Annual Portrait Competition

On Wednesday, 23rd April 2008 the Annual Portrait Competition was  held.The competition was judged by Helen Taylor ARPS DPAGB BPE3* The portraits entered included works that were closely cropped, people at work, staged models, monochrome and colour photographs, among others.
The results were as follows:

Prints

Winner: Ian Farrant (20 points)
20 points also: Ian Farrant and Tony Scarff
19 points: Ian Farrant and Peter Vears
18 points: Tony Cole, Ian Farrant and Tony Scarff (2)

Slides

Winner:Peter Vears (20 points)
18 points:: Tony Cole (2)

An enjoyable and informative evening was enjoyed by all.

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

 

 

Annual Portrait Competition

The competition was judged by Helen Taylor ARPS DPAGB BPE3* on 23rd April 2008. In her introduction, Helen explained what kinds of things she was looking for in the judging including technique, sharpness, but more importantly what kind of connection the photographer had with the sitter. She wanted that connection to come across in the print/slide and to learn a little about the sitter.

The portraits included works that were closely cropped, people at work, staged models, monochrome and colour photographs, among others.

Helen focused on particular points that she would avoid when photographing portraits including avoiding jewellery and other distracting items on models, such as hands. Trying to obtain just one highlight in each eye, if possible, was another point she touched on. She spoke about the use of lighting and the effects of having very light patches within the photograph that might draw the eye away from the subject. She went on to say that there can be problems when working outside as the light is often out of our control but where we can control the lighting situation we must.

Attention to detail including the mount colour and the hues within the overall print were also considered.

The night was extremely informative and amusing which was thanks mostly to Helen’s unique style.

The chairman, Graham, rounded off the evening thanking Helen for her tips on portrait photography.  Results to follow.

Report by Jill Fowler

Committee Member

Architectural Photography Competition

Folks
Here is a chance to practice your architectural and record photography skills…
Below is an email recieved inviting us to particitipate in a local project.
Why not have a go!
Anyone interested please contact me (Graham Robinson, Chairman) or Nigel May (Secretary) rather than contacting Fiona directly.

Thanks
/Graham

Dear Graham

We would like to invite members of Deal and District Camera Club to enter into a Photography Competition being run by RIBA Canterbury and District Branch as Part of the events for Architecture Week 2008 and I attach an entry form.

Architecture Week is a national event with branches throughout the UK organizing events in their region. The purpose behind the week is to engage people of all ages and from all walks of life in architecture and inspire them to think creatively about the space around them.

An exhibition in the historic Eastbridge Hospital, High Street, Canterbury, held from Monday 16th June to Saturday 21 June and open to the public from 10.00am – 5.00pm each day will then feature images from the Photographic Competition.

The main details are as follows:

Theme: ‘Art in Architecture’

Format of Entries: Photographs to be supplied as 9” x 6” glossy prints (this size is for eg 40p per print at Boots), photographs to be unmounted. Please ensure label with entrant’s name and tel number is attached to the back of each entry.

Number of Entries: Maximum of three entries per person
Competition closing date: FRIDAY 16TH MAY 2008
Judge: Robert Greshoff, Architectural Photographer
Competition Winners: To be announced on Monday, 16th June 2008. Prizes to be presented on Thursday, 19th June 2008 at the Orange Street Music Club, Orange Street, Canterbury
Prizes: awarded for first, second, third and highly commended

We hope your members will be interested in entering. If it makes it easier I would be happy to collect all your members entries from you. I can also send multiple copies of the entry form to you for distribution.

I look forward to hearing whether your members are interested in entering.

Best wishes

FIONA MINTER

Ian Farrant – Mercury People

An article promoting Ian’s exhibition has appeared in this week’s ( 17-04-08 ) East Kent Mercury. His exhibition entitled “Dreamland” is running from now until Sunday April 27th 2008 at The Community Pharmacy Gallery, 16 Market Place, Old Town, Margate.

Ian has shown some very good work at the club and I would urge people to go aloang and look at some of his documentary work.

/Graham

Picture Feature in Mercury

Marion (Publicity Sec) arranged for a picture feature in the East Kent Mercury about the Library Exhibition. If you are interested take a look at this week’s ( Thu 17-Apr-08 ) issue on page 30.

/Graham

Open Three Panel Print Competition

On Wednesday, 16th April 2008 the Club held an Open Three Panel Print Competition.  The judge for the evening was Brian Wetherley and the results
were as follows:-

20 points:June Hill with “Cupids Dart”
19 points:June Hill with “Parrot Tulip” and Jim Whalley with “RNLI”,
18 points – Valerie Jennings with “Thames Barges, Vivienne Lavender with “Parrot Tulip” and Sarah Smith with “Passion Flower”.

Report by Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

 

Annual Exhibition Winners

Today Paul Andrew selected the ‘Best in Exhibition’ at the 2008 Annual Exhibition being held in Deal Library. If you have not visited I would urge to go along to take a look at this diverse collection of photographs and choose your own favourite.

Paul selected a deceptively simple but very carefully constructed strong graphic image of a floating paper clip called “Surface Tension” by Sarah Smith.

Paul also gave a highly commended to “Tulips” by Nigel May.

If you would like to find more about Paul and his work you could check out his website:
http://www.paulandrew.co.uk/

Best Regards
Graham Robinson

Annual Audio Visual Competition

On Wednesday, 9th April 2008 the club held its Annual Audio Visual Competition. The sequences entered were Egypt, Around Dovedale, Around Swaledale, YorkshireDales, My garden flowers, Images of New Zealand and 25 years on Kodak Slide film.
The judge for the evening was Bea Auger CPAGB and the winner was June  Hill with her beautiful sequence “My garden flowers” and Tony Hill was the runner-up with his sequence “Yorkshire Dales”.

Bea also kindly passed on plenty of tips and advice to members for improving their future sequences.

Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

 

Lecture “So far so good” by Helen Taylor ARPS, DPAGB, BPE3*

 

On Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 Helen Taylor ARPS DPAGB, BPE3* visited the club and gave a lecture ‘So Far So Good’ during which she showed examples of her work on a variety of subjects –  from 1997 up to the present day. She also explained some of the techniques she used and gave tips and advice.

A most informative and enjoyable evening was had by the large number of members who attended the lecture.

Marion Holness

Publicity Officer

 

2008 Annual Exhibition Deal Library

As most of you will know, our Annual Print Exhibition at Deal Library starts on Monday the 7th April and continues until Friday 2nd May 2008. This year Paul Andrew will be judging the exhibition.

It was great to see such a wide spectrum of pictures of all standards and styles. The exhibition gives everyone in the club a chance to show some of their work to a wider audience.

Do encourage friends, family and acquaintances to visit as it helps to spread the word. The exhibition is a perfect opportunity for those interested in finding out more about the club.

A big thank you goes to all those involved in creating and promoting the exhibition and of course everyone for submitting work.

As a reminder the EKM photographer will be along at 15:00 on Tuesday 8th April, so do drop in with a camera or print if you want to appear in the photo.

/Graham Robinson