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Merry Christmas. . .

Well for the Camera Club it is, as this coming Tuesday we have our Christmas Social evening.
The night will take a familiar format with a Quiz, The John Richmond Trophy this year Judged by last years winner Peter Smith and of course a bit of a buffet and the best raffle in the world.
Now don't forget to bring with you a raffle prize and something for the buffet table.

This will be the last meeting until January 5th - which is our 2nd print competition of the season - and entry for the second DPI comp - so bring your entry for that - details of file set up and saving image can be found further down the blog.

However in between these two dates we are hoping to get out for an early morning run out to Blyth Beach to catch some shots of the sunrise - more details of this trip will follow soon...

Whats Happening. . .

Well at a very small gallery in Newcastle ( Stepney Bank) you will be able to see a selection of photographs by Joe Cornish - if you like the Landscape especially 'The Northeast Coast' then get yourself along. The gallery is open 9 til 5 Mon-Fri.

8th December PRINTING NIGHT - yes were printing selected images which hopefully will become part of our entry for the South Tyne Area Print comp 2010.

15th December CHRISTMAS SOCIAL yes another year has gone by and its time for mince pies - made quizes and amazing prize draws - all this and more at our Christmas do - remember to bring along a raffle prize and some Christmas nibbles - see you there...

MORE NEWS ABOUT OF OUR PHOTOTRIP THE NEARER WE GET TO THE 28TH - SO KEEP CHECKING YOUR EMAILS...

5TH JANUARY 2010 - This is the first competition night of 2010 and our second print comp of the season. But it is ALSO entry night for the second PDI comp entries to Dave, we all know how to size and name our files so it should be plain sailing to get those entries in...

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This Coming Tuesday and STA PDI Results. . .

This Coming Tuesday December 1st, we have a talk by John Smith AFIAP, APAGB, John is also the current President of the NCPF.

SOUTH TYNE AREA PDI COMPETITION 2009.

Tuesday Night saw the judging of the South Tyne Area PDI competition 2009, which was hosted this year by Ryton CC - the judge for the evening was Dave Phillips from Hartlepool PS.

Dave made some interesting and insightful comments on each of the 42 the Images shown. unfortunately he failed to recognise the outright quality of our six images ! here are the marks awarded to each club.

1st Hexham - 161

2nd Gateshead - 154 they also had the best Image.

3rd Winlaton - 153

4th Ryton - 151

5th Whickham - 149

6th South Shields - 148

7th Wylam - 141

And here is our entry of six images with their individual mark...

Arc

by Paul Watson score 23

Blanca

by Richard Watson scored 25

Curved Staircase

by Mick Gibson scored 27

Run

by Paul Watson scored 27

Smile

by Peter Smith scored 26

The End is the Beginning.

by Paul Lee scored 25.

Well done to everyone concerned - next year, we will get those cigars out. . .

Creativity Night. . .

Yes its Creativity night at WCC - Have you been creative with photoshop, or just photographically?

YES, then bring along up to five images on your USB drives and show your work - you will also have to say a few words on the techniques used to make the images.

I'm sure that we will have a few surprise's and a good night too, newer members could simply bring a few images to show and perhaps get a few pointers.

PDI Competition No1 results & this Tuesday. . .

Just a reminder that this coming Tuesday is Selection Night for the South Tyne Print Competition - so bring along prints and or files on your USB drive that you wish to enter for selection for the clubs entry of 6 prints

Here are the winning images from our first PDI competition, which was judged lat Tuesday by David Stout - David gave his thoughtful insights on the 57 entries and decided that these seven Images where the best of the bunch - which of course we will all disagree with - well except one or two of us! Congratulations to everyone who entered, and for the most of us better luck next time!!

1st - Spiral Stair

by

Mick Gibson

2nd - Glencoe

by

Geoff Brown

3rd - Fade to Gray

by

Peter Smith

HC - Steel Drops

by

Paul Watson

HC - 11 Minutes

by

Paul Lee

HC - Feather and Rock

by

Paul Watson

HC - Clouds and Mountains

By

Brigitte Appleton

New sizing and saving details for PDI competitions.

Here is a downloadable two page document which gives clear and precise step by step instructions on 'How to resize your files' & 'How to save your files'.

And here is the page outlining How you can save your files. . .

Results of print competition No1

Recently, and I apologies for the delay in getting the results published, we held our first print competition of the season, our judge was Joe Duffy,LRPS,DPAGB - who give some interesting insights into our images. We have to congratulate the following Richard Knapper and Paul Lee for their success in their first full season, and Carl Appleton who just joined WCC in September well to you and everyone who entered

1st Puffin symmetry

by

Richard Knapper

2nd The end is the beginning

by

Paul Lee

3rd Smile Please

by

Peter Smith

HC Leaving Positano

by

Carl Appleton

HC Who's a pretty boy then

by

Tommy Burrell

HC Winter at Derwent

by

Norman Tate

Well that was the colour - here are the Black and White winners. . .

