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Kendal Photography Club Exhibition 2024

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The weekend of 12th -14th April 2024 saw Kendal Photography Club’s exhibition at the Roundhouse, Staveley.  This was the first exhibition the club has staged in many years and it was a fantastic success.

Over 200 people visited the Roundhouse.    I think everyone found the venue interesting and an enjoyable display space.  It certainly met the needs of the club.

Saturday was the most popular day with over 100 visitors of all ages including children who also talked about their interest in photography.  There were locals, tourists visiting the area, family, friends, work colleagues, past club members, and members of local camera clubs visiting the show.  New contacts were made with local photographers some of whom were kind enough to promote the exhibition further via social media.

Everyone enjoyed the show and there were lots of glowing comments and positive feedback about the quality of the exhibition, the diverse images on display and the interesting venue. 

A number of club members were successful in selling images and cards with contributions being made to club funds. 

A number of visitors expressed an interest in joining the club and we look forward to welcoming new members for our 2024-25 season in September.  The new programme will be on the website over the summer alongside membership forms.  The club secretary can be contacted over the summer for further information if required.

Thanks goes to all those who attended the exhibition and asked questions, talked about photography with us and enjoyed the images.  We ran a small tally of visitors favourite images over the weekend, the most successful was a triptych of  ‘Scout Scar’ by Laurie.  Very close seconds were ‘Wet Sleddale Dam’ by Jeff and ‘Kestrel and Mouse’ by David P.   20 members exhibited images and every member had an image chosen by a visitor as their favourite image from the show.  I think this demonstrates what we already knew, that in photography there is something for everyone.

Thanks goes to Ann Dallaway the driving force behind the exhibition. To Stuart Hann www.theblindchocolatier.co.uk for the delicious chocolate, Janet and everyone at the Roundhouse www.staveleyroundhouse.com who visited the exhibition and to Facebook friends who gave us publicity.

Thanks also to all our members who contributed images, marketed and prepared for the exhibition and gave freely of their time to set up and staff the exhibition and take it down at the end.  I think the pride members have in displaying their work and the enjoyment of participating in the event has certainly encouraged the club to consider another exhibition in the future.

Maureen

Club Secretary

Conclusion of the Seasons PDI Competitions- Street Photography

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The Final PDI members competition of the year was held on 13th March 2024. The theme was Street Photography, which resulted in some funny images alongside images with social commentary.

Thanks goes again to Cat Humphries, who is becoming a regular judge at the club, for her helpful and considered comments on the images. Cat held 8 or more images back in both the colour and monochrome sections.

In the Colour Section 20 points went to ‘Man Talk’ by Ann Dallaway, which was the ultimate winner, ‘Eye Eye’ by Bill Pickard and ‘The Crossing’ by Dave Nelson.

Bill and Dave both finished the Colour Section at the top of the leader board with 39 point from their two submitted images. Congratulations to Ann for her winning image on the night.

In the Monochrome section Kim Rigg was the ultimate winner on the night with a total score of 40 points for her images ‘Drivers Mutt’ and ‘The Newsreader’.

Dave Nelson also received 20 points for his image ‘When we were young’.

Thanks to everyone for taking part this year’s final competition. Every member’s contribution to the competitions is valued.

The images are available to view in the members section of the website along with the score sheets.

The club will be closing this season with the Annual PDI and Annual Prints competitions in the next few weeks. If you are interested in seeing the best of members images from this year, remember you are welcome to visit the club on a Wednesday evening at 7.30. See website for more programme information.

The club will also be displaying at an exhibition on 12th-14th April

Members Print Competition Three and Final Prints Results of 23/24.

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The final prints competition of the 23/24 season was held on February 14th. The competition was judged by Carol and Gordon Watson of Lytham St Ann’s Photography Club. Carol and Gordon have many years experience of entering club, federation, national and international competitions and the club appreciates them driving up the M6 on a wet, foggy night to offer advice to members on their images.

