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Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru
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GPU Award
Tony Davies, member of the GPU Governing Board, presenting GPU Crown 3 and VIP1 awards to Andy Polakowski of the Eryri Photo Group and Mold Camera Club
RPS - Documentary Photographer of the Year 2021 Exhibition
Oriel Colwyn, the RPS Documentary Group and the North Wales Region have worked together to bring the Documentary Photographer of the Year 2021 exhibition to North Wales.
The exhibition will open on Monday 13th June 2022, and be on display for four weeks.
The opening event with live and zoom talks will happen on Saturday 18th June, 18:00 BST.
Admission to the event is free of charge but because space is limited you will need to book a free ticket through the Oriel Colwyn website:
http://orielcolwyn.org/dpoty21/
2022 Exhibition Acceptances Gallery
The 2022 Exhibition Acceptances Gallery is now live click here (or in the menu above under Ehibitions/NWPA/Results/2022/Gallery)
NWPA Exhibition results
Our Exibition Selection day took place yesterday at Craig y Don, Llandudno, with our selectors for the day being Dave Butler, Gareth Martin and Diana Magor (who stepped in last minute due to Bob Dennis being injured). No issues during the selection as it all ran smoothly, but a huge thanks to all three selectors for being diligent and meticulous in their choosing of the awards.
To view the award winners please click here
A huge thank you to all who helped to make it a very enjoyable day all round.
Awards presentation
Ken Lester being awarded his DPAGB award by the Vice Presiden, Linda Bell
Peter Williams being presented with his CPAGB award by the Vice President of the NWPA, Linda Bell.
Facebook Page Live
We now have a Facebook group page for the NWPA, the page is open for all affiliated clubs and their members to use. We also hope to use this page to keep you informed of any relevant news items, invite you to any upcoming events, as well as promote discussion between clubs and members.
Could all NWPA delegates please inform their members and furnish
them with group the link below
https://www.facebook.com/groups/304807048308339
Any issues please e mail Chris V Evans
Or message via Facebook messenger Chris V Evans
KEVIN HIRST, LRPS, CPAGB, Hon.NWPA, APAGB
Kevin Hirst is a long-standing member of Mold Camera Club and the Eryri Photo Group in North Wales. He has been on our Judges and Lecturers list for many years and is always welcomed across the federation for his friendly judgements and helpful hints.
He has served as NWPA Secretary and President and is currently Chairman of Mold CC. Recently he has been very involved with the digital side of N.Wales exhibitions and competitions, but has always been willing to give his time to help others, whether beginners groups or participating in club and federation events.
The NWPA is proud that Kevin’s contribution to photography has been recognised with this award of APAGB.
Kevin been presented with his award by Ian O'Neill, NWPA President
NWPA Exhibition
The NWPA Exhibition entry portal is now open TO ENTER CLICK HERE
Information, rules and ways to pay are on the Exhibition Rules page click here
Well done to Gary Jones (Mold CC) won the People's Choice Award for his image "Romeo the Puffin" in the recent North Wales Open exhibition at Theatr Clwyd, resulting in a goodly number of sales.
Andy Polakowski (Mold CC) has been awarded GPU-VIP1 status by the Global Photographic Union for gaining Gold Medals with 5 different images in International Salons and GPU-Crown3 for further International Acceptances.
Results of the PAGB Trophy and Cup added to the Newsletter Click here
PAGB Awards in Audio Visual (CPAGB-DPAGB)
From Phil Chadwick Awards Officer (NWPA) has informed us that on Monday 15th of May 2022, the PAGB will be holding an adjudication via Zoom, guidance notes can be downloaded here. If any mentoring is required, our very own AV group will no doubt be able to help, their contact details can be found on our members clubs page HERE.

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Ian O'Neill/ Blaenau Camera club
Ian has been interested in photography from an early age thanks to his brother, who used to develop his own pictures in a makeshift darkroom (their bathroom!), and for a six year old it was magic. A camera was the first thing he ever purchased with his first salary when starting work and he has never been without one since.
At the moment he uses the Olympus system which is light and gives excellent results; after 25 years with Canon, Olympus gives him what he wants in a small package. The genres he's most interested in photography-wise are People, Environmental, Landscapes and Macro . . . but he does turn his hand to other subjects when the urge is there. But his main interest is people photography and he enjoys the rapport to get the perfect shot ("yet to get it . . . still striving for it!").
He is a member of Blaenau Ffestiniog camera club and is their Competition Secretary, as well as webmaster. It is a small club with some really impressive photographers across so many genres. He's also a member of Eryri Photo Group and the Royal Photographic Society.
Peter Jepson DPAGB BPE1*
I have been involved with photography since the early 1980’s, with motorsport and wild life being the subject matter I enjoyed taking the most.
As the years progressed I started to enter competitions and I’ve been lucky enough to have had success at Club, National and International levels.
Currently I enjoy landscape photography but look forward to being trackside or in a hide, it goes without saying but every time I go out with my kit, I always get a buzz and hope that I might be lucky and capture that special moment.