1st Windmills

by

Paul Watson

2nd 11 minutes

by

Paul Lee

3rd In a rush

by

Paul Lee

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HC Out of the mist

by

Brigitte Appleton

HC Mail Please

by

Paul Watson

Tuesday. . .

This Tuesday we have our first print competition of the season, the judge for the evening is Joe Duffy, Joe has been to WCC on many occasions and we are pleased to welcome him back.

Also and I know that I don't have to let anyone know, it is also the entry date for the first round of the PDI competition. And that is all I'm saying about that - I hope that my past messages have struck a cord - we will see on Tuesday!

What is this PDI I hear you ask, last year we had DPI(Digitally Projected Image) well it appears the new norm and name for files projected is PDI(Projected Digital Image!)

PARRWORLD at the BALTIC. . .

Parrworld - opened on Friday night at the Baltic and is on until 17th January 2010. See links for more info. www.balticmill.com/whatsOn/present/index.php

www.martinparr.com

This is the only showing of this exhibition in the UK and features images from his new book 'Luxury' and objects from his personal collection - which includes boring postcards - Saddham Hussein wrist watches and wallpaper!! and in this image we can see Martin ( in Brown hoodie) heading in to give a talk and sign copies of 'Luxury'.

whats new then...

First off, if you look further down to the post with the program you will then be able to see and download the very latest version!!

Next up we have our first print competition of the season with judge Joe Duffy LRPS, CPAGB,

also, as I think I covered in the last two posts the entry date for out first PDI competition of the season - I won't repeat myself except to say "come on everyone make an entry"

Now on Tuesday gone, after the Ansel Adams DVD we selected teams from numbers in a bag (all a bit FA cup'ish I thought) for our new bit of photo-fun the 'Five-a-side' competition see below for team listing and rules etc... the competition takes place over three weeks 16th & 23rd of February and the 2nd of March - check it out on the new program!!

WCC welcomes Ansel Adams. . .

All right it's only a DVD - but all the same it should be a good night.

Moon And Half Dome (c) Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams, February 20th 1902 - April 22nd 1984.

American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West and primarily Yosemite National Park.

For his images, he developed the zone system, a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs. Although his large-format view cameras were difficult to use because of their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, their highresolution ensured sharpness in his images.

He founded the Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, which in turn created the Museum of Modern Art's department of photography. Adams' timeless and visually stunning photographs are reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books, making his photographs widely recognizable.

AM I TALKING TO YOU. . .

Our next meeting this coming Tuesday, we have coming along on November the 24th at Ryton Camera Club - the 2009 South Tyne - Projected Digital Image competition. So we need some images to select for our entry of six images. So bring along some images which you think will help us win this competition this year, we were robbed last year but won it the year before - so lets repeat that victory. Your images at this point DO NOT need to be resized so you just need to bring them along.

Last Tuesday we had the opportunity to see some work taken on our last two practical nights for the amount of people who took part on those nights, to be honest the show of work was a little disappointing - but, well done to new member Carl, he showed some very nice low key portraits.

Come on you long standing members let see what you have been doing, we all know every one has been out and about over the summer weeks, plus three practical nights at the club. so come on you guys try submitting for the South Tyne and don't forget that the entry date for the first round of this seasons Projected Digital Image competition is coming along fast - it's on October 20th -- so as challenge lets see if we can get an entry from EVERY member YES I'M talking to you!! - entries as you know are for UP TO five images, which means you can, if you wish, simply enter one or two images.

BE PART OF YOUR CAMERA CLUB AND ENTER.

Next Week Tuesday 29th....

Over the past two weeks we had an outing to do a spot of night shooting at the new Northumbria Campus, see image above. Then last week we had a spot of portraiture...... so this coming Tuesday bring along some of your results from those two nights, files on you USB sticks/CD to project or prints if you wish.

new program 2009 / 2010

Here it is - the new program, not sure which version were up to any way here is the latest click on image to enlarge, for the upcoming season. We still need to find a judge for a couple PDI competitions - which is proving a little difficult after leaving it so late as the last program secretary failed miserably to do his job!

But we will work something out I'm sure.................

new for 2009/2010 season...

Hi all,

The new season got away with a slightly shaky start as we (I !) forgot to inform every one that the new season was under way - but here is a simple aide memoir we always start a new season on the first Tuesday in September.

This coming Tuesday - the evening will take the shape some what like this :-

if the evening looks like being fine and dry or the rain has stopped for the day! we will leave the West End at approx. 18:45 to head of to the new city west campus of Northumbria University - this is situated where the Warners Cinema used to be, parking should be OK and free after 18:00.

