Bexhill Photographic Club - June 6

To end this season though we held the prestigiousprint and slide of the year as our penultimate meeting, each member was invited to forward their three best prints and slides, previously used in a 2007/2008 competition, just one of each would be judged as the winner by the experiencedphotographic judge fromKent, John Devenport LRPS. He chose three Highly Commended prints as follows:

De La Warr Pavilion Curves and Shapes by Paul Hutchings, The Lovers by Norman King, South African Bay by Alistair Hazell.

Then finally The Print of the Year was Norman King's Detail from the Baptistery Door Florence, a beautiful golden panel, one of many that depicted a Biblical scene, the judge enthused about the quality and presentation of the image it was given top place. Norman's third POTY since 1998.

Once we had completed the break for refreshments John had recovered from judging the 47 prints andit went straight into darkness for him to deliberate over the 21 slides, he was just as enthusiastic commenting on every image, this time the three Highly Commended prizes went to Paul Hutchings, Norman King and Ray Noble.

John chose Slide of the Year which was a super capture of a Male Azure Damselfly photographed on a grass seed head by Brian Reeve (our slide projectionist) this was his fifth Slide of the Year achievement since 1985.

All the above prints and slides will be on show in the Observer window in two phases in the second half of July.

Final honours list for our 2007/08 season is as follows:-

Open Print General - Alistair Hazell; Portrait - John Bryant.

Small Print - Dorothy Reeve/Norman King.

Open Slide General - Ray Noble.

Nature - Brian Reeve.

Landscape - Paul Hutchings.

Set Subject - Ray Noble.

The Summer Challenge - Norman King.

John Cocker Panel - David Rossiter

Print of the Year - Norman King

Slide of the Year - Brian Reeve

Any enquiries about the club can be made on the website www.bexhillphotoclub.co.uk or contact Mike Pethen on 846973.