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Sosban Trophy

Later this month 26th June we will hold the annual Sosban Trophy, we are the current holders and hope to retain the trophy. However several clubs will be trying to take it from us they are, Amman Valley, Carmarthen, Pembrey, Tenby and Trostre. Our entry has been chosen and they are:

  • ‘Morning Chores’ by Joyce Mollet
  • ‘Amphu Labtsa Pass’ by John Ellis
  • ‘Holy Island’ by Clive Martin
  • ‘Misty Morning’ by Arthur Mallett
  • ‘The Last Bus’ by Graham Harries
  • ‘The Amazing Mr Calford’ by Graham Harries

A buffet will be provided on the night and all offers will be appreciated, please make sure you comply with the agreed packaging options relating to this from previous events. Look forward to seeing you all there.

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WPF Entry FIAP Biennial

This a copy of an entry on the WPF Website relating to a recent competition. We sent copies of our library of images and one was selected for another competition

‘Holy Island’ by Clive Martin, WELL DONE CLIVE

I entered Wales in the 27th PDI Biennial held in Luxembourg.
It`s not easy to pick the images as you have to have a title for the entry and each image must match the title and form a cohesive group within that topic.  You get marks for each image, marks for how it matches the title and a ‘Coherence’ mark for how the entry all fits together. You`d be amazed at how you can often end up with 17 great images that match really well but sadly you need 20!  Choosing the title is also difficult. I initially chose ‘Portraits’ but a mixture of colour and monochrome seemed odd and some had one person in and some two. It all seemed wrong, with not too much coherence.  Eventually after much thought I went for ‘Emotions’ which allowed a mixture of tones and images in a better way. I tried to pick images with ‘expression’ but often what I thought was a very expressive image did not appeal to the judges!

We did very well however and came 6th overall.  Brilliant!  We were awarded an honourable mention and one member, Ian Ledgard, won a Bronze Medal as well.

Belgium won the world cup with 218 points, Italy were second with 207 points and we had 184 points.  Each entrant will receive a disk with all entries on.  They judge as all internationals out of 15,  and any images that didn`t score 7 or over is sadly not included on the disk.  The two top entries are fabulous.

Here are our entries and scores

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WPF/PAGB Selections

Following our successful entries at the 2013 WPF Salon, some of our images have been selected to represent the WPF in the forthcoming PAGB Inter Federation Print Exhibition, they are

‘Holy Island’ Clive Martin

‘Material Girl’ Steve Milton

‘Clowning Around’ Steve Milton (Monochrome)

‘The Amazing Mr Calford’ Graham Harries

‘Village Matron’ Peter Francis (Monochrome)

Quote from WPF Web site

PAGB Inter Federation Print Exhibition – Big Pit – October 21st to November 17th 2013

The WPF is once again arranging for the Annual PAGB Inter Federation Print Exhibition to be exhibited in our area – as we have done for many years, it is part of our intention to expose our Members to the best of British Photography whenever we can. It does rely on us being able to acquire a suitable venue and support from local Camera Clubs. This year we have arranged for the Exhibition to be hosted at the Big Pit on the dates shown above, you will have seen in a recent Newsflash details of the 34 prints we have selected as the WPF entry in this year’s event.

However as well as the appeal for help to erect the stands and hang the Exhibition on October 18th/19th and dismantle on November 18th the Big Pit management have advised that: – “We should not leave the Exhibition unattended but that we should arrange to steward whenever the Exhibition is open; that covers the period Monday October 21st to Sunday 17th November. This is because they have found over the last couple of years that vandalism and general misbehaviour has increased substantially”

To this end we are hoping to find volunteers from the WPF Clubs to provide us with 2 people on duty at any one time, to allow for breaks, so I am asking – well in advance – for anyone who can spare half or a full day to contact me as below so that we can see if we can put together a ROTA to cover the requirements – i.e. 25 days in total.” 

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Cardiff Photomarathon 2013

Recently a couple of members entered the annual Photomarathon in Cardiff, this is an event where you have to take 12 images over a 12 hour period based on 12 themes issued in groups of 4 at 10am, 2pm and 6pm. Then return before 10pm to download your 12 images, which must be in the right order on your card (12 only).
The themes were
1.Entry number/Who am I
2. Poetry
3. Asymmetric
4. Space
5. Out and about
6. Behind the Scenes
7. Animated
8. A bit on the Side
9. Shadow
10. Mixed Message
11. Elegant
12. Another Perspective
Needless to say this taxed the brain considerably, but the weather was great and just over 400 entrants were busy trawling Cardiff and its surrounding area for inspirational images. The exhibition in Cardiff starts on 22nd June at the old library building opposite St Davids Hall and runs until 7th July.

Photomarathon has a Flickr site where some of the entrants have posted there photo’s “http://www.flickr.com/groups/2228338@N23/“.

Maybe next year some more members might like to try it, its tiring but worth the effort.

