• Rachel McNiven
• Jim Williamson
• Philip Hayman
  

Rod Bird: Picture by David Hughes.

Print and PDI competition, theme Night Time

Judge: Chris Hutchinson

Another packed house at the Cornerstone for the club’s Third Quarterly Competition featuring our guest judge for the evening Chris Hutchinson from nearby Yateley. Chris is a frequent visitor to WEBCC and this evening and he had a mammoth task to assess and score over 70 images.

Winners of the PDI competition, each achieving a maximum 10/10 points were as follows:

• Colin Dillon, 'City Lights'
• Mike Holderness, 'North Coast, North Star'
• Mike Holderness, 'Put the kettle on love!'
• Peter Allington, 'Tower Bridge by Moonlight'
• Ryszard Gorell, 'Snow Storm'
• Paul Townson, 'Street Lanterns'

Winners of the print competition, each achieving a maximum 10/10 points:

• Peter Allington, 'The Shard'
• Tony Mearman, 'Marlow at Night'
• Tony Mearman, 'Westminster Sunset'

Arranging the print displays in preparation of the judging are Karen Knowlson and Pam Loft.
Picture by David Hughes.

WEBCC Christmas Social

The club had another well attended evening welcoming members and their partners to the annual Christamas Social, this time at our home venue, the Cornerstone. Our social evening started with food and drinks being served and this was followed by a talk by guest speaker David Hunt. David’s presentation “Half a Century of Photography” The talk covered a range from very early photographs (brought up to date with digital technology) to recent ones, picking out a few subjects that have interested David over the years. The talk included some comparison of the old and new technologies and how images can now be manipulated in the computer.	Guest speaker, David Hunt
Pictures by David Hughes	Mark Reynolds, Ron Simpson and John Beacham sharing a joke together!
WEBCC Logo Competition
Following the talk from our guest speaker David Hunt, all of the entries for the WEBCC Logo competition were shown to the members for their assessment and voting. A secret ballot was held between all of the members in attendance and the logo submitted by Mike Holderness was selected as the winner and Mike’s striking new logo will shortly be appearing on the club’s website and other WEBCC media. Many congratulations to Mike!	The new WEBCC Club logo.

Second Quarterly Competition for prints and PDIs
Theme ‘Reflected Image’

Judge: Alan Copeland LRPS; APAGB Alan Copeland is a popular photographic judge and a frequent visitor to Wokingham & East Berks CC.

We had another full house and were delighted to welcome new members Sian Walker and Phil Blanchard to the meeting. With a new slant on proceedings, we decided to call this meeting ‘Ladies Night’ in dedication to the key functions being managed by female participants, namely:

• Betty Simpson
• Clare Odds
• Sue Smith
• Sue Scott
• Dawn Evans
• Sue Istead
• Glynis Jodrell

The Reflected Image competition began with the Digital Images and there were 40 entries in total.

Congratulations to the four members that achieved maximum points of 10/10:

• Allan Michie, November Sunset (New member Allan’s first competition entry)
• Ann Collins, Western Industrial
• Graham Elliott, Tri Lakes Pond
• Tony Mearman, Pelican Sunset

In the print section, there were 36 entries and the winning prints achieving 10/10 were as follows:

• Peter Allington, Bridge at Barca d’Alva
• Paul Townson, Constables’ Flatford Mill
• John Drew, Isle of Mull

Congratulations to all three members and to Peter Allington in particular whose print was selected by the judge as the best print in the competition.

Please look out for the images in the WEBCC gallery pages.

Picture by David Hughes

Lecture “Points of View”

Presented by Chris Palmer (ARPS AFIAP DPAGB APAGB)

Another full house at the Cornerstone witnessed a very enjoyable semi-instructional lecture on landscape photography from Chris Palmer. The slide presentation covered many hints and tips on equipment, composition and photographic techniques for landscape photography.

