LUDSHOTT Photographic Club members have snapped up awards for their efforts in external competitions.
They did well competing against more than 50 other clubs and had 16 images accepted for the Surrey Photographic Association’s bi-annual exhibition at Guildford House Gallery.
Gordon Rae, who had a share of acceptances, collected the Derry Wilman Nature Trophy for Masked Weaver Nest Building, which was judged best projected image in the strongly contested nature class.
With the trophy he also collected a gold medal from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain, presented by its chairman Roy Thomas.
John Wichall received a bronze medal from the Alliance in the monochrome print class for his portrait entitled Siamang Gibbons.
The club also hosted the Jim Henson Trophy for audio-visual presentations which, this year, was open to individuals from any club affiliated to the Surrey Photographic Association.
Carole Speight, of Chichester Camera Club, judged the competition and commented on each sequence.
The importance of the increasingly popular form of photography was recognised with the presence of Walter Benzie, president of the Royal Photographic Society, who presented the awards.
The winning entry was Battle of the Waterberg by Ludshott’s Kathleen Bird for her poignant story of the destruction in 1904 by colonial forces of the Herero people of German West Africa (now Namibia).
Second place went to Len Deeley, of Godalming Camera Club, for The Compassionate Man – an insightful study chronicling the life and works of the Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts.
Norman Horsham, of Mid-Thames AV Group, secured third place for The West Coast of Scotland and Ludshott’s Brian Marjoram, was highly commended for his entry entitled Metal
Two members were awaiting the outcome of their applications to the Alliance for awards for photographic merit.
The assessment took place in Gateshead before a panel of six independent judges. Both were successful. Gordon Rae gained a credit award for his submission of 10 projected images and John Wichalla a distinction award for his 15 submitted prints.