Club News
31st January
Many thanks to Gill Mackay for an excellent presentation tonight, 22 members braved the weather, and were treated to a very entertaining and interesting evening, Gill started by giving us an insight into the The Ironman event held in Pembrokeshire, one of the most popular Ironman venues in the UK, mainly because of the welcome the spectators give the contestants and our beautiful surroundings.
Gill outlined her day, crammed with photographing all three of the disciplines. Starting at 7am with the Swimming event, explaining the difficulties of getting in the right place to get the best shot, then the cycle race, getting into the best advantage point to capture the most interesting shots, and then getting back to the finish line to record those exhausted Athletes with elation on their faces, they have finished.
Gill’s photos of the Ironman story over the years have won her many accolades for the quality of her work, both technical and aesthetically and have been accepted in lots of prestigious salons, gaining her many distinctions.
After the break, Gill continued to entertain us by showing her expertise in Street Photography, with her prize winning images from around Europe, including Portugal, Croatia and many others.
A very interesting event, thought provoking, inspirational and encouraging us to get out there and take photographs.
Thank you Gill we all enjoyed the evening, and thank you Alistair for running the projection.
Gill outlined her day, crammed with photographing all three of the disciplines. Starting at 7am with the Swimming event, explaining the difficulties of getting in the right place to get the best shot, then the cycle race, getting into the best advantage point to capture the most interesting shots, and then getting back to the finish line to record those exhausted Athletes with elation on their faces, they have finished.
Gill’s photos of the Ironman story over the years have won her many accolades for the quality of her work, both technical and aesthetically and have been accepted in lots of prestigious salons, gaining her many distinctions.
After the break, Gill continued to entertain us by showing her expertise in Street Photography, with her prize winning images from around Europe, including Portugal, Croatia and many others.
A very interesting event, thought provoking, inspirational and encouraging us to get out there and take photographs.
Thank you Gill we all enjoyed the evening, and thank you Alistair for running the projection.
Brian Jennings 2019 Trophy
We had a lovely welcome tonight at TATA Steel works for the Brian Jennings 2019 Trophy.
Tenby & District Camera Club won tonight, it was a very near thing, beating Kidwelly by one point.
Our winning prints were
“Simplicity” by Paul Richards 100 Pts
“Catch me if you Can” by Dave Lewis 93 Pts
“Lion & Leopard tortoise” by Mike Cullis 87 Pts
“Great Spotted Woodpecker” by Gary Jenkins 92 Pts
“Portrait of a Sparrow Hawk” by Charlie Kid 73 Pts
Congratulations to all our photographers and the supporters who cheered our club on.
Thanks to the Trostre Camera club who hosted the event especially Des Daughton and Bill Savage and their team who worked so hard to put on an excellent event, with a great buffet, enough food to feed us twice over.
Thanks also to the Esteemed and very well known Judge Mr Peter Young supported by his lovely wife Jill.
A really good night. Please find score sheet below. Thank you
Tenby & District Camera Club won tonight, it was a very near thing, beating Kidwelly by one point.
Our winning prints were
“Simplicity” by Paul Richards 100 Pts
“Catch me if you Can” by Dave Lewis 93 Pts
“Lion & Leopard tortoise” by Mike Cullis 87 Pts
“Great Spotted Woodpecker” by Gary Jenkins 92 Pts
“Portrait of a Sparrow Hawk” by Charlie Kid 73 Pts
Congratulations to all our photographers and the supporters who cheered our club on.
Thanks to the Trostre Camera club who hosted the event especially Des Daughton and Bill Savage and their team who worked so hard to put on an excellent event, with a great buffet, enough food to feed us twice over.
Thanks also to the Esteemed and very well known Judge Mr Peter Young supported by his lovely wife Jill.
A really good night. Please find score sheet below. Thank you
Gary Jenkins
Tenby & District Camera Club
I have the sad duty to announce the passing of our good friend and esteemed photographer Gary Jenkins.
Gary was one of Tenby’s best, he specialised in photographing the most difficult of subjects. He loved taking dragonflies but also took general wildlife and astro photography. The images he produced were of an excellent quality whatever the subject and gained many 20’s for our club at external competitions over the years. He recently gained his EFIAP and DPAGB at Pontefract.
He was very knowledgeable on post processing and gave several talks to our club on Lightroom and Photoshop. He almost single handed ran our Summer School last year as well as being a valued committee member, our Secretary and Webmaster.
Gary bravely fought his illness over the last few months, but after several operations unfortunately, died on Saturday morning.
Our heartfelt condolences go to his wife Sarah and their family. Gary will be sorely missed at our club.
David Lewis
I have the sad duty to announce the passing of our good friend and esteemed photographer Gary Jenkins.
Gary was one of Tenby’s best, he specialised in photographing the most difficult of subjects. He loved taking dragonflies but also took general wildlife and astro photography. The images he produced were of an excellent quality whatever the subject and gained many 20’s for our club at external competitions over the years. He recently gained his EFIAP and DPAGB at Pontefract.
