Camborne & Redruth Camera Club

Last Thursday evening at the Treleigh Church Hall, Reg Poad Chairman of the C-RCC welcomed members to the final meeting of 2007. He also thanked members for their tremendous support during the first four months of the 2007/08 Winter Programme. Reg introduced club member Maurice Oates of Feock who was the judge for the annual ‘Field Trips’ print and projected images Competition. In his opening remarks Maurice said that the members had given him a difficult task as he liked to judge on technical quality, composition and presentation alone but with so many entries meeting this criterion reluctantly he had to bring his personal choice into the final reckoning. Just before things got under way Mary Poad (Competition Secretary) thanked members for supporting the field trips during the summer and also for the record entry of 96 images for the competition. New members were given a set subject of ‘Cornwall’ so that they could take part in the Competition. 

Results Intermediate

Monochrome Prints

1. ‘Gardener’s Shed’   Charles Charlton

2. ‘Door Handle’   Alec Weyman

3. ‘At your Convenience’  Charles Charlton

Colour Prints

1. ‘What a big mouth you have’  Charles Charlton

2. ‘Spot the mouse’   Charles Charlton

3. ‘Faces in the Rock’   Carol Weyman

H/C ‘Birds of a Feather ’  Alec Weyman

Cornwall Prints (New Members)

1. ‘Surfer – Godrevy’   Andy Davies

2. ‘Rocks – Cot Valley’   Andy Davies

3. ‘Penzance Lifeboat’   Andy Davies 

Results Advanced

Monochrome Prints

1. ‘What a Hard Day’   Jenny Goodman

2. ‘Shapes’    David Johnson

3. ‘Porthleven Harbour’   Jenny Goodman

Colour Prints

1. ‘Fly on Flower’   Clive Kingsley

2. ‘Wood, Metal and Stone’  Clive Kingsley

3. ‘Lunch Munch’   Clive Kingsley

H/C ‘Peregrine Falcon’   David Johnson

H/C ‘Siberian Tiger’   Reg Poad

H/C ‘Flight’    Bob Morgan

Results Projected Images

Intermediate

1. ‘Owl’     Charles Charlton

2. ‘Heading for Harbour’  Paul Davis

3. ‘Night Scene, St. Ives’  Charles Charlton

H/C ‘Limpets’    Christine Hocking

Cornwall Images (New Members)

1. ‘Will I make it’   Bill Tonkin

2. ‘Winter’s Day’   Martine Levy

3. ‘Sunset - Godrevy’   Noel Ellis

H/C ‘Kite Surfer’   Jim Tarbox

Advanced

1. ‘Who’s a Pretty Boy’   Peter Keverne

2. ‘Hawk’    David Johnson

3. ‘Owl at Sparkwell’   Mary Poad

H/C ‘No Smoking Please’  Peter Keverne 

In his Vote of Thanks, David Johnson thanked Maurice for his very considered judging and technical advice during his commentary.  

The next meeting of C-RCC will take place at Treleigh on 3^rd January 2008 starting at 07.30 pm when the Western Counties Photographic Federation’s Travelling Slide Portfolio will be projected. 

Last Thursday evening (13/12/07) at the Treleigh Church Hall, Reg Poad Chairman of the Camborne/Redruth Camera Club (C-RCC) welcomed members for an evening with Richard McGee, the Club’s Vice-Chairman. Richard presented and commented on a Travelogue of the various places he had holidayed in the USA, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, New York in November, a coastal trip visiting the Lighthouses of Maine and finally finishing in the City of Boston. He not only showed some stunning landscape pictures but made the presentation even more interesting by the many anecdotes he had collected during his travels. 

During the interval wine, coffee and tea was served along with a selection of Christmas goodies. 

Ninety year old Reg Sweet (Treasurer) gave a short talk about the various film formats available over forty years ago and his Voigtlander and Kodak cameras he used during this period. He also showed, using a half-frame slide projector from the same era, pictures of holidays he had spent in Cyprus, Corfu and Italy. 

Reg Poad thanked both members for a very interesting evening. 

On Friday evening (14/12/07) C-RCC members met in the convivial surroundings of the Tehidy Golf Clubhouse for its annual Christmas Dinner. The evening had been organised by Malcolm Jenkin C-RCC’s President and members were delighted with the excellent menu and service provided by the restaurant staff. Reg Poad on behalf of the members thanked Malcolm who in his turn thanked Reg and his wife Mary for the work they had put in over the years to make the Club as successful as it is now. 

Tonight is the final print and projected images competition of 2007, the subject being ‘Pictures taken during the fourteen field trips held this year’.  The judge will be club member Maurice Oates of Feock. The meeting starts at 07.30 pm at the Treleigh Church Hall. 

