The second PDI competition of the season had the theme of ‘Balance’. This theme provided an interesting change for members. Thank you to all members who entered with a variety of images addressing the brief.

The judge for the evening was Lorraine Robbins a member from St Austell Camera Club. Thanks to Lorraine for her comments and advice on members images.

20 members entered both Colour and Monochrome competitions giving 40 images in each section.

The Monochrome section was won by Dave Nelson with his image ‘Featherweight’.

Jackie Loney achieved her first 20 point score at the club with her image ‘Man on a Ladder’ . Jackie achieved a great total of 39 point in the Monochrome section with her two images ‘Man on a Ladder’ and ‘New Footbridge at Gooseholme’. Well done Jackie.

In the Colour section Liz Bagnall also achieved her first 20 point score and first place with her image ‘Light and Shade’.

Congratulations also go to Bill Pickard who achieved a maximum score on the evening of 40 points with two images ‘Off Balance’ and ‘A Balanced Exposure’.

Full Results from the competion are in the mebers area of the webiste.

The next club competition is on 22nd November and is a print competition. It is an Open theme with Nicki Greenwood from Lytham St Anne’s judging. Please bring your prints on the night to the hall.

The 22nd November is also the closing date for the next PDI Competition with the theme Shadows, Silhouettes or Reflections which will be judge on 6th December by David Gibbons.

The clocks have gone back and October is at an end, so time for a monthly catch up.

Following the Club’s first Print Competition at the start of October the month continued with two excellent talks, which were both available on Zoom and at the Castle Street venue.

The first talk was by Adrian and Jane Lines, a shared talk with Keswick Photographic Society. This was a collaborative night which has taken place for a few years now. The talk entitled ‘Creative Difference’ gave insights into the photographic editing Adrian and Jane undertake to create their images.

Adrian and Jane’s images can be found at http://adrianlines.com/wordpress/ and http://janelines.com/

The second talk by David Keep entitled ‘Underwater Photography’ was also enjoyed by members and provided an insight into David’s diving trips across the globe to photograph manatees, sharks, diving guillemots, seals and the most anxiety provoking of all, fresh water crocodiles.

David’s photography can be seen at https://www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk/

Sandwiched between the two talks was the first PDI competition of the year. This was an Open Competition and drew a wide variety of photographic subjects for presentation including portraiture, nature, sports, landscape and street photography.

The full PDI competition results are available in the members area of the website.

Congratulations goes to Bill Pickard who had the winning Colour image on the night with ‘Winter’s Day Break’.

Congratulations also to Gavin Lowe (‘Boat Houses’) , David Poole (‘Tawney Owl With Mouse’) and Russell Miller (‘Motherly Love’) who also achieved 20 points for their images.

First place in the Monochrome Competition went to Gavin Lowe with ‘No9’.

Congratulations to Kim Rigg (‘Contemplation’) and Bill Pickard (‘River Brathay’) who also received 20 points for their images.

Looking Forward to November 1st, we have a talk by Lloyd Moore entitles ‘The Art of Story Telling: The Extra Element’.

There are also two more competitions in November. An Open Print Competition and a PDI Competition with the theme of ‘Balance’.

We look forward to members and visitors joining us at Castle Street Community Centre or via Zoom.

Wednesday 4th October 2023 saw the first club print competition of the season.

Alan Walker MPAGB, ARPS, EFIAP, MPSA, BPE4* of Keswick Photographic Society was the judge for the evening. Alan and his wife Julie were once members of Kendal Photographic Club and are well known to club members.

Alan judged the images cold on the night sharing his thoughts and advice to improve our images. Alan judged 32 Monochrome images first.

Below are the images held back to the final selection which received marks of 18,19 and 20 in the final judging.

The winning image on the night was ‘View From Cabane d’Orny’ by Russell Millner.

Congratulation also go to Gavin Lowe for ‘Feeding Time’, Karen Carruthers for ‘West African Giraffe’ and Bill Pickard for ‘The Cobb Lyme Regis’ who all achieved 20 points.

