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<FONT face=Arial color=black size=4>FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2004

<FONT face=Arial><FONT color=black><FONT size=2>Monday 9th  February,  was our 4th  Print competition of the season and was judged by Mr Brian Kelvie FRPS.  Brian brought along a few of his photographs to show us before his judging; which proved he is a very competent photographer, and therefore experienced enough to judge our entries. Winners of each section (marks out of 20) were as follows:-

Novice:-  JAN JERRAM  CANAL DU MIDI  IN  S. FRANCE 20(12 Entries) CLIVE WINTER  WHITE WATER    20  JIM WRAIGHT  20 TO TWELVE IN THE MALL  20

Intermediate:-   CHARLES WHITE HAMPTON COURT   20 (15 entries)    MARY COLLINS STONE FONT    20

Advanced:-  ARTHUR BAILEY      ORGAN St.MARY THE VIRGIN OXFORD     20(17 entries) DAVE TURNER  THE PAVEMENT ARTIST  20  KEITH RADFORD  ARPS    CALL TO PRAYER  19

PORTRAITS:-

Novice:-  JAN JERAM  HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING 17 (1 entry) 

Intermediate:- MURIEL HILLIARD REBECCA    19 (2 entrries)   

Advanced:- MARIE-LAURE STONE  CPAGB     I KNOW MY LETTERS 20(15 entries) DAVE TURNER                     o­nE LITTLE INDIAN BRAVE   20  KEITH RADFORD  ARPS       BLUE EYES   20  Next Monday 16th February, Dr. Peter Brandham (Botanist from Kew Gardens, retired) will be showing another of his superb shows entitled ‘Totoya to Tanzania’.  Peter is a regular visitor to our club who always gives us a terrific evening.  He is a superb photographer and along with his sound interpretations and in depth knowledge of his subject creates an evening thoroughly enjoyed by all.  The following Monday 23rd February, will be our 4th Slide Competition of the season. 

On 6/7th March we will be holding our Annual Exhibition at Ushers the Florist, Cheriton Road (12 – 4pm Saturday and 11am – 3pm Sunday) and o­n the 8th March we are hosting an Audio Visual Variety Show by Peter Brown ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB and President of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.  This will be a real treat for anybody interested in Photography and this event will be open to anyone wishing to attend.  The venue is the Channel School, Park Farm Road at 7.30p.m.  Tickets £3.50 (including refreshments) available at the door or in advance from our Secretary below.  

Visit our website at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk

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 (Secretary) 01303 245399, or e mail : barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk

 

21st January 2004
FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB

On Monday 19th January, we had our 3rd Slide competition of the season which was judged by Mr Kevin Harvey, a member of St. Mary’s Bay Camera Club and a regular visitor to our club, a very experienced photographer, who gave us a very informative evening with his hints on how we could improve our photography and his results (out of 20) are:-

Monochrome:- 20 Points Bob Brisley ‘Millenium Bridge’
(10 entries) 19 Points Betty Boreham ‘Artist at Duxford’
Novice:- 20 Points Bill Grudgings ‘Maligne Lake’
(2 entries) 19 Points Bill Grudgings ‘Stone Circle’

Intermediate:- 20 Points Fay Meek ‘Towards Snowdonia’
(12 entries) 19 Points Charles White ‘Stalheim Valley, Norway’

Advanced:- 20 Points Brian Collins ‘Rushing By’
(18 entries) 19 Points Betty Boreham ‘Up to the Hilt’
19 Points Vic Fowler ‘Candle Rose’

Medium Format:- 20 Points Bryan Mewse ‘La Penseuse
(4 entries) 16 Points Bryan Mewse ‘No Last Chances’
16 Points Vic Fowler ‘Togetherness’

On 26th January we shall be viewing the London Salon National Exhibition 2003 This recorded exhibition is a firm favourite of our members, excellent slides on a variety of subjects, by photographers all over the U.K. The following week, the 2nd February, will be Robert Canis ARPS showing ‘Bobs’ Best of Year’ which will be a very good evening, followed on the 4th February by our monthly Practical Evening where members can practice with the clubs studio lighting. Our 4th Print Competition of the season will be held the following week on the 9th February.

Visit our website at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk .

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 (Secretary) 01303 245399 or e mail: barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk

14th January 2004
FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB

Monday 13th January, was our 3rd Print competition of the season. judged by Mr Les Ayres MPAGB, ARPS, BPE3*, APAGB, a member of Sittingbourne Camera Club and as the letters after his name show, a very competent judge. Les gave his constructive comments on how we can improve our photography and his results (marks out of 20) were as follows:-

Novice:- ‘The Gull’ Jan Jerram 20
(13 entries) ‘Dusk on Harlech Beach’ Francis Page 19
‘Needles’ Norman Sharp 18
Novice Portraits:-
(3 entries) ‘Dads’ Army’ Steve Mayall 20
‘Cherie’ Jan Jerram 19

Intermediate:-‘The Birds’ Jean Turner 20
(15 entries) ‘Waterloo Bridge’ Michael Chalk 19
‘The Bryggen, Bergen: Jean White 18
Intermediate Portraits:-
(1 entry) ‘Strawberry Time’ Charles White 17

Advanced:- ‘Number 22’ Keith Radford ARPS 20
(16 entries) ‘Three Seconds in Time’ David Hughes 20
‘Westminster Directions’ Keith Radford ARPS 19
‘A Short Rest on the Way Up’ Marie-Laure Stone CPAGB 19
Advanced Portraits:-
(14 entries) ‘Mrs Koh at the Cheng’ Kieth Radford ARPS 20
‘Beck’ Dave Turner 20
‘Down & Out’ Dave Turner 19
‘Promise’ Keith Radford ARPS 19

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

On 5th January we saw an excellent slide presentation of the Cley Cross & Bywater Photographic Society National Exhibition 2003, which is a selection of work entered by rnational photographers. This work is always of a fantastic high quality of photography and a joy to see. A very stimulating evening and thoroughly enjoyed by all the members.

19th January will be our 3rd Slide Competition of the season, and on the 27th we shall be seeing another slide show presentation of the London Salon 2003 this again will be a superb evening showing work from international photographers, and a firm favourite with our members each year.

On the weekend of 6/7th March, we shall be holding an Exhibition of prints at Ushers the Florists, Cheriton Road, Folkestone and on the 8th March we are presenting an Audio Visual Variety Show by Peter Brown ARPS DPAGB APAGB, at the Channel School, Park Farm Road, Folkestone at 7.45p.m. Tickets available from the Secretary (01303 245399) at £3.50 each to include refreshments.

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 (Secretary) 01303 245399, or e mail
barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk

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<FONT color=darkblue size="5">FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB <P class=MsoNormal align=center>MONDAY 8th MARCH 2004 

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AUDIO VISUAL VARIETY SHOW

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<P align=center><FONT color=darkblue>Tel: 01303 245399 for advance tickets.

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On Monday  8th December, we had the pleasure of seeing another Audio Visual Slide Presentation from our Australian counterparts in Brisbane with whom we have an ‘exchange’ each year, and is always a very good show. 

In addition to this Arthur Bailey, a long-standing member of our club showed a selection of his own Audio Visual shows.  We all had a thoroughly enjoyable evening seeing many different aspects of photography combined with good commentary or music.  Our work has now been sent to Brisbane for their members to see and  we look forward to next years exchange.

During the evening our Chairman announced that o­ne of our members Mr Bob Turrell, had been awarded the ‘Unsung Sports Hero 2003’  BBC South East Trophy from the BBC, for all his volunteer work over many years at the Shorncliffe Day Centre.  Bob, and his wife Betty, were invited to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards Night which was televised live, o­n Sunday 11th December.  A car was sent to collect them and took them to the Kensington Hilton Hotel where they stayed.  During Sunday, Bob said he thoroughly enjoyed himself, meeting many Sports Heroes and shaking many of their hands – a weekend to remember.  Well done,  Bob, congratulations from all our members.

Next week it will be our Christmas Social evening where we shall all enjoy a very informal evening with our friends.

We will resume our usual meetings o­n 5th January with a presentation from the Clay Cross and Bywater Photographic Society.  This will be a superb evening and hopefully giving ‘food for thought’ to our members as it is always good to see other clubs work.

Visit our web site at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk

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 (Secretary) 01303 245399 or 
e mail:  barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk

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On Monday 1st  December we held our annual Len Charles Cup Competition which is where members may show up to 15 slides, of any subject as long as the are connected, along with a commentary. Sevent entries were shown and judged by our own members and it proved to be a difficult task in finding a winner.

Winner of the Trophy was:- Ian Stone –‘Tibet’ 

Other entries were received from :- Melanie Chalk  -‘The American Garden’, Keith Radford – ‘Singapore’,    Robert Brisley – ‘Slovenia’,  David Hughes – ‘Greek Islands’,  Vic Fowler  - ‘Scotland’,  Bill Grudgings – ‘Canada’

The December Practical evening will be  held o­n Wednesday 3rd  December.  This is where members come along for a more informal evening to practice their practical skills.