He was very knowledgeable on post processing and gave several talks to our club on Lightroom and Photoshop. He almost single handed ran our Summer School last year as well as being a valued committee member, our Secretary and Webmaster.
Gary bravely fought his illness over the last few months, but after several operations unfortunately, died on Saturday morning.
Our heartfelt condolences go to his wife Sarah and their family. Gary will be sorely missed at our club.
David Lewis
January 26th
TENBY CAMERA CLUB NEWS
Tenby Camera Club has enjoyed the last 2 weeks starting with an excellent talk on the 17th January . Graham Harries of “gphotography” visited the club to deliver his talk “What I Do”. Graham who is from Llanelli, has good experience photographing weddings, concerts, sports, food and all sorts of events . He sells his work to magazines, agencies and as stock photos. He is a member of the Llanelli Photographic Society.
Though the years he has photographed many household names including Girls Aloud, Meatloaf, Bry-an Ferry & Lesley Garrett. He & his wife have been shortlisted as one of the top 5 Wedding Photogra-phers in West Wales at the Welsh National Wedding Awards.
Running through a wide range of photographs, Graham emphasised you must develop your own style, try not to take photos in a particular way just to enter competitions. He wanted to inspire us to do something different. Graham has an interest in derelict buildings, particularly from World War 2. There were many shots of unusual ruins taken in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
Also covered was his style of Urban Photography, honed well from entering the London based “photo 24” competition. This is a continuous 24 hour photo marathon with hourly challenges.
His new interest is drone photography . It was great to see images of familiar locations with a different aspect.
Two short videos were shown at the end, of Iceland and of Chernobyl. Graham tried to encourage us to use video more to capture movement and sound . He had authorised access to the Chernobyl area so the video of that was very thought provoking ….but this will be a future talk !
On the 24th January we held an internal mini competition . Members can enter 4 digital images on the chosen subject Portraiture . The audience then score the images to place the first 5 images, There was a full range of subjects , children, dogs, gritty male faces, soft looking beautiful women and a cat to name a few !
The results were,in first place Cheryl Hewitt with “Face of Memories” , a local army veteran from the second World War taken at Wings over Carew. Second was “Lara” by Jo Wakeman a very pretty child and third was Dave Bolton with a beautifully exposed image of a dog . Other placings were Jo Wakeman in 4th , Cheryl Hewitt in 5th and Al Rees and Ray Hornett sharing joint 6th.
We were then lucky to have a session of comments from member & WPF judge Harry Gardiner . He chose several images from the entries to explain why it may have done well, how it could be improved . Images which provoked emotion did well with a mixed audience. We also had member Gill MacKay advising on post production work which may help an image . We were fortunate to have 2 experienced members helping with the development of skills . Many thanks to them both.
Next week on the 31st January, we have Gill MacKay giving her maiden talk about Ironman photog-raphy , panning and Street Photography .
Tenby Camera Club has enjoyed the last 2 weeks starting with an excellent talk on the 17th January . Graham Harries of “gphotography” visited the club to deliver his talk “What I Do”. Graham who is from Llanelli, has good experience photographing weddings, concerts, sports, food and all sorts of events . He sells his work to magazines, agencies and as stock photos. He is a member of the Llanelli Photographic Society.
Though the years he has photographed many household names including Girls Aloud, Meatloaf, Bry-an Ferry & Lesley Garrett. He & his wife have been shortlisted as one of the top 5 Wedding Photogra-phers in West Wales at the Welsh National Wedding Awards.
Running through a wide range of photographs, Graham emphasised you must develop your own style, try not to take photos in a particular way just to enter competitions. He wanted to inspire us to do something different. Graham has an interest in derelict buildings, particularly from World War 2. There were many shots of unusual ruins taken in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
Also covered was his style of Urban Photography, honed well from entering the London based “photo 24” competition. This is a continuous 24 hour photo marathon with hourly challenges.
His new interest is drone photography . It was great to see images of familiar locations with a different aspect.
Two short videos were shown at the end, of Iceland and of Chernobyl. Graham tried to encourage us to use video more to capture movement and sound . He had authorised access to the Chernobyl area so the video of that was very thought provoking ….but this will be a future talk !
On the 24th January we held an internal mini competition . Members can enter 4 digital images on the chosen subject Portraiture . The audience then score the images to place the first 5 images, There was a full range of subjects , children, dogs, gritty male faces, soft looking beautiful women and a cat to name a few !
The results were,in first place Cheryl Hewitt with “Face of Memories” , a local army veteran from the second World War taken at Wings over Carew. Second was “Lara” by Jo Wakeman a very pretty child and third was Dave Bolton with a beautifully exposed image of a dog . Other placings were Jo Wakeman in 4th , Cheryl Hewitt in 5th and Al Rees and Ray Hornett sharing joint 6th.
We were then lucky to have a session of comments from member & WPF judge Harry Gardiner . He chose several images from the entries to explain why it may have done well, how it could be improved . Images which provoked emotion did well with a mixed audience. We also had member Gill MacKay advising on post production work which may help an image . We were fortunate to have 2 experienced members helping with the development of skills . Many thanks to them both.
