Tuesday 20 December 2011

Battle of The Sexes - RESULTS!

Venus Team = 320 points
Mars Team = 316 points

Well done ladies!

Guys... is there life on Mars?

Picture of the night:

'Trondheim Cathedral' by John Fridd


Images scoring 10:

'Goldfinch in Snow' by Sue Green

'Singing in the Christmas Choir' by Daisy Mayhew
 'Greenwich Park' by Andy Linden LRPS
'The Tarn' by Bob Lawrie
'Rudolph awaits the big day' by John Fridd 
'Joy to the world!' by Elaine Cranmer
'Icy Grip' by Ronette Fourie


Thanks to Dave Mason for judging the competition and to Elaine, Trudy and Jean for organising the refreshments (hic!).






Wednesday 14 December 2011

Exhibition Preview Night Winners

Best in show:  'Dahlia Flames' by Elaine Cranmer

Honourable Mention: 'Waiting for the surf' by Jean Bright

 Honourable Mention: 'Double Take' by Dawn O'Connor

Honourable Mention: 'Leopard' by Sue Green

Congratulations to Elaine, her blaze of vibrant colour was awarded the 'Best in Show' by our guest judge Dave Mason, with honourable mentions going to Jean, Dawn and Sue.  You can see see all the images at the Elixir Gallery Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich until 31 January. 

Tuesday 6 December 2011

The Bob 2011/12: Round 2 - results

 1st 'Cool Waters' by John Frid

 2nd 'Playing in the Fog' by Andy Linden LRPS

3rd 'Kelsey Park Sunbeams' by Dawn O'Connor

4th 'Red Veined Darter' by John Frid

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered the competition and contributed to the after comp discussion. All the images and the full score sheet can be seen on the club website.

There no meeting next week because it's our Christmas meal,  but we're back at Shrewsbury house on 20 December for 'Battle of The Sexes!' This is a DPI comp and social evening.

Monday 5 December 2011

AWPS through to SLF DPI semi-finals

'Florence' by Stu Mayhew

Aperture Woolwich Photographic Society came 2nd tonight in the Group 2 DPI competition at South London. Bromley took 1st place by 1/2 a point. This means we're through to the semi-finals at Old Coulsdon on 31 January 2012. Congratulations to Stu Mayhew, whose image 'Florence' (shown above) scored a 10 plus a certificate.

Wednesday 30 November 2011

The Panel of 3 - prints competition

1st Place - Marshall Pinsent


2nd Place - Neal Puttock


Joint 3rd place - John Frid


Joint 3rd place - Sue Green

We had 25 entries on the night, an exceptionally high standard of creative and well presented work. Thanks to everyone who entered, voted and contributed to the evening and special thanks to Ted and Tim for scoring the competition.

All the winning images will be available to view in the website galleries.





Monday 7 November 2011

Tuesday's London Evening-Shoot is cancelled!

The weather for tomorrow evening is forecast to be light rain/drizzle, grey cloud and cold with it!

So we're back in the library at Shrewsbury house for camera-clinic, photoshop one-to-one, and there will be a choice of short movies to watch on photographic techniques and legendary photographers.

There may also be an opportunity for some studio inductions.

Bring popcorn!

Thursday 3 November 2011

'Road to Castagno' by Neal Puttock (Group 1 scored 10)

The results of the 2nd round of our internal prints competition were as follows:

GROUP 1 (Intermediate)
'Road to Castagno' by Neal Puttock (score 10)
'Bellowing' by Dave Webster (10)
'Gun through a pipe' by Jay Edwards (9.5)
'Holy Man' by Jonathan Hood (9.5)

GROUP 2 (Advanced)
'Fistral Beach at Sunrise' by John Frid (10+)
'After the harvest' by John Frid (10+)
'The Listener' by Ted Summers (10+)
'Caught in a time continuum' by Darren Woolway' (10+)

All the winning pictures will go through to our Prints Final at the end of the season and will be available to view in the club gallery.

Many thanks to our judge for the evening Jeff Royce.

Saturday 29 October 2011

Ross Cup 2011

Stu Mayhew wins the KCPA Ross Cup Premier Award and Mick Smithson Shield with his wonderful print, 'Dreamscape'.

It was a very close result with Aperture Woolwich coming joint fifth out of 33 clubs competing, only 3 points away from the top score. The best result for AWPS in recent years.