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Amman Valley Battle Results

We are now on 5th June and the 5 way battle at Amman Valley, Ray and myself were there to fly the flag for LPS and it was a successful night coming away with a win. The judge was Kevin Thomas who gave a very fair and detailed critique. The entry was as follows

  • David Rees ‘Eyes of the House’ 16pts
  • Ray Rees ‘Man in the Blue Scarf’ 18pts
  • Arthur Mallett ‘Matterhorn Vista’ 15pts
  • Clive Martin ‘Hey i’m over Here’ 17pts
  • Clive Martin ‘Blue, Green and Yellow’ 20pts
  • Arthur Mallett ‘Misty Morning’ 16pts
  • Joyce Mollet ‘Captured by her Eyes’ 15pts
  • Joyce Mollet ‘A Village Girl’ 17pts

That gave us a total of 134pts in 1st place with Neath in 2nd with 130pts and Amman Valley in 3rd with 128pts. Well done to Clive for his 20pts score and thanks to all who were selected to represent LPS

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Swansea Battle Results

On the 3rd of June we had the Swansea Battle between 10 clubs, our entry was from

  • Steve Milton ‘Colour Rock’ 18pts
  • Joyce Mollet ‘Shepherd in Rahjastan’ 18pts
  • Peter Francis ‘Marsh Pride Lion’ 18pts
  • Graham Harries ‘Cwmorthin’ 17pts
  • Arthur Mallett ‘Glacier Express’ 16pts

That left us with 87pts total and =6th place. The winners were Abertawe with 94pts, 2nd were Barry with 92pts and 3rd  Tenby with 91pts. Abertawe also won the best print trophy. The judge was Martin Pinches.

Well done to all who were selected to represent the club and thanks to the numerous members who were there to cheer the club on

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Barrian Cup Results

1st June was the annual Barrian Cup run by Barry CC, unfortunately I was unable to attend but Dave Paskin was there to represent the Club. We had 5 prints entered.

‘Morning Mist’ by Arthur Mallett 17pts

‘Holy Island’ by Clive Martin 17pts

‘Firestarter’ by Graham Harries 17pts

‘Amphu Labsta Pass Himalayas’ by John Ellis 18pts

‘Boy Monk’ by Peter Francis 15pts

This gave us 84 pts and left us in 15th= position, the comp was won by Inn Focus with 96pts, 2nd was Gwynfa 92pts and 3rd Thornbury 91pts.

 

 

 

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Ken Jones Trophy

On the 29th May we held the third Ken Jones Trophy to celebrate one of our past members, again Mark Mathias (nephew) was in attendance to watch the proceedings and award the trophy to the winner. We had a very good entry of approx 48 prints all on the theme of Monochrome/B&W. Our judge for the night was Rob Mitchell who gave a sterling critique and the outstanding winner was John Ellis with a wonderful shot from the Himalayas.

From the left Judge Rob Mitchell, John Ellis and Mark Mathias

 

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Club Outing 1st April Britton Ferry and Neath

Last Bank Holiday was the latest club outing and attended by about 15 members in 4 cars. First we went to Britton Ferry and walked along the estuary to the end where the old pipelines are, then it was back to McDonalds for a quick refreshment before moving on to the old lighthouse ship in the river near Neath, what a sight and lovely textures for HDR imaging as can already be seen on the Facebook page. But for those who have not seen them hear are a few to ponder over.

Oh and by the way we nearly lost our President when he was about to be locked behind bars when the security closed the gates behind us at Neath.

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WPF Salon 2013 Results

Update of a few minutes ago, we only won the ‘Gwyn Morgan Trophy’ for the best panel of prints, also Best colour print with Steve Milton and I myself won a judges choice award. Fantastic well done everybody. Full details can be seen on The WPF.

We had the prints back from the Salon selection, which took place over the weekend and after collating the returns I can report subject to confirmation the following acceptances for prints, These are all now confirmed.

A total of 30 colour and 12 monochrome were submitted and 12 were accepted, which represents a 28.5% acceptance the best result since 2007 when I began organising the club entry.

In the colour section we had the following (Gwyn Morgan Trophy Winners)

Clive Martin 2
Steve Milton 2 (Best Colour Print)
Arthur Mallett 2 (Judges Award)
Graham Harries 2
Jennifer Williams 1
Alun Lewis 1

In the Monochrome section we had

Peter Francis 2

Digital 16 entered 4 acceptances 25% well done again

Arthur Mallett 2
Clive Martin 1
Graham Harries 1

Well done to all who entered and especially the members who were successful, I will update this blog once we have the full results including the digital section.

One last report is that it is rumoured that Steve Milton has won a special award for his ‘Material Girl’ image, however we await confirmation of this. Fingers crossed Steve. I can now confirm that indeed he did win the ‘Best Colour Print’ – Well done Steve!

This is a copy of the entry just posted on The WPF! WOW WOW WOW. Massive congratulations to the Llanelli PS.

The results of the 2013 Welsh Salon of Photography have been collated and the judges (Graeme Webb EFIAP, EPSA. Kate Webb EFIAP, EPSA and Phil Davies EFIAP, Hon FWPF, UPI 1crown) have accepted a total of 141 prints (92 colour and 49 monochrome) and 131 digital images. (Note, Phil Davies replaced Ann Davies who was unwell on the weekend that the adjudication took place).

The Gwyn Morgan Trophy for the best panel of six prints was won by Llanelli Photographic Society and the Walter Morgan Trophy for the best panel of six digital images was won by Inn Focus Group.

The seventeen headline awards and thirteen highly commended awards were shared among 25 different photographers, they being: Arthur Mallett, Barry Hill, Brian Sewell, Chris Powell, Coltrane Koh, David Norton, Ed Cloutman, Gareth Martin, Gary Howells, Gerwyn Williams, Gwynfryn Jones, Ian Munro, Jenny Hibbert, John Cooke, Leigh Woolford, Matthew Jones, Neville Thomas, Nick Walton, Norman Cahill, Ron Lines, Roy Peters, Sam Warr, Siddhesh Ghag, Steve Milton and Tom Dee.

A special mention must go to to Sam Warr of Ebbw Vale who won the Under 25 Award for his photograph entitled ‘The Victorian Gentleman’. Sam is 16.

The opening ceremony and presentation of awards will take place at Pontypridd Museum on 7th May at 6.30pm and the exhibition will run until the end of May.

Llanelli Photographic Society