Congratulations to the winners of The Harry Wiltshire Shield, Richard Lawrence and Janet Downes!
1. Mother and Child - Richard Lawrence
2. Classical Impressions - Janet Downes
3. Winter in Borrowdale - Janet Downes
Monochrome Competition
With 57 entries the judge certainly had her work cut out but in the end the awards went to Richard Lawrence, Jon Burtoft and David Crawley… congratulations!
1. “Dancing Ballerinas” Richard Lawrence
2. “@Bristol” Jon Burtoft
3. “Cornish Legacy“ David Crawley
Reflections Competition
The third part of our in-house judged competition, this time “Reflections” with some fantastic entries, congratulations to Helen, Richard & James for 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively!
1. Helen Moore
2. Richard Lawrence
3. James Moore
Street Life Competition
This is the second part of our in-house judged four-part competition, the theme this time being “Street Life” and we were not disappointed with the quality!
Congratulation to David Crawley for taking the top spot, David Gardener came in second place while Richard Lawrence takes the third spot!
David Crawley
David Gardener
Richard Lawrence
David Clapp
What a fantastic evening we have had with David Clapp, sharing some stunning images and some humorous stories behind them… from Princetown, yachts, Namibia to America, it’s been an enjoyable evening with images from around the world!
Theme Competition Part 1: Autumn
First part of the 4-part theme competition, the first part being “Autumn” and we have been inundated with leaves and waterfalls! Congratulations to James, Richard and David for First, Second and Third places respectively!
1 .James Moore
2 - Richard Squires
3 - David Gardener
Rapson Cup 2018
Another fantastic set of images in this years competition with 46 entries, which means a total of 138 images were presented. The judge was looking for a combination of technical merit and artistic impression and how each image stands up, along with how each panel works together.
First place goes to Richard Lawrence for “Young Holly”, second place went to Richard Squires for “The Encounter” and third place was taken by Bina Fellowes for “Who got the joke”… all worthy winners!
1. Richard Lawrence
2. Richard Squires
3. Bina Fellowes
The Six Killers of Night Sky Photography (and how to avoid them)
As there's been some recent discussions about astrophotography, here's some tips you may find useful:
https://digital-photography-school.com/six-killers-night-sky-photography-how-avoid-them/
Chairman's Cup
This year’s “Chairman’s Cup” theme was set last year as “The Working Farm”, the key part being that the image should show some form of work being performed.
This year’s winner was Helen Moore who took a fantastic shot of a farmer caring for his sheep, second place goes to Tim Gilbert for a long exposure showing a combine harvester at work, and third place was Richard Lawrence with his stunning black and white shot showing the farmers collecting their hay in the dead of night.
1. Helen Moore
2. Tim Gilbert
3. Richard Lawrence
Matt Stansfield Night Photography
Tonight we were joined by Matt Stansfield, a local photographer who specializes in astro-photography who entertained the club with his fantastic images, and also lots of helpful information detailing the specific difficulties that you can face when attempting such shots.
Both technical issues and the effort involved in actually getting to locations in the pitch-black were covered and certainly inspired some members of the club who met up for a midnight photo-session the very next day!