Chris gained an Associateship of the RPS with traditional monochrome prints, and has completed an 8 year term on the Licentiateship assessment panel of the RPS and is frequently engaged in providing advice at RPS distinction workshops.

A busy national PAGB judge, and popular lecturer, Chris has visited more than 160 different camera clubs, (WEBCC is the 167th camera club Chris has performed at) and judged many regional, national and international exhibitions.

Visit Cris's website for more information

Presentation by Mr Phil Binks on “RAW File Processing”

We had a good turnout at the Cornerstone again where WEBCC members enjoyed an excellent presentation by our guest speaker for the evening Phil Binks, on the subject of RAW File Processing. Phil, from West London is an experienced photographer with his own studio and is also employed as a specialist in supplying high-end colour management solutions across the creative and print industry. Phil impressed the audience with his skills and knowledge of Adobe Camera RAW by demonstrating his work flow for converting RAW files into stunning images.

Phil setting up his projector before the presentation

An image from the presentation:  Adjusting colour temperature and tint.

Photos by David Hughes

Next meeting:  Thursday 27th October, Summer Challenge Print Competition and Four Print Competition” Guest judge, Tony Charters.

WEBCC First Quarterly Competition for Prints and PDIs

Theme “Open” judged by Mr George Walsh APAGB

For our second meeting of the new 2011/12 season, WEBCC had a well-attended evening with over 50 prints and 50 PDIs entered into the first quarterly competition. The club welcomed back the popular judge Mr George Walsh APAGB who assessed each image in turn and awarded marks for all of the pictures.

Winners of the print section were as follows:

• Glynis Jodrell,”Wastwater” awarded 10 points
• David Sherwill, “Derelict Cottage” awarded 10 points
• Mike Holderness, “Dark Peak Grit” awarded 10 points

Winners of the PDI section were as follows:

• Ron Simpson, “Badger” awarded 10 points
• John Drew, “Young Robin” awarded 10 points
• Mike Holderness, “North Tower” awarded 10 points

George Walsh assessing one of the print entries Photo by David Hughes

Some of the print entries being prepared by Ernie Loft Picture by David Hughes

Next meeting: Thursday 13th October A talk on RAW File Processing by Phil Binks

Meeting Summary

The first meeting of the 2011-2012 season was held on Thursday 8th September 2011, at the Cornerstone, Wokingham. The meeting was started with a warm welcome from the new Chairman, Tony Mearman to all members at the beginning of the new season and a special welcome to new members:

• David Sherwill
• Alan Michie
• Carli Thorpe
• Liz Mearman
• Robert Swann

Image by David Hughes Peter Odds, the outgoing Chairman was presented with a certificate on behalf of the membership in recognition of his outstanding service to the club over many years. Peter was awarded with the honorary role of WEBCC President and Life Family Membership.

Image by David Hughes Peter Allington, outgoing Secretary was also presented with a certificate in recognition of his outstanding service to the club over many years and was awarded with an honorary Life Membership.

Rodney Hart, Programme Secretary gave a presentation on all of the speakers he has arranged to give photographic talks during the coming season. Rodney also distributed the new style membership cards and information booklets he had designed and produced for the new season.

Image by Clive Dryden Ann Collins was presented with the Muggridge Shield for winning the 2010 -2011 PDI competition

Image by David Hughes Rodney Hart was presented with the Odds Trophy for which he tied with John Drew for the 2010 – 2011 print competition

Next meeting 22nd Sept, First Quarterly Competition, Prints and PDIs, Guest Judge, George Walsh APAGB

A new focus group is being launched for Photoshop enthusiasts in the De Vitre room of the Cornerstone building with the first meeting scheduled for Monday 19th September @ 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Meetings will continue on the third Monday of the month from September 2011 until May 2012. No meeting is scheduled for December due to the Christmas holiday period.

All WEBCC members that are Photoshop or Photoshop Elements users are invited to participate and all skill levels from beginner to experienced user will be welcome.

Please contact Tony Mearman for details.