BARRY Camera Club ended their April programme with the monthly competition night. This month the judge was Keith Sharples CPAGB, BPE2* who managed to arrive on time despite horrendous traffic problems.

Keith gave a detailed and very thorough critique to every shot and in complete contradiction to other judges on the circuit Keith made the point that the way the prints were mounted made no difference at all to him – he was only interested in the image itself.

Other judges however, tend to place great importance on the mount as being part of the entire image. He was impressed with the strength of the images he had been given and awarded marks and prizes as follows:

Monochrome Print: Kevin awarded 20 points and first place to Glenn Porter for his action shot A Shot At The Steelers Goal, second place and 19 points to Glenn Porter again for Old Tilley Lamp and 18 points and third place to John Dudley for Rocky. Highly commended were Spanner Man by John Dudley and Mist In The Woods by Roy Carr which all received 17 points.

Colour Print: 20 points and first place was granted to Glenn Porter for The Pier, 19 points and second place to Barbra Archdale-Smith for Structural Shapes and third place with 18 points went to Roy Carr for Saltwick Down. Highly commended prints gaining 17 points each were Styling It by Glenn Porter and Dawn On Whitby Pier by Roy Carr.

The Projected Image section was, as always, the best supported section and Keith made the following awards: Gareth Williams gained an outright first prize scoring 20 points for his Southerndown Sunset, Philippa Evans was awarded 19 points and second place for Common Blue Damselfly, and Gareth Williams gained third place with The Abandoned Game, scoring 18 points. Highly commended images, each scoring 17 points were Proud by Tom Conibear, Don’t Cry by Malcolm Downes and Male Wren Singing by Steve Everitt.

Congratulations to all prize winners but in particular to Philippa for such a terrific show of multiple successes over the month.

May sees the end of the winter programme with the summer programme due to start on June 11 with the annual Barrian Cup and Dave Cowdrey Trophy. Approximately 20 clubs from Wales and the west of England will be competing for these trophies and anyone who wants to see some first class photography should come along to the St Francis Millennium Centre to this event.

Barry Camera Club meets every Friday evening from 7pm to 9.30pm at St Francis Millennium Centre, Porth-y-Castell, Barry Garden Suburb, Barry. They are a very friendly organisation and new members of all experience and skill levels are always welcome to attend with no obligation to join. Alternatively, for more information visit their website barrycameraclub.co.uk