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Published: 09 November 2019

Our Print of the Year 2019 Competition took place on 6th November with Tony Oliver ARPS CPAGB BPE3* as the judge for the evening.

Thirty eight prints, which had been awarded Seals of Merit during the year, were eligible for inclusion and vied for the title. Tony's judging was enjoyed very much by the BCG members. He gave an excellent critique of each image and held a number of them back to make his final selections.

1st place was awarded to Paul Gray for "Heart Beat"

In 2nd Place was  Ian Bateson with "Triathlon Chaos"

 3rd Place was awarded to Bob Abbott for "Highland Stag"

Two prints were awarded Highly Commended honours, "Meadow Brown" by Sue Dunham and "Wheelie Good" by Paul Gray.

Congratulations to the award winners and to all those members whose prints were awarded Seals of Merit during the year.

Sue Dunham - Competition Secretary

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Published: 13 October 2019

The second inter-club match between Beaulieu Camera Group and New Forest Camera Club, hosted by BCG took place on 9th October. The judge for the evening was Leo Rich ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB HonAPAGB, who gave an excellent critique of each of the ten prints and ten PDIs submitted by each club. It was a pleasure to welcome a good number of New Forest Camera Club members to Beaulieu.

The Print section was won by Beaulieu CG with a total of 87 marks, with New Forest CC achieving a total of 83 marks. Congratulations to Ian Bateson whose print "Triathlon Chaos"and  Sue Dunham whose print "The Next Generation" were awarded the maximum score of 10 and Bob Abbott whose print "Highland Stag" was awarded a score of 9.5. (The authors of NFCCs entry are not shown for privacy reasons).

                                                 PRINT SCORE SHEET

 The PDI section was also won by Beaulieu CG with a total of 86.5 marks with New Forest CC close behind with a total of 85 marks. No tens were awarded, but congratulations to Hilary Flaxman whose print was awarded a score of 9.5.

                                                     PDI SCORE SHEET

This is a great result for Beaulieu Camera Group. Thank you to all those members whose images helped to achieve our excellent marks for this match.

The images of the Prints and PDIs used by BCG for this competition can be viewed in the gallery.

 Sue Dunham - Competition Secretary

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Published: 23 July 2019

This year's Beaulieu Village Fete took place on Saturday 20th July and Beaulieu Camera Group were once again invited to exhibit prints from our members. After a light shower of rain in the morning, the weather in the afternoon was dry and bright with a little breeze. Prints from twenty five different members were on display with a total of 81 images. The fete was opened by Adrian Hall who played Jeremy the boy in the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and he arrived in the actual car. Adrian was asked to choose his favourite print and he selected "Walk to the Lighthouse, Northumberland" by Hilary Flaxman who was presented with a bottle of champagne. The general public were also sked to vote for their favourite print and 330 people handed in a voting slip, a record number. The print with the highest number of votes was "Homeward Bound" by Paul Gray, who will be presented with the Bob Grier Trophy at our first meeting after the Summer break. Many thanks to all the members who supplied prints for the Exhibition and also to Hilary Flaxman, Neil Hardy, Greg Holmes, Paul Gray and Alan Price who helped set up the stands and put the prints up and the many members who visited the Fete in the afternoon and helped give out the voting slips and talk to the visitors.

Hilary Flaxman with her print "Walk to the Lighthouse, Northumberland" which was the choice of guest judge, Adrian Hall, pictured with Adrian and Lord Montagu.

Paul Gray with his print "Homeward Bound" the winner of the Bob Grier trophy for the most votes by the general public at the Beaulieu Village Fete.

To see the full list of votes cast at the Village Fete please click on the link below which will take you to the Members Section:

https://beaulieucameragroup.co.uk/members/members-news/207-beaulieu-village-fete-2019 

Sue Dunham - Competition Secretary

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Published: 24 June 2019

The PAGB Inter Federation Competition took place last weekend. Fifteen Federations entered up to 120 images over the four classes, so there were 1800 of some of the best current images from the whole of the UK. Each Federation's top 15 images in each class counted towards their final scores. Beaulieu Camera Group is a member of the Southern Counties Photographic Federation (SCPF) and two of our members' work was selected to represent the SCPF in the National competition. Many congratulations to Hilary Flaxman whose image "African Buffalo Kruger NP" was given a score of 12 in the Colour Print Class and to Paul Gray, whose image "Nature's Wrath" was given a score of 14 in the Open Digital Class and selected to be exhibited in the National Exhibition of the PAGB. This is a wonderful achievement for Hilary and Paul and good recognition for Beaulieu Camera Group.

The SCPF did very well overall, coming joint 8th in the Colour Print Class, joint 7th in the Mono Print Class, joint 3rd in the Nature Class and joint 9th in the Open PDI Class.

The full list of results and scores can be viewed by clicking here:SCPF_InterFed_2019_Results.pdf

Sue Dunham - Competition Secretary

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Published: 19 May 2019

Many congratulations to Paul Gray who was awarded a Southampton Camera Club Certificate of Merit at this year's Southampton International Exhibition of Photography. The award was given for "Nature's Wrath" in the Open Digital Class. and has also previously been awarded a Seal of Merit in a BCG PDI competition. Four more of Paul's entries were accepted into the Exhibition, one in the Colour Print Class "The Power and the Light" and three in the Digital Landscape Class, "Catching the Dawn Light", "Keyhaven Dawn" and "Westerly 80 Knots and Rising". 

Paul was presented with his Certificate at the Award Ceremony by Louis Rumis MPAGB EFIAP.