A rare sunny Saturday afternoon found members from various camera clubs sat in a darkened Coytrahen Community Centre watching the top 15 entries in our first 5 to 8 Photo Harmony competition. Our distinguished judge, Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB, kept us all in suspense before announcing the winner as:
David R Neal AFIAP, DPAGB, BPE4* of Eryri Photo Group.
The winning sequence met with universal approval and contained a stunning selection of mountain landscapes. Bridgend Camera Club was well represented with Jenny Hibbert AWPF gaining a well deserved runners up spot, also, our judge felt compelled to award a highly commended to Mike Eady and Jeff Goodwin.
All present had an enjoyable time and offered much praise for both Bridgend Camera Club and our judge for his thoughtful and constructive comments. The range of subjects tackled, the quality of the images and the truly varied choice of music made the afternoon both stimulating and enjoyable.

The judging with presentation of the top entries for the 5 to 8 photo harmony competition will take place on Saturday 26th April. The venue is Coytrahen Community Centre, CF32 0EB, near Bridgend. The event will start at 2 o clock, with the showing of the top entries, Our distinguished judge is Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB Chairman of Wantage Camera Club, Member of the RPS Audio Visual Distinctions panel, committee member of RPS Wessex-DIG and Webmaster of several AV sites. I am sure he will have his work cut out in selecting the winning entry. Entry is free and Bridgend and District Camera Club look forward to welcoming all interested people.

A reminder that the closing date for the 5 to 8 photo harmony competition is rapidly approaching. Click on the link on the right for details.

Please note that Linda has managed to get John and Eileen Wigmore to give us a presentation on 18th February.

 Bridgend Camera Club are pleased that Clive Nichols, our speaker on the 3rd December, is one of the judges for the Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 Competition. Open to all amateurs and professional photographers this competition is your chance to win thousands of pounds of prizes and exhibit at a major London venue.
For more information visit www.gpoty.org

Clive’s visit to Bridgend is his only talk in Wales this year and is an ideal chance to see work of the standard required. We still have some tickets for this evening available, price £5, please contact Terry Gardner
secretary@bridgend-camera-club.co.uk

The rules for our new Photo Harmony competition, 5 to 8, are now available to view on this website. To view just click on the 5 to 8 link on the right hand side.

We have accepted an invitation from Port Talbot Camera Club to take part in their new five way print battle, starting next season.
The clubs invited to take part are Bridgend, Cardiff, Carmarthen and Thornbury.
The judge is to be Diana Ashill LRPS of Towy Valley Camera Club.
The Battle will be held  on December 4th 2008 at Port Talbot Camera Club.

Tickets will shortly be available for the 3rd December presentation by internationally renowned garden photographer Clive Nichols. Tickets will be £5 and must be purchased in advance, please contact our club secretary.

Mr Terry Gardner: secretary@bridgend-camera-club.co.uk

I am delighted to be able to announce the judge for this competion is Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB

Chairman of Wantage Camera Club, Member of the RPS Audio Visual Distinctions panel, committee member of RPS Wessex-DIG and Webmaster of several AV sites

The committee is very excited that such a distinguished and well known photographer has agreed to judge our first photo harmony competition.

The club season begins on Monday 3rd September. Our first evening begins with a return visit from Steve Philips. Directly following on from last years talk, on press photography, Steve’s talk this year is entitled Photographing Welsh International Rugby, very timely with the Rugby World Cup about to start in France. Even non rugby fans should find this talk fascinating as Steve shares his wealth of practical advice and fun stories with his background as picture editor of Wales’ largest circulation newspaper.