Thursday 28 May 2009

Ross Cup 2009 Competition - Your Prints Needed Urgently

As mentioned at the AGM there is a major print competition to be held on 21st November 2009.

The event will take place at Rainham School for Girls, Kent. I would like each member to submit one print each for selection, 8 of which will then be entered as the Aperture Woolwich Panel.

I need your prints to be left in Shrewsbury House dark room no later than Tuesday 23rd June, or contact me at stumayhew@aol.com if you would prefer to leave the print with me. I will take the final selection to Gillingham by June 30th and you won't see your print again until December!

Please note: If you go to Shrewsbury House on a non-club day you will need to sign the book at the porter's cabin to collect the key for the darkroom. Please take along your club membership card.

The maximum size mount is 400mm x 500mm and please put your name and title on the back of the mount.

This competition is of very high standard so please ensure the quality of both your print and mount are very good. I know the images will be of usual Aperture standards!

I hope everyone enters a print for selection and a further announcement will be made via the Blog or at the start of next seasons club meeting.

stu

Friday 22 May 2009

South London Press - Photo competition

South London Press have launched a weekly readers' photograph feature. The best ones will appear in the South London Press Friday edition. The theme is, loosely, South London. The pictures could be inside or outside, of people, streetscapes, buildings or parks. The jpeg files should be no larger than 5MB and should be sent to photographic@slp.co.uk. More info on their website, click this link.

End of the exhibition

Sadly our exhibition at Woolwich Town hall is over for another year. We’d like to thank the town hall staff for all their help and generosity in allowing us the use of the beautiful public hall. The exhibition has helped raise the profile of the club and we have made some useful contacts (more about this later!). Thank you to everyone who exhibited work and a special thanks to those who gave their time to help put up and take down the exhibition.

Next Tuesday is the AGM and prize-giving. Trophies and certificates will be awarded in the following categories:
  • The Print of the Year
  • The Digital Projected Image of the Year
  • The Bob Forshaw Trophy
  • The Set Subject Competition ('Reflections')
  • The Panel of 3
  • The Snow Show Competition
  • Disposable Camera Competition
See you there!

(Photo by Chris Turner)




Wednesday 20 May 2009

RESULTS!

Print of the Year


1st 'Lanzarote Stairs' by Jean Bright
2nd 'Windpower' by Stu Mayhew

3rd 'Sunset at Fairfield'
by Marshall Pinsent


Digital Projected Image of the Year



1st 'Broadstairs pool II' by Marshall Pinsent

2nd 'Emerging' by Pete Davis

3rd 'Big Brother' by Dave Mason


Congratulations to all the winners and special thanks to our competition judge Nene van Dyke.

All the images can be seen in our website galleries

Wednesday 13 May 2009

Print & Digital Image of the Year!

We're coming to the end of our main season now and the last two meetings are definitely not to be missed!

Tuesday 19 May - Print & Digital Image of the Year!
We have a judge for the evening, sadly Simon Cowell can't make it, but luckily for us Nene van Dyke has kindly offered to step in at the last minute and do the honours. If you fancy a flutter down at the bookies all the runners and riders in the digital and print comps can be viewed in our web galleries!

Tuesday 26 May - AGM & Prize giving
This is an opportunity to confront your committee members about their outragious expense claims - was that Nikon Trouser Press really necessesary? And are we justified in claiming the studio as our second home? (all perfectly within the rules of course). Anyway we're all very sorry and I personally promise to replace that out-of-date packet of Hoola Hoops I pinched from the darkroom - honest!

And... if that doesn't sway you - there will be drinks and nibbles!

Marshall.

Monday 4 May 2009

AWPS EXHIBITION 2009


Why Not Enter Some Photography Competitions ?

Now the club season is almost at an end, why not challenge yourself and try your luck in one or all of these competitions!

Follow the links and all the best!

DK Travel PhotoBritain Competition -

International Garden Photographer of the Year ‘Early Bird’ summer competition

British Wildlife Photography Awards

CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year

stu