Est: 1891. Serving photography in Wakefield and District for 131 years.
The Dave Lockton Challenge is held annually in memory of David Lockton who was born on the 23rd of August 1927 and died on the 25th of June 2017. He joined Wakefield Camera Club in 1956 and at the AGM on the 7th February 2005 was made a Life member for his services …
On Monday evening of 25th November the club had the judging for the Annual Print Competition. Although there are many competitions, each with their own rules throughout the year, there are two competitions reserved for the end of the year where members can enter what they consider is their best work of the …
The Best Prints of 2019 – The Results of the Annual Print Competition Are Here Read more »
The evening of Monday 21st October saw the judging of the fifth round of this year’s Clubman Competition. As usual there was a large attendance to view lots of prints and digital images. This round of the competition had the set subject of “Work” so the challenge was to capture the essence of …
It was was hard “Work” but the results of the fifth round of the Clubman are in! Read more »
The subject for the July online was “Self Portrait” which could be interpreted in any way the entrant saw fit and there was a lot of creativity on show. The number of entries was a bit down but maybe our members are a bashful lot. I didn’t expect it but humour came into …
Me, Myself, I – Self-Portraits are the order of the day in July’s Online Competition Read more »
On the evening of 15th July the judging of the annual Triptych Competition was held.This competition is for a print or digital image of standard size but containing 3 smaller prints or images. It sounds more complicated than it is. However to get good triptych the 3 have to have an overall theme …
….and then 3 come along at once! – It’s the 2019 Triptych Competition Results Read more »
On Monday evening there was an enthusiastic gathering of members for the David Lockton Challenge. The David Lockton Challenge is a fairly new competition started in 2018 that has been dedicated to an ex-life-member who was always willing to share his knowledge and help especially with the less experienced photographer. Interestingly it excludes …
On the evening of 1st July Peter Thomson DPAGB APAGB came to give a talk to members entitled “Judge the Judge” which was an intriguing title. Peter has been a judge for some time but, as with most judges, is a keen photographer himself. In the first part of the evening he essentially …
(The problems with the gallery appear to be fixed – fingers crossed – so here is the information again)The subject for the June online competition was “Roofs” which, for once, was quite specific and not as open to interpretation as some previous subjects. However, as usual, members managed to a variety of approaches …
The evening of Monday 3rd June 2019 saw the judging of the third round of this year’s Clubman Competition. As usual there was a large attendance to view lots of prints and digital images. This round of the competition had the set subject of “In The City” which allowed members just about free …
Into the city for the results of Round 3 of the 2019 Clubman Competition. Read more »
As you probably know April’s online competition subject was “Looking Down” and we had a good set of entries for this month’s judge, Angela Crutchley-Rhodes, to peer down on and get into some sort of order. Kudos to Angela as she received the images late due to technical issues with the website but …