'Road to Castagno' by Neal Puttock (Group 1 scored 10)

The results of the 2nd round of our internal prints competition were as follows:

GROUP 1 (Intermediate)

'Road to Castagno' by Neal Puttock (score 10)

'Bellowing' by Dave Webster (10)

'Gun through a pipe' by Jay Edwards (9.5)

'Holy Man' by Jonathan Hood (9.5)

GROUP 2 (Advanced)

'Fistral Beach at Sunrise' by John Frid (10+)

'After the harvest' by John Frid (10+)

'The Listener' by Ted Summers (10+)

'Caught in a time continuum' by Darren Woolway' (10+)

All the winning pictures will go through to our Prints Final at the end of the season and will be available to view in the club gallery.

Many thanks to our judge for the evening Jeff Royce.

Ross Cup 2011

Stu Mayhew wins the KCPA Ross Cup Premier Award and Mick Smithson Shield with his wonderful print, 'Dreamscape'.

It was a very close result with Aperture Woolwich coming joint fifth out of 33 clubs competing, only 3 points away from the top score. The best result for AWPS in recent years.

The Ross cup is one of most prestigious print competitions in the Kent photographic calendar. So congratulations to all the photographers who's work made up our club panel and well done to Stu!

You have an opportunity to find out how this photograph was created when Stu takes the 'Levitations and Revelations' studio masterclass at the club on 15 November.

Aperture Woolwich win the Meinertzhagen Trophy 2011

The Meinertzhagen Trophy is the prestigious 3-way inter-club photographic prints competition held each year since 1933 between Bexleyheath PS, Dartford and District PS and Aperture Woolwich PS. This year the trophy was awarded to Aperture Woolwich with an average score of 19.25, one of the highest scores in the competition's long history.

Five AWPS prints were awarded the top mark of 20 points, these were:

'Saint Pauls in the spotlight' by Andy Linden LRPS

'Tower Bridge Stairs' by Dave Mason

'Florence' by Stu Mayhew

'Dover Harbour Station' by Marshall Pinsent

'Gent' (shown above) by Darren Woolway LRPS was also awarded overall 3rd place in the competition.

Two AWPS prints scored 19:

'Poppies' by Dawn O'Connor

'Boatman's Hut' by Marshall Pinsent

'Godrevy Lighthouse' by Ted Summers

Many thanks to the competition judge Frank Page LRPS LMPA.

Well done us!

The Bob - 2011/12 Round 1 results

The results of the 1st round of the Bob Forshaw DPI competition held on Tuesday 18 October are as follows:

1st 'Tuscan Vineyard at Dawn' by John Frid (shown)

2nd 'Delicate Beauty' by John Frid

3rd 'Thames' by Ernie Savarese

4th 'End of the World' by John Ewer

Congratulations to John Frid and thank you to everyone who submitted images and contributed to the first of our DPI comps this season.

All the winning photographs will be available to view in the website gallery later this week. The full score sheet will be on the club noticeboard next week.

Thanks again to Tim W and Ted for scoring tonights comp.

Guest speakers 25 October

Madagascar

a photographic talk

by Deborah and Duncan Armour

Shrewsbury House, Tuesday 25 October, starts at 8pm

Madagascar is remarkable for it's range of unique wildlife - 80% of its species of plants and animals are found here and nowhere else on earth. Perhaps most well known of these are the many species of lemurs.

This talk starts with an explanation of how this unusual and exotic diversity came to be, explores some of the local customs and modern day people, before heading into rainforest, spiny forest and desert in search of plants, bugs, birds and primates. Along the way, Deborah and Duncan will be happy to share tips and techniques for photography in some difficult environments.

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Guest speaker Mike Dales

On Tuesday 20 September we welcome a prints talk by Mike Dales ARPS.

You can read about Mike and get a sneak preview of some of his work here.

We start promptly at 8pm.

(Images by Mike Dales ARPS Top: 'Red Balloon'. Below: 'Lonely Tuba')

Next meeting - Tuesday 13 September

We have something rather special planned for Tuesday evening, Jambs Owls have kindly agreed to set-up at 6.30pm for a 7pm start to catch a bit of natural daylight, weather permitting. We'll have some outdoor lights and there may be an opportunity to move some of the birds into the studio. We understand they are bringing up to 20 birds including owls and birds of prey. Arrive early, it'll be a hoot!

(Top photo: 'Double Take' by Dawn O'Connor.

Lower Photo: 'Jambs Owls' by Stu Mayhew)