May 2011 - PPS - N&EMPF PRINT CHAMPIONS !!!!!!!
Following a late decision and a lot of soul searching to get an entry together in time - the Society took part in this year's North & East Midlands Photographic Federation Print Championships at Chesterfield last Friday the 13th of May.
David and Judy Hodgson handled the entry with Tony Lovell's able assistance and are delighted to report that it was a great result for us as we were the outright winners.
2nd place went to Newark & Dist P.S. and Nottingham & Notts P.S. were 3rd. (These two clubs will represent N&EMPF at the PAGB finals in October at Deeside - we cannot qualify from this our 2nd Federation)
In addition to that Ian Haskell's image (seen left) - "LINNET COURTSHIP" was awarded the distinction of best print in the competition. Other notable high marks were achieved by Tony Lovell with Mating Kingfishers (14), The Staircase (13), & In the Grip of Winter (13). and Judy's Old Man with Friend (13).
In addition to those mentioned above our grateful thanks to those other members whose work made up the rest of the entry - Neil, Peter & Gloria Malton and David Hodsgon.
As the Society is in its summer recess - it has been agreed that N&EMPF president David Gibbins will visit us in the Autumn to present both the trophies - needless to say we are all delighted at this success.
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April 2011 - WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER - Ian Haskell
Yet another success from one our most prolific photographers - Ian Haskell's image (seen right) of "PASQUE FLOWERS" now sits very proudly in the Gallery of the BBC - British Wildlife Photography Awards for 2010 - and was one of the top contenders for a much coveted prize.
The Awards hope to raise awareness of the fragile state of British wildlife and biodiversity, and what we could do to encourage and protect it.
Unlike other wildlife photography competitions, the Awards are uniquely British, with all of the images taken of British animals in their natural habitats.
A fantastic achievement by Ian - and if you want to see this and the other winning images use this link to the Discover Wildlife Gallery
If you also use the link to the BWPA you will also find details of how to enter the 2011 competition which closes on the 2nd of June
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April 2011 - INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS - Tony Lovell
Tony Lovell ARPS having had great success with his image "MORNING LIGHT" that was published in the “Country File Calendar” for 2010 has not been resting on his laurels.
Far from it he is continuing to take some stunning Natural History images and his print of "A PAIR OF MATING KNIGFISHERS" (seen here left) won one of the top awards - a FIAP Silver Medal (his first) - in the Nature Section at the 36th Smethwick International in January.
This Print has gone on to win further acclaim at the 98th Southampton International of Photography this month - where he has won the top award - a FIAP Gold Medal (another first) - for the best wildlife print in the Nature Section.
This was one of four acceptances he gained into this exhibition - for which the print "REED WARBLER IN MORNING LIGHT" (seen below) also won Tony another Medal this time a PSA Silver - again in the Nature Section.
If you want the opportunity to view these Prints and his other acceptances for real - There will be an exhibition of all the prize-winning images in the central atrium of Southampton's WestQuay Shopping Centre from Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May, 2011.
Slightly closer to home there will be Print Shows at the following clubs in April and early May:
Amersham Photographic Society - 11 Apr 2011
Dorchester Camera Club - 18 Apr 2011
Bristol Photographic Society - 20 Apr 2011
Havant Camera Club - 26 Apr 2011
Brighton & Hove Camera Club - 10 May 2011
Dates or venues may vary due to unforeseen circumstances. Please check with the venue before travelling.
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March 2011 - ANNUAL EXHIBITION PRESENTATION
Following the Society’s recent 2011 Exhibition of Prints that were on display at "St. John the Baptist Church, Church Street, Peterborough" from March the 7th - March 19th the awards evening took place at the weekly meeting last Tuesday the 22nd March to which we were delighted to welcome Philip Green - (Technical Director - Classic Printers) and his partner Ros Knight for the occasion.
The first part of this well attended largely social gathering was given over to presentation of the trophies and certificates to all the winners. The announcement was made of the most popular print as voted for by the public who visited the exhibition - which went to NIGEL GARDNER for his image "Time 2 Go" shown here (Left).
After a short break for a buffet the audience settled down to view the all projected images that had been put together in the form of an Audio Visual Presentation.
The most successful entrant was TONY LOVELL - who had the best images in eight of the classes - seen here (below) receiving the trophies from PHILLIP GREEN
The major award winners from both Prints and Projected can now be viewed on the EXHIBITION page of this web site.
The Our grateful thanks to "CLASSIC PRINTERS" for supporting the Exhibition and printing the catalogue. Seen here (left) is the excellent graphic panel they produced to publicize the event.
The picture below (right) is of all the major trophy award winners in the Exhibition for both Prints and Projected Images - From left to right : Agnieska Semik, Helen Baker, John Dodkins, Tony Lovell, Judy Hodgson, Ian Haskell, Phillip Green (Classic Printers), David Good, Liz Kemp (President PPS), Tony Winkless, Nigel Gardner
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1st March 2011 - The Brotherhoods Cup
Judged by : Les Nixon DPAGB
Last Tuesday the annual competition between locally invited Camera Clubs and Societies was hosted by Peterborough P.S. for The Brotherhoods Cup. In its third year as a digitally projected competition a record 16 clubs took part 4 up on last year. Each club entry was for 8 images only an entirely open subject that were commented and marked out of 20 by our invited judge.
This gave Les a very daunting task getting through the 128 images - but as we have come to expect from such an experienced judge he completed the assignment and only ran over by a few mins. The now established David Hodgson award for the best individual image of the competition - came down to a short list of images that all received very high marks - a very difficult choice as they were all of different subjects and styles. After a short deliberation this award finally went to TONY LOVELL of PETERBOROUGH P.S. - for a superbly creative and atmospheric image "LOST IN THE DARK" is shown below (right).