The Ross cup is one of most prestigious print competitions in the Kent photographic calendar. So congratulations to all the photographers who's work made up our club panel and well done to Stu!

You have an opportunity to find out how this photograph was created when Stu takes the 'Levitations and Revelations' studio masterclass at the club on 15 November.

Monday 24 October 2011

Aperture Woolwich win the Meinertzhagen Trophy 2011

The Meinertzhagen Trophy is the prestigious 3-way inter-club photographic prints competition held each year since 1933 between Bexleyheath PS, Dartford and District PS and Aperture Woolwich PS. This year the trophy was awarded to Aperture Woolwich with an average score of 19.25, one of the highest scores in the competition's long history.

Five AWPS prints were awarded the top mark of 20 points, these were:

'Saint Pauls in the spotlight' by Andy Linden LRPS
'Tower Bridge Stairs' by Dave Mason
'Florence' by Stu Mayhew
'Dover Harbour Station' by Marshall Pinsent
'Gent' (shown above) by Darren Woolway LRPS was also awarded overall 3rd place in the competition.

Two AWPS prints scored 19:
'Poppies' by Dawn O'Connor
'Boatman's Hut' by Marshall Pinsent
'Godrevy Lighthouse' by Ted Summers

Many thanks to the competition judge Frank Page LRPS LMPA.

Well done us!





Thursday 20 October 2011

The Bob - 2011/12 Round 1 results


The results of the 1st round of the Bob Forshaw DPI competition held on Tuesday 18 October are as follows:

1st 'Tuscan Vineyard at Dawn' by John Frid (shown)
2nd 'Delicate Beauty' by John Frid
3rd 'Thames' by Ernie Savarese
4th 'End of the World' by John Ewer

Congratulations to John Frid and thank you to everyone who submitted images and contributed to the first of our DPI comps this season.

All the winning photographs will be available to view in the website gallery later this week. The full score sheet will be on the club noticeboard next week.

Thanks again to Tim W and Ted for scoring tonights comp.

Sunday 16 October 2011

Guest speakers 25 October


Madagascar
a photographic talk
by Deborah and Duncan Armour

Shrewsbury House, Tuesday 25 October, starts at 8pm

Madagascar is remarkable for it's range of unique wildlife - 80% of its species of plants and animals are found here and nowhere else on earth. Perhaps most well known of these are the many species of lemurs.

This talk starts with an explanation of how this unusual and exotic diversity came to be, explores some of the local customs and modern day people, before heading into rainforest, spiny forest and desert in search of plants, bugs, birds and primates. Along the way, Deborah and Duncan will be happy to share tips and techniques for photography in some difficult environments.
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Saturday 17 September 2011

Guest speaker Mike Dales



On Tuesday 20 September we welcome a prints talk by Mike Dales ARPS.

You can read about Mike and get a sneak preview of some of his work here.

We start promptly at 8pm.


(Images by Mike Dales ARPS Top: 'Red Balloon'. Below: 'Lonely Tuba')

Thursday 8 September 2011

Next meeting - Tuesday 13 September


We have something rather special planned for Tuesday evening, Jambs Owls have kindly agreed to set-up at 6.30pm for a 7pm start to catch a bit of natural daylight, weather permitting. We'll have some outdoor lights and there may be an opportunity to move some of the birds into the studio. We understand they are bringing up to 20 birds including owls and birds of prey. Arrive early, it'll be a hoot!


(Top photo: 'Double Take' by Dawn O'Connor.
Lower Photo: 'Jambs Owls' by Stu Mayhew)




Thursday 1 September 2011

New season begins


Our first meeting of the 2011/12 season is on Tuesday 6 September, this will be a social evening to introduce the new programme with a short talk about how the new season is structured, info on competitions, practical evenings, talks, shoots, the studio, exhibitions etc. We'll then have a digital projection of member's images taken over the last 3 months.

If you're already a member or are thinking about joining and would like to include some of your work please send up to 8 images, they should be in a JPEG format with a maximum horizontal width of 1024 pixels with a maximum vertical height of 768 pixels. The colour space for your images should be sRGB. Please note that any work you submit for this event will still be eligible for future in-house or external club comps.

