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Gwynfa Pixels Result

Saturday 2nd November was the 2013 Gwynfa Pixels competition held by Gwynfa CC at Talbot Green. there were a total of 36 clubs entered, just one short of the record. So we were in good company, with clubs from all over the WPF Federation area as well as clubs from North Wales. The judges were Gwen and Phil Charnock from ex Wigan Ten fame (twice World dpi Champions)

Our entry consisted of 4 images as mentioned in the previous blog, one by Joyce, one by Steve, one by Jennifer and one by David Rees. They scored 16pts, 15pts, 20pts and 15pts respectively. Jennifers image ‘Ashes to Ashes’ then went through to be judged against another 5/20pts scores for best Colour Image (3 of which were from Inn Focus) and WON. The photo below was taken of myself receiving the trophy on behalf of Jennifer by the two judges.

Our eventual position was =6th, which is our best score in the last 5 years of the event and confirms our standing as one of the top 5 clubs in the WPF. This is a position we have maintained over that period even though major competition has come from new emerging clubs such as Inn Focus etc

Well done to all that were chosen and a special thanks to those members who joined me on the day, special congratulations to Jennifer.

Arthur receiving Trophy for best Colour Image at Gwynfa Pixels 2013
Arthur receiving Trophy for best Colour Image at Gwynfa Pixels 2013

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Other External Competitions Imminent

Other forthcoming comps to look out for are:

Amman Valley 3 way battle, where 8 prints and 8dpi are entered. The date for this is 20th November

Stanley Chell comp approx 20-25 clubs enter annually, where 4 prints are entered with at least 1 Landscape. This takes place on 23rd November

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Gwynfa Pixels 2013

The entry for this years Gwnfa Pixels has now been submitted and congratulations to the following members who will be representing the club. the competition takes place on Saturday 2nd November and will be judged by Phil Charnock FRPS, MFIAP of Wigan 10 fame. For those members who are not familiar with this judge he was a member of ‘Wigan 10’ club who have won the World Digital Image Comp twice in the last 3 years. You can visit his web site at http://www.charnockphotography.co.uk

The location for this event is Talbot Green Community Centre, Cowbridge Rd, Talbot Green, CF72 8HS and it starts at 2.30pm, doors open at 1.45pm. Refreshments & buffet provided. I will be attending to represent the club and I will have 3 seats available first come first served. So lets try and show good support for the club and especially those who represent us! This is your opportunity to see the standard throughout the WPF

Joyce Mollet with ‘A Drink from Grandma’

A drink from Grandma

Steve Milton with ‘Green Eyes

green eyes

Jennifer Williams with ‘Ashes to Ashes’

Ashes to Ashes

David Rees with ‘Male Agrion’

Male Agrion

Results will be posted once the comp has finished, in the past few years our best score has been =10th and that was in 2010, usually around 25 clubs are entered.

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Our Carmarthenshire ‘Ivor Russell Trophy’ 2013

Last week we had the annual Ivor Russell trophy, which represents prints taken in Carmarthenshire in honour of Ivor Russell. In attendance was Mrs Russell together with her son and daughter. After an introduction by our president Ray Rees the judge Nick Jenkins began his critique of the 16 prints submitted, this was a slightly reduced number based on the previous 3 years we have been running this competition, however the quality of the entries made up for this.

After a very good critique by Nick we had an excellent buffet supplied by the members after which the winners were announced. As this is a special one of trophy only the winner is given recognition, however the top six were indicated on the night and it was a close run thing as Nick pointed out.

The eventual winner was Jason Dale with his ‘Machyns Sunset’. Above is a picture of the presentation to Jason with Nick Jenkins on the left and Mrs Russell presenting the trophy on the right.

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Ace of Prints 2013

On the 7th July the WPF held an inaugural print competition to choose the two clubs who would represent the WPF in the National finals at Connaughs Quay in October, this choice would normally be made from the Salon entry, which we won this year but the WPF chose to create this new event for the selection process.

As I was on holiday Graham and Jay attended and made the necessary selections for the second round after the selection committee had chosen the 1st round entry prior to the competition. The club entry had to be 12 prints for round 1 consisting of at least 5 B&W (Monochrome) and 5 colour with no more than 3 Natural History. In round 2 it was 15 prints with the same criteria although images from round 1 could be used again dependant on there 1st round score.

After round 1 we were in =7th position from the 11 clubs that took part, after the final round 2 we ended up in =5th place, with Inn Focus on top and Tenby second. Both these clubs go forward to represent the WPF in October.

Round 1 Entry: Night Bus Graham 12pts, Village Girl Joyce 12pts, Holy Island Clive 12pts, Village Matron Peter F 12pts, Morning Mist Arthur 11pts, Material Girl Steve 11pts, Mr Calford Graham 10pts, Captured by her Eyes Joyce 10pts, All that Jazz Jo 10pts, Welder David R 10pts, Blue Green Yellow Clive 10pts and Shepherd in Rajastan Joyce 10pts

Round 2 Entry: Old Chapel Clive 13pts, Night Bus Graham 12pts, Three Wise Men Steve 12pts, Morning Chores Joyce 12pts, Holy Island Clive 12pts, The Crow Steve 11pts, Village Matron Peter F 11pts, Camp in Gujarat Joyce 11pts, Matterhorn Arthur 11pts, Wanna Balloon Jennifer 11pts, Cwmorthin Graham 11pts, Morning Mist Arthur 11pts, Sadhus Gary 10pts, Glacier Express Arthur 10pts and Village Girl Joyce 10pts

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Sospan Trophy Result

Before the club closed for the summer we held our annual ‘Sospan Trophy’ event. A battle between ourselves, Amman Valley, Carmarthen, Pembrey, Tenby and Trostre.

All the clubs entered 6 projected images and the judge was Liegh Woolford, after the first 3 rounds we were 2pts clear of Tenby in. We then had a break and as usual a good spread was provided by the members. Once all the images were shown we came out triumphant with 113pts

Trophy Presentation to our President Ray Rees by Liegh Woolford our Judge

Full Result

Llanelli 113pts, Tenby 109pts, Pembrey 102pts, Carmarthen 102pts, Amman valley 99pts, Trostre 95pts

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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.

Llanelli Photographic Society