And so, at last, we’ve held our first formal photo competition since the re-start of the club back in September. A good number of club members came together in our new and larger venue to hear our judge, Stephen Philips from Bearsden and Milngavie Camera Club, present his comments and scores on our 1st Open Competition images.
A great variety of topics were on show including sport, landscapes, table-top and portraiture. Talented new member, Ian Mortimer, took first place in not one but both of the print sections, winning with a wedding portrait in the Mono section and a nature print of a feeding heron for the top Colour print. However, it was superb projected image of a young dog by Martin Clark that took the judge’s eye for the award of the overall trophy – a portrait of “Buddy the Pup”.
Martin said, “I was over the moon with the marks I received. We are emotionally attached to our images and handing them to someone else to have an opinion on that might not tie in with our own opinion is a brave thing to do. But it’s a good thing to do; it’s how you grow, accept and learn.
Good luck for the next competition, guys. Get planning what you’re going to enter.”