Entry for the last exhibition of the year – Port Talbot

Posted on December 31, 2011 by mike

Yesterday I finally got together my last competition of the year – for the inaugural Port Talbot Camera Club International Salon for digital Photography. Entries close today (31st December 2011) so my entry was pretty much last minute – an end to a year of very erratic entries to competition.

There were three classes available – monochrome, colour, and people. It will be no surprise to anyone who knows me that I didn’t enter the people class, but I did enter four images for both the monochrome and colour classes some old favourites, and some new.

Monochrome Images

monochrome photograph of steps up from the beach at Silloth

Silloth Steps

photograph - Two trees remain standing amidst the devastation at Iron Keld

Devastation #2

photograph - old and new shops side by side in a Cumbrian town centre

Ancient and Modern

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Cotswold Monochrome Salon 2011

Posted on June 4, 2011 by mike

Monochrome photograph of a steam engine being restored at Threlkeld

Old Time Engineering

Cotswold Monochrome has reverted to a ‘print only’ format this year so I had to decide whether or not I wanted to go to the additional cost and effort (and planning!) of preparing and posting prints rather than digital images that I usually select and send at the last minute! I have some print boxes left over from the days before digital projected image competitions were the norm, so decided to enter, and shared the postage costs at least with a couple of other members from my local camera club. Continue reading “Cotswold Monochrome Salon 2011” »

GDPU Digital Exhibition 2011 (update: results)

Posted on May 28, 2011 by mike

The second photographic salon I submitted images to this year was the Glasgow District Photographic Union’s 2011 digital exhibition. As the name implies this salon is for digital images only, which is much easier to manage an entry for than a print exhibition! Acceptances at this exhibition count towards BPE awards. Continue reading “GDPU Digital Exhibition 2011 (update: results)” »

Bristol International Salon of Photography 2011 results

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mike

Black and white photograph of steps from the beach at Silloth

Steps at Silloth

I received the results for my submission to this years Bristol International Salon by email today, and am delighted to have obtained two acceptances from four entries into the ‘Open’ class. My best result was with ‘Steps at Silloth’ taken in February this year. (Silloth is a small town on the Cumbrian Coast.) This achieved 17 marks out of a possible 18!
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Bristol International Salon of Photography 2011

Posted on March 20, 2011 by mike

I’ve started my trail through the photography salons this year with an entry to the Bristol Salon. This international salon is for projected digital images only, with three classes. I’ve entered the ‘open’ class only (which merges monochrome, colour and creative into a single class).
more about my Bristol Salon entry

Beyond Group

Posted on July 29, 2010 by mike

Following on from my initial entry this year into the Cotswold Monochrome Salon, I’ve also entered the Beyond Group Salon. This salon is only for projected images, so I didn’t have to make a decision whether I should enter prints or not. It does however offer the option for entering both colour and monochrome images so I entered some of each. (It also offers a ‘nature’ class, which I didn’t enter.) Once again acceptances count towards BPE awards.

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