Carol judged the colour images first. Nine images where held back into her final selection for the top scores.

David Poole was leading the season’s league table going into the final competition having only dropped one point in the first two print competitions. David finished the season with another win for his image ‘Aggressive Buzzard’. David completed the season with 118/120 points, a truly impressive score. Well done David for winning the 23-24 Colour Prints Trophy.

Congratulations also go to Kim Rigg who scored 20 points for her image ‘Pretty in Pink’. Kim took joint second place in this season’s Print Competition along with Bill Pickard and Laurie Thurlow all achieving a total of 108/120. Well done to all three members.

After the coffee break Gordon judged the monochrome images. Gordon offered advice on images and held back eight into his final selection. At this point Gordon needed to give careful consideration to the detail of images as he worked towards his final winning image.

Gordon awarded first place to Kim Rigg for her image ‘Georgia’. Kim achieved maximum points on the night having also achieved 20 points for her image ‘Out of Luck’. In addition, David Poole scored 20 points for his image ‘Christian Iddoni’.

When the final scores were totalled the overall winner for the Monochrome Print Competition for the 23/24 season was Kim Rigg with 112/120. Second place went to David Poole and third place to Jeff Bagnall.

Full competition results are in the members area of the website.

Thank you to all members who entered the print competitions this year. Nineteen members took part with eleven members have an entry in every competition. Your images are always appreciated and enjoyed by the membership and we hope you had fun. Please keep entering your images next year.

A reminder to members that the Annual Prints Competition is on 27th March and will be judged by Sheila and Daryl Giles.  

Please bring your prints to the hall on the evening to 13th March, the closing date for entries. Entry form and rules are on the club website. 

Next week our speaker is Barbie Lindsay with her talk on “Creative Photography” available on Zoom or at the Hall. Visitors always welcome see the membership page for details.

KPC Members Share and Tell Evening

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Kendal Photography Club returned to club meetings for the second part of the 23-24 season on Wednesday 10th January 2024. The evening was the second Share and Tell Evening of the 23-24 season. Members enjoyed varied presentations by Jeff, Suzy, Dave and Russell.

Jeff shared a selection of drone images taken locally and on Anglesey.  It was interesting to see the different perspective drone photography gives of familiar landscapes. Jeff shared some of the challenges of drone photography and the benefits of different compositions using a drone, which can satisfy a photographer’s curiosity about places. 

The evening continued with Russell sharing his impending application for his second Royal Photographic Society Distinction, (Fellowship). Russell is submitting in the Nature Category and he shared his statement of intent, for a panel of images about the life and demise of Polar Bears. Members had opportunity to enjoy 21 images of polar bears from cub to old age. Members offered views and constructive advice, which hopefully Russell found useful. Good Luck with your submission Russell.

After the coffee break, Suzy shared her ‘Grasses’ project from a very wet stay in Borrowdale, Cumbria. Suzy has produced two books of wonderful monochrome images of grasses using a variety of techniques. Book one is of darker, low key type images and Book two of lighter, high key images. Suzy shared how she had developed the project as a member of a support group. Club members enjoyed seeing the variety of images. I am sure her work will have inspired other members to consider a book format for an image project.

Finally Dave shared a collection of images from three visits to Loch Ossian Youth Hostel and surrounding area. This area is only accessible by bike, foot or rail via Corrour railway station (Glasgow to Fort William line). Corrour is the highest mainline railway station in the UK. Dave visited the area over three years and presented a interesting collection of mono and colour images which showed the area with and without snow.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable and varied evening of photography. It is always interesting to see the projects members undertake and I am sure it has inspired other members to undertake and share project photography. Thank you to Jeff, Russell, Suzy and Dave.

There will be further opportunities to share your work next season (24-25) so I would encourage members to please consider sharing their photography interests with members.

Next week we have a talk by Bill Pickard, a Kendal Club Member. Bill is sharing his talk on Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) . 

The club will be meeting at the hall and via Zoom. New members and visitors are always welcome and joining information is available in the members section.