10th October 2024
TENBY CAMERA CLUB NEWS
26th September It’s Tenby Battle time ……
Tenby & District Camera Club held their annual battle with 8 invited Welsh clubs competing for the Battle Trophy . This is a social and competitive evening with a buffet and raffle provided by the generosity of club members.
Each club provided 10 digital images to be ably critiqued by the popular judge , Roy Thomas. It was a fine line between the top 3 clubs with the standard being of an exceptional quality.
One point separated the top 3 clubs, Tenby winning with 188/200 points, Alan Nedd and Cardigan in joint second with 187/200 points.
Three members of Tenby CC were awarded full marks for their images. They were Gill Mackay, Charlie Kidd and Cheryl Hewitt .
The Best overall Image, chosen by Roy, was Charlie Kidd’s image “Griffon Vulture Magpie Confrontation”.
Sincere thanks were given to Roy Thomas and to everyone who attended and helped make it a very enjoyable evening.
3rd October Ist Open Competition
Tenby and District Camera Club held it’s first Competition of the new season with the 1st Open . Entries were encouragingly high with 18 prints and 52 digital images put forward from 26 club members.
A well attended event to see judge Mike Clatworthy critiquing and scoring an excellent range of images. He commented the entries were of a high standard.
In the Prints….
Gold medal was won by Gary Mayhew with “ Coming to say hello” .
Silver went to Jan Sullivan with “Open Wide” and Bronze to Ali Rees with” Sedge warbler with Food”
Four Highly Commended awards were given to Rob Cox, Jan Sullivan and Charlie Kidd ( 2 images) .
In the Digitals
Gold medal was won by Liz Wallis with “ Avocet Taking Off”.
Silver medal went to Alistair Mackay with “Merlin 2” .
Bronze medal was won by Alan Brown and “Double Helix”.
Nine digital images were given a Highly Commended award and they were by Paul Richards ( 2 images), Jo Wakeman, Ali Rees, Jayne Crocker, Charlie Kidd, Jan Sullivan and Gill Mackay (2 images) .
Thank you to everyone who entered and to Mike Clatworthy for judging so many images !
10th October Local Speaker …..Alun Crockford
Tenby Camera Club had the pleasure of hosting Alun Crockford , a Tenby born & bred professional photographer. He started his career with the Tenby Observer and then went on to become a professional photographer after graduation. One of his ambitions was to hold an exhibition in Tenby and his presentation was to show how he achieved his goal .
Alun wanted to photograph local people who had contributed to Tenby’s rich and diversified culture. And so it began , sponsored by the Arts Council of Wales & funded by the National Lottery it was held in Tenby Museum & Art Gallery.
He was soon photographing people in their comfort zone environment . Alun used specialist equipment which produced portraits with even light. The process took a year to complete .
Alun demonstrated the use of his specialist camera gear and displayed stunning prints.
Alun also showed members a selection of photographs rescued from a skip when the well known Tenby Photographer Graham Hughes studio closed down . A trip down memory lane for many members with Alun preserving Tenby’s rich heritage for future generations.
Warm thanks were given to Alun for such an interesting presentation.
26th September It’s Tenby Battle time ……
Tenby & District Camera Club held their annual battle with 8 invited Welsh clubs competing for the Battle Trophy . This is a social and competitive evening with a buffet and raffle provided by the generosity of club members.
Each club provided 10 digital images to be ably critiqued by the popular judge , Roy Thomas. It was a fine line between the top 3 clubs with the standard being of an exceptional quality.
One point separated the top 3 clubs, Tenby winning with 188/200 points, Alan Nedd and Cardigan in joint second with 187/200 points.
Three members of Tenby CC were awarded full marks for their images. They were Gill Mackay, Charlie Kidd and Cheryl Hewitt .
The Best overall Image, chosen by Roy, was Charlie Kidd’s image “Griffon Vulture Magpie Confrontation”.
Sincere thanks were given to Roy Thomas and to everyone who attended and helped make it a very enjoyable evening.
3rd October Ist Open Competition
Tenby and District Camera Club held it’s first Competition of the new season with the 1st Open . Entries were encouragingly high with 18 prints and 52 digital images put forward from 26 club members.
A well attended event to see judge Mike Clatworthy critiquing and scoring an excellent range of images. He commented the entries were of a high standard.
In the Prints….
Gold medal was won by Gary Mayhew with “ Coming to say hello” .
Silver went to Jan Sullivan with “Open Wide” and Bronze to Ali Rees with” Sedge warbler with Food”
Four Highly Commended awards were given to Rob Cox, Jan Sullivan and Charlie Kidd ( 2 images) .
In the Digitals
Gold medal was won by Liz Wallis with “ Avocet Taking Off”.
Silver medal went to Alistair Mackay with “Merlin 2” .
Bronze medal was won by Alan Brown and “Double Helix”.
Nine digital images were given a Highly Commended award and they were by Paul Richards ( 2 images), Jo Wakeman, Ali Rees, Jayne Crocker, Charlie Kidd, Jan Sullivan and Gill Mackay (2 images) .
Thank you to everyone who entered and to Mike Clatworthy for judging so many images !
10th October Local Speaker …..Alun Crockford
Tenby Camera Club had the pleasure of hosting Alun Crockford , a Tenby born & bred professional photographer. He started his career with the Tenby Observer and then went on to become a professional photographer after graduation. One of his ambitions was to hold an exhibition in Tenby and his presentation was to show how he achieved his goal .
Alun wanted to photograph local people who had contributed to Tenby’s rich and diversified culture. And so it began , sponsored by the Arts Council of Wales & funded by the National Lottery it was held in Tenby Museum & Art Gallery.
He was soon photographing people in their comfort zone environment . Alun used specialist equipment which produced portraits with even light. The process took a year to complete .
Alun demonstrated the use of his specialist camera gear and displayed stunning prints.
Alun also showed members a selection of photographs rescued from a skip when the well known Tenby Photographer Graham Hughes studio closed down . A trip down memory lane for many members with Alun preserving Tenby’s rich heritage for future generations.
Warm thanks were given to Alun for such an interesting presentation.