The first of the Club’s competitions took place on 5 October. As usual now, this was a critique with votes cast by members. Colour prints submitted by Nick Craddock, Geoff Poole, Jim Wild and Mike Davies were voted as ‘Favourites’. For Mono prints the Favourites were submitted by Mike Davies, Nick Craddock, and Cled Lewis. …
Awards Night was a busy evening with recognition given to many club members. In the Colour Print section, Nick Craddock, Mike Davies, Guy Butler-Madden, Mike Baker, Alison Love and Geoff Poole achieved Photographer of the Year (POTY) awards; and Geoff Poole, Guy Butler-Madden, Patrick Davies and Tony Tarlton achieved ‘Plate’ awards. In the Mono print …
We were very lucky to have Margaret Salisbury, FRPS FIPF MFIAP APAGB, to critique our images on the 11th May. Margaret is a photographer of international acclaim and gives a critical but positive view of the images on display, all combined with sometimes eclectic anecdotes of personal experiences. In the Colour print section, she commended …
Colin Ford gave a superb talk on Hungarian photography on 4 May. His previous experience as a museum curator and director gave him a unique insight into iconic black and white photographs from a previous era. There was a lively Q&A session in which he also talked about latter day and contemporary photography.
This was another ‘Members’ Critique’ of prints and digital images. Colour prints submitted by Nick Craddock, Mike Davies, Cled Lewis and Guy Butler-Madden were voted as ‘Favourites’. For Mono prints the Favourites were submitted by Nick Craddock, Mike Davies and Peter Dennis. Liza Webb, Mike Baker and Mike Davies had Favourite images in the PDI …
Competition 4 was held on 10 February. This was the Club’s second ‘members’ critique’ event where the anonymous judging was done by those present. The following had images that were chosen as favourites, or second or third favourites amongst the 30 or so images submitted: Alison Love, Guy Butler-Madden, Peter Dennis, Geoff Poole, Nick Craddock, …
The club’s social evening and club night was held on 15 December. Four teams attempted to answer a broad range of questions (including some fiendish ones) compiled by Alan Roberts. All teams were remarkably close and it came down to a taxing piece of arithmetic to allow the ‘Snowman’ team to creep into first place.
Competition 3 was judged by Dave Bennett. Images submitted by the following members were commended or highly commended: Pam Lewis, Norman Walker, Mike Davies, Nick Craddock, Geoff Poole, and Guy Butler-Madden.
The second of the Vale’s competitions was held on 10 November. This was another ‘first’ for the Vale as the submissions were not assessed by an external judge, but by the members themselves using voting slips. The evening was successful, although a few minor changes will be made next time to ensure that the evening …
Thursday, 13 October saw the first of the Vale’s competitions this season. The style was different from previous competitions in that the judge was invited to critique each image in their own way without allocating numerical points. The idea of this was to allow a fuller and more positive critique without having to ‘nitpick’ to …
