North Wales Photographic Association

Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru

Member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain

Merlin by Sharon Prenton Jones

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Congratulations are offered to the following who have been succesfull in this year's FIAP Distinctions announcement:

EFIAP/platinum Robert Prenton Jones (Conwy CC)
EFIAP/platinum Sharon Prenton Jones (Conwy CC)
EFIAP/gold Andy Polakowski (Mold CC)

Irish Photographic Federation Distinctions

On Saturday 29 February the Irish Photographic Federation held their Distinctions Assessment Day in Portlaoise. This was a well-organised and well-attended day with very interesting panels at all three levels. We are delighted to report that Iona O’Neill was awarded her Licentiate and Ian O’Neill was awarded his Fellowship. Many congratulations to both of them.

Congratulations to Sian Davies for acheiving the goal of PPSA from the Photographic Society of America, well done.

Congratulations must got to Sharon Prenton-Jones for her success as the Bristol International where she was awared the FIAB Blue Pin Best Author Award.

She had 14 acceptances including 5 awards as follows: Silver for Memories, Silver for Pearl, Judge’s Award for The Secret Diary, HM for Merlin, Judge’s Award for The Olive Branch. The other acceptances were - Fallen Angel, Framed, Guinevere’s Vigil, Penance, Samhain, Oslo Opera House, Broken Doll, Night Hunter, Night Life.

PAGB GB Cup Competition Results - CLICK HERE

GB Cup - PDIs

Beaumaris and Menai Bridge CC scored 110; winners were Rolls Royce Derby PS.

GB Cup for Small Clubs - PDIs

Mold CC came 8th out of 40 clubs with a score of 114, Conwy CC 15th with 112; winners were Tamworth PC with 125.
Linda Bell (Mold CC) was awarded a Bronze Medal for her image "PS: I Love You".

GB Cup for Nature - PDIs

Mold CC came 44th out of 86 clubs with a score of 115, Conwy CC 81st with 99; winners were Rolls Royce Derby PS with 141.

GB Trophy - Prints

Conwy CC came 9th out of 15 clubs with a score of 138; winners were Chorley PS with 172.

GB Trophy for Nature - Prints

Conwy CC came 11th out of 13 clubs with a score of 85; winners were Rolls Royce Derby PS with 114.

Matt Morrow of Mold gained his CPAGB in the recent PAGB Adjudication of Awards for Photographic Merit

Sharon Prenton Jones had a print accepted for the PAGB’s Master of Print Eexhibition Which will open this coming Saturday 7th December in Birmingham

Results from Masters of Print can be viewed here

Results from PIXELS can be viewed here

2019 AWPF Distinctions

The Associateship of the Welsh Photographic Federation assessments were held on Sunday 3 November at Talbot Green, South Wales. There were 21 assessments in total, 20 Print and 1 PDI, resulting in 12 new AWPF awards being made.
Congratulations to the successful North Wales applicants:
Pammy Sheldon - Mold Camera Club
Iona O’Neill - Clwb Camera Blaenau Ffestiniog

Congratulations to Tony Davies (Conwy CC) for achieving his GPU Aphrodite.

A change to BPE "last call" to enter... and Results, can now be found on separate pages. Last Calls here with the Results available here. Both can be found under " Exibitions and Salons" - BPE on the above menu. Hope this will make things a bit easier.

THE NWPA DISTINCTIONS ACHIEVED IN THE PAST YEAR:

Frank Barber - Beaumaris & Menai Bridge CC: AWPF
Margaret Barber - Beaumaris & Menai Bridge CC: AWPF
Linda Bell - Mold CC: BPE5*
Jill K Bunting - Rhyl PS: LACI
Siân Davies - Conwy CC: EFIAP • AIPF • QPSA • ARPS
Tony Davies - Conwy CC: EFIAP • AWPF • GPU Aphrodite.
Mike Gibbens - Wrexham PS: EFIAP
Tony Grubb - Deeside PS: QPSA
Rich Hainsworth - Mold CC: EFIAP/b • DPAGB
Peter Jepson - CC Blaenau Ffestiniog: DPAGB
Ken Lester - Deeside PS: BPE2*• CPAGB
Lynne Morris - Conwy CC: ABPE • MPAGB
Andy Polakowski - Mold CC: BPE5*• EFIAP/s
Robert Prenton Jones - Conwy CC: BPE4*• EFIAP/g
Sharon Prenton Jones - Conwy CC: ABPE • EFIAP/g • FIPF • ARPS
Gwladys Roberts - Deudraeth CC: EFIAP
Amanda Sims - CC Blaenau Ffestiniog: EFIAP
Steve Sims - Eryri PG: CPAGB

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Code: NWPA30

The NWPA would like to thank Vanguard for their kind offer and sponsorship.

