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Prime Lens Challenge in St Albans
Despite the current restrictions, we managed to run this year’s Prime Lens Challenge in St Albans on Saturday 11th July. This competition is a bit of fun and the rules are that members can attend anytime on Saturday with one camera and one fixed focal length lens and...
Watford Win the North West Federation Cup – Neetha wins Best Digital Image
The final of the North West Fed against Field End Photographic Society was held at Amersham Barn Hall on Saturday 22nd February. This competition pits 12 clubs in the North West area of London against each other in a series of rounds. Both clubs had won 3 first-round...
Website update, New “Members Area”
Just a heads up for club members. To simplify the menu which has become a little too complex, we have decided to pull out the "League" and "Competitions" tabs and place them in a "Members Area". Instead of tabs with menus, we now have buttons on appropraite pages....
Rooftops of London from James Burns
On 12th December we were treated to a fascinating insight into The Rooftops of London from James Burns. James has had a lifelong passion for capturing London from high vantage points and we were all transfixed at the quality of his images, delivered with a sense of...
Awards for Photographic Merit Success
This weekend, 23rd and 24th November saw the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) hold the Awards for Photographic Merit at Watford Boys Grammar School. 8 of our members reached the required standard to be awarded their respective awards, as follows: Michelle...
‘All Bar One’ talk from Micki Aston about 50 states of the USA
On Thursday 31st October we were treated to the 'All Bar One' talk from Micki Aston about 50 states of the USA. There was a fascinating mix of images and commentary and Micki is to be complimented on getting through all 50 states, although we did run over time. Due to...
Watford Camera Club Win the Park Street Landscape Competition
On 24th October Watford Camera Club competed against 11 other clubs for the prestigious Park Street Landscape trophy. 6 images plus a tie- breaker image were presented by each club and we were represented by 3 authors; Sarah Walker, Richard Wilson and Martin Patten....
1st projected open competition of the season
Thursday 19th September saw our first Open PDI competition of the season. The judge was Colin Harrison, FRPS, MPAGB, who gave fair and consistent critique of all the images, giving us the benefit of his extensive knowledge. There were some excellent images across all...
New Season Begins
Our new President, Lloyd Moore, welcomed everyone back to the start of our 2019/2020 season on Thursday 5th September. It was good to see some new faces as well as the older ones and we all look forward to another fun-filled and event-packed year. Unusually this year,...
Charlotte Dwyer wins the Ron Wake Trophy
Competing against several local clubs, Watford had 5 images that made it through to the final at Harrow Camera Club last Tuesday 3rd September. This in itself was a very good achievement as only 20 made it to the last stage. The quality of all the images were...