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2021 / 22 POTY1 Open Print results

Last night was the first POTY review evening of 2021/22

Phil Mallin came first with his image “St Michaels Mount”

St Michael’s Mount-Phil Mallin

Pipping James Botterill who came 2nd & 3rd

Haystacks-James Botterill

Tranquility-James Botterill

	Competition:	Open
	Date:	14 October 2020
No	Title	Author	Rank	Avge
48	St Michaels Mount	Phil Mallin	1	24.27
36	Haystacks	James Botterill	2	23.61
16	Tranquility	James Botterill	3	23.17
47	The Seer	Julie Holbeche Maund	4	23.00
26	Thistles	Alan Wardropper	5	22.45
40	3 Flowers With Shadows	Paul Steans	6	22.27
7	Gannet	Chantal Cooper	7	21.91
35	Cosmos	Isobel Chesterman	8	21.87
38	Cliff Railway Saltburn	John Smith	9	21.82
13	Blue Splash	Graham Townsend	10	21.73
20	Sunflowers	Paul Steans	11	21.68
3	West Fjord Rock	Phil Mallin	12	21.64
2	The Old Buffalo Hunter	Julie Holbeche Maund	13	21.41
28	Unfurling Hedgehog	Chantal Cooper	14	21.39
44	Dancing Queen	Stuart Kenny	15	21.17
37	Rock Flow	John Denny	16	21.14
32	Cley Next The Sea	Gary Wood	17	21.09
42	A Bit Of Colour	Robin Astle	18	21.05
45	Half A Brace	Trish Rudin	19	21.04
6	Amble Lighthouse	Andy Freeman	20	20.95
17	Seaside Rock	John Denny	21	20.86
14	Papplewick Beauty	Ian Waite	22	20.68
4	Broken Doll	Al Simms	23	20.64
11	Leaf Me Alone	Derick Langman	23	20.64
12	Thurne	Gary Wood	23	20.64
34	Hi Mum	Ian Waite	23	20.64
18	Cromer Tractors	John Smith	27	20.41
22	Ideas	Robin Astle	28	20.36
33	Baby Doll	Graham Townsend	29	20.18
15	Imagined Landscape	Isobel Chesterman	30	20.17
5	The Flapper	Alan Wardropper	31	20.14
24	Alfie	Trish Rudin	32	20.13
8	Aurora	Daniel Wood	33	19.87
25	Master Of Puppets	Al Simms	34	19.86
31	The Battlefield	Debbie Lowe	35	19.77
23	The Gate Keeper	Steve Pears	36	19.74
27	Vintage Chrome	Andy Freeman	37	19.73
1	Split Pepper	Roger Leck	38	19.48
29	Tori	Daniel Wood	39	19.39
10	Pretty In Pink	Debbie Lowe	40	19.32
43	Girl On A Train	Steve Pears	41	19.22
46	Protestine in Prague	Roger Leck	42	19.04
19	Ratcliffe On-Soar	Derick Langman	43	18.95
30	Dusk Helsinki	Dave Varnham	44	18.77
9	Sunset Reflection	Dave Varnham	45	18.59
21	Good Shot	Rob Jones	46	18.23
41	Bridge To The Castle	Rob Jones	47	17.91
39	Soft Landing	Kim Wright	48	16.91

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2021 / 2022 Secretary’s challenge results

Tonight was the Secretary’s challenge. There were 45 images and it was judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5 CPAGB A/V

Special mention should go to Debbie Lowe for her image “Flour Power”

which Scored 20 but was pipped as the overall winner by James Botterills image “Three Wreaks”

