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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...
The Great Escape from Colchester park and ride
Members attended the Prime Lens Challenge at Colchester on Saturday 20th July. The weather was much kinder to us than forecasted with just a few drops falling as we went for Pizza at lunch time. The highlight of the day was 4 or us getting stranded in the car park,...
Club Successes
This has been another good year for our club. We have over 70 members with a good mix of photographers of all abilities and ages. Watford Camera Club won both the Park Street Landscape competition, beating 11 other clubs plus the St. Albans n-Way competition against 8 other clubs. In addition…
Watford Camera Club AGM 13th June 2019
Our AGM was held on June 13th bringing to a close another season. Thanks were given to Terri Adcock, who has been a highly efficient and popular President for the past 2 years and a card plus gift was presented to her on behalf of the club by the incoming President, Lloyd Moore. All the trophies were presented…
Annual Club Exhibition 2019
Our Annual Club Exhibition was, for the first time, held at the Henderson Hub Arts Centre in Abbots Langley between end of March and early April. It was a huge improvement on previous years as the venue allowed for a big increase in the number of visitors. Congratulations to Charlotte Dwyer for winning Best in Competition. The venue has been booked for the same time next year.
Gary Nicholls – Imaginarium
We were treated to a talk from Gary Nicholls last Thursday, updating us on his Imaginarium project. The thought and work that goes into his images is something to behold and it was fascinating to get a glimpse into his world of imaginative composite photography. Gary...
Success at Solihull BPE for Watford Members
A few of our members are on the trail of the elusive BPE Crowns and are actively entering exhibitions held across the country. One such exhibition is based in Solihull and recently announced the results for its 2019 Exhibition. Terri Adcock: Seven acceptances with...
Watford Multiple Sclerosis Society Calendar – Projected Digital Image Competition
Our first Projected Digital Image competition of the season was, as usual, calendar images on behalf of our supported charity the Watford Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year we were delighted to present the charity with a cheque for £100, raised from our inaugural...
Martin Patten, Gold Medal Winner 2018 Solihull Open Exhibition
Martin Patten has won a Gold Medal at the 2018 Solihull Open Exhibition of British Photography. From thousands of entries, the selectors chose Heron with Rat as the best image in the Nature Print section. Huge congratulations to Martin on a great achievement'....