Thanks to all who submitted entries for our second internal competition of the season. This was a prints-only competition with a subject of ‘Colourful’. We received a record 53 entries! The competition was judged by Nick Berentzen of South Manchester Camera Club.
Congratulations go to David Boam, Paul Scott and Steve Gresty who each had one image scoring a maximum 20 points.
What a fantastic start to the season! Having regained the Robertshaw Trophy in October, last night we won the High Peak Trophy. We hosted the event which takes place between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall. The judge was Keith Barber of Swinton and District Photographic Society. The evening was very well attended by the other clubs.
The competition is split into a prints round with 8 images submitted by each club and then a DPI round with 8 images per club. The club with the highest combined score for the two rounds is the winner. At the end of the prints round, Macc and Stalybridge were tied for first place with 147 points each. Chapel had 134 points and Bramhall had 126. In the DPI round, Macc forged ahead finishing with 150 points while Stalybridge had 141, Bramhall had 137 and Chapel had 132.
Tonight (Monday 20th November) we will be hosting the 2017 High Peak Trophy. This is an annual inter-club competition between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall. There are two separate sections – DPIs and prints. In each section, each club must submit 8 images. Overall, an author can only submit two images. The High Peak Trophy is awarded to the club which gains the most points across the DPI and print sections. The judge tonight is Keith Barber FIScT CPAGB LRPS of Swinton and District Photographic Society. Please come and support us!
Dave has had a news article printed about his recent trip to the Twinwood Vintage Festival, well done Dave. Here’s an article from Dave on his trip.
Twinwood is massive….vintage dress, music, dance, everything really, over a long hot bank holiday weekend. As one of the musicians I have normally restricted my photographic exploits to the stage. This year, feeling somewhat inspired by the Dougie Wallace approach I spent most of my time snapping the audience. Using a wide angle lens and daylight flash I get in close and take the picture before the subject even knows I’m there. I also took some posed shots because they weren’t likely to refuse when dressed to the nines. Using daylight flash really makes the subject pop and it’s well worth learning how to master. Vintage Life Magazine had a stall at the festival but no photographer so they showed a fair bit of interest in my images…..though I was pleasantly surprised when they took eleven of them to publish. Next year I’m going to try to bag a gig as official “festival candid photographer”. The music business ain’t what it used to be and I’ve got my Hunter S Thompson-inspired-washed-out-banana-republic-journalist look all sorted out.
We had a very successful night in the Robertshaw Trophy last night regaining the trophy and also having the best image in the competition. The competition was hosted by Crewe P.S. and judged by Bob Dennis of Bebington. The evening was well attended by all clubs with Kevin Blake, Anthony Gosling, Chris Aggersbury, Keith Parker, Alan Bardsley and Kevin Lomax reprsenting Macc. The overall standard was very high. The final clubs scores were Macc 205, Leek 198, Blythe Bridge 197, Holmes Chapel 192 and Crewe 190.
The 12 images from Macc scored as follows:
Defying Time by Paul Scott scored 19, Feeding the Birds by David Tolliday scored 16, Descend by Anthony Gosling scored 15, Four-Spotted Chaser by Kevin Lomax scored 16, Running Impala by Alison Lomax scored 18, Limoncello by Steve Bolton scored 17, Little Owls by Conor Molloy scored 17, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Kristina Kokavcova scored 20, Early Morning Beijing by David Tolliday scored 15, Ebb and Flow by Anthony Gosling scored 18, Grey Heron Confrontation by Steve Gresty scored 18 and Swallowtail by Kevin Blake scored 16.