Image	Author	Score
Angel At St Michaels	Chris Dunne	14
Clowns	Al Simms	14
Alfie	Trish Rudin	15
Cley Next The Sea	Gary Wood	15
Crowd Pleasers	Paul Steans	15
Got Air	Chris Dunne	15
Ice Chapel	Debbie Lowe	15
Swaledale Barns	Steve Pears	15
Tori	Daniel Wood	15
Watering Can	Rob Jones	15
Aurora	Daniel Wood	16
Beach Tree	Roger Leck	16
Bee On Echinacea	Ian Waite	16
Cliff Railway Saltburn	John Smith	16
Cosmos In The Rain	Chantal Cooper	16
Escape From Fountains Abbey	Steve Pears	16
Going Home	Steve Signorelli	16
Lydia	Ian Waite	16
Poppies	Derick Langman	16
Red Satin	Alan Wardropper	16
Silver And Gold	Derick Langman	16
Thurne	Gary Wood	16
Tranquility	John Smith	16
Winner Loser	Stuart Kenney	16
Young Fallow On The Lookout	Trish Rudin	16
Eye Note	Roger Leck	17
Imagined Landscape	Isobel Chesterman	17
Montbretia	Steve Signorelli	17
Organza	Alan Wardropper	17
Scary Dolls	Al Simms	17
The Gent	Julie Holbeche Maund	17
To The Lighthouse	Phil Mallin	17
2Lb Of Carrots	Phil Mallin	18
Birsay Lighthouse	John Denny	18
On The Beach	Paul Steans	18
Resting Flamingo	Rob Jones	18
Splash Dress	Graham Townsend	18
Sunset On The Causeway	Julie Holbeche Maund	18
Broken Ballerina	Graham Townsend	19
Donkey And Dog	Chantal Cooper	19
Hot Wheels	James Botterill	19
Mother & Child	Stuart Kenney	19
The Tempest	Isobel Chesterman	19
Flour Power	Debbie Lowe	20
Three Wreaks	James Botterill	20

Gallery of Images

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2021/22 Principles Of Photography Phil Savoie BS MS MFA

Last night although forced due to technical issues back to home Zoom saw the first of our guest speakers Phil Savoie BS MS MFA who presented his talk “Principles Of Photography”

To say the least an inspiring talk that covered many aspects of both his photographic journey and photography in general.

It included unsurprising many awe inspiring images, lots of useful information on a wide range of topics from Lens design to useful “cheap” gadgets & tip’s and tricks of the trade.

To see more Phils work visit his website https://philsavoie.com/

Competition Secretary

Resizing Images for Projected Image Competitions and for the Internet

At the moment the standard dimensions for the Club Projected Image Competition is 1920 x 1080 pixels.

Anything larger / smaller than these dimensions will be automatically resized and quality may suffer because of it.

for Adobe Photoshop,

Open your image RAW, JPEG, etc in Photoshop.

Need to convert to sRGB Colourspace. Select Edit->Convert To Profile

And ensure Destination is sRGB

To resize image Select Image > Image Size. Ensure pixels is selected.

Change the resolution from the default (usually 240) to 72.

Ensure constrained proportions is enabled

As a general rule irrespective of if image is landscape or portrait orientated enter 1080 for the height

Check that the width doesn’t exceed 1920. If it does you need to instead set the width to 1920

or Adobe Lightroom.

To resize on Lightroom you do this at the time of Export

Select image to Export then Select File->Export

First locate the File Settings

And select sRGB for Colour Space

No locate the Image Sizing section

Set Resolution

Set size to 1080 Pixels

Now you need to set the edge. If the image is Landscape you select Short Edge and if Portrait Long Edge

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2021 Exhibition Members Evening

Wednesday 1st Sept 2021 saw a return to normality with the first face to face meeting of the Club in 18 months. It was also the first meeting of the 2021/22 Season and the Presentation evening for the 2020/21 Season

Julie Holdbeche-Maund received the Secretarys Cup

Isobel Chesterman receiving the Neville Jackson Trophy for Image of the year 2020/21

For her image “Newhaven Storm”

John Denny receiving the Chairmans Trophy in recognition of the improvement’s seen in his images during the 2020/21 season

James Botterill receiving the Wendy Jarvis Memorial Trophy for Photographer of the year 2020/21 presented by Wendys grandson Henry

Isobel Chesterman receiving the Trevor Wain UK Landscape Trophy 2020/21 presented by Trevors Grandson Oli

It was held at The Atkins Gallery where we are currently holding the 2021 Exhibition. Click to see the images

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2021 Exhibition Virtual Tour

Click for 2021 Exhibition Virtual Tour

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2021 Members External Success

The summer has seen members achieve more success in national & international Competitions

Phil Mallin & Julie Holbeche-Maund have now both achieved BPE1 having both had a minimum of 25 images accepted at British Photographic Exhibitions and Phil has also be awared LRPS.

Mean while several members including Debbie Lowe, Alan Wardropper and Peter Lawrance had images accepted at the 72nd Midland Salon and Peter was awarded a FIAP Silver

for his image “Reading Street” which scored the maximum 15

Reading Street-

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2021 AGM

Last night was the last meeting of the 2020 / 21 season.

