CLUB
NEWS and ACTIVITIES
Some up-to-date news and some highlights of events
over recent years
The Annual General Meeting and Awards Presentation
2010
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Alan Forder receives the
John James Award
for Open 2 Prints
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Shirley Clarke receives
the
John Barron Cup
for Open 2PDI and
Mike Otton Cup
for 3 Counties Prints
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Chris Harvey receives
the
Avon Trophy
for Highest Points (prints)
Mike Meade Trophy
for Open 3 PDI
Chamberlaine Trophy
3 Counties (prints)
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Colin Ives receives the
Frank Lowe Award
for highest points (pdi)
Bob Taylor Cup
for Open 2 PDI
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Debbie Douglas receives
the
Terry Turner Award
for "People" PDI
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Derrick Holder LRPS
receives the Vogue Cup
for Open 1 PDI
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Geoff Munsey CPAGB
receives the Easton Cup
for Highest Points (prints)
John James Award
for Open 2 (prints)
Mike Meade Award
for Open 3 PDI
Ben Mellor Cup
for 15 Image sequence
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Graham House receives
the
Allen Cup
for Open 3 (prints)
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Rex Waygood receives the
Wyatt Cup
for "People" PDI
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Mike Grigsby receives the
Dennis Merry Trophy
for Open 1 (prints) and
The Clubman Cup for
outstanding services to the Club
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Mike Whatmore
receives the
Bob Taylor Trophy for the
Bob Taylor Memoria Competition
John Dobbs Award
for Highest Points PDI
Dick Allen Cup
for Open 3 (prints)
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Our Chairman, Brian Hills
presents the
Best of Year Certificate
(advanced prints)
to himself
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Christine Hughes was awarded the
Ashford Trophy for
Two Related Images
David Hughes was awarded
an FCC Goblet
for Open 2 (prints)
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David Bates was awarded
the Robin Hood Cup for
Open 1 PDI and
an FCC Goblet for
Open 2 (prints)
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At
the Blandford Forum Camera Club Exhibition 2010
the judge, Colin Varndell, presented awards to our Club members
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John Larry receives the Cup and Certificates
for First and Third places in the Open DPI Class
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Geoff Munsey receives
2nd Place Certificate for
Open Mono Print Classs
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John Mahany a Commendation in the Open
DPI Class
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Ken Stevens a Commendation in the Open
Mono Print Class
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The Fordingbridge
Challenge 2010
once again
we issued an invitation to other Clubs to contest the Fordingbridge
Challenge at the
Town Hall in May. Our judge this time was Bill Aven ARPS DPAGB
APAGB from Warminster,
nine other Clubs took up the Challenge with eight projected
digital images apiece
Devizes Camera Club jointly shared the highest score
and their member Gill Tardy had
the winning image
so they rightly took home the trophy to defend next year..
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Crane Dance by Gill Cardy of Devizes CC
Top Scoring Image |
| Devizes Camera Club |
71=
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| Fordingbridge Camera Club |
71=
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| Poole Camera Club |
67
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| Wimborne Camera Club |
66
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| Blandford Camera Club |
65
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| Beaulieu Camera Group |
61=
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| Wareham Camera Club |
61=
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| Salisbury Camera Club |
60
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| Bournemouth Photographic Soc. |
59
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| Boscombe Camera Club |
57
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"Best
PDI of Year 2010"
Martin
Edge was invited to judge the Best of our Projected Digital
Images at the end of our competition year
Advanced
Class
First Place
Jazz by Geoff Munsey CPAGB |
2nd Place
Pink Granite Coast by Darren Shaw LRPS |
3rd Place
Roosting Demoiselleby Alan Forder |
Shirley Clarke (2) and Brian Hills CPAGB were awarded Highly
Commended
General
Class
First Place
Explasion by Chris Harvey |
2nd Place
In The Lime Light
by Chris Harvey
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3rd Place
Pebbles by Colin Ives |
Christine Hughes and Colin Ives gained Highly Commended
"Best
Prints of Year 2010"
At the end of our year we have invited Terrick
Meakin ARPS APAGB to again make his selection
for the Best Prints of the Year.
