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On Monday 26th February, John Wigmore FRPS AFIAP MPAGB APAGB judged this 4th digital image competition of the season. John is a Premier Judge and a very experienced photographer as you can see by the letters after his name. 

He is regarded very highly by our members and indeed by the whole of Kents’ Clubs. It was a very interesting evening, our members learning a lot from his tips, advice and experience on how we could improve our photography. As we can see, the slide numbers are reducing in favour of digital images. His winners were (marks out of 20):- 


Monochrome: ‘Spray’ Frank Barraclough 20

(16 entries) ‘ Gemma’ Dave Turner 20

‘Well Polished’ Pam Wraight 20 


Creative:- ‘Moroccan Sunset’ ` Dave Turner CPAGB 20

(16 entries) ‘Opening into Hell’ Marie-Laure Stone DPAGB 20

‘Falling Leaves’ Frank Barraclough 19

‘Flowers’ Mike Connell 19 


Open:- ‘Exotic Equine’ Bob Brisley LRPS 20

(27 entries) ‘Tranquility’ Jenny Barraclough 20

‘Man in Brown Mask’ Dave Turner CPAGB 19

‘Last of the Autumn Leaves’ Paul Gavin LRPS 19


Slides:- ‘On the Street’ Keith Radford ARPS 19

(5 entries) ‘In Retirement’ Jerry Watson 17 

The above entries receiving 20 points can be viewed on our website at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk 

Success:- On Friday 23rd February we had a Digital Image Battle with Ashford Quest Camera Club. Ashford are the premier club in the area. Judge, Dave Mason, marked 60 images (30 from each club) and we are proud to say we won by 14 points. 

Success:- The following Tuesday 27th February we had a Battle of the Prints which was hosted by Malling Photographic Society. Six prints each from eleven clubs in competition. Judge Richard Walton FRPS, AFIAP MPAGB, BPE3* had a difficult task with 66 prints to judge in one evening. Dartford won the Trophy with 109 points, and Folkestone came joint 3rd with 101 points, which is a great achievement for us. Also a Special Award was given to Ian Stone CPAGB for the best overall print ‘Little Bee Eater’ who is also a member of our Club! The Clubs taking part including ourselves, were, Dartford, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne, Staplehurst, Gravesend, Malling, Reflex, Invicta, Parkwood and Tovil. 

Next Monday 5th March will be our PETER HERITAGE CUP (Set Subject ‘Fairytales’) and the REG.WALKER CUP (best of last years slides/images) and our Judge: Ms Sue Flood DPAGB, will have quite a job deciding the winners of these two competitions which will prove to be a very entertaining and long evening! The following week we will be seeing the LONDON

SALON EXHIBITION, which is a firm favourite of the club, and on the 19th March DR PETER BRANDHAM (Botanist from Kew Gardens, retired) will be showing INDIA’S RAILWAYS OLD AND NEW, Peter is a long-standing friend and lecturer of our club, and we always have a superb evening seeing his work. 

In between our usual Monday meetings we will be having our Audio Visual practical evening on the 8th and Studio Practical evening on 20th. Also several members will be visiting Rayleigh in Essex for the 15TH EAST ANGLIAN AUDIO VISUAL COMPETITION on 17th March. 

Our meetings are held at the St. Georges Church Hall, Audley Road, Folkestone (on the corner of Shorncliffe Road, opposite West Station) 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