North Wales Photographic Association
Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru
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Print Battle - April 21st at Craig y Don
The Doors will be open at 12pm until 4pm.
We have some fab Raffle prizes on offer. Cambrian Photography in Colwyn Bay have donated a
£50 voucher.
Foto speed some A3 Paper, along with A3 and A4 paper from Perma jet
We have some Binoculars and a tripod donated by Jason Wharam as a representative of
Vanguard. And our usual wine and chocolates.
There is a £3 charge on the door this includes 1 raffle ticket and refreshments.
Extra Raffle tickets will be available for £1 a strip.
We look forward to seeing you all at the Craig y don community centre in Llandudno,
a great afternoon event to socialise, and enjoy looking at some great images.
Our Judge is Mike McNamee who did a super job last time.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
PAGB APMs held at Nottingham
Congratulations to the following NWPA members who were successful at the APM this weekend:
Pauline Jones of Rhyl PS who achieved BPAGB in prints
Paula Potts and Kay Newman both of Deeside, who achieved CPAGB in prints
PDI Challenge
Congratulations to Mold for winning our very own PDI Challenge on Sat 4th, with a score of 152pts, with Conwy coming second with 140pts.
Thank you to all the 12 clubs who took part.
Richard Hainsworth was awarded the best image of the day by the judge of the day, the Excllent Christine Widdall, for not only giving a superb talk and showing the variety of her work, but in pre-judging and then judging all the images on the day.
PDI CHallenge results... CLICK HERE
Mold Charirman, Andy Polakowski receiving the Salver for the Winning club from Christin Widdall.
HonNWPA
Congratulations to Janet Davies of Mold Camera club who has been awarded the HonNWPA, being presented by our Charman Linda Bell.
Also a huge congratulations to John Williams for his work keeping Grws camera club boyant as their Treasurer for many a year, being awarded his HonNWPA by the Vice Charman, Jason Wahram.
Clwb Camera Cefni
Are proud to announce the have a new web site, please feel free to visit https://clwbcameracefni.org/
Abergele Camera Club
With a very heavy heart we have to inform you that Abergele camera club is no longer, they have disbanded effective immediately. We are deeply saddened by this, and wish the members all the best in the future, hoping they might find another club to join!
AWPF
Apply now for the AWPF 2023 - Link to site
Cefni Camera Club
Some wonderful news, Cefni Camera Club has been brought back to life, after a lot of hard work in the background by previous members, they will be meeting at Canolfan Ebeneser, Bridge Street, Llangefni, Anglesey, LL77 7PN - 19:00-21:00 on the last Wednesday of the month; September thru June inclusive. The first meeting being February 22nd 2023. Welcome back to the fold.
NWPA Exhibition Rules
NWPA 2022 EXHIBITION
OPENING on 20th February 2022 - Closing 2nd April 2022
The ENTRANT must be a paid up member of a photographic club or society affiliated to the NWPA.
EVERY constituent image forming part of an entry must be originated by photographic means by the author must hold the original copyright of all such constituent parts. Prints or PDIs which have been accepted to previous exhibitions will be disqualified.
Please could you make sure when entering the exhibition that you put your last name first on the online entry form and put your email address. This is the only way we will have of contacting you.
By entering the exhibition you give consent to the NWPA to keep your email address and club details in our files.
This year THE EXHIBITION includes 4 sections –
Print Section (2 sections).
Open colour and Open Mono, you may enter up to 6 in each section
Open Colour:
As it says OPEN but must show colour.
Open Mono:-
As it says OPEN, but must follow PAGB mono rules as follows:
New PAGB Mono rules apply and can be read on page 5 of the following link..
http://www.thepagb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/interclub_prints_rules.pdf
PRINTS must be:
The selected prints must be mounted on card size 50 x 40 cm and no thicker than 2.5 mm.
Additionally, each print must have a TITLE together with the entrant’s NAME, email-ADDRESS and CLUB on the reverse TOP RIGHT of the mount. Also, should it be accepted we would also need the price you want for the print on the back. PLEASE NOTE: no email address, no entry!
You must send a pdi of your prints via the on-line entry form within the entry dates.
Make sure they are titled correctly, the same as on the back of the print. Prints which have been accepted in any previous NWPA Exhibition will also not be judged.
PDIs (2 sections):
Open colour and Open Mono, you may enter up to 6 in each section
Open Colour:
As it says OPEN but must show colour.
Open Mono:-
As it says OPEN, but must follow PAGB mono rules as follows:
New PAGB Mono rules apply and can be read on page 5 of the following link..
http://www.thepagb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/interclub_prints_rules.pdf
PDIs must be:
Image size 1600 x 1200 max
Entry will be via the on-line entry form accessed through the NWPA website
IMAGES which are indistinguishable from one another, or with the same title, whether prints or projected images, will not be acceptable for judging. Images which have been accepted in any previous NWPA Exhibition will also not be judged.
ACCEPTED PRINTS have to be offered for sale {gallery requirements} and the amount expected by the author included on the back of each print... The NWPA will add other costs – gallery commission, frame cost, VAT etc
THE RIGHT of the NWPA to reproduce accepted images for the catalogue, web site {low resolution CD} is given by the author at the time of entry. COPYRIGHT remains with the author.
THE EXHIBITION ORGANISERS will endeavour to project all accepted projected images at the exhibition opening. A PDF catalogue will be sent to all entrants. The accepted images will be displayed on the NWPA. Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy has been booked for the exhibition which will be run from Sun 10th September for 5 weeks, until 15th October.
AWARDS:
Best Mono Print;
Best Colour Print;
Best Mono PDI;
Best Colour PDI;
Best Nature PDI;
Best Digital Art Image; (creative)
Best Scape PDI;
Best Scape Print;
Best Photojournalism (incl. Street & Sport) PDI;
Best Overall Score Trophy;
HM’s, C’s and Judges Awards
EVERY CARE will be taken with entries but the NWPA cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage
The link is on the website and you may enter the exhibition from 20th February until it closes on 2nd April 2022.
Prints may be handed in after the NWPA Annual print battle on 2th April or at any NWPA Executive Meeting via your club representative or ERYRI Group meeting prior to the closing date. Prints can also be delivered to Ian O'Neill, Rolf Kraehenbuehl or Linda Bell.
Payment
All entries is a flat fee of £10, so enter as much as you would like up to 24 images....
This year payment will be via Bank Transfer or by Cheque, this is due to charges that are unsutainable by Paypal. All Cheques (made out to North Wales Photographic Association) to be sent to Iona O'Neill, NWPA Treasurer, Bryn Serchog, Gellilydan Gwynedd LL41 4EG.
Bank transfer will open on the 20th February, details will apear on this web page in due course.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitat to contact Ian via this link EMAIL ME HERE!
Thank you
Ian O'Neill
Exhibition Organiser.