AGM and Other Events

1. New Executive Team Elected at the AGM 2nd March 2008

The new Team Comprise: -

President Roy Thomas Neath & District Photographic Society
Vice President Jennifer Cox Cardiff Camera Club
General Secretary Andy Baker Gwynfa Camera Club
Hon. Treasurer Linda Baldwin Bridgend Camera Club
Imm. Past President Philippa Wood Gwynfa Camera Club
Committee Members: -
Brian Coleman Bridgend Camera Club
David Hunt Barry Camera Club
Jan Cawley The Vale Camera Club
Linda Wellington Swansea Camera Club
Martyn Pinches Cardiff Camera Club
Mervyn Pugh Merthyr Tydfil Camera Club
Ray Hornett Tenby/Carmarthen Camera Clubs
Tony Love Neath & District Photographic Society
Non-Executive Members
Philip Davies Swansea Camera Club (Property Manager)

Robert Wright The Vale Camera Club (Webmaster)

Neil Aubin Bridgend Camera Club (Webmaster)

Their duties will be allocated at the next meeting on Sunday 9th March – I am sure that you wish them well and they are your best contacts to the WPF – we are still short of 2 members and are able to co-opt 3 more so if 5 of you fancy helping to direct the future of the WPF just put your name forward and we’ll pounce we’ve got a big programme – see below!

2. Welsh Salon of Photography – Official Opening 5th April 2008 200 p.m. Pier Head Building, Cardiff Bay

Closing date has passed sorting takes place on the 9th and selection on the 16th March, good luck to you all! Hosted by Cardiff Camera Club the Exhibition will be housed in the Pier Head Building, Cardiff Bay (The red brick one you see on BBC News) The opening will be carried out by the Presiding Officer of the Assembly Dafydd Ellis Thomas at 2.00 p.m. it will be open 7 days a week until the end of April. I am sure that the 2008 event will be an Exhibition to be proud of – turn up and enjoy the images!

3. Distinctions Day – April 20th Talbot Green 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

This event is intended to provide the WPF photographers with an understanding of what honours and awards are available to them to confirm the quality of their work; there will be 5 different awards discussed in detail all with varying methods and requirements – one of which should suit your style of working.
There will be people there from the WPF, PAGB, RPS, FIAP and PSA who understand the processes and requirements of each organisation and they will be given 45 minutes each to take you through the methodologies with time for question and answer session.
We will lay on a buffet so to help with the catering could you please Email Jan Cawley on This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it to let us know of your attendance. I am convinced of the abilities of the WPF Photographers and am hoping that a little education will go some way to seeing your names up in lights.

4. AWPF Workshop – May 18th at the Trostre & Velindre Camera Club 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

For those of you that want to apply for the AWPF Award this is the day to prepare you and your panel for the Adjudication later in the year. Garry Green Chairman of the Panel will arrange to show samples of successful and unsuccessful panels and take time to explain what works and what doesn’t. In the afternoon the photographers can bring along samples of their work and tentative panels and Garry will provide one-to-one counselling to advise on panel creation and selection of images to improve the applicants understanding of the process and improvements required with time left before the October Adjudication.

Again a buffet will be laid on and we also need to manage the time with each photographer so please Email Jan Cawley on This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it to let us know of your attendance.

5. Forthcoming other events in the second half of 2008

Following on from previous years we will run another "Working Together Workshop" to provide your Club with an input into the WPF future and to jointly improve the administration of Club & WPF Committees.
We missed in 2007 so it is more important than ever that we lay on a "Judges Workshop" and maybe we should include advice to Lecturers as well.
We are still able to bring Print Exhibitions into our area as well – all of these and the above require hall accommodation or galleries and we are happy to take these anywhere in the WPF area providing that a local Club is prepared to host an event – give us a call if you have some opportunities in your area.

6. Cotswold Salon for Monochrome 2008

Can I draw attention of members of the WPF to some changes to the Cotswold Salon this year.

In the first place the Salon will be shown at Churchdown School and NOT at Blackfriars. The dates are the 12th to the 19th of July.

Secondly there are two new classes in addition to the usual Silver Print (Open and Portrait) and Digital Print (Open and Portrait). The new classes are Digital Projected Image (Open and Portrait).

If anyone has difficulty in obtaining an entry form, which includes the rules, I have a supply here and I will be happy to send you one. The closing date is the 31st of May.

Peter Herbert (Dean PC)

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01594 564453

7. Tower Colliery Memories Print Exhibition

As you know, Rob Lloyd and I have been taking pictures of miners at the Tower Colliery during the past nine months and we have arranged to exhibit our work at the Dare Valley Country Park Aberdare from 30th May to 5th June 2008. You are all welcome to view this documentary of the last deep mine in South Wales. Mervyn Pugh

8. Clive Minnitt at Bridgend CC Monday 17th March

Well known photographer Clive Minnitt joins us on Monday 17th March with his presentation "In Search of Perfect Light". All are welcome to join us at Nolton Church Hall, Merthyr Mawr Road (north), Bridgend from 7:30pm.

Entrance is free.

Regards

Chris Bryan

9. Aberystwyth Camera Club Invite

Aberystwyth Camera Club welcomes visitors to their meeting on Tuesday 11 March 2008 at the 2D Room, Aberystwyth Art Centre at 7.30pm.

There will be a small charge of £1.

Speaker Prints and D.I. Dr Emyr Roberts PAGB.

Enquiries 01974 831 451’

10. FIAP Photographs Needed

I am trying to promote our Federation in the world of FIAP and we are all thrilled to announce that Philippa Wood has had three landscape images included in the prestigious France Photographie magazine. (Unfortunately for all concerned there was an error in printing and the images belonged to Leigh Woolford – Congratulations at least we all know NOW! Roy.)

I urgently need images from our Younger Photographers so can anyone under 25 please send me a selection of their images by 6th March. I need them in tiff format.

By 31st March I need images for selection on a variety of subjects including Sport, Nature (animals and plants) and Studio work (nudes and still life) Please send me your work in tiff format. I can accept images up to 5 mb via e-mail or you can send them to me on a disk which I will return.

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There are a number of FIAP competitions currently available as the details are quite long I am attempting to send these as attachments – hopefully they get through successfully and I apologise to those on dial up.