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Our second meeting of the year was held on the 6th of February. Jerusalem was sung and birthday greetings were given to Mesdames Allard, Leonard , Allen, Hughes and Gent. I then had the pleasure of introducing our Guest Speaker, Mr Roger Rawlings who had come to talk to us on the Coastwatch Scheme.

This is of course an important task in our area as the nearby Strait of Dover are one of the busiest shipping lanes of the world. The Coastwatchers are all volunteers, male and female, and perform an invaluable job in all sorts of situations. Safeguarding everything from tankers to inflatables and even hangliders! Our thanks to Mr Rawlings for a very enjoyable and informative talk. 

The business of the day was mainly to discuss events and excursions we have now planned for the rest of the year. 

In March the Annual Council Meeting is at Ramsgate where the Guest Speaker will be Clarissa Dickson –Wright. In May there will be the Top Team Quiz and a trip to Canterbury for an educational tour of St Augustines Church and other places of interest, this of course includes lunch in one of the many very pleasant hostelries in the town. 

We are going to Westminster Abbey in October. We hope to arrange a River Medway cruise on a paddle steamer in July which should be great fun. Family and friends are able to join us on some of the outings, so do come along ladies and see what a friendly bunch we are.

Our next meeting is on the 6th of March at 2 pm in the Village Hall when our next speaker is Imogen Corrigan on the subject ‘Seeing is Believing’

For further details please contact our secretary Christine Allard on 863146 or myself on 891420. 

Carole Seabrook

President

Hawkinge Acrise and Paddlesworth WI

Our 3rd Print competition of the season was judged by Mr Brian Kelvie FRPS and, as the letters after his name show, a very competent judge and experienced photographer and judge. Before commenting on our work, Brian showed us some of his own to show us what we ‘should’ be doing! 

 He then went on to give his constructive comments on how we can improve our photography and his results (marks out of 20) were as follows:-

Novice:-
(2 entries) The Golden Temple Eve Wilson 20

Novice Portraits:-
(2 entries) Hayley Derreck Green 20

Intermediate:-
(14 entries) Forest Fungi Pam Wraight 20
Moonlit Wonder Scene Maurice Worsley 20
Ornate Garden Arch Potsdam Mary Collins 19

Intermediate Portraits:-
(6 entries) Gemma Sue Cowell 19
Dan Muriel Hilliard 19

Advanced:-
(13 entries) Wheel in the sunset Michael Chalk 20
Low tide Camber Paul Gavin 20
Rocky Shoreline Frank Barraclough 20
Old Friends Kashgar Market Marie-Laure Stone DPAGB 20 Lamplight Melanie Chalk 20

Advanced Portraits:-
(10 entries) After the Vodka tipple Kyrgyzstan Ian Stone CPAGB 20
Rosie Dave Turner CPAGB 19

Visit our website www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk where you can view these winning photographs, plus many more, and where you can also visit links to various photographic related sites and shops.

Due to the increase in membership and digital workers, we have now reduced the number of entries into our monthly competitions to one per member as our evenings were becoming very long and very hard for a judge to comment on fairly. These evenings are still very well supported and we gain very interesting comments to improve our photography.

The following week we had a slide exhibition from Clay Cross Photographic Society, which is a collection of slides from all over the country. We saw some superb shots of wildlife, landscapes, portraits and many other subjects, which enthralled us all.

On 5th February we will be having an Audio Visual evening where members will be showing their work and competing for the Nigel Winter Trophy.

The 12th February will be our 4th Print competition of the season and the following week 19th February KERRY DUNLOP will be showing "MOTOR SPORTS AGAIN" After last years exciting presentation Kerry gives us more amazing shots.

A date for your diary, we will be holding a Wine & Wisdom Quiz Evening on 2nd April at Capel-le-Ferne Village Hall - watch this space for further information.

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

At a recent meeting we held our 3rd Slide/Digital Image competition of the season which was judged by Mr Chris Shore FRPS, EFIAP MPAGB, BPE4* Premier a very experienced photographer and senior judge also a long-standing friend of the club, who gave us a very informative and entertaining evening with his hints on how we could improve our photography and his results (out of 20) were:- 

Digital Images:-

Monochrome:- (16 entries) 

THE 39 STEPS by Pam Wraight 20 
CAREY CAPTURED by Sue Cowell 20 
MACAQUE MONKEY by Betty Henderson 19 
THE WAY WE WERE by Jim Wraight 19 
EMERGE by Frank Barraclough 19 


Creative:- (14 entries) 

REFLECTIVE by Frank Barraclough 20 
FLYING THE FLAG by Eve Wilson 20 
HALLOWEEN by Dave Turner 20 
POLAROID LUCY by Trevor Page 19 
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE by Bob Brisley LRPS 19 
SNOWDROPS by Melanie Chalk 19 


Open:-:- (26 entries)

THE WORMS EYE VIEW by Eve Wilson 20 
THE KILL by Ian Stone 20 
ON THE MOVE by Betty Henderson 20 
NO KINGS ALLOWED by Michael Chalk 19 
PRINTERS GONE POSTERS ON by David Hughes 19 


Slides:- (5 entries) 

‘Unique left hander Burgh Le Marsh Lincs’ by Brian Collins CPAGB. 19 

The number of entries for the Slide competition, are on the decline, with the Digital Imaging entries soaring ahead now as the numbers show. The judge also commented on how much better quality the digital images are. 

Visit our website www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk where you can view the winning photographs, plus many more. 

Last week the Len Charles Trophy Competition (this is up to a 12 minute talk given by a member illustrated with a maximum of 15 slides or digital images on a subject of their own choice) was held with entries from 8 members with the members voting Dan Ekstine the winner with his entry on South Africa. 

Our practical evening last Tuesday was a good evening too, with members coming along for an informal evening to chat about Photography and also having the opportunity to do some studio work with a model. 

Monday the 22nd will be our 3rd Print competition of the season and 29th January the CLAY CROSS EXHIBITION 2006 will be shown. This recorded lecture is a firm favourite, examples of some of the countries finest photography - be prepared to be inspired On February 5th our annual AUDIO VISUALCOMP & CHAIRMAN'S PRINT COMP.will give our members an opportunity for those engaged in digital audio visual, an informal evening where the members will be asked to judge and the winner awarded the Nigel Winter Trophy from the halcyon days when Folkestone camera club hosted the Bi-Annual International Audio Visual Festival.

Meetings are held at the St. Georges Church Hall, Audley Road, , Folkestone (opposite West Station in Shorncliffe Road) 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@dsl.pipex.com