ONLY MONO Print Competition

42 clubs took part in this competition for monochrome prints, organised by Cymru Mono in South Wales, with North Wales clubs achieving high placings in a very close result.
Individually Sharon Prenton Jones (ISO Group) gained the Best Print award and Highly Commendeds went to Siân Davies
(Eryri PG), John Bell (Mold) and Rich Hainsworth (Mold).
With 4 prints each scored out of 20 the maximum possible score was 80:
1st = 72: ISO Group
71: Hailsham, Dorchester & Inn Focus
70: Mold & Bargoed
68: Blaenau Ffestiniog & Keswick
67: Eryri PG
65: Monmouth & Tenby
64: Cotswold Mono, Synergy & Potters Bar
63: Huddesfield, Afan Nedd, Hay & Cardiff
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Lowest score was 54: Burryport+Pembrey & Barn Middleton Mono

PAGB INTER-CLUB PDI CHAMPIONSHIP

The PAGB InterClub PDI Championship took place on Saturday at Warwick University Arts Centre with CC Blaenau Ffestiniog and Mold CC representing North Wales.
In their first visit for many years Blaenau Ffestiniog did exceptionally well coming equal 4th in the Plate with a score of 103 (out of a possible 120) not far behind winners Chorley PS (107). Their best scoring images during the day were Tom Dodd's "Winter Shopping" with a maximum of 15, 14 for Peter Jepson's "The Rain Master" and 13s for Tom's "Llyn Idwal a Pen yr Ole Wen", Peter's "In Where It Hurts" and Rory Trappe's "Castell y Gwynt". This is an excellent result for a relatively small club of 17 members with images from 7 of them actually being used in this prestigious national championship.
In their 8th visit in recent years Mold came 20th with 98, their second highest ever score. Their best performing images during the day were Linda Bell's "PS I Love You" with 15 and Rich Hainsworth's "Torment" and "Sparrowhawk on Wren", John Bell's "The Plasterer" and Andy Polakowski's "Protecting the Young" all with 13s. Where Mold do excel however is in raffles with Pamela Davies-Ratcliffe, Janet Davies and Kevin Hirst all winning prizes (2 for Pam!) on this occasion.
A great day all round.

PAGB Inter-Fed Open Mono Print Competition 2019 results:

Placings
Open Mono Prints
Open Colour Prints

Open PDIs

Nature PDIs

Andy Polakowski was awarded FIRST place in the Nature section with his super image titled "One Day Old", well done Andy.

ONLY MONO Print Competition

PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit, Images from the weekend can be seen here : Click here

Thank you to all who helped at the APMs, your assistance made the event run smoothly.

NWPA Print Battle Results

On 6th April at Craig y Don, Llandudno The NWPAs annual Print Battle took place with David Butler of Chorley Photographic Society, being the judge of the day.

Winners: Blaenau Camera club with 142 points

2nd: Conwy Camer Club with 137 points

3rd: Mold Camera Club with 136 points.

Andy Polakowski NWPA President awarding the Gold Medal to Tom Dodd, Vice chairman of Blaenau Camera Club.

Images (L to R) by Matt Morrow, ken Lester & Iona O'Neill

APAGB

APAGB - What is it?

The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) is a membership organisation that co-ordinates activities for
photographic Clubs in England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland (including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man)
through 15 geographical Federations, of which the NWPA is one.
Within their scheme of Service Awards the Award for Meritorious Service is held for life, a holder being entitled to insert the letters APAGB after their name. It was instituted in 1984 to recognise individual Club members who have given service over many years within the PAGB community of member Federations and affiliated Clubs.
Nominations will only be accepted for individual Nominees. Both the Nominator and the Nominee must be members of clubs affiliated to the PAGB. The Nomination must be kept strictly confidential whilst enquiries are being made and must not be made known to the Nominee until the Award is presented.
The Nominee shall have given meritorious service worthy of national recognition over a period of 10 to 25 or more years.
The Nominee will have served as a lecturer or judge, or as a key member of a Federation Executive or as the principal organiser of an event at Federation, National or International level. However, it is not sufficient simply to have served for a long period of time - quality and value of service are the deciding factors. All such service must have been important and beneficial to the members of affiliated clubs. The PAGB will expect that for periods of service less than 15 years the service given will have been exceptionally beneficial.
Further details are to be found on the PAGB website.

APAGB Awards

1999 - Arthur Aylward (†)

2011 - David A. Flitcroft (Beaumaris and Menai Bridge CC)

2004 - David Harding (Rhyl PS)

1985 - Harold B. Harrison

1988 - Helen James (Conwy CC)

2002 - Glyn Jones (†)

2006 - Christine Langford (Eryri PG)

2001 - Don Langford (†)

1999 - Emyr Roberts (CC Dyffryn Ogwen)

1986 - Margaret Salisbury (CC Dyffryn Ogwen)

2002 - Peter Underwood (†)

1989 - Ken Worthy (†)