After the coffee break Alan judged the Colour Competition. 34 Colour images were judged, with one new member to the club participating in a colour competition for the first time.

Alan with the colour images he selected to hold back for the final selection, as captured by Ann Dallaway.

Congratulation goes to Laurie Thurlow the winner with his image ‘Two Men in a Boat’.

Well done to Phil Drayton who achieved 20 points for ‘Flower Raindrops’. Finally congratulation to David Poole who achieved the double on the night with 20 points for his images ‘Long Tailed Tit Trio’ and ‘Kestrel with Mouse’.

Thanks goes to Alan for his excellent judging, advice and anecdotes and we hope to see him again in the not too distant future.

Thanks also to all members who took part in the competition.

Our next print competition is on 22nd November 2023 and the judge is Nikki Greenwood from Lytham St Anne’s.

Kendal KPC has returned for its 23-24 season.

We would like to say welcome to the new members who have joined the club.

The new season began on 13th September with the awarding of trophies to those members who achieved success in last year’s print and pdi competitions. Congratulations to all the winners.

Our first evening back continued with an opportunity for members to share images from the Summer Club Outing and Individual Projects.

Ann Dallaway shared a summary of the summer shoots with a collection of her images from all the outings, which were well organised by both Ann and Phil Drayton. The trips included Threlkeld Mining Museum, Hawkshead in the rain, Canal Foot at Ulverston and The Flying Scotsman to name a few.

Thanks goes to Phil and Ann and to all the members who took part, making the summer activities a great success.

Also on the first evening back at the club members shared their Summer Projects. Club members had the opportunity to show a variety of examples of their work from their activities over the summer. It is always interesting to see members’ photographic interests and images away from the club competitions. The quality and diversity of work on show was much appreciated by all attending the club in person and on Zoom.

Thanks goes to those members who shared their images. Later in the year there will be another Tell and Share evening and I would encourage all members to consider presenting a selection of their images for the appreciation of the club.

A reminder, if any member would like to share their projects in a blog please feel free to write a brief explanation and send images to secretarykpc@btinternet.com

Finally could I also remind members of the first Print Competition night and the PDI competition deadline. Print images to be brought on the night of 4th October 2023. PDi images to kendalphotographyclub@gmail.com by 4th October 2023 at the latest.

Finally, a few members have sent images for a Gallery page on the website. These have now been uploaded. If you would like a Gallery page, please send 10 images to secretarykpc@btinternet.com at the standard club size of 1200×1600 pixels.

Results are a little late in publication, but the Final PDI members competition of the year was held on 23rd February. The theme was Low Light with a great variety of images on the theme.

Thanks to Cat Humphries for judging the competition and her helpful and considered comments on the images.

The Members Advance Colour Class had 5 images held by Cat as potential winning images.

• Demon Drink -Maureen Smith -20 Winner
• Light Show – Maureen Smith – 20
• Dawn Fishing – Suzy Bray -20
• Canoe Children – Gordon Mills – 19
• Canary Walf – Gordon Mills -19

In the Advanced Mono group 3 images were held in the final selection.

• Champagne on your Birthday – Russell Milner -20 Winner
• By Candle Light – Maureen Smith – 20
• Water Polo – Bill Pickard – 19

In the Club Colour Section it was again down to 3 images in the final selection.

• Watching Jellyfish – Ann Bench -20 Winner.
• Leven’s Hall Through the Topiary – Gordon Bramwell – 20
• Reflection of Flame – Ann Bench -19

Finally the Club monochrome results. The held images were

• Glass Light Reflection – Karen Carruthers – 20 Winner
• Through – Elaine Elrick – 19
• Waiting Room – Elaine Elrick -19

Congratulations to the Winners, Russell, Maureen, Karen and Ann, in the final club night comp of the year.

Thanks to everyone for taking part this year. Every member’s contribution to the competitions is valued. It is always interesting to see the variety of images presented and the creativity and skill of our members.

The Low Light PDI monthly results are available in the members area of the website.

Next competition is the panel night event on Wednesday 8th March. Good luck to all who have entered.