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Thursday 11th April

Last night we held the results of the 2nd Beginners Print competition. Chris Graham judged the 11 entries and did a great job, giving helpful advice on how to make improvements. Thank you Chris.

The winner was Angela Dexter with a fabulous image of a swan entitled ‘Are my wings dry yet?’ Well done Angela🏆. Please see the attachment for the full results.

Afterwards we showed 2 videos – Gary Gough photographing Blyth Pier and local lad, Thomas Heaton photographing snow leopards in Mongolia.

Thursday 28th March.

As the club hall was not open last night due to Maundy Thursday a few members decided to venture into Newcastle to visit Newcastle Greyhound Stadium for a night of racing. Having pre booked we gained entry for £10 which included a Pie and Pea supper with a drink included + a race card of the races that were taking place, of which there were 12 in total. Most members added chips to go with there pies for an extra £2.75.

The idea of course was to take images of the greyhounds, and boy let me tell you they can sure motor round that track, I think all of us struggled to get sharp images to start but as the evening went on and we started to change our setting we did in the end manage to get some decent shots.

Some of the members decided to do a little gambling along with the photography, one managed to came away with a £10 profit and one managed to go home having lost the weeks housekeeping money, I knew better and kept my money in my pocket. As we left the stadium myself driving, I managed to scare the other members in the car with me when I thought I was on a one-way street and drove on the wrong side of the road. Well to be fair it was dark, and I did not have a clue where I was going.

Anyway, not to worry we all managed to get home safely and had a great evening even if we did get a little wet from the rain, I’m sure we will be planning another visit in the summer months when the weather is better and the nights lighter.

21st March

Last night we had the results of our new competition ‘2 From my Phone’. Barry Mcalle judged the competition. He did a great job giving helpful advice on how to make improvements. Thank you Barry 👏

There were some excellent images and it was good to see some of our newer members doing well. Many congratulations to Elaine, Phil, Mark and Sharon.

The 1st place did however go to Gordon, with a fabulous image entitled Harlow Carr Light Show. Congratulations Gordon 👏

Don’t forget

Next week the hall is closed.

See you again on the 4th April for our Beginner’s Open Pdi competition

29th February

Last night we held the results of Open PDI No.3, which was judged by Alan Porret

Alan gave helpful comments on all 48 entries, demonstrating that he’d spent a lot of time carefully considering each image.

The overall winner was Richard Turnbull with a stunning image of Longstone Lighthouse. Well done Richard, and to everyone who gained a place or a commendation. 👏

The full results will be sent out later.
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Next week we have the results of 2 competitions – Fantasy, Myth, Legend and Religion (FMLR) and Nature, judged by Stuart Skelsey.

It’s also the hand in date for our new competition ‘1 From my Phone’.  

Members may enter 2 images, which must only be edited using your phone’s inbuilt software.

Members should send their images to Malcolm or bring them in on a named memory stick.  Malcolm will size all the images for us….bless him 😇

The competition will be judged in-house by Barry Mcalle.

Coming Up
Beginners Competitions
The hand in dates for these competitions has changed to:
• Open PDI 2 now on 14th March
• Print 2 now on 21st March

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