As noted in a previous news item, club member Richard Connolly was recently awarded the ARPS distinction by the Royal Photographic Society.

A gallery of Richard's panel can be found here

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Congratulations to club member Richard Connolly on his recent "Associate" distinction awarded by the Royal Photographic Society.

Richard has previously given a talk to the club regarding his LRPS award, which is the first level of distinction. He is also due to give a talk to the club on 5th December 2016 about his journey towards the ARPS.

The Club held its second competition of the Club year tonight. Points scored count towards the Photographer Of The Year competition. The winners and placings were as follows:-

Congratulations to club members David Mellor and Andy Gilbert, each having recent success in external competitions.

Andy Gilbert recently celebrated double success with 2 of his entries into the "Stockton Heath Festival – Photographic Competition" earlier in July. The subject was “Nightlife” and Andy took first prize (£30) for the "Judges Choice" with his image “Rockin’ at the Parr Hall” and another £30 first  prize – for the "Peoples Choice" (voted by the public), “Liverpool-Albert Dock”. Andy said he was delighted and surprised, especially with two wins and it also being the first time he has entered this annual competition.

The Club held its first competition of the Club year last night, with a much improved entry in the print category. Over all 29 prints were judged last night, along with 39 digital images - marked change from the normal balance of images. It was great to see so many newcomers to the print competition (myself included as these were my first print entries).

The competition was judged by Janice Barton CPAGB BPE2 from Warrington Photographic Society. Points scored count towards the Photographer Of The Year competition. The winners and placings were as follows:-

Congratulations to Andy Gilbert who has been named the WDCC Photographer Of The Year 2015-2016, and was presented with the shield at the Annual General Meeting on 29th Feb 2016. A gallery of all of Andy's images receiving a placing (1st -5th) over the 4 club competitions can be found on the menus above.

The full competition standings for the 2015-2016 year are also available.