Camborne & Redruth Camera Club

Five members of the Camborne/Redruth Camera Club joined a small crowd at Hayle Rugby ground last Friday (27-07-07) evening for its final scheduled Field Trip of the summer programme. Their reflexes were well tested as a team of cyclists, buggy and monster truck drivers went through a series of stunts loosely connected to a story of ‘goodies and baddies’ in the world of espionage. 

The all day Field Trip that was due to take place last Sunday (29-07-07) to Postbridge, Dartmoor was cancelled because of inclement weather. 

The next all day Field Trip is to the recently re-opened Dartmoor Zoological Park at Sparkwell on Sunday 19 August. This is an addition to C/RCC’s summer programme.  

The Camborne-Redruth Camera Club met last Thursday evening (03-05-07) at Treleigh Church Hall for the ‘Print of the Year’ Competition. This was the culmination of the Club’s competitive year, where all the winning and placed pictures were presented for judgement. This year it was a formidable task for judge Bryan Galbreith (Wadebridge) who had 163 images to sift through to find the eventual winners. In his opening remarks Bryan Galbreith explained his method of judging and how he came to his conclusions. He said he was looking for technical excellence in the first place, but in his mind that was not sufficient nowadays, so secondly he was also looking for something that bridged the gap between the Craft and an Art Form. He said that the Club had provided him with many pictures that had met his criteria. With such a big entry he decided he would not talk about every picture but made a selection so he could elaborate on salient photographic points.

Results

Intermediate Monochrome Prints

1^st Jenny Goodman – “Surfer”

2^nd Jenny Goodman – “Little Egret”

3^rd Charles Charlton – “Windsor Castle”

Advanced Monochrome Prints

1^st Peter Keverne – “Sunday Times Reader”

2^nd David Johnson – “Held by a Thread”

3^rd Peter Keverne – “A Confusion of Reflections”

Intermediate Colour Prints

1^st Alec Weyman – “Sea Fans”

2^nd Jenny Goodman – “Gwithian/Godrevy”

3^rd Jenny Goodman – “Floating”

Advanced Colour Prints

1^st David Johnson – “Rosewarne”

2^nd Ross Williams – “Road Angel”

3^rd Bob Morgan – “3^rd Class Passengers”

Colour Slides

1^st Paul Davis – “Enchanted Wood”

2^nd David Johnson – “Iris Siberica”

3^rd Delia Trathen – “Evening Light” 

In conclusion Bryan Galbreith said he was very impressed by the overall standard of the work in the two classifications and suggested that many of the prints would have graced the walls of regional and national salons if only members had entered them for consideration.  David Johnson proposed a vote of thanks.  

Reg Poad (Chairman) presented Club Treasurer Reg Sweet with a Birthday Card signed by all the members celebrating his 90^th birthday. During the interval champagne was provided by Reg Sweet.  Tonight is C-RCC’s Open Evening (10-05-07) where members of the public are invited to meet the club members to view their work. St.Austell and Hayle Camera Clubs have also been invited. Mary Poad will be demonstrating her technique of preparing a digital audiovisual programme, as well as showing finished programmes because of the growing interest in digital AV presentations.  Next week (17-05-08) the evening will be devoted to ‘The basics of photography’ which has been arranged for the benefit of the new members who have joined recently. This will be the final meeting of the winter season.  

Winter Programme 2007 – 2008

September

06 Reg Sweet 70 years of Photography

Bob Morgan – My favourite images

13 Comment evening – bring images for discussion

20 Beginners evening Hints and Tips

27 Open Competition Judge: Adrian Rowlands

October

04 Presentation of the Iceland Adventure

11 Practical learning – Table top - Bring cameras

18 Digital Evening

25 Open Competition Judge: David Chapman

31 WED Inter club v Penryn at PENRYN HQ

November

01 Inter club v Blandford at home Judge: Geoff Hitchens

03 SAT Kingswood Salver

08 Members Entertain – bring images for comment or entertain to last about 10 minutes.

15 Comment evening with St Austell Club at ST AUSTELL HQ

20 TUES Comment Evening with Hayle at HAYLE

22 Neil Souch - Creative Monochrome Landscapes

29 Inter club – St Ives and Wadebridge Judge: Ken Hambly

December

06 Memorial Competition Judge: Bryan Crick

13 Christmas Social and Quiz

20 Field Trips Competition Judge: M Oates

January

03 WCPF Travelling Slide Portfolio

10 WCPF Travelling Print Portfolio

17 Set Subject Competition “The Spirit of the Place” – Judge: Neil Souch

24 Malcolm Jenkin - Talk on preparation of a Panel

31 Steve Hicks and Lee Searle – Portraits and Images for a Library

February

07 Inter club v Truro – Judge: Bryan Crick

14 Open Competition – Judge: John Murray

21 Digital evening

28 Inter club v Falmouth at FALMOUTH HQ

March

06 Competition – Panel of Five Prints

- 3 digital images on a theme Judge: Jenny Leathes

13 Natural History Photography with David Chapman

20 Inter club v Helston Judge: Mike Langley

27 Open Competition Judge: Muriel Somerfield

April

02 WED Hand in for Alliance Competition at CPA

03 Dingwall Salon – Viewing on an international competition acceptances

10 John Tilsley Presents

17 Studio Evening – Portrait - Bring cameras

22 TUES Annual C P A Competition

27 Annual General Meeting

May

01 Members presentations

– bring images to entertain for about 10 minutes

08 Competition Print and Projected Image of the year Judge: Adrian Rowlands.

15 Prize competition – Design the programme cover for 2008/09

22 Open evening

Just to remind you that theres a field trip this Friday Hayle Rugby Club meet 7.pm in the rugby car park for the Stunt Vehicle Show.  We understand the fences are about 3ft high so photos should be available but of course all this depends on the English Summer.  Entry fee is £8 to watch the show.

Reg and Mary

Last Thursday (19-07-07) eleven members of the Camborne/Redruth Camera Club met to photograph the Mining Heritage Sites in the Wheal Basset and Carnkie area. For once in its summer field trip programme the weather was fine and though a little dull at first, later it was a case of ‘The evening crowning the day’ when the sun came out enabling the photographers to obtain some good atmospheric pictures and cloudscapes.  

Five C/RCC members, Reg Poad (Chairman), Mary Poad, Delia Trathen, David Johnson and Clive Kingsley had work on show as part of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Photography Group’s exhibition held at Townsend Village Hall on Saturday and Sunday (21/22-07-07). Also on display was a panel of framed prints that will be on display at the Trust’s Centre, Allet for the next twelve months and the above mentioned photographers also have work included in this panel. 

On Saturday (21-07-07) Reg and Mary Poad were the judges of Camborne Show’s Photographic Classes and were suitably impressed by the work entered. 

The next scheduled field trip is for tomorrow evening (27-07-07) when the Club is hoping to go to the Stunt Vehicles Spectacular at Hayle Rugby Ground starting at 07.00pm. The viability of this Field Trip is being checked and members are asked to contact the Club’s Chairman for confirmation. 

On Sunday (29-07-07) the Field Trip is to Dartmoor National Park meeting at Postbridge at 11.00am. 

C-RCC Winter Programme 2007/08 has been published and all members should have had their copy by now. Details about this and membership can be obtained from the Club’s website camborne-redruth-cameraclub.co.uk is in the course of being updated and the above details will be published soon.