During my time in photography I have been a member of Smethwick PS, Solihull PS and Worcestershire CC, where I was chairman for a season. I moved from the Midlands with my wife a while ago and we now reside within the Snowdonia National Park with our two dogs and where we are blessed with the most amazing landscape, how could you not be inspired.
Phil Chadwick DPAGB BPE5 AWPF AFIAP
Phil, with wife Jean, is currently a member of the Eryri Photo Group having belonged to a number of other photo clubs
over many years. In the 1970s he joined Wigan PS for 4 years, then Crewe CC in the 1980s for about 3 years followed by
Cefni CC on moving yet again. When they retired in 2004 they decided to get back into club photography and turn digital!
As they were now living in the Conwy area they joined Conwy CC before joining Llandudno PS. Phil has enjoyed success
at club level, never being out of the top three photographers in any club.
As to his type of photography, he enjoys taking people in their environment, such as street photography, with a bit of
landscape and animals as well.
Since 2010 Phil has enjoyed entering national and international salons gaining his BPE5 and AFIAP distinctions for salon
acceptances as well achieving his CPAGB and DPAGB distinctions back to back in 2011 (prints and PDIs) and in 2015 his
AWPF with a panel of prints.
Tony Davies LRPS, AWPF, CPAGB, GPU Aphrodite, EFIAP, GPU 1Cr. BPE1*
A self-taught amateur photographer living in Llandudno: Tony was born in Newport, south Wales, and qualified as an electrician. Work allowed him to become an expatriate for twenty out of the following forty-three years.
Working in places like Saudi Arabia and Iraq during the nineteen seventies and eighties made it difficult to pursue photography. As a result, his hobby nearly came to an end. But in 2011, while working in Iraq for the second time he bought his first DSLR; a Nikon D7000. This was soon followed by a D800, and eventually a D810. He also now has a Nikon Z6!
Many hours of his spare time have been spent taking photographs and studying the various techniques required to improve his skills.
Retiring from work in 2015 Tony joined Conwy Camera Club and soon started entering club competitions, exhibitions and salons. Tony gained the Licentiate of The Royal Photographic Society in November 2015 and his CPAGB in April 2017 followed by an AWPF in 2018. Recently he was honoured to be appointed the UK representative of the Global Photographic Union (GPU) and has since gained the GPU Aphrodite Title.
As well as Conwy Camera Club, Tony is also a member of the Royal Photographic Society, the Eryri Photo Group, UPP C64 and GPU.
Jason Wharam DPAGB BA (Hons)
I was born in Zimbabwe, discovered photography whilst doing my PHD and found a deep passion for it. Whilst working as a Professional Safari Guide this passion grew and developed.
Being in such beautiful and breath-taking surroundings on a daily basis allowed me to develop my unique style. I have continued to develop my photography career since moving to the UK both as a judge and speaker for the PAGB, SPA and NWPA
I have become a keen landscape photographer and can often be found in the Scottish Highlands or the Mountains of North Wales. My work has been appreciated by many, appearing in publications such Africa Geographic and National Geographic, Viewbug and 500px as well as being displayed in exhibitions all over the World. I look forward to this post and will try my hardest to fulfil our members photographic appetites.
Ian O'Neill FIPF DPAGB ARPS AWPF HonNWPA
Ian has been interested in photography from an early age thanks to his brother, who used to develop his own pictures in a makeshift darkroom (their bathroom!), and for a six year old it was magic. A camera was the first thing he ever purchased with his first salary when starting work and he has never been without one since.
At the moment he uses the Olympus system which is light and gives excellent results; after 25 years with Canon, Olympus gives him what he wants in a small package. The genres he's most interested in photography-wise are People, Environmental, Landscapes and Macro . . . but he does turn his hand to other subjects when the urge is there. But his main interest is people photography and he enjoys the rapport to get the perfect shot ("yet to get it . . . still striving for it!").
He is a member of Blaenau Ffestiniog camera club and is their Competition Secretary, as well as webmaster. It is a small club with some really impressive photographers across so many genres. He's also a member of Eryri Photo Group and the Royal Photographic Society.
He feels it has been privilege to be asked to judge and lecture in numerous clubs in the NWPA and has enjoyed every minute of it; he says "the enthusiasm of the members in photography is simply wonderful to behold, may it continue".
Contact me on: Click here to send me an email
Christine Langford LRPS APAGB CPAGB HonNWPA
Like many people Christine has had cameras since her teens which were only used on holidays. She joined a camera club
in Hertfordshire in the mid-80s and it was then that she realised that she had to start thinking more about the actual picture
and what might constitute an acceptable composition and so on.
Since then Christine has been actively involved in the administrative side of photography at club level, federation level and
also on the Executive of the PAGB. Just like in her teenage years, most of her pictures are taken on holidays, the English
Lake District and France in particular, and so landscapes and architecture feature most often.
She has been secretary of the Eryri Photo Group for over 20 years and edits the NWPA Newsletter as well as being on the
PAGB Executive.
Involvement in photography has played a large part in her life and over the years she has genuinely enjoyed the fellowship
and friendship of people she has met.
"Any photographic successes I've had along the way are an added bonus".
John Smith CPAGB APAGB
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