Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 18 2023/24 30 April 2024

There will be a portrait critique night at the club this Friday at 7.30pm. Please bring images, either digital or print, from the Portrait Sessions that we’ve had over the season.

On Friday 10 May, Wendy Irwin ARPS, CPAGB, BPE2*, AFIAP returns to the club (first visit 26 January) with the second part of her Creative Compositions talk. You can see some of Wendy’s work on her Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/143565076@N06/ 

Friday 10 May is also the hand in night for the Natural History (PDI only) and Landscape (Print only) competitions. You can enter up to 3 images in each category. Don’t forget that for both genres you must use new work not having been entered in any previous club competition. The full rules are here https://wrekinartspc.com/competition-links-organisations-and-club-guides where you will also find a link to the online entry system. Please send a digital copy of your Landscape print entry.

You will have seen the Shropshire Star article on the club’s success at MCPF Print and PDI Championships sent yesterday. You can now see the full results and all the award winning images at https://mcpf.co.uk/print-and-pdi-championships and https://mcpf.co.uk/print-and-pdi-championships-2024. You will need to click onto the images to see the title and author.

Finally, there’s a free Photography Roadshow https://thesocieties.net/roadshows/shropshire-photographic-roadshow/ at The Mecure Telford Centre Hotel TF3 4NA on Thursday 16 May from 9,30 to 3.30. There’s an exhibition and 3 free Portrait Masterclasses. Entry to the whole event is free but you will need to book a ticket https://indecs.events/events/shropshire-photographic-roadshow-rqglV