Next Monday 8th December, we will be seeing an audio visual sent to us from Australia, along with some work by a long standing member of the club, Arthur Bailey,  which will prove to be a very pleasant evening.  The following Monday will be our Christmas Social where Denis Bridges (another long-standing member of the club) sets many members slides to music for a very informal and fun evening where a couple of games will also be arranged,. This along with food and drink brings in the Christmas spirit and a very friendly and enjoyable evening.

Visit our web site at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk.

Meetings are held at the United Reformed Church Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue. Folkestone, every Monday commencing at 7.45pm  New members are always welcome and anyone interested in joining, please, ring Jenny Barraclough (Hon. Secretary) 01303 245399 or e mail:  barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.ukfor further information.

4th December 2003

<FONT color=black>On Monday 1st December we held our annual Len Charles Cup Competition which is where members may show up to 15 slides, of any subject as long as the are connected, along with a commentary. Seven entries were shown and judged by our own members and it proved to be a difficult task in finding a winner.

Winner of the Trophy was:- Ian Stone –‘Tibet’

Other entries were received from :- Melanie Chalk -‘The American Garden’, Keith Radford – ‘Singapore’, Robert Brisley – ‘Slovenia’, David Hughes – ‘Greek Islands’, Vic Fowler - ‘Scotland’, Bill Grudgings – ‘Canada’

The December Practical evening will be held o­n Wednesday 3rd December. This is where members come along for a more informal evening to practice their practical skills.

Next Monday 8th December, we will be seeing an audio visual sent to us from Australia, along with some work by a long standing member of the club, Arthur Bailey, which will prove to be a very pleasant evening. The following Monday will be our Christmas Social where Denis Bridges (another long-standing member of the club) sets many members slides to music for a very informal and fun evening where a couple of games will also be arranged,. This along with food and drink brings in the Christmas spirit and a very friendly and enjoyable evening.

Visit our web site at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk.

Meetings are held at the United Reformed Church Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue. Folkestone, every Monday commencing at 7.45pm New members are always welcome and anyone interested in joining, please, ring Jenny Barraclough (Hon. Secretary) 01303 245399 or e mail:  barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk for further information.

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19th November 2003

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Apologies go to Gateway Camera Club, as the results given in last weeks Press Report for the Battle between The Isle of Thanet and Gateway Camera Clubs were wrong !  Unfortunately, o­nly the Print results were given and not the overall result of Prints and Slides combined.  The final  results were:- Isle of Thanet 352, Gateway 353 and trailing Folkestone 339 – a disappointing result for Folkestone – hopefully better luck next time !

On Monday 17th November, we held our 2nd Print competition of the season, judged by Mr  Keith Evans FRPS DPAGB,   and as the letters after his name show, a very competent and experienced photographer, and he gave us very good comments o­n how we can improve our photography.  He was an excellent judge and gave a wide range of marks out of 20.  Winners of each section were as follows:-

Novice:-  Summers Farewell  Eric Frankland  20 
(10 entries) Watching            Norman Sharp  18
  The French Millhouse          Jim Wraight  18
   
Intermediate:- Stain Glass Window            Jean Turner  20
(16 entries) The Bushmans Rose Perth   Muriel Hilliard  19

Advanced:-  Tower Bridge                             Robert Brisley   20
 21 entries) Arum Lilies                                  Robert Brisley  19
 Figure-head HMS Gannet          Dave Turner  19

PORTRAITS:-
Novice:-   My Steve                      Jan Jerram  20
(2 entries)
 
Intermediate:-  Naomi    Charles White  17
((1 entry)
 
Advanced:- Lauren                                        Frank Barraclough       20
(15 entries)  Please milk for my baby             Marie-Laure Stone       19

All the above winning prints can be seen o­n our website at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk.

Next Monday will be our 2nd Slide Competition of the season and the 1st December will be the Len Charles Trophy Competition, when members show a selection of related slides along  with their own commentary. 

Meetings are held at the United Reformed Church Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue. Folkestone, every Monday, commencing at 7.45pm.  New members are always welcome and anyone interested in joining, please, ring Mrs Jenny Barraclough (Hon. Secretary) 01303 245399 or e mail: barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.ukfor further information.