Advanced
Class
First Place
Warbler on a Reed by Brian Hills CPAGB |
2nd Place
Fleet Lagoon, Dorset by Geoff Munsey CPAGB |
3rd Place
Mandolin Man by Ken Stevens |
Geoff Munsey and Alan Forder (2) were also awarded Highly Commended
General
Class
First Place
Reflections on Yesteryear
by Chris Harvey |
2nd Place
Step into the Courtyard
by Chris Harvey |
3rd Place
Reflections on Tubular Chairs
by Graham House |
Chris Harvey and Graham House were also awarded Highly Commendeds
Southern
Photographic Federation Print Championship 2010
22 Clubs entered 20 prints
apiece and Fordingbridge Camera Club gained 4th Place
and a club member was awarded a PAGB Medal
At
the Basingstoke Digital Projection Exhibition 2010
our club members gained a
Gold Medal, 7 Certificates of Merit and 34 Acceptances between
them,
more details are on the "Outside Competitions" pages.
The
Great British Cup 2010
we entered this national
projected image competion again and came jointly at 32nd place,
up from 36 and 44
in previous years and against a increased number
of competitors as it grows in popularity.
The
Southern Photographic Federation (SPF)
will hold their annual Exhibition at the Salisbury Library from
January 9 to 30. We are very pleased that both
the Print and the Projected Image Panels entered by Fordingbridge
Camera Club have been awarded "Highly Commended"
The
Stour & Avon Photographic Association (SAPA)
have just held their annual
"All v All" PDI Competition.
Thirteen
clubs entered 6 images each,
they were judged by Dr Barry Senior FRPS and Fordingbridge Camera
Club was the Winner!
and there's more
last
October they held their annual "All v All" Print Competition.
Thirteen
clubs entered 6 prints each,
they were judged by Terrick Meekin ARPS APAGB and Fordingbridge
Camera Club was the Winner!
The
Moors Valley Country Park {click
for map)
stage
occasional photographic exhibitions in the Barn where you can
enjoy snacks and coffee too.
These exhibitions are open every day 9.0 to 4.30 and free, the
only costs are for parking-
charges are higher at weekends and bank holidays.
"Best
of Year 2009"
In September 2009 we started our new season with the traditional
"Best of Year" competition
where the top scoring pictures of 2008-9
were appraised again, this time by Terrick Meakin
ARPS APAGB,
for his selection of the ultimate
winners.
In the
General Print Class, Darren Shaw gained First and Third Places
with "Porth Sunset"
and "Trevelgue Ravine"; while Shirley Clarke came
Second with "Two Coal Tits" and was Commended for
"Blue Butterfly";
Judy Cochand gained a Highly Commended with "At Prayer"
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In the
Advanced Print Class,
John
Mahany gained First Place with "Two Barges, Early Light";
Yvonne Trim Second with "Corgarff Castle" and John
Larry Third Place with "Otter Eating";
Derrick Holder was Highly Commended for "Clouds over Buttermere"
and
Rex Waygood was awarded
Highly Commended for "Irish Wind" and Commended forMoon
Stone".
In the General
Projected Image Class, David Bates was awarded First and Second
Places for "Snowdonia" and "Avon Beach"
Shirley Clarke came Third with "Looping Tit"
was Highly
Commended for "Dog Rose" and Commended for "Coal
Tit takes umbridge" and "Great Tit Repremanded by
Female"; Jane Arigho was Highly Commended for "Trillium
Grandiflorum";
Christine Hughes received Commendation for "Silver Studded
Blues" and Darren Shaw"Gold Finch" and "Little
Fistral"
In the
Advanced Projected Image Class, First Place went to Rex Waygood
for "Alone";
Second to John Larry for "One Man and his Dog" and
Third to Brian Hills for "Man on a Beach", Brian also
received 3 Highly Commendeds for his "Busking in Cordoba",
Juvenile Avocets" and Sandwich Tern"
and Commended for "Loving a Pint".
Highly Commendeds also went to Mike Grigsby for "Hedgerow
at Dusk"; Mike Whatmore for "Moonstruck Herons"
and
John Mahany for "Green Vein on Lady's Smock". Commendations
went to John Trim for "Grasmere" and
two to Alan Forder for "Buzz Off before I Eat You"
and "Kingfisher 1".
OUR
CONGRATULATIONS
to member
Darren Shaw LRPS for gaining the Licenciate Distinction
of
The Royal Photographic Society
The
Fordingbridge Challenge
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A Challenge was issued
to 10 Camera Clubs in Dorset and Hants to present 8 entries
for a Projected Image Competition to be held at the Fordingbridge
Town Hall in January 2009. Seven other clubs accepted
the Challenge which was judged by Dr Barry Senior FRPS,
the current President of the Royal Photographic Society.