( those of you who live outside of Winlaton please simply make your own way directly to the venue and we will catch you up at the venue!!

NOW - if the weather is inclement - Raining!! we will not be heading out, and a Portrait night is planed. And if this is the case we will then be heading of out to do a little night photography next Tuesday.

The NEW committee for the 2009/2010 season is as follows:-

Chairman - Paul Watson

Vice Chairman - Vacant

Treasure - Danny Keane

Secretary - Tommy Burrell

Programe Secretary - Richard Watson

Comp'sec PDI - Dave hudspith

Comp' Sec Prints - Paul Lee

Committee member - vacant

Committee member - vacant

Committee member - vacant

As you can see we are short a few bodies on the committee, remember it's YOUR club please give some thought into helping the club by joining the committee.

Winlaton Camera Club at the Forge.

This Saturday we had our first of an occasional mini exhibition at the Forge, Winlaton.

a few folks showed up and enjoyed the photographs on display, from Peter, Mick, Ken, Paul and Richard.

It was a lovely day so we placed the stands outside!, Thanks to Gateshead council for providing the stands( which had photographs on both sides ) and to the staff in Winlaton Library who have been most helpful.

TRIP OUT...

How a bout a trip out one Tuesday night possibly on  June 9th, I was thinking of some sun setting photography at the Derwent Reservoir, and to leave the West End car park at 7.30pm.

Any one interested? we'll try to work something out regarding lifts etc... this Tuesday - yes don't forget we still meet for a pint and a chat on Tuesdays from about 8.00pm try to come along... 

PRESENTATION NIGHT

Tuesday night was the last of the current season, and what better a night to hold our annual presentation night where we find out who has won the trophies.

Dave put together an AV presentation to go along with all of the season winning images our South Tyne area print and slide competitions. We also had a great fun quiz from Dave.

But the main event was the prize giving which went something like this:-

The Chairmans Cup - Winner DPI - Jack Chen.

The Bill Cook Trophy - Winner Monochrome Prints - Jack Chen

The John Oliver Cup - Winner Colour Prints -  Jack Chen

Photographer of the Year - Most points gained - Jack Chen

Theme Print Trophy - Winner Theme Prints - Jack Chen

The Peter Driver Shield - Winner Theme DPI - Paul Watson

Best of the Best - winner best Image of the year - Paul Watson

Well done to EVERYONE who entered the competitions - and congratulations to Jack who has had an excellent season.

The full list of results can be seen below (click to enlarge ).

Best of the Best...

Last night we welcomed David Stout of Whickham Photographic Society, along to select the images for our Best of the Best competition, as you all know the competition entry is made up from all the images from the three sections DPI, B&W & Colour Prints that gained a HC, 3rd, 2nd. David made the night enjoyable for all with his comments and insights.

Below you can see the three, well two of the three images that won their respective sections.

David finished off his selections by awarding Paul's fine portrait "JULIE" as the Best of the Best for the season. This is the third year in a row that Paul has won this competition, well done to Paul. Also well done to everyone who has entered this seasons competitions.

Winner of the Colour print section

"Julie"

by Paul Watson.

Winner of the B&W print section

"Old Boat"

by Jack Chen.

Winner - of the DPI section

 "Blue eyed girl" 

By Jack Chen 

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THEME COMPETITION ....

Was held last week, the judge was Joe Duffy,LRPS CPAGB. 

below you can see the sets of 3 images on the theme of "Still Life"

that he picked out ....

PRINT THEME RESULTS

DPI THEME RESULT.

THIS TUESDAY?

Well this coming Tuesday your entry is due for the 3rd and final DPI(digitally projected image) competition, you can enter up to five images colour or black and white.

Now heres a little quiz for you all, just one simple question, no prize tho'

Q - - other then entry for the above - what else is on at the club this Tuesday?

To answer just click REPLY and write your answer and then click SEND...

Results from the final print comp' of the season........

Here are the winning images from third and final print competition of the season. Well done to all those who entered. Especially Richard who only submitted  a single print.

Here are the colour prints...

1st  November in the Park.

by Richard Watson.

2nd Old Boat.

by Jack Chen.

3rd  Life Buoy.

by Jack Chen.

HC Holly.

by Norman Tate.

HC Alnmouth Sunset.

by Jack Chen.

HC The Minstrel.

by Paul Watson.

HC Hut and Bridge.

by Jack Chen.

HC Be Careful.

By Mick Gibson.

HC Finished

By Paul Watson.

and the Black and White print results.....

1st Hardraw Force

by Jack Chen.

2nd Boy in Hat

by Jack Chen.

3rd Pietro's Wine.

by Paul Watson.

HC Winters Scene

by Peter Smith

(image to follow) 

HC Jessica

by Paul Watson.