We are pleased to announce the results of this years Chairman's Challenge. We all had a great night choosing our favourite mages which despite the title of A Closer Look was not overpowered by macro images, far from it, a good majority of the images indeed required the viewer to take a closer look. Congratulations to Darran Thompson for taking 1st Place and to Willie Wilson in 2nd, Mike Hales in 3rd and Mike Bond in 4th for some equally creditable entries. You can see all of the placed entries by visiting the competitions gallery.

Some news from YouTube contributor Joyce Chan regarding a new photographic channel that may be of interest to PPC membersJoyce writes Happy New Year! I am getting in contact to bring to your attention a new photography YouTube show which has been in the making for the past 2 years. It’s a free to watch monthly show released on the final Sunday of each month at 4pm. Each show will be around 40 minutes in duration and will consist of a combination of tutorials, equipment reviews, location information, editing tips, as well as some photography related entertainment. We will also be giving away some impressive prizes. The show is produced on the Isle of Skye but we cover locations all over the world as we follow professional photographers going about their business. The show is aimed at all levels of photographer, with some of our features focusing on more basic skills and others being more advanced. This is a brand new show for 2020 and we are trying to get the word out, so please help us by forwarding details to the members of your camera club. We hope you enjoy watching the shows - the first of which is available now. www.YouTube.com/c/PhotographyOnline Many thanks for your time and I wish you all the best in 2020. Kind regards,

Angie Cottis writes  It was all change on Monday due to our speaker Dave Mason being unwell, so well done everyone who made the evening a success. Mike Bond for helping with printing, Rod Fry introducing working with photo books,  Willie Wilson setting up still life for photo practice and Alex Hamer for instruction on Photoshop and Lightroom, with assistance from Dave Collerton introducing Luminar and ON1  It was all very helpful and informative. 

On Monday we have the Chairman's Challenge competition result, chaired by Rod and voted by all the members.  The theme is a "Closer Look". 

Monday is the the last date for entry to No 3 DPI competition "From Dusk to Dawn" so get your entries in.

Don't forget Rod Fry and the Review Group are meeting on 21 January at 7.30 at the Conservative Club.  The theme is looking at how the USA influenced the photographic world. Also the group will be looking at favourite photographs.

So a very happy Christmas and healthy New Year to all. Monday 16th December was our last meeting of the year with diplomas hosted by Rod Fry, a buffet and a Christmas raffle.  Thank you Rod for introducing and commenting on the diplomas.  Well done to everyone taking part, it was good to see everyone gained their diplomas.  Darren Thompson - General Diploma, Dave Collerton and Stuart Chapman were both awarded Contemporary Diplomas.

Very well done also to Russell McGowan for gaining a Silver medal at the Masters of Print.  Russell travelled to Birmingham to receive his award.

We have Tony Worobiec on the 6 January, very worth while seeing, plus it is the last day for entries into the AV's/Multimedia for the Mason Trophy and also the Chairman's Challenge which this year has the theme of A Closer Look. 

Best regards, Angie Cottis