Individual Club Scores |
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| Peterborough P.S. = 1st | 137 |
| Wisbech & Dist C.C. = 1st | 137 |
| Deepings C.C. - 3rd | 134 |
| Bedford C.C. | 133 |
| Kings Lynn & Dist C.C. | 132 |
| North Norfolk P.S. | 129 |
| Rushden & Dist P.S. | 128 |
| St Neots & Dist C.C. | 126 |
| March C.C. | 124 |
| Perkins P.C. | 120 |
| Spalding P.S. | 118 |
| Sutton P.G | 116 |
| Ely P.C. | 115 |
| Stamford P.S. | 115 |
| St Ives P.C. | 112 |
| Grantham P.S. | 108 |
The outcome of for the Trophy was once again quite a close affair with the 4 clubs within 6 pts of each other. The competition for the second time in three years ended in a tie for 1st place with both the hosts PETERBOROUGH P.S. and WISBECH & DIST. C.C. on 137 Pts - both clubs were delighted to have won a share of the trophy. The winning images from the Peterborough & Wisbech entries entry are shown as thumbnails below.
The evening was rounded off by the raffle with many of the donated prizes coming from the participating clubs as has been the tradition of this competition that there is no entry fee to participate and the proceeds help to defray the costs incurred.
Our thanks go to LES NIXON - for his excellent judging, PETER MALTON who organized the event and his brother NEIL MALTON for collating the entries and projecting them at the event - along with the Peterborough P.S. members who helped on the night.
We look forward to seeing you all again in March 2012. (the date will be announced once next season's programme is completed)
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Jan 2011 - SOCIETY SUCCESSES IN N&EMPF 2011 ANNUAL EXHIBITION
The Society enjoyed some major successes with our recent entry in the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition - which opened in Mansfield on Saturday the 8th of January.
By far our most successful entrant was JUDY HODGSON - seen here left receiving her awards from N&EMPF President David Gibbins for the Best Individual Print Panel (4 Prints of Dehli Station) and the Best Monochrome Print (Old Man and a Donkey) - seen below right.
Other recipients of awards were TONY LOVELL with his (Mating Kingfishers) which was Highly Commended in the Natural History Prints, and (Fallow Deer in Morning Light) - which received a Certificate of Merit in the same class.
In the Projected Image Section JIM HARTJE received a Certificate of Merit in the Natural History Class - with (Blushers in Habitat)
I am also pleased to report that all the other entrants this year from Peterborough - FREDA WOOTTEN & DAVID HODGSON also had acceptances into the Exhibition
You will be able to see the full Presentation of the Exhibition at the Society's meeting on the 25th of January - which includes all the accepted Projected Images, and award winners - together with a selection of the Major Print Awards - shown as an Audio Visual in two parts with an informative narration by Ashley Franklin.
If you want to see all the Prints they are on display until the 25th of January at the MANSFIELD MUSEUM, Leeming Street, Mansfield - open from 10am - 5pm (closed Sundays).
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April 2010 - P.P.S Leisurewear
With the launch of the New Society logo (to bring us into the digital age) - The Society’s 2010 is now able to offer the members some new lines in leisure wear - which will encompass the change.
Polo shirt £11.50 in White, Sky Blue, Dark Royal
Sweat shirt £13.00 Dark Royal
Fleece £25.00 Dark Royal
Cap £6.50 Dark Royal
There are a few choices of design for each of the above.
All will come with the new LOGO.
Orders can be placed at the next few Tuesday Evening Meetings - please ensure that you bring Cash with your order.
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The East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies (EAF) is pleased to announce the launch of its new web site at www.eaf.org.uk
The site is a new design that offers a number of advanced facilities which we hope that our members, and other users, will find useful. Please use this new link and update any bookmarks you have to reflect this new address. The previous web site will continue to run alongside the new one until 1st April whereupon people visiting that site will be automatically redirected to the new site.
Note also that all e-mail address have changed and now end in @eaf.org.uk – the ‘old’ e-mail addresses will coexist along with the new ones for some time so rest assured that the use of an ‘old’ e-mail address will still result in the recipient receiving their message. However, we do advise everybody to update their address books as soon as possible.
Please report any difficulties with the site to webmaster@eaf.org.uk along with any other comments or questions you may have.
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October 2009 - RPS Distinction - Janet Davies ARPS
Congratulations to our current President Janet Davies on acheiving the distinction of ARPS (Assocateship of the Royal Photographic Society) at the recent assessment by the Visual Art panel for Associateship that took place on the 14th of October at Bath. Her panel of fifteen prints printed on PERMAJET - TEXTURED ART SILK paper and presented in a complimentray champagne white coloured mountboard were given unanimous approval by the eight adudicators. To get the balance of the images right is always important and Janet's layout is shown here below - you can see larger individual images by clicking on this link Flowers Panel which will take you to the relevant gallery page.
This distinction is not obtained by just taking a few pictures that look good together - it had been three years in the planning and taking with many images discarded along the way as they did not fit the concept. You have to also to submit a "statement of intent" which was as follows:
The Beauty of Flowers
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?”
The verse of this poem, “Leisure”, indicates my intentions with this panel. There are subtle tones and shapes within flowers, that we simply do not notice as we become too absorbed with our daily lives.
These are “bee’s eye images”! The peculiarities and the textures of each flower are so familiar to the bee. We need to put ourselves in his position!
“Every flower is
A beautiful masterpiece
Winged or blossom stemmed.”
When we get this close, there is so much to see, that we have to slow down to appreciate what is there, to become more peaceful and, possibly, even to meditate, thinking how quietly they have grown to bring us such beauty and perfume.
“A poor life this, if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare”
Quotations are from W.H.Davies, Dorothy Holmes and Megna Kalvani.
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