It is hoped that
this will become an annual event and we were delighted,
though slightly embarrassed, that Fordingbridge took first
place in this the inaugural year. Second place was jointly
held by Bournemouth Photographic Society and Wareham Camera
Club. The Certificate for the Best Individual Image was
won by Anne Mahany ARPS CPAGB of Fordingbridge CC with
"Dawn Tide" and the runner -up was Tristram
Reed of North Hants Photographic Society with "The
Power of Mt Blanc"
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"Dawn Tide" by Anne Mahany ARPS CPAGB
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The Power of Mt Blanc by Tristram Reed |
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The Fordingbridge Challenge
2009
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| Fordingbridge Camera Club |
72.5 |
1st |
| Bournemouth Photographic Society |
68.5 |
=2nd |
| Wareham Camera Club |
68.5 |
=2nd |
| Boscombe Camera Club |
67 |
4th |
| North Hants Camera Club |
66.5 |
5th |
| Beaulieu Photographic Group |
65.5 |
6th |
| Salisbury Camera Club |
64 |
7th |
| Alton Camera Club |
62.5 |
8th |
It Gets
Even Better!!
The
Great British Cup 2009
Last year Fordingbridge entered this inaugural National Projected
Image Competition
in the large club section and came 44th and we were pretty pleased
with ourselves!
This
year we came 36th in the whole country!!
We Celebrated
our Golden Jubilee with our
spectacularly successful Exhibition in June 2008.
More
details and the accepted images can be seen by hitting the
"Golden Jubilee" button at the top, right of this
page
CONGRATULATIONS
to Clubmembers
Anne Mahany ARPS CPAGB for gaining
her Associate Distinction of
The Royal Photographic Society
and
Malcolm Riches LRPS for gaining his Licenciate Distinction
of
The Royal Photographic Society
and to
Geoff Munsey CPAGB , Brian Hills CPAGB and John
Mahany CPAGB
for gaining their Credit Distinctions to the
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
WOW!
Spring 2008, some 88 Clubs competed for the
inaugural National Digital Imaging Competition
known as The Great British Cup (Large Club Section)
Fordingbridge Camera Club was pleased to be placed joint 44th
against this
level of competiton from the whole country
Well
Done Fordingbridge!
At the Southern Photographic Federation's bi-annual
Print Championship on February 24 2008
we came 3rd in Round One which placed us among the top eight
clubs and eligible to compete
for the Championship. In the final round we again finished third
only beaten by the mighty
Chichester and Southampton Camera Clubs so we are feeling pretty
pleased with ourselves.
Something
for Everyone? A Successful Evening!
At a recent "Trouble-Shooting" evening
there really was something for everyone, prints
were analysed,
cameras examined, computer imaging techniques discussed and
our own monitor profiler was demonstrated.
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Top left - Club night
Top - Christine & Rosemary examine a camera
Top Right - Geoff and David discuss an image
Left - a group expand on Photoshop "curves"
Right - our monitor profiler being demonstrated
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The Newbury
Challenge 2008 and
this year was the 6-slide competition and we won the Newbury
Plate!!
End
of Year Occasion, 2007
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At
the end of the Club year in June, 2007 we were honoured
by the visit from Ian Bigg LRPS CPAGB who is the current
President of the Southern Photographic Federation. He had
been invited to present the awards for the year's achievements
in the Club competitions but also for a very special award
of the Southern Federation ROLL of HONOUR to Anne Mahany
CPAGB to recognise
her contribution to photogaphy in Fordingbridge Camera Club
where she has been on
the Committee almost continuously since joining in 1988
and within the Southern Federation Council where she has
been the PAGB Exhibition Secretary for 13 years and combined
the roles of President with Secretary for 2 years. |
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Lottery
Win! December 2005
We
are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our
"Awards for All" application and
will be able to equip with a new digital projector and move
forward into a new era of photography.
Outstanding
Digital Day! November
2005
Once again our "Digital
Day" presentation at Sandy Balls Holiday Centre has been
well received largely thanks to this year's guest speaker Tony
Riley LIBPP who explained the secrets of Colour Management and
how to get the best from Raw Files. Nearly 100 guests from all
over the south and west enjoyed the day and they went home super-saturated
with knowledge.
Can
You see in Colour?
Yes, really see? A lot
of us, particularly men, have some degree of colour blindness
(Who said "especially judges"?). If you want to get
checked out discretely -
go to http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html
- you might be surprised!
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