It was the AGM and quorum was reached as a result all actions and suggestion from the committee were agreed and a new committee elected for 2021 / 22

Officers And Committee Members

Club Chairman:	Paul Steans	chair@earlshiltoncameraclub.org.uk
Club Secretary:	James Botterill	secretary@earlshiltoncameraclub.org.uk
Programme Secretary	Ian Waite	progsec@earlshiltoncameraclub.org.uk
Treasurer	John Langham	treasurer@earlshiltoncameraclub.org.uk
Competition Secretary	Gary Wood	compsec@earlshiltoncameraclub.org.uk
Other Committee Members :	Daniel Wood Debbie Lowe John Denny Steve Pears

Competition Secretary

2021 Neville Jackson Image of the year

Last night saw the last competition of the season with the Neville Jackson Image of the year which was an Open competition externally judged by David Kissman CPAGB BPE2*

David had 58 images to comment upon and was very insightful and constructive in those comments.

Isobel Chesterman emerged victorious with her image “Newhaven Storm”

Newhaven Storm

just piping as an indication of the quality 3 other images that were awarded top marks

Image #	Title	Author	Score	Position
1	6990 Witherslack Hall	Gary Wood	15
2	A Basket Of Oranges	Julie Holbeche Maund	14
3	Baddersley Clinton	Rob Jones	14
4	Beacon Hill Rocks	Ken Chesterman	15
5	Bell Tower At Packwood	Rob Jones	13
6	Bucolic Autumn	Steve Pears	13
7	Buttermere	James Botterill	16
8	Cage Fighter	Debbie Lowe	18
9	Caught In The Buffers	Ken Chesterman	14
10	Charlestown Harbour	John Smith	17
11	Chequered Path	Peter Lawrance	14
12	Clear Round	Peter Lawrance	14
13	Dormant Dodgems	Roger Leck	17
14	Early Morning Workout	Steve Pears	16
15	Feather And Silk	Phil Mallin	18
16	Feeding Time	Paul Steans	14
17	For The Future	Paul Steans	13
18	Grace And Elegance	Graham Townsend	16
19	Guitar Hero	Graham Townsend	17
20	Haute Cuisine	Peter Lawrance	20	Highly Commended
21	Here Comes The Big One	Ken Chesterman	14
22	High Speed Rail	Ian Waite	17
23	Hot Wheels	James Botterill	18
24	Leave Me Alone	Roger Leck	13
25	Liss The Ballerina	Al Simms	15
26	Look No Hands	Alan Wardropper	15
27	M42 Orion Nebula	Rob Jones	15
28	Magnolia	Debbie Lowe	17
29	Mijas Serenader	Roger Leck	16
30	Misty Morning	John Denny	20	Highly Commended
31	Mr And Mrs Mandarin	Chantal Cooper	16
32	Newhaven Storm	Isobel Chesterman	20	1st
33	Pin Mill	James Botterill	17
34	Pole Position	Steve Bexon	14
35	Pretty Little Psycho	Debbie Lowe	15
36	Rain Dance	Steve Bexon	16
37	Redwing	Chantal Cooper	20	Highly Commended
38	Robin In The Snow	Chantal Cooper	16
39	Roystone Rocks	Phil Mallin	19	Commended
40	Ruffled Feathers	Graham Townsend	16
41	Saltburn View	John Smith	16
42	Sensual	Alan Wardropper	17
43	Smiling Sphinx Rock	Julie Holbeche Maund	18
44	Swithland Morning	John Smith	15
45	Taking Off	Isobel Chesterman	14
46	Tea Time	Ian Waite	17
47	The Barber	Paul Steans	15
48	The Home Turn	Isobel Chesterman	19	Commended
49	The Lighthouse	Julie Holbeche Maund	17
50	The Rear Gunner	Al Simms	16
51	Time For A Rest	Al Simms	19	Commended
52	To The Lighthouse	Phil Mallin	18
53	Torridon	Steve Pears	17
54	Trevose Head Lighthouse	Gary Wood	15
55	Underneath The Arches	Ian Waite	14
56	Waiting To Be Invited In	Alan Wardropper	15
57	West Wheal Owles	Gary Wood	13
58	Wyming Falls	Steve Bexon	19	Commended