Next week on the 31st January, we have Gill MacKay giving her maiden talk about Ironman photog-raphy , panning and Street Photography .
January 12th
TENBY CAMERA CLUB NEWS
Returning after an enjoyable festive break with a large audience, the 2nd Open Competition was judged. Taking on the task was Swansea based Mike Clatworthy who is a member of 3 West Glamorgan camera clubs as well as being a WPF qualified judge.
There was a wide range of subject matter in both sections including our feathered friends, flowers, people, sport and landscapes. Mike commented that the standard of the wildlife photography was particularly good.
In the print section Mike had 17 entries to look at . He gave constructive comments how a photo could be enhanced . With 5 entries scoring 19 or 20 the final decision was in 1st place with 20 points “ The Next Wave” by Gary Mayhew. A super sea and surfer scape which would grace any home. In 2nd place with “Woodpecker eating” was Charlie Kidd scoring 20 points . Charlie Kidd also attained 3rd place with “ Portrait of a Sparrowhawk” scoring 20 .
In the DPI section there were 16 entries, again with 5 entries scoring 19 or 20. In top spot was Dave Bolton with “Puffin Takeoff’ . Top mark of 20 was given for this interesting angled shot of a puffin skimming the sea. In 2nd place was Melanie Felton, getting 20 points, for “Misty Tenby” . A first time top score for Melanie . “Flying High” by Jan Sullivan scored 19 and was given the 3rd spot . Mike gave Neil Thomas’s “Puffin Landing” a highly commended.
A great start to the New Year. Why don’t you come along and join the fun ?
Next week on the 17th January we have Graham Harries with his talk - “WHAT I DO”
Returning after an enjoyable festive break with a large audience, the 2nd Open Competition was judged. Taking on the task was Swansea based Mike Clatworthy who is a member of 3 West Glamorgan camera clubs as well as being a WPF qualified judge.
There was a wide range of subject matter in both sections including our feathered friends, flowers, people, sport and landscapes. Mike commented that the standard of the wildlife photography was particularly good.
In the print section Mike had 17 entries to look at . He gave constructive comments how a photo could be enhanced . With 5 entries scoring 19 or 20 the final decision was in 1st place with 20 points “ The Next Wave” by Gary Mayhew. A super sea and surfer scape which would grace any home. In 2nd place with “Woodpecker eating” was Charlie Kidd scoring 20 points . Charlie Kidd also attained 3rd place with “ Portrait of a Sparrowhawk” scoring 20 .
In the DPI section there were 16 entries, again with 5 entries scoring 19 or 20. In top spot was Dave Bolton with “Puffin Takeoff’ . Top mark of 20 was given for this interesting angled shot of a puffin skimming the sea. In 2nd place was Melanie Felton, getting 20 points, for “Misty Tenby” . A first time top score for Melanie . “Flying High” by Jan Sullivan scored 19 and was given the 3rd spot . Mike gave Neil Thomas’s “Puffin Landing” a highly commended.
A great start to the New Year. Why don’t you come along and join the fun ?
Next week on the 17th January we have Graham Harries with his talk - “WHAT I DO”
NATURE COMP
The Nature Competition was judged on the 29th November. The judge was the well-known award winning wildlife photographer Jenny Hibbert from Bridgend Camera Club.
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PANELS COMP & ROY PETERS
On the 15th November Tenby welcomed Roy Thomas to judge the panels competition.
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DR JULIAN CREMONA
The meeting of November 8th was well attended considering the awful weather that evening. The journey was so worth it though as we were entertained by the exceptionally good speaker Dr Julian Cremona.
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LANDSCAPE COMPETITION
It was the judging of our Landscapes competition on November 1st . Judge Alan Stokes, from South Wales used his newly honed judging skills on our vast array of landscapes.
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HEIDI STEWART
On Thursday 18th October, Chairman Dave Lewis welcomed back Heidi Stewart to enthral us again with her stunning landscape work.
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BRIDGEND 12 WAY BATTLE & 1st OPEN
On the 1st October, Tenby Camera Club took part in the Bridgend 12-way Battle. Twelve Camera Clubs from South Wales entered 5 images each.
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TENBY 8 WAY BATTLE
Tenby held its annual multi club competition last Thursday night, where seven other West Wales Camera clubs
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ROB MITCHELL
On Thursday the 20th September Tenby Camera Club welcomed Rob Mitchell
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MINI COMP
We had a well supported mini competition on Thursday, 13th September , with"Monochrome" the theme.
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WELCOME EVENING
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ONLY MONO ENTRIES
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DAVID LINGHAM
Tenby Camera members enjoyed a lovely evening last Thursday night. thanks to David Lingham
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GARETH MARTIN
On the 12th April, Tenby Camera Club welcomed a club favourite, speaker, Gareth Martin. Gareth, AWPF & CPAGB,
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MIKE ROWE MEMORIAL COMPETITION
On the 5th April Tenby Camera Club held the inaugural Mike Rowe Memorial Competition. Mike Rowe was a long standing member of the club,
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