Please title your images like this: 01 my picture_your name.jpg and then email them to: aperturewoolwich@googlemail.com

The deadline for submissions is 9pm Monday 5 September. This should allow enough time to check all the pics and load them into the projection software.

Exhibition
AWPS member Greg Warran has a solo photographic exhibition 'Other Lives' featuring images from the streets of India and Cambodia, this Saturday (3 Sept) from 5pm to 8pm at Studio 61, in Lee, Southeast London SE3 9DS. Entry is free. More info here. (Header pic: © Gregory Warran)

The AWPS September programme
6 Welcome evening with DPI’s, and new member’s Q&A
13 Studio night: ‘Owls and birds of prey’ in the gardens and studio
20 Talk: Mike Dales (Print comp hand-in)
27 1st Print Comp, Judge: Martin Jordan

Tuesday 9 August 2011

Tuesday Evening shoot - POSTPONED

Due to the current situation tonight's planned London shoot has been postponed. We'll see if we can reschedule it for the end of the month.

Monday 8 August 2011

Tuesday evening shoot

Tuesday 9 August Evening shoot: London Trafalgar Square/Soho
Meet at 7.45pm at the main entrance to National Gallery in Trafalgar Square (below the columns).

(Photo: 'Between Calls' by Justin Kington)


Friday 5 August 2011

Sunday Shoot

Thames Barrier Park
North Woolwich Road London E16 2HP
DLR Pontoon Dock

Sunday 7 August, meet at 12 Noon by the cafe in the park.



Friday 22 July 2011

Sunday walk - 24 June

The meet up is outside the GLA building (City Hall) at 12 noon.

We'll walk over Tower Bridge to follow this route

So plenty of photo opportunities on the way.

See you there.

Marshall.

(Tower Bridge pic by Andy Linden LRPS)

Saturday 9 July 2011

AWPS Evening Shoot - Greenwich



Tuesday 12 July

Meet outside the Gypsy Moth pub (next to Cutty Sark Ship) for 7:45pm. Bring a tripod if you're interested in taking long exposures.

We'll cover the Naval Collage grounds then walk along the river and end up in the Cutty Sark Tavern.

Mentors:
Marshall Pinsent (Mobile: 07963890096)
Stu Mayhew (Mobile: 07973231527)

(Image: Navel College Greenwich by M W Pinsent)

Friday 1 July 2011

AWPS in the news!


Well done to two more AWPS members have had photos printed in recent editions of the Greenwich Time newspaper, John Ewer (above) and Tim Walton (below). If you're a member of the club and have pics (landscape format) taken in the borough of Greenwich please send them to Marshall who'll submit them to the editor.




Friday 10 June 2011

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2011

Our summer programme is open to all (members and non-members). The programme may be subject to change, so check back for updates and meeting times.

JUNE

14 (Tuesday) No meeting
21 (Tuesday) No meeting
25 (Saturday) Greenwich Festival (King Charles Lawn, Old Royal Naval College)
3.15 pm: 'Heartland' (Aerial performers - dome rig)
4pm & 6.35pm: 'Astral' (Aerial circus performance)
8.15pm: 'Taxi' (Street theatre)
9:15pm: Evening meet-up at Cutty Sark pub
28 (Tuesday) Studio shoot (Shrewsbury House) - with model (£2 contribution)

JULY
2 (Saturday) London Pride or 'Dancing City' Canary Wharf (members decide!)
5 (Tuesday) No meeting
9 (Saturday) Oxleas wood: model shoot
10 (Sunday) AWPS Away-day ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ (location to be decided)
12 (Tuesday) Greenwich town night shoot with mentors
19 (Tuesday) No meeting
24 (Sunday) Riverside walk - Tower Bridge east to Canada Water
26 (Tuesday) No meeting

AUGUST
2 (Tuesday) No meeting
7 (Sunday) Thames Barrier Park (Pontoon Dock)
9 (Tuesday) Evening shoot: London Trafalgar Sq/Soho
16 (Tuesday) No meeting
23 (Tuesday) Evening shoot: ‘Painting with light’ garden area Oxleas Wood, followed by a drink at The Bull
30 (Tuesday) No meeting
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Our MAIN PROGRAMME starts on Tuesday 6 September 2011.

