scott, Anthony Gosling and Denis Jones for taking first, second and third places respectively. Also, well done to all the people who’s images were Highly Commended and Commended.
As this was the first competition of the season, we won’t be publishing the league table yet.
Martin James, the Ranger at Teggs Nose is keen to utilise the facilities that he manages to the full, and so, having just established a small exhibition space he asked us if we could fill it with a photographic exhibition. We had seven days in which to pull together a range of images that would appeal to the theme requested by Martin “Local wildlife and Landscapes”. The exhibition will be in place until at least 22nd August. Martin will seek to vary the style of exhibition from time to time and he may well ask us to do another exhibition in due course when, under less time pressure, we will be able to widen the number of club members involved. This exhibition contains images from Mark Helliwell, Kevin Blake, David Tolliday, Alison Lomax, Steve Gresty and Conor Molloy. Spread the word and hopefully we can get as many people viewing the work as possible.
Camera Club exhibition at the Teggs Nose tea rooms.
Congratulations to three of our members for putting on two great exhibitions as part of the Barnaby Festival.
Val Lear and Mark Helliwell, in conjunction with Rachael King, have an exhibition following the life of a hoarder with OCD through the medium of photography, video and personal writing. It’s on at the Gateway gallery on Prestbury Road up to and including Sunday 26th June. There will also be a presentation on OCD/hoarding on Saturday 25th from 1-3pm, followed by a mindfulness session to 4pm.
David Tolliday is showcasing his fantastic astro-photography skills with a number of his images on display at Brewtique, 8 Market place, until 26th June. You can also choose from a great selection of beers here if you’re that way inclined.
Please get along to both if you can, they are well worth a visit.
The Landscape dpi competition was our last of the season. Thanks go to our very own Landscape judge, Mark Helliwell, who gave considered and insightful critiques for all the entered images. The honours go to Alison Lomax in first place, Conor Molloy in 2nd and Paul Scott in 3rd. The top 10 images are now available to view on the Competitions Page.
With all the scores now in I can announce that the winner of the League is…. Paul Scott (again!), who managed to overtake Anthony at the last. Many congratulations Paul.
The final scores were (remember that the lowest score achieved in a competition is dropped from the final tally):
Paul Scott – 38 points
Anthony Gosling – 34 points
Conor Molloy – 33 points
Steve Gresty – 29 points
Kevin Blake – 26 points
Len Claydon – 24 points
Alison Lomax – 21 points
Louise Acton – 15 points
David Tolliday – 13 points
Malcolm Brunt – 11 points
The full spread sheet will be sent out to everyone in due course.
Hope to see you all at the AGM next week, when Paul will be presented with his trophy.
