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Two club league competitions were held in May and the
first, part of the Digitally Projected league, was held
on the 11th and was kindly judged by Pete Norwood from
Plymouth. Neil Doggett took first place with ‘The
Sharp End’ a close up of his cat’s
claw bordered by its shallow focus portrait. ‘Water
Shoot’ by David Rayner came second with third
place also being taken by Neil Doggett with ‘Reflection’.
Pete Norwood also brought along a selection of his wonderful
and award-winning Natural History images, making a well
rounded-off and thoroughly enjoyed evening.
The second competition
in May was a leg of the Merit league, kindly judged
for us by John Hawkins of Newton Abbot. This competition
has two parts and the Colour Print section was won by
Kevin Staddon with ‘Girls Best Friend’,
a bright and blue composition of a pair of shoes. A
motocross image entitled ‘Action on Dirt’
by Keith Miller gained second place and Norman Simpson
came third with ‘Cherry Red’. The
Monochrome Print section was won by Gert Landers with
‘The Dice’, a cleverly composed
and immaculately executed black and white tower of playing
dice. Stuart Barnes took second place with ‘The
Engine Driver’ and Kevin Staddon’s
‘The Fork’ was awarded third position.
A practical
evening of Studio Lighting was kindly given by two Mikes,
Mike Crowe from Newton Abbot and Mike Bond from Paignton.
They brought with them two models Andy Wright and Dani
Parker along with two complete sets of studio equipment.
A trio of twos! Members’ cameras were fitted up
with wireless links to the studio lighting and help
was on hand from the two Mikes to get that elusive ‘perfect
studio shot’ of upcoming models Dani and Andy.
Many thanks are due to the two Mikes and to the models
as well for a very enjoyable evening. Andy is standing
for this year’s Face of Plymouth, an aspiring
supermodel competition. We wish him good luck and plenty
of votes.
Visitors are
always welcome to club meetings and we meet at Bittaford
Community Hall from 7:30 PM, normally on the first,
second and fourth Tuesdays in the month. However, our
summer break means the next regular meeting is on the
7th September. Our programme, members’ photographs
and much more are all available elsewhere on this website.
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Ivybridge
& District Camera Club Secretary, Sylvia Wilson
discusses a shot with model Dani Parker during
the club’s studio shooting practical evening.
Photo by Keith Miller |
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