Anyone with an interest in photography, from beginner to expert, is very welcome to join us at any of our meetings, they are open to everyone, not just Rolls Royce employees. Enjoying our hobby, sharing knowledge and helping each other to improve in a friendly atmosphere is what it’s all about for us.
We meet at 7.30pm on Wednesday evenings.
Joint Winners!
This was team RRDPS at the PAGB Print Championship at Blackburn yesterday. 36 clubs competed for the trophy, having qualified at area competitions earlier in the year. The end of the first round saw us in 3rd place, but only two points behind the leaders. This took us easily through to the final, along with another 8 clubs. There was only one 15 awarded but we had our share of the 14's thanks to Gianpiero, Jamie, Jon and Katrina.
The judges weren't favouring any particular genre, which is fair but makes it difficult to select for the final. We submitted our 15 images and held our breath. Perfect scores of 15 were rare, but we did amass 8 x 13s and 14s with images from Gianpiero Ferrari, Jamie MacArthur, Jon Mee, Katrina Mee, Brian Stephenson, Carol McNiven Young, Martin Duffy and Sue Hartley.
We were delighted to be announced as joint winners with Catchlight, (who have an excellent record having taken 1st place in the previous 2yrs) both clubs scoring 191 points. Wigan 10 took third place with 185. The icing on the cake was Katrina receiving a selector's award and silver medal for Besides Still Waters' . This and the other 14 images from the final round can be seen here.
Our thanks as always go to all our members for their support, and for giving the selection committee so many good images to choose from. We'd also like to thank the PAGB team for all the hard work they put in to make these events happen.
This was team RRDPS at the PAGB Print Championship at Blackburn yesterday. 36 clubs competed for the trophy, having qualified at area competitions earlier in the year. The end of the first round saw us in 3rd place, but only two points behind the leaders. This took us easily through to the final, along with another 8 clubs. There was only one 15 awarded but we had our share of the 14's thanks to Gianpiero, Jamie, Jon and Katrina.
The judges weren't favouring any particular genre, which is fair but makes it difficult to select for the final. We submitted our 15 images and held our breath. Perfect scores of 15 were rare, but we did amass 8 x 13s and 14s with images from Gianpiero Ferrari, Jamie MacArthur, Jon Mee, Katrina Mee, Brian Stephenson, Carol McNiven Young, Martin Duffy and Sue Hartley.
We were delighted to be announced as joint winners with Catchlight, (who have an excellent record having taken 1st place in the previous 2yrs) both clubs scoring 191 points. Wigan 10 took third place with 185. The icing on the cake was Katrina receiving a selector's award and silver medal for Besides Still Waters' . This and the other 14 images from the final round can be seen here.
Our thanks as always go to all our members for their support, and for giving the selection committee so many good images to choose from. We'd also like to thank the PAGB team for all the hard work they put in to make these events happen.
We are very proud to have won the FIAP World Cup for Clubs 2022. This yearly event organised by FIAP is an international competition for clubs around the world. Each club submits 20 images with a maximum of 2 images per author. These images are scored by a panel of international judges. 224 clubs from 48 countries entered the competition and there was a total of 4,385 images.
This was our 9th entry to the FIAP WCFC and we’ve been close on a couple of occasions, so to finally win it is fantastic, especially as this was the only one of the ‘big competitions’ we hadn’t won. It’s great to join Wigan 10, Smethwick and Catchlight on the list of UK winners.
It was also a great bonus for us to win the Maurice Dorikens Trophy for the 3rd time in the last 4 years as this is given out to the club who has performed best in the competition over the previous five years, rewarding a consistently good entry.
This was our 9th entry to the FIAP WCFC and we’ve been close on a couple of occasions, so to finally win it is fantastic, especially as this was the only one of the ‘big competitions’ we hadn’t won. It’s great to join Wigan 10, Smethwick and Catchlight on the list of UK winners.
It was also a great bonus for us to win the Maurice Dorikens Trophy for the 3rd time in the last 4 years as this is given out to the club who has performed best in the competition over the previous five years, rewarding a consistently good entry.
We're always pleased to see new faces. You are very welcome to attend a couple of Zoom meetings or come along to see if you would like to join our club.
Full Membership is £50 which covers all club activities through to the end of August 2024, including access to the Mentor Programme, photo trips, submitting images for critique and entering competitions.
Full Membership is £50 which covers all club activities through to the end of August 2024, including access to the Mentor Programme, photo trips, submitting images for critique and entering competitions.
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