Stokesley Photographic Society

Earlier this year John L Davies and Guy Davies achieved their EFIAP and Paula Davies achieved EFIAP/s. Both Paula & Guy Davies were also awarded EPSA at the beginning of September.

21st February 2010

Congratulations to John L Davies on achieving Best Botanical for his image of Mycenae in the Natural History Section of the GB Cup. See the last page of PAGB E-news 23 on the Notice Board Page of the site.

8th February 2010

The NCPF Championships took place on Sunday 7th February with mixed results for Stokesley PS.

In the EI final we were placed 4 th with 227 marks. Northallerton were worthy winners with a magnificent 264 marks followed by Sunderland with 236 marks. Northallerton CC and Sunderland PA will represent the NCPF at the National PAGB Projected Image Championships at Warwick in July.

In the Print final SPS gained 178 marks in second place behind Sunderland PA with 180 marks. This means that we, together with Sunderland PA, will represent the NCPF at the National PAGB Print Championships at Connaghs Quay on Saturday 23rd October 2010. Make a note of the date in your diary now if you would like to come and support your club on the day.

The individual marks for each print and electronic image used by SPS on 7th January can be found on the Members Only page.

Congratulations to John L Davies who was awarded an NCPF Medal in the Nature Section of this year's NCPF International Exhibition. The award was for the best special subject of Fungi with Mycena #2.

Congratulations to Guy and Paula Davies who have both been awarded the PPSA recognition from the Photographic Society of America. To attain this award the person has first to be a member of the PSA and secondly to achieve at least 288 acceptances from a total of 96 different images in PSA recognised exhibitions.

David Smith has had a photograph accepted for the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition. David's photograph of Bryam capillare was comended in the plant portrait category.

Guy Davies has been awarded an ARPS in the Visual Arts category. Guy Davies and John L Davies have also achieved AFIAP. Congratulations to them both.

It was honours even in our annual battle with Northallerton Camera Club with Northallerton winning the DI section and Stokesley winning the Print section, each by 11 points. The best print was Guy Davies Tuscan Light 2 and the Best Slide David Smith's Ash Keys. The judge, who gave an excellent commentary, was Dave Richardson. The individual marks for Stokesley can be found on the Members' Only page.

Stokesley PS took part in the NCPF Annual Print and Digital Imaging Championships. Despite being in first place in both sections at the end of the 1st round the final result after the 2nd round was rather disappointing. SPS were 2nd in the DI section and 3rd in the Print section. Guy Davies won the Best Print with Tuscan Light 2.

Congratulations to Northallerton on winning the Digital Imaging Section and coming 2nd to Sunderland in the Print Section. SPS will join Northallerton in representing the NCPF at the PAGB Annual DI Championship at Warwick in July. The individual scores for Stokesley members can be found on the Members' Only page.

Stokesley PS won all of this season's NYSD Inter-club competitions. The Print and Slide Inter-club competition was held in December with SPS winning both prints and slides. Congratulations to David Smith for the Best Slide "Mycena No 9". The Inter-club projected digital image competition was judged on Friday 30th January and once again Stokesley were winners. Congratulations to all who took part, especially the runners-up. The full results of the competitions can be found on the Members Only page.

Stokesley PS entered the Great British Cup, a competition for Digital Images organised by the PAGB. The society entered the small clubs section and achieved 216 points coming equal 19th out of a total of 58 clubs. Members can find full details on the members only page.

Paula Davies and John Davies both won awards in the NCPF International Exhibition. John was awarded the Northumbria Trophy for his slide "Dubai Creek Sunrise" in the Travel Section and Paula was awarded the Northumbria Trophy for "Hanging Space" in the Monochrome Print Section.

Stokesley PS won the Annual Slide and Print Battle with Northallerton by a very narrow margin of 3 points. The battle was judged by Bryan Gilbert, giving us a very enjoyable evening.

Stokesley PS took part in the NCPF slide and print championships on Sunday 10th February. In the slide competition SPS took second place and we will join our friends from Northallerton to represent the NCPF in the PAGB Slide Championships at Warwick on 12th July. Congratulations to Northallerton who won the slide competition by a very wide margin. SPS took 3rd place in the print competition. Congratulations to Sunderland PS and Whitley Bay CC who will represent the NCPF in the PAGB Print Championship at Connahs Quay in October.

The society won the NYSD annual inter-club competition. We won five of the seven trophies. Congratulations to David Smith for his print Ash Keys being selected as the best print in the inter-club competition and also for winning the Cleveland Trophy (Silver Salver) with Friteleia No 2. Ken Broomfield is also to be congratulated for having the 2nd placed print in the inter-club competition.

