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Annual Dinner and Awards 2012

fcleland — 2012-05-14T20:19:20Z

by Frank Cleland

Barry Camera Club held its annual dinner and awards at the Six Bells, Penmark on Friday 12th May. The evening was organised by Tom Alexander and was well attended by old and new members of the club. The photographs were judged and awards presented by Dave Russell from Cardiff Camera Club who had to contend with quite a large selection of photographs. In the annual competition there are quite a number of categories, too many to mention. Steve Durbin won four of the categories closely followed by Rob Owens , winner in three categories. Hugh Winnan, Brian Trego and new member Chris Peebles won two categories each. Mike Lewis and Barbra Archdale-Smith won one category each.

Barry Camera Club meets every Friday evening from 7 to 9.30pm between September and May at St Francis Millennium Centre, Porth-y-Castell, Barry Garden Suburb, Barry, CF62 6NX. New members are always welcome to attend with no obligation to join. Alternatively, for more information visit www.barrycameraclub.org.uk

Full list of Winning and Highly Commended Images

Hansen Cup. Monochrome Landscape/Seascape Print

Steve Durbin, Aberystwyth almost Empty

T J Lewis Cup, Monochrome Portrait Print

Rob Owens, Rifleman

Highly Commended: Rob Owens, The Warden

Major Arthur Hammond Cup. Monochrome Miscellaneous Print

Rob Owens, Cavendish Leads

Richard Hopkins Shield. Best Monochrome in the Exhibition

Steve Durbin, Aberystwyth almost Empty

Jill Nicola Rose Bowl. Colour Landscape/Seascape Print

Hugh Winnan, Beach Runner

Highly Commended:Malcolm Downes, Arctic Dawn

Presidents Trophy. Colour Portrait Print

Steve Durbin, I, A Fan

M A Dimond Trophy. Colour Miscellaneous Print

Steve Durbin, Love and Kites

Randall Cox Trophy. Best Colour Print in the Exhibition

Hugh Winnan, Beach Runner

Paul Trophy. Landscape/Seascape Projected Image

Brian Trego, Glencoe Undulations

Cliff Dimond Trophy. Portrait Projected Image

Chris Peebles, Red Tailed Hawk

Dan Evans Trophy. Miscellaneous Projected Image

Mike Lewis, The Showers

Projected Image of the Year Trophy. Best Projected Image in the Exhibition

Chris Peebles, Red Tailed Hawk

Monthly Competition Winners Trophies

Monochrome Print

1.Rob Owens

2.Brian Trego

3.Hugh Winnan

Colour Print

1.Barbra Archdale-Smith

2.Brian Trego

3.Mike Lewis

Projected Image

1.Brian Trego

2.Steve Everitt

3.Tom Alexander

Monthly Competition December 2011

steved — 2011-12-26T19:35:42Z

by Frank Cleland

On Friday 23rd December, Barry Camera Club held the final monthly photographic competition of 2011. This was judged by Alan Shepherd ARPS, AWPF from Gwynfa Camera Club. The winner of the Black and White Print was ‘Spiral Staircase’ by Jamie Archdale Smith and the Colour Print category was won by Edna Davies with a print entitled ‘Man, Stage and Boat’. Alan Priest won the Projected Image category with ‘Just Add Some Garlic’. All three images were highly praised by the judge.

Barry Camera Club meets every Friday evening from 7:30 to 9.30pm between September and May at St Francis Millennium Centre, Porth-y-Castell, Barry Garden Suburb, Barry, CF62 6NX. New members are always welcome to attend with no obligation to join.

Monthly Competition January 2012

fcleland — 2012-04-18T09:01:28Z

by Frank Cleland

On Friday 27th January, Barry Camera Club held the first monthly photographic competition of 2012. This was judged by Brian Coleman AWPF and member of the Bridgend Camera Club. The winner of the Black and White Print category was ‘Cold Knap’ by Brian Trego and the Colour Print category was also won by Brian with a print entitled ‘In The Glen’. Mark Lowen won the Projected Image category with ‘Daniel’. All three images were highly praised by the judge. Runner Up in the Projected Image category was an image from new member Roy Carr entitled ‘Now What’ and described by the judge as coming from a tradition of documentary photography and reminiscent of the work produced by Patrick Litchfield. Another new member, Catherine Charlton was Runner Up in the Black and White Print category with ‘Just Woken Up’.

