Judy is Local to our Club being based in Shrewsbury and is chairman of the Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition (BPE) .

She says -
I first held a camera at the age of 8, my dad wanted his photo taken on his birthday! I was also given the cine camera and in later years we used to develop black and white photos together. I was definitely hooked!  My dad bought me a camera at the age of 19, and in 1992 I had my first SLR, one of the first autofocus cameras, a Pentax SF7.  I then joined Telford Camera club, they met at Madeley Court, but there were only about 10 members. When the chairman died I had moved to Shrewsbury by then and that club folded. I joined Shropshire Photographic Society in about 1998 and have been a member ever since. 

Photography is a great passion for me, I couldn't paint, so photography satisfied the creative instinct and also the compulsion to record the people and places I had visited. I quickly ended up on the committee at Shropshire PS, then became President for 3 years, and have been competition secretary since about 2003, the digital revolution. As a member the club provided me with critique of my images and the motivation to improve my photos.  I am chairman of the Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition (BPE) and have run this for 11 years. I have judged at many local clubs, Whitchurch, Nantwich, Bridgnorth, Stourport, Stourbridge, Welshpool, Oswestry, Newport, Great Barr, and have given talks at most of these.

I worked as a freelance photographer for the Shrewsbury Chronicle for about 5 years, and after that I branched out into weddings and portraits, also PR and commercial photos
 

My favourite subjects are wildlife, landscapes, moody and atmospheric scenes and natural style portraits.

HAND IN FOR Landscape (PDI) and Nature (PRINT)