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‘My Journey in photography so far’ by Kylie-Ann Martin

On Wednesday the 2nd November we were joined via zoom by our guest speaker Kylie Martin with her talk “My Journey In Photography….So Far”

Kylie took us on her photographic journey from her first image in 2006/7 upto the present day, below is just a small selection of her images.

Despite barriers due to health restrictions, which have impacted on her photography Kylie-Ann has earnt a number of distinctions, EFIAP, BPE 2 and LDPS.

The talk was well attended in the hall and via zoom with Kylie-Ann sharing her images which contributed to all the exhibition acceptances and some of the stories behind them.

Kylie-Ann explained some of the techniques behind how she created one of the award winning images and ended the evening sharing her CPAGB panel.

Despite a few technical issues in the hall we all enjoyed a very eclectic mixture of photographs and no doubt some of us will be trying out some of the techniques in the near future. A big thank you to Kylie Ann for a very enjoyable evening.

Wednesday 9th November

Next week we will have our 2nd Monthly PDI competition with a subject ‘Minamalistic’ which will be judged by Caroline Preece.

If you would like to join us as a guest cost £3.50 please follow the link below. https://kendalphotographyclub.co.uk/guest

Please note Ann Street will now be closed for up to four weeks

‘Wood’ by Daniel Bridge

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On Wednesday 26th October we were joined by our guest speaker Daniel Bridge for his talk titled “Wood”

Daniel Bridge is a full-time professional photography tutor and nature photographer running photography workshops and provided private photography tuition helping around 300 people a year get more from their photography.

Daniel’s love of woodland inspired the talk, which was not only based around the plants and animals found within them but also the wood itself, either in its natural state, or used as a building material. Talking about the techniques employed, and the reasons for shooting,

Daniel showed us over 120 photos, covering macro, wildlife, abstracts and more, talking about the techniques employed, and the reasons for shooting them.

A big ‘thank you’ goes to Daniel for a very enjoyable evening which was enjoyed by members at the hall and via zoom.

Below is just a small selection of the images from the evening

Wednesday 2nd November

‘More Shared Moments’ with Derek Doer

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On Wednesday 12th October we were joined via zoom by visiting speaker Derek Doar with his talk “More Shared Moments”

Derek shared many decisive moments and stories which inspired him to press the shutter button, as well as technical details of how he took some of the images.

A big ‘thank you’ goes to Derek for a very enjoyable evening which was enjoyed by members at the hall and via zoom.

Below is just a small selection of the images from the evening

Competition Time

Join us next week for our first PDI competition (Open Category) which will be available both on zoom and in the hall and be judged by Chris Boyles.

if you wish to attend as a guest at £3.50 please follow the link : https://kendalphotographyclub.co.uk/guest

Print Competition: Open

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It was great to see so may entries on display for the 1st print competition of the season. Members brought their mounted images to be judged live on the night by Nick Hilton, DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* from Southport Photography Club and being both a L&CPU and PAGB judge, Nick provided comprehensive feedback for all the images in addition to the scores. With print competitions not being available on zoom it was also fantastic to see so may people back at the Castle street venue on the evening.

We’ll start with Club mono where big congratulations go to Karen Carruthers who was awarded 20 points for ‘Metal Mane-ia’ Ann Bench coming a close second with 19 points for ‘The Larder is Stocked’. Congratulations to Ann Bench who became the overall winner with 36 points for her two images.

In the Club colour section, a big well done to Karen who scored her second 20 of the night with ‘Splash of red at Glenridding’. Second place went to Ann Bench scoring 19 with ‘Lake Peyto’. Martin Rowe’s ‘A View from my window’ was also held back and scored 17. Congratulations to Karen Carruthers who came first with 38 points for her two images.

Splash of Red at Glenridding Karen Carruthers

On to the Advanced mono section, with a well deserved win for Bill Pickard with ‘Elterwater in mist’. Second place was awarded to Laurence Thurlow for ‘Scout Scar’, and third place was shared between two of Peter Kennedy’s images ‘Set of three’ and ‘Waiting for a signal’ which both scored 18. Bill and Peter shared the top spot with a total of 36 for both of their images.