Monthly Competition February 2012

steved — 2012-04-16T17:44:32Z

by Frank Cleand

On Friday 24th February, Barry Camera Club held its monthly photographic competition which had a set subject of ‘Close Up’. This was judged by Les Loosemore ARPS, AWPF. The winner of the Black and White Print category was ‘Plant Made Structures’ by new member Catherine Charlton and the Colour Print category was won by Steve Durbin with a print entitled ‘Shy’. Another new member Chris Peebles won the Projected Image category with ‘Red Tailed Hawk’. Mike Lewis came second in the projected images with ‘Antique Watches’. This image was taken at Camden Market in London on a market stall, it has been cropped and some of the highlights have been taken down. The judge felt that more highlights could have been darkened and further cropping to concentrate on not so many of the watches, but none the less a very good well seen shot.

Monthly Competition March 2012

fcleland — 2012-04-18T09:02:45Z

by Frank Cleland

On Friday 30th March, Barry Camera Club held its monthly photographic competition. This was judged by Gareth Martin, AWPF from Port Talbot Camera Club. It has been four years since Gareth judged a competition at Barry Camera Club. He was looking for good composition and well mounted prints.

The winner of the Black and White Print category was ‘Snow and Mist’ by Brian Trego and the Colour Print category was won by Chris Peebles with a print entitled ‘Never Mind the Weather’. Steve Everitt won the Projected Image category with ‘Bambino’. The judge’s comments on this image were that he liked the inclusion of the second driver and the isolation of the front driver Brendan Thomas through good use of the ‘Depth Of Field’ technique. He also liked the expression of concentration on the young lads face. This was his first year karting. The Bambino class is an introductory class and the drivers are not supposed to race, this is merely a time trial.

Portraits With Leah Axl

fcleland — 2012-04-25T09:53:16Z

by Barbra Archdale-Smith

This week, Friday 20th April, Martyn Pinches hosted a Barry Camera Club evening entitles Portraits With Leah Axl.

Martyn first explained the ground rules for the evening. One person only was to shoot at a time and all cameras were to be used manually, with a suggested ISO and aperture, as lighting had been pre-determined.

Martyn also explained how he used lighting in a studio setup. He showed us pinpoint lighting which lit the model, creating hard shadows. To make the shadows softer, Martyn moved the lighting source further away. Diffused lighting from a larger light box gave softer lighting, which he used together to create a more pleasing, even light, which fell on the model’s face, giving her a smooth soft complexion. To alleviate the problem of shadows beneath the eyes, nose and chin a silver reflector (a car windscreen reflector) was used to great and minimal cost – who says photography has to be an expensive hobby?

This simple studio setup was advantageous to those in our club unaccustomed to portraiture. They gained tips and knowledge, as well as some lovely pictures from their first foray into this photographic discipline.

Leah, our model, has to be congratulated for her professionalism and patience while we happily snapped away all night. Many thanks also to Martyn for his time and energy.

Barbra Archdale-Smith LRPS

Three On A Theme Competition April 2012

fcleland — 2012-04-18T09:03:28Z

by Frank Cleland

On Friday 13th April, Barry Camera Club held a “Three on a Theme” competition. This was judged by Jan Cawley AFIAPF. The “Three on a Theme” competition is not scored and does not count towards points for the year. However, Jan does identify a first, second and third place and a small prize is given to the first place winner. Some of her comments were to keep the mounts the same colour and that some of the images were not sharp enough. She was looking for an image that is a panel from someone who has made an effort rather than just picking out three similar images.

The winner of the print category was Alan Preece with a spectacular array of colours in a set of images called “Coloured Straws”. The winner of the projected category was Steve Durbin with a fantastic set of images called “Kites”. These images were taken at the Art4Ü “Celebration of the Sky” event at Cold Knap last year, organised by local artist Glyn Pooley (who can be seen flying a kite in the right hand panel).