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Monday  27th October  saw Mr Glyn Bareham LRPS, returning to our club to judge our first slide competition of the season.  Glyn is a very experienced photographer and he gave us very constructive comments o­n our entries The winners in each section were:-

The marks out of 20  (first and second placings) were:-

MONOCHROME:-(10 entries)  Robert Brisley  Cypriot Bell Tower  20   Dave Turner  B.C. Place, Toronto  19

NOVICE:-(4 entries)  Bill Grudgings  Street Lights Breeding 18

INTERMEDIATE:-(12 entries)  Norma Blackburn Through the Arch  20   Fay Meek  At the End of the Rainbow 20    Charles While  Viderseter Falls  19

ADVANCED:- (18 entries)  David Hughes  Museum of the Mind  20   Brian Collins  Monks Common Room 29   Betty Boreham Into the Future   20   Robert Brisley  The Shack   19   Michael Chalk  The Wrestler   19   Ian Stone  6a.m. Stodmarsh  19

MEDIUM FORMAT:-(4 entries)  Bryan Mewse  The Ferne Wood  20   Victor Fowler  Dahlia    18

Our meeting o­n 3rd November will be a practical demonstration by Mr Gay Lancaster o­n  portraiture.    o­n Saturday 1st November many of us will be travelling by coach to London to see the musical ‘Les Miserables’ which should be a very enjoyable day out.

Our  next Practical evening will  be held o­n 5th November where members can practice with the clubs studio lighting and chat about photography in a more informal evening.

The following week, 10th November, will be a 3 – way Battle with the Isle of Thanet and Gateway Camera Clubs. .  This will be a superb evening and hopefully giving ‘food for thought’ to our members as it is always good to see other clubs work.

Visit our web site at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk

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 (Secretary) 01303 245399 or  e mail:  barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk

27th October 2003

FOLKESTONE CAMERA CLUB

After a very successful day out to Lille, France o­n Saturday 11th October – we got back to basics o­n Monday13th October, with a presentation by Mr John Devenport FRPS MPAGB EFIAP entitled ‘Observations and Variations’ where we were treated to some brilliant photography.

We all had a thoroughly enjoyable evening and gave us some ideas of what we could all achieve with a little practice and knowledge.

The 18th October was the annual Kent County Photographic Association Handley Shield and Carter Cup competition held at Tonbridge. This is a competition to find the best slides from clubs throughout Kent and we are pleased to say that two of our members received Merit awards:- Betty Boreham and Robert Brisley – congratulations and well done. Our 1st Print competition of the season o­n 20th October was judged by MrJohn Butler ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB , a member of Tonbridge Camera Club a regular visitor to our club, and a very competent and experienced judge. Points out of 20 of each section were as follows:-

Novice:-     FORTH RAIL BRIDGE NORMAN SHARP 20 FORTH ROAD BRIDGE NORMAN SHARP 19 (12 entries)     BICYCLE PARK FRANCIS PAGE 19           

Intermediate:-      CHINESE MASSAGE WITH MOVEMENT NICK BLUNDELL 20 (16 enries)     SIBERIAN LILY            PAT BAILY 20           RUSH HOUR JEAN TURNER 19 ROPE BRAIDS MICHAEL CHALK 19      

Advanced:-     THE EAGLE OWL DAVE TURNER 20 (19 entries)     BLUE GLASS DENNIS BRIDGES 19 THE VENUE LIVERPOOL 1 DAVID HUGHES 19

Portraits:-Novice:-     ST TRINIANS               STEVE MAYALL          20(1 entry)

Intermediate:-     LUCKY               CHARLES WHILE          20(1entry)     

Advanced:-     SELF PORTRAIT           KEITH RADFORD          20(14 entries)     CHANTEL BILL PAIN 20 DENISE & RICHARD FRANK BARRACLOUGH 18 PENNY & ADAM BOB BRISLEY 18 THE MECHANIC MARIE LAURE STONE 18 PURCY DAVE TURNER 18

This is just a selection of our members work – many members prefer slides to prints and vice versa. (We at present have approximately 60 members)

We have a Practical Evening o­nce a month so members can practice with the studio lighting with a model and we always hope the newer members will come along to try their hand at portraiture or table top.
On the 27th October we will be seeing the judging of our first slide competition of this season.

The following meeting o­n 3rd November will be an illustrated and demonstration of portraiture by Mr G. Lancaster. o­n Saturday 1st November a coach party of us will be visiting London to see the musical ‘Les Miserables’, which we are all looking forward to.

Visit our web site at www.folkestonecameraclub.co.uk.Meetings are held at the United Reformed Church Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue. Folkestone, every Monday commencing at 7.45pm

New members are always welcome and anyone interested in joining, please, ring Jenny Barraclough (Hon. Secretary) 01303 245399 or e mail: barraclough@jenny-frank.fsnet.co.uk for further information.