Tuesday 24 May 2011

FINALS NIGHT


'The Bridge' by Nikk Burridge

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Print of the Year 2011

(Intermediate)


'Leopard ' by Sue Green

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DPI of the Year 2011


'Between Calls' by Justin Kington

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Print of the year 2011 (Advanced)
1st 'The Bridge' by Nikk Burridge
2nd 'Drift Music' by Marshall Pinsent
3rd 'Herne Bay Pier' by Andy Linden LRPS

Print of the year 2011 (Intermediate)
1st 'Leopard' by Sue Green
2nd 'London View' by John Ewer
Joint 3rd 'Green Mamba' by Sue Green
Joint 3rd 'Still Life' by John Ewer

DPI of the year 2011
1st 'Between Calls' by Justin Kington
2nd 'The lady of the lamp' by Stu Mayhew
3rd 'Dandelion' by Andy Linden LRPS

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who entered images into the club competitions this season - the standard of work this year was fantastic!

All the winning photographs will be available to view in the competition galleries on the club website later this week.







Tuesday 3 May 2011

The Bob - Round 6 results


The results of the 6th and final round of the Bob Forshaw DPI competition held on Tuesday 3 May are as follows:

1st 'Swirls and Seaweed' by Greg Warren (shown)
2nd 'Bankers' by Greg Warren
3rd 'Between calls' by Justin Kington
4th 'Ghost Runners' by Justin Kington

Congratulations to Greg and Justin and thank you to everyone who submitted images and contributed to the last of our DPI comps this season.

All the winning photographs will be available to view in the website gallery later this week. The full score sheet will be on the club noticeboard next week.

Thanks again to Tim W and Neal for scoring tonights competition.

Friday 22 April 2011

The KCPA 2011 Annual Print Competition & Exhibition

'Pirou Pool' by Andy Linden LRPS

'Somewhere in a dream' by Sty Mayhew

An exhibition of some of the best work from Kent County Photographic Association members runs from the 26th April until the 27th May 2011 at Sessions House Maidstone. including 5 photographs from Aperture Woolwich Members: Andy Linden LRPS, Stu Mayhew, Marshall Pinsent and Ted Summers. Andy and Stu both received Highly Commended certificates for their work.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

The Bob - Round 5 results


The results of round 5 of the Bob Forshaw DPI competition held on Tuesday 12 April are as follows:

1st 'Hayle 21.20+30sec' by Ted Summers (shown)
2nd 'Night must fall' by Sue Green
3rd 'Before I wake' by Sue Green
4th 'Making a splash' by Stu Mayhew

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who submitted images and contributed to an interesting post-comp discussion and critique.

All the winning photographs will be available to view in the website gallery later this week. The full score sheet will be on the club noticeboard next week.

Thanks again to Tim and Neal for scoring tonights competition.

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Set Subject - 'Time' & the Disposable Camera competitions

'Bags of Time' by Marshall Pinsent


A DPI competition on the theme of 'Time', held on Tuesday 5 April.


The results were as follows:

1st 'Bags of Time' by Marshall Pinsent (Score 30)

2nd 'From Dusk 'til Dawn' by Marshall Pinsent (21)

3rd 'At a snail's pace' by Sue Green (19)

4th 'Time for bed' by Richard Taussik (18)


Congratulations to the winners and thanks again to Tim W and Neil for scoring the comp.


The Disposable Camera Competition

1st Andy Linden LRPS

2nd Dave Walton

3rd John Ewer


All the winning pictures will be available to view in the club gallery later this week.





Wednesday 23 March 2011

Print competition - Round 4 results

'Black Mamba' by Sue Green (Winner of Group 2)

'Shellness Ice Pond' by Marshall Pinsent (Winner of Group 1)

Congratulations to Sue Green who took the top 3 places in Group 1


The results were as follows:


GROUP 1 (Intermediate)

1st 'Black Mamba' by Sue Green (score 10)

2nd 'Green Mamba' by Sue Green (10)

3rd 'Leopard by by Sue Green (9)

4th 'London View' by John Ewer (8)


GROUP 2 (Advanced)

1st 'Shellness Ice Pond' by Marshall Pinsent (10)

2nd 'Drift Music' by Marshall Pinsent (9)

3rd 'Autumn to Winter' by Trudy Mackie (9)

4th 'Morning Mist' by Ted Summers (8)


All the winning pictures will go through to our Prints final at the end of the season and will be available to view in the club gallery later this week.


Many thanks to John Yarrow, our judge for the evening.