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Monday 21st March, was our 5th Print competition of the season. judged by Dr Peter Lewis LRPS a very experienced photographer with excellent tips on how we can improve our photography. Peter is a member of St. Mary’s Bay Camera Club and a very competent judge, who had a very tiring evening judging 79 prints in all. With the increase in Digital workers, our print competition entries are increasing rapidly in number.. Winners (points our of 20) of each section were as follows:-

Novice:- ‘Awaiting the Crowd’ Jim Wraight 20

(16 entries) ‘Portmeirion’ Gill Jefferson 20

‘Gateway’ Sue Cowell 19

Intermediate:- ‘ I’ve Got My Eyes on You’ Thelma Bridges 20

(16 entries) ‘Bill or Ben’ Mary Collins 20

‘Sunrise Kovalam’ Melanie Chalk 20

Advanced:- ‘Brighton Wreck’ Rod Granger LRPS 20

(26 entries) ‘Through Broken Glass at Tate Modern’ David Hughes 20

‘Three Trees of Grand Canyon’ Frank Barraclough 20

Novice:- ‘Angela’ Gill Jefferson 20

(5 entries) ‘Ton’ Glen Yorke 18

Intermediate:- ‘Good Friends’ Melanie Chalk 20

(1 entry)

Advanced:- ‘Smoking in the Sun’ Marie Laure Stone CPAGB 20

(14 entries) ‘Sarah’ Frank Barraclough 20

On 4th April we had a showing of superb slides in memory of and taken by the late Kay Hollis, a long-standing member of our club. Kay had been a keen traveller over many years and had accumulated over 10,000 slides all perfectly catalogued. One of our members, Bob Brisley has had the daunting task of sifting through these slides and has produced two slide shows for us to see, the second will be shown later in the year. On the 11th April we shall have our final slide competition of the season followed by (18th April) our final Print Competition.

We are thrilled that we have now been able to purchase an LCD Projector and Lap Top Computer as the result of a grant from the AWARDS FOR ALL Lottery fund. With the digital technology moving forward so fast, this will enable us to project our digital images/lectures and also send and receive digital cd’s to and from other clubs around the country and indeed the world.

Our meetings are held at the United Reform Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone on Mondays at 7.45pm. New members are always welcome, if interested please phone Mrs Jenny Barraclough (Press Officer) 01303 245399, or e mail:jenny-bar@btconnect.com