Paula Davies has been awarded a Fellowship of the RPS in the Visual Art category.

Congratulations to club members who were successful in this years Sharrow Photographic Competition:

John Huddlestone, 3rd place in the Pictorial section. Sam Issa, 1st place in the Portrait category.

In the NCPF Annual Colour Slide Competition Stokesley PS finished in second place with 72 points. Congratulations to Northallerton the winners with 75 points. In the Annual Colour Print competition Stokesley finished 3rd with 68 points. The winners were Dumfries CC with 71 points and in second place Morpeth CC with 69 points.

Congratulations to David Smith for being awarded the Vickers Trophy for the best Natural History slide and to Guy Davies and John L Davies who both had slides which were highly commended.

In the print section of the competition there were two Highly Commended prints each for David Smith and Guy Davies.

On Sunday 11th February the club took part in the Northern Counties Photographic Federation's Club Championship at Harraton Hall, Washington. Stokesley PS won the Print Championship with 184 points and will be one of the club's representing the NCPF at the national PAGB Print Championships at Connahs Quay on Saturday 27th October 2007. Congratulations to Northallerton CC who were just one point behind with 183 points and will be the other club competing at Connahs Quay in October.

In the Print Championship Dr John Davies ARPS DPAGB of Stokesley PS was awarded the Best Colour Print and Alan Porrett ARPS, AFIAP, DPAGB, APAGB of Whitley Bay PS the Best Monochrome Print.

The Slide Championship was won by Northallerton CC who beat 2nd placed Sunderland PA by 16 points. These two clubs will represent the NCPF at the PAGB Slide Championships at Warwick in July.

We send Northallerton CC our hearty congratulations for their achievement in representing the NCPF in both the Slide and Print Championships this year.

Stokesely won the print section and took third place in the slide section of the NYSD Inter-club competition which resulted in the club being placed second overall.

In the individual Cleveland Salver print competition the winner was Guy Davies and David Smith took 3rd place. Several other club members' prints were Highly Commended.

Paula Davies has been awarded the ARPS distinction in the Visual Arts category. Her successful panel can be viewed here.

Stokesley Photographic Society and Northallerton Camera Club represented the Northern Counties Photographic Federation in the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain National Slide Championships at Warwick on Saturday 9th July.

With a total of 33 clubs from the whole of Great Britain taking part, the championship is organised into two initial rounds of eight slides from each club, with the top eight clubs going into the final, and with a separate trophy to be contested for the remaining clubs.

At the end of the first round, Stokesley was leading, with Northallerton lying third. After the second round, Stokesley was second and Northallerton fourth. For the first time in the history of the championship, Northern Counties had both its representative clubs in the final.

The final of 20 slides from each of the eight clubs was hard fought and the result was Stokesley sharing second place with Amersham and Northallerton in fifth position. In addition, John Davies achieved a maximum 15 marks for “Come in Number 5” and one Northallerton slide was awarded a Bronze medal.

Stokesley PS achieved 1st place in the Northern Counties Photographic Federation annual colour slide competition, with Sandy’s Bluebells and Oaks coming second in the overall competition. Both Sandy’s slide and Bryum & Ceratodon by David L Smith will be part of the Federations entry into the PAGB Slide Exhibition this year. John L Davies was awarded the Hilton Trophy for the best non-conventional slide with Come in Number 5. The club didn’t do so well in the print competition but Paula Davies had two colour prints, Waiting and Who’s There?, selected for the Federation entry into the PAGB Print Exhibition.

Another double success in the 2005 Algarve Exhibition. This time it’s Guy Davies who has been awarded a PSA Gold Medal for a colour print, Barren Landscape, and a FIAP Silver Medal for a monochrome print, Mountain Weather.

Sandy achieves a double in the 2005 Minneapolis St Paul PSA sponsored exhibition, being awarded PSA Gold, Best of Show for “Tuscany, Creative Landscape” and PSA Gold, Best Creative for “Bluebells and Oaks”.

Congratulations to Sandy Furniss for being awarded a Silver Medal and a Bronze Medal for slides entered into the Austrian “World of Images” PSA exhibition circuit.

Stokesley PS and Northallerton CC to represent NCPF at the PAGB Slide Championships in Warwick

At the NCPF Slide Championships held at Washington, Co Durham, on 13th February 2005, Stokesley finished in second place to winners, Northallerton. These two clubs will travel to Warwick on 9th July to represent the NCPF at the PAGB slide championships, a competition between all 15 photographic federations in Great Britain.