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WPF Salon 2012 Entry

The results are in and can be seen on the WPF web site. It would seem that we have redeemed ourselves from previous years and this year we have an acceptance of 17.5% more in line with our results of several years ago..
The 11 accepted in the print section are as follows
Alun Lewis 2 x Colour
Clive Martin 1 x Colour
Graham Harries 2 x Colour
Joyce Mollet 4 x Colour and 2 x B&W with one image gaining a HC
In the Digital section we had 3 images accepted
Gary Martin
Joyce Mollet
Tony Collis
So overall a total of 14 out of 80 entries
Well done to all those who gained acceptances and hard luck to those who did not, better luck next year
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LPS Awards Dinner 2012

Another year over for trophies and awards and we all met up on the 9th March at EJ’s for our annual dinner and wards ceremony. here are a few of the images from the night.



Don’t they look Happy!




Our Hosts for the night





Even Tony got in on the game



Another trophy to her name



Well deserved Carole



My Carmarthenshire yet again



Surprise Surprise



The Happy Couple

Even one for me

Some of the Trophies for Gary



Well done Alun



Proud of his glass Bauble
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Brian Jennings Trophy 2013

On Monday 14th January we had the first external Competition of the year at Trostre CC. We were the defending winners from last year so our expectations were high.
There were 8 clubs competing, Amman Valley, Abertawe, Carmarthen, Pembrey, Tenby, Towy Valley, Trostre and ourselves.
5 Prints from each club and the Judge was Rob Mitchell, after the first 3 rounds we were even with Tenby on 52pts, so it was all down to the last two prints we scored 17 and 20pts and Tenby scored 18 and 20pts. So we lost by just 1pt to our old rivals Tenby.
Over the last 4 years I think we have shared the trophy with Tenby only breaking their run last year.
 
So well done to our entrants, especially Clive for his 20pts
 
‘Firestarter’ by Graham Harries 17pts
‘Her place is in the Home’ by Joyce Mollet 19pts
‘Cheeky Beggar’ by Tony Collis 16pts
‘Me Myself and I’ by Jennifer Williams 17pts
‘Holy Island‘ by Clive Martin 20pts
 
Overall placings were:
1st Tenby 90pts
2nd Llanelli 89pts
3rd Carmarthen 82pts
=4th Amman Valley 81pts
=4th Abertawe 81pts
=4thTowy Valley 81pts
=4th Trostre 81pts
8th Pembrey 77pts
 
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Annual Exhibition 2012

Last Friday/Saturday was the 2012 Annual Exhibition held at the St Elli Centre Llanelli.

This year we had an excellent entry of 81 prints showing the best from the members, early Friday morning Kevin Thomas came and judged the entries to find the best Monochrome, best Colour and best overall image, with a few highly commended as well

Best Colour was ‘Temple Boys’ byTony Collis
Best Monochrome was ‘Lonely Road’ by Arthur Lees, this was also judged best print in show.

Highly Commended

Monochrome                                                         Colour
‘Rabari Tribal Women’ by Joyce Mollet                ‘Holy Island’ by Clive Martin
‘Railway Sidings’ by Arthur Mallett                       ‘Pipped at the Post’ by Clive Martin
‘Hoody’ by Andrew Johns                                     ‘Fire Starter’ by Graham Harries
                                                                               ‘No Palette’ by Jennifer Williams

During the two days the public were asked to vote for their favourite, with a prize of their favourite print for the person who was drawn at the end of the show.
‘Twilight in Bath’ by Arthur Mallett (17 votes) was voted the public choice in a close run contest with ‘No Palette’ by Jennifer Williams  (14 votes)

The person who won the draw was a Mr Robert Ephgrave who chose the wheel in the Mine photo by Peter Francis
Well done to all who entered without whom it would not have been possible and a special congratulations to all the winners and runners up. Also a big thanks to all who manned the stand and helped set it up and dismantle during the two days.


