Saturday Mat 17th – Composition Challenge – Review by Nigel Sandbrook

“From Birds to Buildings”
Where can you go from photographing birds to buildings, well on the SIPC Composition Challenge organised by Nicky Cope. We met at the Riverside car park in Huntingdon, from there we ventured forth to tick of as many of the Composition Guidelines as possible. Using the rule of thirds through to abstract composition, the challenge had been set and we readily accepted!
We covered a diverse set of subjects, a spin around the children’s playground saw some of us playing with the swings and on the floor, taking shoots to frame a subject or climbing to get that abstract view. Then a more leisurely walk over the bridge which offered excellent leading line and down to the river’s edge. Some very tame geese spent time with us before being attracted away by someone scattering seed! Then on to the river crossing with more framing and leading lines before venturing into town and eventually some fabulous architectural shoots which provided great opportunity for reflections.
All in all, a superb morning out with the camera, friends and learning more than I knew yesterday.

Tuesday May 6th – Cold War Bunker, Alconbury – Review by Brian Sibley

On Tuesday afternoon 21 members met at The Watch Office in Alconbury Weald before being lead in convoy, by our guide Natalie, into the Cold War Bunker for a fascinating tour.  Although not particularly old – completed in 1989, the facility only functioned for a year (as the cold war ended!), there was lots of history and some unusual objects to photograph. It is unsure what will happen to the bunker as the area is rapidly developed, so this was a great chance to take some record shots for the history books. Thanks to Nicky for arranging this visit.
Image by Brian Sibley

Thursday May 1st – Bluebell Walk, Lady Wood, Upwood – Review by Nicky Cope

On 1st May we had our first outing on the summer programme.  Lead by Gary Dean, we were treated to lovely sunshine for our evening walk at Ladywood to see the bluebells.  Surprisingly muddy in places, but nevertheless a very pleasant stroll through the woods with an abundance of bluebells.   We then made our way to the adjacent meadows, where we found green-winged orchids amongst the cowslips.  Thank you to Gary for a most enjoyable evening.
Image by Nicky Cope

2nd May – Annual Awards Dinner

To celebrate the successes of the 2024-2025 Winter Season, our Annual Awards Dinner was held at St.Ives Golf Club on Friday 2nd May.

A great evening was had by all who attended and we are now looking forward to our Summer season.

Congratulations to all our award winners for the season:

3rd April – A45 Competition

The A45 hosted by Bury St Edmunds Photographic Society and judged this year by Nick Akers ARPS BPE3 was held on 3rd April with 8 clubs participating entering 7 DPI’s each.

After a very close competition the results were as follows:

16th March – EAF Print Championship

Congratulations to SIPC member Tom Lane who won the award for Best Print of the Championship, with “Winter in Yosemite” at the EAF Print Championship.
Tom received his award in person from Roger Reynolds HonFRPS APAGB FBPPA FBPE, one of the judges on the day.

Full results can be found here

2nd March – Interprint Results

Another successful Interprint Exhibition and Competition took place on 1st March with 21 clubs competing, and Judging by David Smith David Smith, LRPS CPAGB BPE1*.

Here are the result highlights:

Please see the Interprint page for full results and galleries.

It was excellent to see so many people attending the exhibition and judges comments session in the evening, for what was a very enjoyable day. We were especially pleased that Daphne Hanson DPAGB, HonPAGB was able to present the PAGB Medals and Ribbons in her role as President of the PAGB.
 

28th February – Interprint Setup

Thanks to all our members who helped setup the Interprint Exhibition ready for tomorrow, we can’t wait to open the doors in the morning!

16th February – EAF PDI Championships

On Sunday 16th February the EAF PDI Championships took place at Fulborn, here are the scores:

All images were marked out of 15 (3 judges each marking out of 5).

More information, including best images can be found here: EAF Results page

9th February – Interprint Entry Deadlines

The last day for PDI upload into PhotoEntry was 2nd February 2025.
The deadline for receipt of print entries is 16th February 2025 (a club representative will be at the EAF AGM and PDI Championship to accept pre-arranged entries).

25th January – Cambridge Digital Competition

Some excellent work on display for a tight competition for Judge Cherry Larcombe, here’s a link to the CCC results page  Results

Congratulations to Bishops Stortford Camera Club

16th January – Swavesey Friendly Competition

On Thursday evening (16th January) our annual Friendly competition with Swavesey Camera Club took place at Swavesey Village College. The judge was Sarah Rossouw from Cambridge on her first outing as a judge.
As always with Swavesey it was a close competition between the two clubs, but on this occasion Swavesey took the win.

Thanks to Swavesey for hosting and we look forward to next years competition!

Full results below:

 

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