This Friday at 8pm, Terry Hewitt judges the 4th Merit PDI competition via Zoom

On Friday 25 June we welcome Glyn Edmunds https://glynedmunds.com with his “African Wildlife” talk. Glynn is a retired semi-professional photographer who has been doing serious photography for more than 50 years. He has been a photography teacher, involved in exhibitions and has won many accolades for his work over the years. Tonight Glyn will concentrate on African Wildlife but you can see other aspects of his work through his website link.

Roger has done rather well with his photographic skills in competitions and exhibitions. He has just won 2nd prize and a special merit prize in the gymnastics section of the World Sports Photography Awards 2021 https://www.worldsportsphotographyawards.com/winners Roger says, “I was beaten to the gold by a shot of the best gymnast in the world, Simone Byles taken by one of the best sports photographers in the world, Marc Aspland, so not too shabby.” He has also been awarded his EFIAP platinum - a distinction also awarded to Calvin. Meanwhile, Norman has received the his EFIAP Bronze award. Congratulations to all 3. You can see a selection of EFIAP award images on this link http://www.pagbnews.co.uk/newsletter/issue-284-extra#block-views-gallery-images-block-1

Tom won Gold Medal in the Open Monochrome section at The Robin Hood Exhibition 2021 together 2 Commended images http://photoexhib.com/robinhood/results-2021/results.htm Norman had a Commended Image in the Nature section of the same exhibition.

The 72nd Midland Salon of International Photography http://www.midland-salon.com closes for entries on 26 June

Finally, Countryfile Photography Competition https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2sqJG875hDNNhBxTdZGcZGy/can-you-capture-the-miracles-of-nature is now open for entries until 10am on Monday 12 July. The theme this year is “Miracles of Nature” You can enter up to 3 images and the full terms and conditions can be found on the link.