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Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru
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Sue Clark HonNWPA
Congratulations to Sue Clark on receiving and HonNWPA award for exceptional services , Here's Sue receiving her award from president Charles Meadows at Conwy camera Club
Nomination for Susan Clark for NWPA Hons:
Sue has made a rich and varied contribution to amateur photography in North Wales since she joined Conwy Camera Club in 2010. She is always in great demand as a speaker and a judge across North Wales and further afield. She is a highly competent photographer and has a passion for the history of photography and photographic techniques having embraced Photoshop since its infancy.
Despite being one of the largest clubs in North Wales over the last 20 years, Conwy has produced relatively few competition judges. Sue is a very well respected judge throughout North Wales and beyond and is known to be scrupulously fair, always well prepared and highly professional. Feedback from clubs where she has judged is always positive! The Club is grateful to Sue for her tireless work as a judge and proud of her experience and expertise and is proud of the high esteem in which she is held.
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John Smith HonNWPA
Well done and congratulations to John Smith Hon NWPA! here's the man himself receiving an Honourable NWPA award for exceptional service, from President Charles meadows at the NWPA exec meeting this afternoon, for or all the work he does behind the scenes and his tireless work for the NWPA print and PDI battles including pre and post show involvement as well as on the actual day ! this includes creating an AV slideshows for clubs to present to their members to view at their leisure.
John visits many other clubs affiliated to the NWPA by going along and sharing his knowledge and giving various presentations, John is also an NWPA judge and gladly gives his time and evenings ,sharing his skills and knowledge for the benefit of others, he is also the delegate for Rhyl Photographic Society at the NWPA meetings, the secretary for Rhyl Photographic Society and is the webmaster for an AV group he belongs to in Cheshire and is extremely involved in.
John is a great asset for the NWPA, Rhyl Photographic Society and the North Wales photography scene and deserves this award as recognition for all his hard work over the years!
High Speed Workshop report click here for a full review.
FIAP 3 Diamonds
awarded to 3 North Wales Photographers click here to download the full article
Congratulations go out to - Robert and Sharon Prenton Jones of Conwy Camera Club & Eryri Photo Group & Andy Polakowski of Mold Camera Club & Eryri Photo Group
August Newsletter is now available click here
NWPA High Speed Flash Photography Workshop
A Flash workshop will be held on the 14th August at Canolfan Tregarth (community Centre). If you are interested more info can be found on this downloadable PDF CLICK HERE
Christine Langford HonPAGB
A huge, and well deserved, Congratulations to Christine Langford, who has been awarded the prestigious JS Lancaster Medal by the PAGB, the highest honour they hand out to individuals, for all the years of hard work, not only to the PAGB … but also the NWPA, Eryri PS and Dwyfor CC. She was awarded the honour by Peter Young, Vice president of the PAGB, in front of friends at the Eryri PS meeting. She was taken aback at being awarded this honour, and a few tears were shed.
Christine has been the Oracle within the NWPA, always willing to help and hand out advice. Always working in the background at most of the events NWPA run, and always at hand on the day of the events…..this also reflects within the Eryri PS, she runs it….all by herself.
Info: The J S Lancaster Medal was instituted in 1998 to recognise exceptional service to the PAGB, and is named after its first Secretary. Award holders may use the designation ‘HonPAGB’, replacing any previous award of APAGB.
NWPA Competition 7th June, 2025 Results
The results can be found by clicking here or under the Menu above, under Competitions.
June Newsletter is now available click here
A new post within the NWPA
Publicity Officer advert Click here to download
NWPA are looking for new Judges and Assessors
Click here to download the information
Portrait Masterclass article
The Portrait Masterclass run by Sharon and Robert Prenton Jones was run on the 28th of May, what was done on the day can be found in this article click here to download
Landscape Workshop in Snowdonia on the 25th June
Introduction to Landscape Photography Workshop - Lead by Peter Jepson DPAGB, BPE3*
Click here to download the full information on how to book and full itinerary.
Tudur Owen Exhibition
An event to celebrate Tudur's life to be held at Croesor Gallery on Saturday June 7th at 11am, to comemorate the life and work of our friend Tudur Owen. An exhibition of his work will be on show at the cafe's gallery in the village, who he helped build and run, for two weeks from this date.
Congratulations to Jan Wilson-Chalon, of Mold Camear Club, on receiving her DPAGB at Dunblane over the weekend.
NWPA Print Battle Results
Results of the Print battle can be found in the April Newsletter click here
Best picture was awarded to Sharon Prenton-Jones - "Thomas Cromwell"
Important Message from our Prsident - Download here
PDI Challenge best image by Dafydd Evans of Caernarfon CC, award being presented to him by his Club Chariman Egryn Lloyd.
Winning image - Too close for comfort
Our new President Charles Meadows being handed the Medal of Office by our past President Linda Bell
Jan Wilson Chalon, AWPF
Congratulations go now to Jan Wilson Chalon who had not one, but two, successful Panels at the recent AWPF Assessments.