Last Thursday evening at the Treleigh Church Hall, Reg Poad Chairman of C-RCC welcomed three new members and also thanked those members who provided refreshments and generally helped during the previous week’s Inter-Club Competition. He announced that Tim Smit of the Eden Project had been contacted and had shown an interest in C-RCC’s Audio/Visual programme ‘The Colours of Eden’ that had gained fourth place in the recent Western Counties Photographic Federation’s A/V Competition at Tiverton. A copy of the programme has been forwarded to the Eden Project.

In the RPS Creative Group’s Annual Projected Images Exhibition, Peter Keverne has had two images accepted, entitled ‘A Nap with Two Dogs’ and a ‘Rust Abstract’.

Reg Poad introduced Bryan Crick from St Ives, the judge for the evening’s Memorial Trophy Competition, who was presented with a considerable task to comment on and judge a total of 92 entries. 

Results 

Intermediate Monochrome Prints

1^st   ‘Spire – Salisbury Cathedral’  Charles Charlton

2^nd  ‘View Along the Thames’  Charles Charlton

3^rd    ‘St Michael’s Mount’   Christine Hocking

H/C ‘Up in the Dome’   Heather Charlton 

Advanced Monochrome Prints

1^st ‘Frosty Morning’   Jenny Goodman

2^nd ‘Winter Morning’   David Johnson

3^rd  ‘Penberth Cove’    Pam Pearce

H/C      ‘Acer’     David Johnson 

Intermediate Colour Prints

1^st ‘Resting’    Christine Hocking

2^nd ‘Bougainvillea ’   Heather Charlton

3^rd ‘Three Little Girls’   Charles Charlton

H/C  ‘Dive Bottles’    Carol Weyman 

Advanced Colour Prints

1^st ‘Little Old Shed’   Mary Poad

2^nd ‘Swallows Feeding’   David Johnson

3^rd ‘Geothermal Energy’   Reg Poad

H/C ‘Cot Valley’    Bob Morgan

H/C ‘Mother and Child’   Pam Pearce 

Intermediate Projected Images

1^st ‘Artist’     Bill Tonkin

2^nd ‘Ashleigh’    Charles Charlton

3^rd ‘Going Green’    Bill Tonkin

H/C ‘Magpie Ink Cap’   Charles Charlton 

Advanced Projected Images

1^st ‘Caught in the Rain’   Phil Williams

2^nd ‘Approaching Storm’   Malcolm Jenkin

3^rd ‘Waterfall’    Mary Poad

H/C ‘Early Morning’    Jenny Goodman

H/C ‘Black Rock Cottage’   Delia Trathen

H/C ‘Abandoned Boat’   Phil Williams 

Bryan Crick praised the members’ work in both groups for its high quality which made his task all the more difficult to determine the winners. He was particularly helpful to the intermediate group, some of whom are new to club competitions and gave them compositional tips so as to further improve their entries. 

Mary Poad gave a vote of thanks to Bryan for his sympathetic and helpful judging. 

Tonight at Treleigh Church Hall it will be a Social Evening including the Annual Quiz Competition prepared by the Club’s Vice-Chairman Richard McGee. 

Last Thursday evening (29-11-07) at the Treleigh Church Hall the Camborne-Redruth Camera Club hosted an at home Inter-Club print and Projected Images Competition with Wadebridge and St Ives Camera Clubs. Reg Poad (C-RCC Chairman) welcomed members from both Clubs and also introduced Ken Hambly of Truro the judge for the evening. Ken Hambly in his opening remarks said that in his preview of the work submitted he found it was of a very high standard, as he would have expected, and his final judgement was his personal choice.
Just before things got under way Reg Poad presented an Award Certificate to Carol Weyman for her success at the Cornwall WLT Photo Group’s Annual Competition with her underwater picture ‘Turtle’.

Members of all Clubs present were asked to sign a ‘Get Well’ Card to be sent to C-RCC’s oldest member 91 year old Reg Sweet who was missing his first Thursday Club meeting due to illness for as long as anyone could remember.
Competition Results
Prints

Wadebridge CC 111 pts

St Ives CC 126 pts

C-RCC 119 pts

Projected Images
Wadebridge CC 120 pts

St Ives CC 117 pts

C-RCC 115 pts

Combined Results
Wadebridge CC 231 pts

St Ives CC 243 pts

C-RCC 234 pts

Reg Poad congratulated St Ives CC on its victory and thanked Ken Hambly for judging.

Votes of thanks were expressed by Bryan Crick (St Ives CC) and Adrian Langdon (Wadebridge CC) to the judge and for the welcome and hospitality provided by C-RCC
Tonight at the Treleigh Church Hall starting at 07.30 pm it will be the Memorial competition in three categories, Monochrome Prints, Colour Prints and Projected Images.
The next C-RCC’s Audio/Visual Group meeting will be on Tuesday 15 January 2008 at Treleigh Church Hall, starting at 07.30 pm and the meeting is not only open to members but to anyone having an interest in A/V production.