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The subjects were: "Something Made of Wood", "Lettering", "Something Red", "Something Round", "Movement", "Texture", "Close-up", "Shadow", "An Unusual Perspective" and "Legs".
The Teams gave themselves the following names: "The Beaulieu Dodgers", "Mark 2's", "The Beaulieu Scavengers" and "The Forget me nots" and spent the first part of the evening finding and taking the images. Afterwards, we met back at the School for refreshments and the teams chose their images for the competition on 29th June which were uploaded onto the MacBook before we left, Ian made a great job of doing this and putting them into separate folders ready to be scored.
The images were all "as taken" as jpegswith no post processing at all. The results were tremendous and a real credit to the proficiency and skill of our members. Each set of images for each subject were shown as PDIs which Sue critiqued. She put them in order from 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and the cumulative scores were added together to give a total overall.
The winning Team was "The Beaulieu Scavengers" which consisted of Hilary Flaxman, Emma Port and Maggie White - a grand result for the all-girl team who amassed a superb total of 37 and received the splendid prize of a box of Maltesers each.
To see the images from the winning team at full size, please click on this link: Gallery
Sue Dunham, Chairman
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This year's Fordingbridge Challenge Trophy took place on 27th April remotely via Zoom. Louis Rumis EFIAP MPAGB, who had been sent the images beforehand to assess, again made a return as the judge.
Eight clubs took part, each with an entry of eight PDI images, which should not have been used previously in an external competition.
As always, the standard of images was extremely high with a great variety of genres and styles of photography represented.
The winner of the trophy was Fordingbridge CC with a total of 71.5 marks. Beaulieu Camera Group finished in 4th place overall with 67 marks.
Congratulations to all the BCG members whose images represented the Group in this competition, particularly Maggie White CPAGB whose image "A Leap at Lepe" was awarded the maximum score of 10.
Fordingbridge Challenge Scoresheet 2022
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Many congratulations to Maggie White whose atmospheric shot of the Beaulieu River was selected as the winner of the 2021 photography competition by Lord Montagu. Maggie’s wonderful photo was chosen from nearly 100 entries to take the top spot and claim a £200 prize. Her winning photo is also featured in the 2022 Beaulieu River Tide Times & Information booklet.
Please click on the link below for lots more information on The Beaulieu River and for details on how to enter the competition for 2022:
https://beaulieuriver.co.uk/news/2020-beaulieu-river-photo-competition-winner-announced-2/
Sue Dunham Chairman
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BCGs PDI of the Year 2021 took place on 1st December with Jon Mitchell of Gosport Camera Club as our judge for the event. Sixty eight images had each been awarded a Seal of Merit at the five competitions held during 2021, including the set subject of "Water" and these vied for the PDI of the Year Trophy, 2nd and 3rd places and Highly Commended awards.
Jon's appraisal of the images was excellent with a good deal of consideration given to the merits of each image. He explained the reasoning behind his comments and why some just missed out out being selected for the awards. Jon commented on the high quality of all the Seal Winners and what a hard task he had in choosing the final ones.
First place and the winner of the PDI of the Year Trophy was awarded to Ian Hutchinson for his image "Silver-studded Blues".
In 2nd place was Maggie White with "Sisterly Love"
3rd place was awarded to Hilary Flaxman for "Waiting for a Breeze"
Jon awarded eleven Highly Commended certificates:
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Cathryn Baldock |
Rushing River |
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Sue Dunham |
Claerwen Cascade and Overflow |
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Sue Dunham |
Hanging Out to Dry |
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Gordon Garrett |
Don’t Lean on the Plough, You’re Slowing Me Down |
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Paul Gray |
Red-footed Falcon with Snack |
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Ian Hutchinson |
Egg Laying Horsefly |
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Ian Hutchinson |
Grey Phalarope Eyeing Up Bug |
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Ian Hutchinson |
Little Grebe, Motherly Love |
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Ian Park |
Keyhaven Light |
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Ian Park |
Misty Walk |
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Alan Price |
Lines |
The winning images can be viewed in the Gallery:
Sue Dunham Chairman
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Our inaugural "Alan Cooke Memorial Shield" competition took place on 20th October. This new annual event was founded to celebrate Alan's commitment to Beaulieu Camera Group and his photography.
Each year's competition will have a different genre to portray Alan's wide range of photographic skills and give diverse members a chance of being awarded the Shield. "Candid Photography"was chosen for the 1st one as it was the genre Alan was best known for.
Our judge for the evening was Roger Creber AFIAP ARPS DPAGB, who gave every image equal consideration while also appreciating its adherence to the theme. There was a total entry of 53 from which Roger chose the 1st place winner, two Highly Commended and eight Commended images.
1st place was awarded to Edna Phillips with "Lazing in the Sun".
Two images were awarded Highly Commended awards, "Crying with Laughter" by Barry Armstrong and "Bikers Relax" by Alan Price ARPS.
The following images were Commended:
Barry Armstrong "The Bubble Man", Alison Cawley "Two Pints and a Packet of Fags", Neil Hardy "Important Discussions", Ian Park "Nepalese School Girls", Alan Price "...and it was This Big", Alan Price "Butter Cross Busking", Rob Snellgrove "Preparing for Friday Prayers" and Maggie White "Hard Times".
Congratulations to all the winners and well done to all the members who entered with such a great array of images, Alan would have been delighted.
To see all the winning images please click on the link which will take you to the Gallery: The Alan Cooke Memorial Shield
Sue Dunham Chairman