Linda Bell HonNWPA
Our President, Linda Bell, being awarder her HonNWPA by Charles Meadows, Vice President. Congratulations from all of us in the NWPA, a well deserved award that Linda was honoured to receive, which left her speechless.
PAGB CES system info...
An long article regarding the PAGB's CES system, can be found on their latest E-News (358) on pages 10-12. download it by clicking here.
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Linda Bell DPAGB LRPS EFIAP BPE4 AWPF GPU2
I am a local photographer who lives just outside Mold in North Wales.
I enjoy all types of photography but particularly enjoy doing Nature and still life.
I started entering exhibitions and photographic salons in 2012, and have received
much pleasure from this, gaining some awards along the way. We live in a beautiful
part of the world and it inspires me on a regular basis to get the camera out and go exploring.
TBA
Linda Bell DPAGB LRPS EFIAP BPE4 AWPF GPU2
I am a local photographer who lives just outside Mold in North Wales.
I enjoy all types of photography but particularly enjoy doing Nature and still life.
I started entering exhibitions and photographic salons in 2012, and have received
much pleasure from this, gaining some awards along the way. We live in a beautiful
part of the world and it inspires me on a regular basis to get the camera out and go exploring.
Tony Davies LRPS, AWPF, CPAGB, GPU Aphrodite, EFIAP, GPU 1Cr. BPE1*
A self-taught amateur photographer living in Llandudno: Tony was born in Newport, south Wales, and qualified as an electrician. Work allowed him to become an expatriate for twenty out of the following forty-three years.
Working in places like Saudi Arabia and Iraq during the nineteen seventies and eighties made it difficult to pursue photography. As a result, his hobby nearly came to an end. But in 2011, while working in Iraq for the second time he bought his first DSLR; a Nikon D7000. This was soon followed by a D800, and eventually a D810. He also now has a Nikon Z6!
Many hours of his spare time have been spent taking photographs and studying the various techniques required to improve his skills.
Retiring from work in 2015 Tony joined Conwy Camera Club and soon started entering club competitions, exhibitions and salons. Tony gained the Licentiate of The Royal Photographic Society in November 2015 and his CPAGB in April 2017 followed by an AWPF in 2018. Recently he was honoured to be appointed the UK representative of the Global Photographic Union (GPU) and has since gained the GPU Aphrodite Title.
As well as Conwy Camera Club, Tony is also a member of the Royal Photographic Society, the Eryri Photo Group, UPP C64 and GPU.
Jason Wharam DPAGB BA (Hons)
I was born in Zimbabwe, discovered photography whilst doing my PHD and found a deep passion for it. Whilst working as a Professional Safari Guide this passion grew and developed.
Being in such beautiful and breath-taking surroundings on a daily basis allowed me to develop my unique style. I have continued to develop my photography career since moving to the UK both as a judge and speaker for the PAGB, SPA and NWPA
I have become a keen landscape photographer and can often be found in the Scottish Highlands or the Mountains of North Wales. My work has been appreciated by many, appearing in publications such Africa Geographic and National Geographic, Viewbug and 500px as well as being displayed in exhibitions all over the World. I look forward to this post and will try my hardest to fulfil our members photographic appetites.
Ian O'Neill FIPF DPAGB ARPS AWPF HonNWPA
Ian has been interested in photography from an early age thanks to his brother, who used to develop his own pictures in a makeshift darkroom (their bathroom!), and for a six year old it was magic. A camera was the first thing he ever purchased with his first salary when starting work and he has never been without one since.
At the moment he uses the Olympus system which is light and gives excellent results; after 25 years with Canon, Olympus gives him what he wants in a small package. The genres he's most interested in photography-wise are People, Environmental, Landscapes and Macro . . . but he does turn his hand to other subjects when the urge is there. But his main interest is people photography and he enjoys the rapport to get the perfect shot ("yet to get it . . . still striving for it!").
He is a member of Blaenau Ffestiniog camera club and is their Competition Secretary, as well as webmaster. It is a small club with some really impressive photographers across so many genres. He's also a member of Eryri Photo Group and the Royal Photographic Society.
He feels it has been privilege to be asked to judge and lecture in numerous clubs in the NWPA and has enjoyed every minute of it; he says "the enthusiasm of the members in photography is simply wonderful to behold, may it continue".
Contact me on: Click here to send me an email
Christine Langford LRPS APAGB CPAGB HonNWPA
Like many people Christine has had cameras since her teens which were only used on holidays. She joined a camera club
in Hertfordshire in the mid-80s and it was then that she realised that she had to start thinking more about the actual picture
and what might constitute an acceptable composition and so on.
Since then Christine has been actively involved in the administrative side of photography at club level, federation level and
also on the Executive of the PAGB. Just like in her teenage years, most of her pictures are taken on holidays, the English
Lake District and France in particular, and so landscapes and architecture feature most often.
She has been secretary of the Eryri Photo Group for over 20 years and edits the NWPA Newsletter as well as being on the
PAGB Executive.
Involvement in photography has played a large part in her life and over the years she has genuinely enjoyed the fellowship
and friendship of people she has met.
"Any photographic successes I've had along the way are an added bonus".
John Smith CPAGB APAGB
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