30 members attended the annual dinner on 12 March 2020 at the Royal Exchange. The food and service was as good as ever, thank you Yvonne for organising it so well.
Judging by the happy snaps I took everyone had a good time.
Annual dinner 2020
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Surrey Advertiser Rosebowl competition 2020
Once again we entered this competition which takes place each year at Woking and is open to all SPA clubs. Our panel is below.
Twenty-one clubs entered the competition this year, and the judge was Chris Palmer FRPS DPAGB APAGB EFIAP.
Surrey Advertiser Rosebowl Results 2020
Previous years Results are here
Each club enters a panel of 5 images by 5 photographers on a theme of their own choosing. An additional image is prepared for each set, showing all the pictures in a single row, to demonstrate the flow of the set.
Our panel did not win anything.
10th Anniversary, 2005
The Club turned 10 in January 2005, and in these photos there are many old friends. We also received a grant from the lottery to buy our first laptop and projector, a project successfully run by David Barrett and David Huntingford.
The then President of the Royal Photographic Society, Roger Reynolds, presented the certificate to our Chairman Phil Peddy. Rosemary Wilman and Carole Speight were invited as guests.
It was Phil’s birthday, which explains why David Huntingford is presenting him with a cake.
JIM HENSON TROPHY 2020
Our judge for the fifth Jim Henson Trophy AV competition was Ken Scott ARPS. There were a record 19 entries, with a wide variety of subjects and styles, and we managed to fit them all into the evening by starting at 19:45.
Ken commented on each AV, telling us their good points and offering suggestions for improvement where necessary. I think we all learnt something from his helpful assessment of each entry.
The results were –
First Revivial by Steve Kirkby CPAGB(AV)
Second ZARG by Ian Bailey
Third Searching by Norman Horsham CPAGB(AV)
Highly Commended –
Watts Chapel by John Baker
Salute to Victory by Harold Russell
Unfortunately Norman Horsham and Ian Bailey were not there to receive their certificates.
Competition against Cranleigh CC on 23/01/2020
The evening went well with Cranleigh just pipping us by 1 mark in the Open section, where each club submitted 15 entries. In the Nature section, which had the same number of entries, we won by 9.5 marks. The full marks are below.
Night Photography in Grayshott
Twelve members met at the Fox and Pelican on Monday evening 9 December 2019. There was an almost full moon, and although it was cold it was a beautiful clear night. The lights in Grayshott were at their best, and we all wandered round taking photographs of them. Afterwards we met in the pub for a drink and a chat. An enjoyable evening, and some of our efforts can be found HERE
Creative Geometric Design
Our next competition on 6 January is a set subject PDI competition. What is Creative Geometric Design I hear you ask? Well it should have a geometric shape or two in it such as –
Think architecture – Roofs, staircases, skyscrapers, chimneys………
Think Nature – spider webs, flower or seed heads. Ammonites, peacocks, snail shells……….
Think Manmade objects – coiled ropes, rows of cutlery, clothing, tiles, rows of chairs, shop displays..…..
Think food – pineapples, sliced fruit, cup cakes……..
Photo Walk at Winkworth Arboretum
Eight members met for coffee at Winkworth Arboretum’s tiny cafe on Wednesday 30 October 2019. It was half term (sorry guys, I miscalculated!) and very busy, but the weather was gorgeous and the colours were good, with some flaming maples. I think the colour will still be good for a couple of weeks if we don’t have a gale and lose all the leaves. So if you are thinking of going next week should be good (not half term!)
It was an enjoyable day. Kathleen
Keith Hunt AV competition 22 October 2019
Roger Mendham with Harold Russell, Ludshott Photographic Club, commended for “Farewell to Wings & Wheels”.
Congratulations to Harold for his well deserved Commended certificate.
Here are the results of the 2019 Keith Hunt AV Competition.
| AV Title | Name | Club | |
| 1st | Concert Photography | Tony Cole | Alton Camera Club |
| 2nd | Battle of Britain | Niall Ferguson | Windlesham & Camberley Camera Club |
| 3rd | Commemorating the Fallen | Jean Hoyle | Windlesham & Camberley Camera Club |
| Highly Commended | City of Glass | Mike Reed ARPS | Mid Thames Audio Visual Group |
| Highly Commended | In Search of the Fisher King | Mike Tibbotts | Woking Photographic Society |
| Commended | Farewell to Wings & Wheels | Harold Russell | Ludshott Photographic Club |
| Judge’s Award for Creativity | ZARG | lan Bailey | Alton Camera Club |
Gavin Hoey Workshop 26 October 2019
Camera Alchemy
This was another inspiring workshop with Gavin and Sam. As usual Gavin was full of interesting ideas to fire up his audience of 39 people, 15 of them from other clubs.
We were only sorry that this was the last time he was giving a talk to photo clubs.
