Meeting March 27 2009 - Competition and Welsh Salon Results

Friday last saw the final monthly competition of the season for the club and as usual attracted a large number of entries for Hywel Harries FRPS to judge. He commented that the overall quality was excellent and most of the prints were very well executed. Occasionally he found that detail was lost in shadow areas and also there could be highlights which were slightly burned out. He said that the Barry club was one of the few who still keep monochrome prints as a separate section in competitions, most clubs having merged it with the colour print section now.

Results

Monochrome Print Small audience by John Harvey. Uphill All The Way by Barbra Archdale-Smith. Equal; Sleeping on The Monument by Curtis Fowler and Beach Rider by Mark Lowen.

Colour Print Gothic Model by Mark Lowen. Equal; Under a Threatening Sky by Barbra Archdale-Smith and Deserted by Curtis Fowler. Beach Volley-ball by Jason Aspinall

Projected Image So I Hit Him by Hugh Winnan. Bird's Eye View by Brian Trego. Equal; Vampire Look by Neil Latham and Mystic Tara by Mark Lowen.

As this was the final monthly competition for the 2008/9 season the overall placings for the 6 monthly competitions were as follows;

Monochrome Print

1. John Harvey.
2. Curtis Fowler.
3. Mark Lowen.

Colour Print

1. Equal; Mark Lowen and Curtis Fowler.
2. Equal; John Harvey and Brian Trego

Projected Image

1. Mark Lowen. 
2. Neil Latham.
3. Curtis Fowler.

Club Chairwoman Barbra Archdale-Smith thanked Hywel Harries for his considered and valuable comments and hoped that the club would see him again for a future competition.

Vice Chairman Brian Trego brought members up to date with the results of members entries into the prestigious Welsh Salon Competition organised by the Welsh Photographic Federation. Six members had acceptances as follows:

• Curtis Fowler 3 prints, 2 projected images
• John Harvey 2 prints, 2 projected images
• Hugh Winnan 1 print, 2 projected images
• Jeff Fowler 1 print (Highly Commended)
• Rob Owens 1 print
• Brian Trego 1 print

These results were substantially better than last year's in this competition and members who had gained acceptances were congratulated by Brian Trego.

Future events include the club annual dinner and awards night which will be held at the Six Bells Inn at Penmark on Friday 24th April 2009 at which time Mike Davies ARPS will be judging the entries for the various cups ,shields and rose bowls held by the club. Next week's meeting at the St Francis Millenium Centre in Barry is entitled Table Top Photography by Marc Delaney and all members are invited to bring along their cameras.