Every year Kendal Photography Club holds its end of year competitions both in PDI and Print format. The competitions are an opportunity where members can show their best work from the season.

The PDI Annual competition was judged on 29th March 2023. Our judge for the evening was Lorraine Robins of St Austell Camera Club. Lorraine joined the club via Zoom to comment upon the images and select her winners for the evening.

In the Open Colour PDI the winner was Phil Drayton with his image of ‘Media City, Dubai’. This was the first time Phil has been awarded for an image in the Annual Club Competition and this was a worthy winner.

Moving on to the Open Mono PDI competition first place went to Russell Millner with his image ‘The Guardian and the White Horses’.

Next the Nature PDI and People and Portrait PDI categories, Russell Millner went on from success to success. His images ‘Keep Your Friends Close’ taking the award in the Nature section and ‘Champagne on your Birthday’ the award in People and Portrait. Well Done Russell an excellent set of images.

Annual Print Competition.

On Wednesday 12th April the Annual Print competitions were expertly judge by Richard Spiers of Morton Photographic Society, Carlisle. Richard gave an excellent critique of the images and his positive and considered comments were appreciated by members.

In the first section, Open Colour Print, Laurie Thurlow’s image ‘Dawn Light’ was the very deserving winner of first place.

In the Nature Print Section the quality of Peter Kennedy’s image ‘Night Heron Skimming‘ was recognised with the first place award.

The first place in People and Portrait Print went to Kim Rigg for her image ‘Shady Ste’.

Following the Interval it was time to judge the Monochrome Print section. Martin Rowe’s image of ‘Lindisfarne Fishing Hut’ was awarded first place.

The final section of the evening was the Cumbrian Print Panel Competition. This is a competition where members present three images which represent the life, communities and landscape of Cumbria.

The award went to Laurie Thurlow for his wonderful panel of images of ‘Scout Scar’ a limestone outcrop on the outskirts of Kendal. (Centre Image below)

Thanks goes Richard and Lorraine our judges for the time they have both given in reviewing our members image. Your comment and time are appreciated.

Thanks goes to Dave Nelson, PDI Secretary for his time in organising the PDI competitions this year and to Maureen Smith, Print Secretary for organising the Print Competitions. Also to Phil Drayton who organises the engraving of the trophies for our competitions.

Finally to all members who have participated this year. Enjoy your summer of photography and we look forward to see your new images next year.