Est: 1891. Serving photography in Wakefield and District for 131 years.
Nicola Taylor came down from North Yorkshire to show us her Creative images. She explained how she came back to photography after quitting a stressful job and using her local surroundings, set out to create images that told a story. As she felt uneasy directing models, she decided to be model and photographer …
It’s a bit late this month because of being busy with the YPU Assembly and Exhibition but I’m now ready to tell you the results. Sally Robinson was the judge this time and to be fair to her she did give me her results before the end of April. Apologies for the delay. …
Harmony or Discord? – The April Online competition results are in Read more »
There are five Clubman Competitions each year for members (two Open and three Themed) comprising both Print and Digital categories. Each round of the competition has the same format and could be seen as a one-off competition and prizes are awarded. However there is a greater prize – Clubman of the Year (or …
Monday evening of 2nd November saw the judging of the final round of the Clubman Competition for this year. There are five Clubman Competitions each year for members (two Open and three Themed) comprising both Print and Digital categories. Tonight’s round was themed on “Monochrome” so it’s a tough job for the judge as …
Recently a competition was held between Wakefield Camera Club and the Noosa Photo Club in Australia. This was the first running of this competition and both clubs submitted images from a recent in-house competition. For Wakefield all the images were drawn from entries to the 2nd Clubman Competition. Wakefield organised the judging this time but …
The subject of June’s online competition was “The Colour Red” and the entrants did everything but paint the town red. Our esteemed Treasurer, Trevor Bottomley, was the judge this month so he had the task of picking his favourites, and giving red cards to others. As usual Trevor has been very thorough and …
The theme for the May online competition was “Movement” and there’s lots of motion blur in the entries this month (at least I hope it is intentional motion blur!). The subjects are as varied as usual and again, as usual, they are worth having a good look at. Jack Bunn LRPS is judge this …
Judge David Goodier has deliberated and come up with his pick of the entrants for the April round of the online competition, the theme of which was Urban. Everyone should have had chance to pick their favourites by now so here are David’s words. He has provided really helpful and constructive comments on …
The subject for April’s online competition was “Urban” and a good few members have submitted images showing what “Urban” means to them. As usual there are different interpretations from buildings old and new to a scooter. It’s an interesting group and this month the judge is David Goodier so in a few days …
The March subject was “Patterns and Shapes” as you know and now we have Sally’s view on how the entries “shaped up”. Here are her words of wisdom. Phew, that was hard! Many good images & a wide variety of subjects. Had a bit of fun playing ‘Guess the Author’ ! So, at the …