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Club Outing Bury Port

Yesterday we had a small outing to Bury Port organised and led by Gary. The day started with Gary giving a class on aperture and speed settings and there relevance when taking photos. This was done in the sand with his trusty umberella. 

Here are a few images from the day enjoyed by those who attended

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WPF Memorial Trophy 2013

Yesterday was the annual WPF Memorial trophy, hosted again this year by ourselves at the Selwyn Samuel Centre Llanelli.
23 clubs entered this year and the judge Ken Holland based in Teighnmouth was from the Western Counties Federation. His scoring was certainly refreshing where scores varied between 5 and 20pts, this made for a very interesting critique (maybe more judges should follow his lead)
One club scored 3 x 20pt prints but still did not win, which shows how a more varied scoring can effect the end result.
 
Each club had 4 prints entered and ours were
Lonely Road by Arthur Lees 16pts
Silence of the iPad by Jennifer Williams 12pts
The Sadhus by Gary Martin 12pts
Clowning Around by Steve Milton 17pts
 
This left us in 6= place at the end with guess who taking the spoils yet again yes you’ve guessed it Tenby with 72pts (know 20’s either)
2nd place went to 3 clubs Bridgend, Cardiff and Inn Focus (last years winners).
 
Thanks must go to all the members who turned up on the morning to help with the set up and all those who managed to support the club during the afternoon judging. Also thanks to the local dignitaries who also graced us with their presence.
 
Not to mention the photographers who recorded the event for posterity? you know who you are. I am sure there will be some memorable images of the day to follow!

Introduction by our President Ray Rees
Dave Paskin
Judge Critique on ‘Lonely Road’ by Arthur Lees
You know who? displaying the Prints
Carole doing a great job on the Raffle
Netley in Concentration
‘The Sadhus’ by Gary Martin

 

 
 
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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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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
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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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Stanley Chell 2012

Saturday 24th November was the Stanley Chell competition, our entry was with 4 members work.
‘Machyns Pools’ by Clive Martin 16pts
‘Clowning Around’ by Steve Milton 19pts
‘Todays News’ by Joyce Mollet 17pts
‘Gritty Romace’ by Gary Martin 16pts
 
There were 26 clubs entered and after the first two rounds we were 1pt behind the leaders with 36pts, however we fell away in the second half only scoring 32pts when most of the contenders were scoring 39pts.
We finally ended in 10th place on count back (7th on points) so not to bad. Well done to those who were chosen for the entry and thanks to Jackie and Joyce for their company
 
The overall winners were Gwynfa with 75pts, best landscape was by Bridgend, best Monochrome by Neath, best colour print by Gwynfa and a new trophy for best image overall was won by Inn Focus Group.
In second place was Inn Focus, Port Talbot and Bridgend with 74pts and third was Tenby with 73pts.
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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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5 Print Panel 2012

Last Wednesday was the annual 5 Print Panel Comp, this year the judge was Brian Coleman who is the current President of the WPF. He was also the past organiser of the AWPF distinction accreditation.
So Brian is more than qualified to judge such a competition. There were a number of very good entries and in the end he decided to share the best panel between two as shown below, however they were both by the same person namely Joyce Mollet as you might guess.
Joyce is a past expert at such entries having gained an LRPS, ARPS and AWP distinctions in print panels, she has also previously won this competition on several occasions.
 
Environmental Portraits by Joyce Mollet
Travel Portraits by Joyce Mollet
 
Well done Joyce and congratulations to all the other members who braved this daunting task.
Llanelli Photographic Society