Last but not least our Advanced colour section. Well done to Bill Pickard with ‘Arnside Promenade’, second place was shared between Peter Kennedy’s with ‘Male Banded Demoiselle’ and Phil Drayton with ‘Brimham Rocks while third place went to Bill Lowis with ‘Steaming through the Dales’. Bill Pickard took the lead scoring 37 with his two prints.

Next week we are being visited via Zoom by Derek Doar, with his talk entitled ‘More Shared Moments’. Guests are very welcome to join us either at the club or on Zoom – please see our membership page for prices and how to book. Look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday 😁.

2021-2022 Season Trophy Presentations

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Last season the club ran a number of competitions which included the Annual Prints and PDI’ competitions, ‘The Cumbrian Trophy’ and Members’ Evening PDI competitions (scores of which are added together to give overall winners for the year),

Our first event of the season was to present the trophies and big congratulations go to the members outlined below 🏆

Best Colour Print – Gordon Mills
Best Monochrome Print – Bill Pickard
Best People/Portrait Print – Ann Bench
Best Nature Print – Gordon Mills
Best Open PDI – Jeff Bagnall
Best People/Portrait PDI – Jo Knight
Best Nature PDI – Gordon Mills
Best Monochrome PDI – Kim Rigg
Lakeland Trophy – Jeff Bagnall
Members Evening Club Monochrome – Kim Rigg
Members Evening Club Open PDI – Kim Rigg
Members Evening Advanced PDI – Dave Nelson
Members Evening Advanced Monochrome PDI – Dave Nelson

The second half of the evening ‘Program Secretary’ Jeff Bagnall inspired us with a short film on Minimalistic photography, a theme of one of this seasons Members Evening Competitions and Club Treasurer David Nelson gave us an entertaining demonstration and insight into drone photography. Great start to the season!

Pre-season Photoshoot

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Hello fellow KPC Members,

I hope you have all enjoyed the summer break and are looking forward to the new season with Kendal Photography club.

I can actually say we were all treated to a lovely warm summer with plenty of long light evenings and only the occasional rainy day.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for any of the three summer shoots we held.

We would like to invite you for another photo shoot on Wednesday 24^th August at 7pm in Sedbergh. Please meet at Loftus Hill Car Park where Bill Lowis will be there to meet us for our photography evening.

Anyone interested in joining the club is welcome to come along.

You should all also have received an Email from the club Membership Secretary Ann to invite you all to renew your membership, details in the email or online following the link below.

https://kendalphotographyclub.co.uk/renew/

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

KPC Member Achievements

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Throughout the year a number of Photography clubs across the country affiliated to British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE), hold exhibitions allowing photographers to gain BPE Crowns. Photographers require 25 acceptances into exhibitions to gain a BPE Crown. (BPE1*)

The Winchester National Exhibition, was held in summer 2022 with a limit of 3000 entries across five classes.

We are delighted that club member Maureen Smith’s image ‘Egg Heads’ was awarded 1^st Place in the Creative Class. Maureen has been entering exhibitions for two year and was delighted with this award.

Maureen image ‘Calm’ was also accepted into the exhibition.

Maureen has also had her image ‘High Tide’ accepted into the SheClicks exhibition at The Photoshow 2022 at the NEC. (https://www.photographyshow.com/)

Each month, SheClicks members enter images on a set theme and up 25 images are chosen for the SheClicks website gallery by Angela Nicholson, SheClicks founder or a guest judge. https://www.sheclicks.net/

Maureen’s image won the July monthly theme, ‘Water’.

High Tide has been chosen by Angela and Donna Crous to join a selection from the monthly images to be featured at the Photoshow 2022 which takes place between 17^th and 20^th September.

If anybody else has wants to share an achievement from the summer break please send the details to secretarykpc@btinternet.com

July Summer Shoot

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The final summer shoot did not disappoint, it was a beautiful evening for a stroll along the headland at Heysham

The walk started at St Peters church and the neighbouring ruins of St Patricks chapel which included some iconc graves carved into the bedrock. (Featured on one of Black Sabbath’s album covers).

Rock cut graves, dating from the 10th Century

The furthest point of our stroll took us to a fascinating sculpture ‘Ship’ by Anna Gillespie and although we were again eluded by the perfect sunset, it did still provided a stunning backdrop to the evening.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 14th of September for our 1^st meeting of the new season which will be held at both the Castle Street venue and on Zoom.

Check out the full Program Page for the 2022/23 program