A big thank you to Mike Bond for his excellent information given on the care of our cameras. It was very informative and I must admit learnt things that I did not know. But I certainly won't be trying to clean my camera lens, I think I will leave it to the experts!Thank you and congratulations to Stuart Chapman on gaining his CPABG over the summer. It was good to see your winning panel with a good explanation to go with it.As a fill in we were treated to a few of the audio visual (AV) winners from the WCPF (Western Counties Photographic Federation) for some of our newer members who may not know.This Monday 7 October, we can look forward to Brian Northmore's talk titled Mono Vision.Don't forget that Monday is the last day to enter the first open (any subject) competition.Angie Cottis
Next Month the Review Group will be meeting on the 15th October at the Conservative Club in Palace Avenue, Paignton. We will be looking at the world of Photo book Publishing. Time to look at the specialist Publishers such a Dewi Lewis, Steidl, Tate, Aperture, Errata Editions, Hoxton Press and Cafe Royal Books to name but a few. Please bring in examples of photo books you like and why.
The new club season at Paignton Photographic Club kicks off on September 23rd with various members taking the opportunity to discuss some of the new and exciting highlights of the coming season together with a retrospective of the clubs successes in 2018. As always, throughout the season you can join us at the hall behind the Methodist Church in Palace Avenue, Paignton from 7:30pm. Non members are always welcome but of course, we hope that you will consider joining the club and helping us make it one, if not the best, photographic club in the region. As a member you will be able to enter club competitions and to represent the club with your images in inter-club and regional competitions. With groups for every level of ability from beginner to advanced, you can feel comfortable that your work has ever opportunity of success within the many competitions that we run throughout the season. More than that, you can be assured of support and help in every aspect of your photography from highly proficient photographers with many years experience to share. Please come along and get involved.
Good to be back with our first club night of the season, all hosted in style by chairman Alex Hamer, with Stuart Chapman kicking off with an overview of the new season, Dave Collerton providing an introduction to the new club website and talks on The Review Group by Rod Fry, Summer School by Chris Arkell and a personal perspective on photography from Ross Elliott. Great also to meet up with prospective new members Anne and Wayne and to find out a little more about their interests for their photography in the future.
Highlights for club events coming in the next month include:
30th Sept 'Camera Care' & 'Don't Shoot!?' with Mike Bond & Carla Bryan
7th Oct 'Mono Vision' a talk by Brian Northmore
14th Oct 'You are the Judge' - a talk by the ever popular Ian Bateman
21st Oct Section 1 Competition Dpi's. Open theme (don't forget to get your entries in - last date for entry 7th October)
28th Oct Members Review night (with 2 of your dpi's) with a guest judge. Something new for 2019
Some great times ahead for our club.
Here are the results of the first WCPF Inter-Club Print Competition held on Sunday 11th August at Dorchester. Congratulations to Torbay on winning the competition, closely followed by Bristol (2nd) and Dorchester (3rd). Full club ranking follows, with Individual Award winners below. A printable version of the results, a full individual score sheet and image galleries are available on the WCPF Website. The competition was very successful and it will now become an annual event.
1st 182 Torbay
2nd 181 Bristol PS
3rd 180 Dorchester
4th = 175 Nonpareil
4th = 175 Taunton
6th 174 Wadebridge
7th 173 Launceston
8th = 170 Camborne Redruth
8th = 170 Truro
10th = 169 Frome Wessex
10th = 169 Newton Abbot
10th = 169 Sidmouth
13th 168 Barnstaple
14th = 167 Exmouth
14th = 167 Lincombe Barn
16th 166 Bath
17th = 165 Paignton
17th = 165 Tyndale
19th = 164 Mid Somerset
19th = 164 Wellington
21st = 163 Backwell
21st = 163 Hanham
21st = 163 Liskeard
24th 162 Tavistock
25th = 161 Stroud
25th = 161 Swindon
27th = 160 Kingsbridge
27th = 160 Kingswood
29th 159 Chard
30th 157 Bridgwater
31st 156 Penwith
32nd 154 Crediton
33rd 153 St Austell
34th 151 Colyford
35th = 148 Nomad Photo Group
35th = 148 Sherborne
37th 146 Royal Wootton Bassett
38th 145 Bleadon
39th 144 Bideford
Individual Awards:
OPEN
Best in Class: Flight of Fancy - Ray Grace - Nonpareil
Judges Awards:
Bleak Mid Winter - Rachel Domleo - Lincombe Barn (Caroline Colegate)
Summer's Gone - Mike Martin - Bristol (Glyn Edmunds)
Old Boats - Peter Haworth - Bath (Jean Brooks)
MONO
Best in Class: Three Bridesmaids - Richard Lawrence - Liskeard
Judges Awards:
Bison on the Ridge - Jane Lee - Dorchester (Caroline Colegate)
Path t the Loch - Elizabeth Restall - Tyndale (Glyn Edmunds)
Other Wordly - Wendy Allard - Camborne & Redruth (Jean Brooks)
NATURE
Best in Class: Chaffinch Aggression - Pauline Watling - Taunton
Judges Awards:
Boxing Hares - Graham Pears - Bristol (Caroline Colegate)
The Glum Family - Russell McGowan - Torbay (Glyn Edmunds)
Eyelash Pit Viper - Sheila Haycox - Exmouth (Jean Brooks)
