We welcomed Paddy Ruske on his first visit to our club to judge our second print competition of the season. Paddy braved storm Darragh and travelled from Lichfield to be with us, so we were grateful to see him. He’s a knowledgeable Natural History and Landscape photographer and has been Highly Commended in The British […]

We welcomed Paddy Ruske on his first visit to our club to judge our second print competition of the season. Paddy braved storm Darragh and travelled from Lichfield to be with us, so we were grateful to see him. He’s a knowledgeable Natural History and Landscape photographer and has been Highly Commended in The British […]

No one was more surprised than Peter Robinson when he learned that he’s won all three categories of our first print competition of the season. Judge John Smith APAGB, CPAGB, Hon LCPU, told us several of the prints could have won and he had to nit-pick to choose a winner. 17 good quality prints competed […]

We had a strong entry of 70 photographs for our first PDI competition of our brand new season.Judge Nick Berentzen CPAGB, BPE3* gave us a well balanced critique that will help us to improve our photography. It was good to see some members who don’t normally enter submit some work. Club stallard, Wallace Baxter took […]

On our last meeting of an inspiring 2023-24 season, we held our AGM and Awards evening. A big thank you to John Royle, for doing all the calculations, creating the certificates and for allocating the cups. We also enjoyed a slideshow of some of the best images from all members, that have been entered for […]

Our hard working Programme Secretary, Stephen Coyne DPAGB, BPE4, has won a gold medal at the Robinhood exhibition and has had no fewer that EIGHT acceptances. The gold medal was awarded for his ‘Edge Of The Ice Field’.  Congratulations to Stephen. That’s quite exceptional. To see all of the results please follow this link: https://photoexhib.com/robinhood/results-2024/results.htm

Many members will remember Pat Whalley and will recall his many excellent wildlife photographs which charmed and delighted over many years. Sadly, Patrick died in April, (2024). He was 85. Some of us attended his funeral at Acton church. Patrick led a rich and active life. His great photography was perhaps even surpassed by his […]

Congratulations to Kath Hill who won the Maurice Ashwin Trophy in our print portrait competition. Sports photographer, Noel Patterson was the judge with a keen eye and brought a fresh approach to judging our portraits. Noel chose Kath’s ‘Weary Dude’ as the winner as it was full of impact that grabbed your attention. It has […]

Congratulations to Ray Hill for being awarded ‘Print of the Year’ by judge Darrell Oakden DPAGB EFIAP BPE5*, for his captivating print of a ‘Common Female Kestrel’. Darrell thought it was a classic nature image which ticked all of his boxes. He enjoyed the elegant pose of the bird, and the well balanced composition. The […]

Congratulations to Ian Whiston who won the Jim Harrison Trophy for the overall winner of our Annual PDI Competition. His outstanding image ‘Cape Buffalo with Oxpeckers’ was a clear winner for highly qualified judge Christine Widdall MPAGB EFIAP FBPE APAGB HonLCPU. She liked the clear detail and triangular composition the birds made. Christine told us […]