                    
                           Lonely Road by Arthur Lees
Temple Boys by Tony Collis
Twilight in Bath by Arthur Mallett




            
              Holy Island by Clive Martin
Fire Starter by Graham Harries

                   
                           Rabari Tribal Woman by Joyce Mollet
Pipped at the Post by Clive Martin

               
                   Hoody by Andrew Johns
Railway Sidings by Arthur Mallett
No Palette by Jennifer Williams
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3 Way Amman Valley Battle Nov 21st 2012

Last night was the Annual 3 way battle at Amman Valley between AV, Carmarthen and Llanelli, it consists of two rounds of 8 projected images and 8 prints. The judge was Ian Ledgard LRPS, AWPF, EFIAP and EPSA
 
After round one of the projected images we were 2pts in front of AV with 139pts AV 137pts and Carms 135pts.
In round two prints we had the best print ‘Sadhus’ by Gary Martin scoring 20pts but AV came away with 137pts, Llanelli 133pts and Carms 129pts
 
So the final totals were
1st AV with 274pts
2nd Llanelli 272pts
3rd Carms 264pts
 
Our scores for each section were
Projected
Alice in Wonderland by Steve Milton 15pts
Gritty Romance by Gary Martin 17pts
In the Market Place by Joyce Mollet 18pts
Stormy Harbour by Gary Martin 19pts
Stranded by David Rees 19pts
The Art of Poetry by Jennifer Williams 15pts
Three Wise Men by Steve Milton 17pts
Tribal Man and his Wife by Joyce Mollet 19pts
 
Prints
Temple Boys by Tony Collis 17pts
Sleep Walking by Steve Milton 16pts
Who Am I by Jennifer Williams 16pts
John by Gary Martin 15pts
The Sadhus by Gary Martin 20pts
May the Force be with You by Ray Rees 16pts
Eyes of the House by David Rees 17pts
Gone Fishing by Ray Rees 16pts
 
Well done all who were chosen and special congratulations to Gary for his 20pt image.
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WPF Salon 2013

I have just finished collating the entry for this years Salon, unfortunately it is the smallest entry yet since I have been doing it.

There were a total of 10 members entered, with 30 Colour prints, 12 Monochrome and 16 digital. This meant that we could not enter the digital club competition as we did not have enough members entering (4) six are needed to pick a selection from. So we are only entered in the 6 print club competition.

Keep your eyes peeled for the results, some time in late March/early April

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Ace of Clubs 2013 Results

Yesterday was the 2013 Ace of Clubs, thanks to Jackie and Peter Morgan for their company. This competition is quite long and complex because each club has to choose 30 images to work from over 3 rounds of judging.
Round 1 is chosen at the time the entry is made, after the judging for round 1 we were in a lowly 14th place out of 17 clubs, so we then had to choose another 10 images for round 2 this time we came out 7th, however this was not good enough to get us in the top 8 clubs for the final as we ended up cumulatively in 11th place and 9 clubs on count back went through.
So it was left to us to contest the Plate competition, for this we had to pick another 8 images 5 of which could be used again, at the end of this judging we were second to Western Valley.
The eventual overall winners were yet again Tenby with Inn Focus in second, because Inn Focus had automatic entry to the National Finals in July at Warwick (due to there top ten place last year) a second club was chosen and they were Ebbw Vale.
In case you were wondering, each year the top two clubs go forward to represent the WPF at the National Finals for dpi images, a similar event will take place in June to choose the two clubs for the Print equivalent. That National final is held in Chester and we were one of the representatives about 5 years ago
There is one major observation from this competition and that is that we were very let down by a lack of Natural History or Nature photos, nearly all the top clubs had at least 3/4 images in this category all of which scored highly 13-15pts (max 15pts)
This is an area we always fall down on, so come on guys and girls lets see some images! 
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Annual Christmas Dinner 2012

On the 19th December we had our annual Christmas dinner, this year it was held at ‘Al Italia’ in Llanelli. Our newly appointed Secretary Terry Williams did a splendid job of organising the meal, venue and the secret Santa our thanks go to him from all that attended.
We also had an impromptu song or two from Jo, which added a bit of talent to the night.

Here are a few photos of the night.

Two happy Ladies
Happy Smiles
Too busy talking to notice the photographer
The Happy Gang
Is this for the wife or the photo!
Some people are not happy with just one?
It must be love
Friends
The Intellectual end of the table
Bring on the Pudding
Thes were new for Christmas
Amazing what a few drinks does!

 

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2013 A New Beginning

So a new year begins, our first meeting will be on 9th January when we will choose the winners for the best projected and best print from the 2012 winners. So if you were a winner be sure to bring your winning image in on the night otherwise you cannot be considered for the honour.

It will also be hand in for the first print comp of the year, so don’t forget those entries especially the new members.

As a reminder for all members the deadline for anyone who wishes to enter the WPF Salon will be around 3rd week of February as the entry has to be in by the WPF AGM held in early March.
All details can be found on the WPF web site including entry forms costs etc
Llanelli Photographic Society