Julia McGowan's individual winning image Macaque Coo

Kingsbridge Battle 2021

It's been a while since I've added some noteworthy news, but it's always good to promote the best in club photography. This year's battle with good friends and neighbours Kingsbridge is one such event. A stunning array of some of the best photographers here in the southwest all coming together to contest the hotly fought annual Kingsbridge battle which I am proud to announce went to Paignton on this occasion. With a different judge things could have been so very different but as it was, we managed to score 525 points to Kingsbridge's 493 which over 63 images equates to just 1/2 point difference per image. That's pretty tight by any standard. Going through the images for this article I was hugely impressed with the standard of photography and I would have personally marked several Kingsbridge images higher than Judge John Tilsley APAGB DPAGB ARPS. That being said, I thought John brought a breath of fresh air to the judging process by providing some key insights into what he looks for in an image. We can all learn from this. Roll on 2022 when no doubt Kingsbridge will want to give us a good hiding.

You can see all of the images submitted to the competition, including the photographer and their scores, together with the top 3 ranked images as judged by John by clicking here. Please remember, all images are copyright their respective owners and should not be copied, duplicated or used in any way without the written permission of the photographer to which they belong. If you would like to use an image for any purpose, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the owner directly.

James Wilson Competition - 'Shadows'

We had a great competition yesterday evening, with some excellent images on display, expertly judged for us by Ralph Snooks ARPS DPAGB EFIAP, all the way from the comfort of his home in Bristol.Clearly a lot of the club members had thought long and hard about the subject and produced some very clever and creative images; elsewhere we had natural shadows and silhouettes in abundance.  Both types of image featured in the final placings, which were as follows:

Commended images:

Relaxed Zebra - Darran Thompson

Shadows on the Seafront - Willie Wilson

Glasses - Chris Arkell

Light Bulb - Chris Arkell

Placed images:

6th:  Watching my Shadow - Eddie Bairstow

5th:  Evening Shadows - Stuart Chapman

4th:  One by One - Colin Brook

3rd:  Whisky Lover - Julie McGowan

2nd:  A Portrait in Shadow - Alex Hamer

1st:  Me and my Shadow - Julie McGowan

Well done all!

Placed and Highly Commended Images can be found by visiting this link

Alex

Paul Stevens 3-Way Battle 2020 | Overall Results

The result are in and as expected, the 2020 Paul Stevens 3-Way Battle between Torbay, Newton Abbot and Paignton Photography Clubs was very keenly contested with some excellent images from all three clubs. The judging this year was from the highly respected Mirija Lees, LRPS.

This year, Torbay ruled supreme taking top honours in both DPI and PRINT sections. Paignton did well in both sections, coming second in the PRINT section and joint second in the DPI section. The actual points difference between 1st and 3rd was however never more than 8 points so an extremely close result befitting three great clubs. If you would like to see the quality of the images from this competition you can view all of the images from each section, as well as see the score cards, by visiting the links provided below.

The winning image for the DPI section, scoring 20 points, was from Christina Burton of Newton Abbot with Courting Great Crested Grebes

To view the entire DPI image gallery, simply double click on the image above. To view the overall scoring and results, visit 2020 Paul Stevens 3-way Battle DPI Results

The winning image for the Print section, scoring 20 points, was from Jan Lunn of Torbay with Young Fallow Buck

1st Place - 3-Way Battle Prints 2020 To view the entire Print image gallery, simply double click on the image above. To view the overall scoring and results, visit 2020 Paul Stevens 3-way Battle PRINT Results

Photographic equipment

From Paul Allan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. uncle has recently passed away leaving his old developing and enlarging equipment (chemical containers etc). I wondered if any of your members would be interested in this. I am not looking for anything for it, but it seems a shame to take it to the tip,

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Those that subscribe to or are considering subscribing to Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop may wish to consider taking up the current offer that can be found on Amazon. They are offering an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography 12 Monhs Plan with 20GB cloud storage, Photoshop + Lightroom for both PC/Mac Download – currently just £73.71 for 12 Months. Buying these discounted packages, which appear from time to time, are a great way to keep your subscription cost down.  Admittedly, however, it is still more expensive than the competing 'pay once' products!

If you are looking at alternatives to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, you might also be interested in the current offer from Serif for Affinity Photo which see's this Photoshop competitor now priced at just £23.99 for a perpetual license. Yes, you read that right!! As with Adobe Photoshop there is a steep learning curve but for those with Photoshop experience, that reduces significantly as the workflows, keyboard short-cuts etc are very similar if not identical. There are also lots of online tutorials on Youtube as well as at Serif itself. Well worth looking at perhaps if you don't like Adobe's subscription model. For more information, visit Serif.

Come & Join Us

If you are interested in photography, want to improve, meet with like-minded people, share interests and expand your friends network, Paignton Photographic Club is a great place to start. We service all of Paignton, Brixham and Torquay with members of all ages and from every walk of life. Monday night meetings focus on improving your photography skills as well as providing you with the opportunity to share your work through competitions and exhibitions. These cater to all skill levels within the club. We also have active Facebook and Instagram page which you can follow if you wish. 

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