Congratulations to Conwy Camera Club member Pam Gresty, who has won a UK photography award less than three years after taking up the hobby on her retirement from farming. Pam, who lives in Conwy, joined her local camera club in 2021. She lives with Parkinson’s, and joined the Disabled Photographers’ Society in July 2022. The… Read More »
This month’s display on the club’s screen at the GH Edwards shop in Conwy High Street features pictures of ‘Flora’ and a set of images by Sian Davies. Sian bought a camera in 2009 and joined Conwy Camera Club, where she received help with camera settings, Photoshop etc. Her interest in photography has taken her… Read More »
Chris Yates has achieved the feat of winning the hotly contested Lionel Bloodworth Creative Challenge in his first season at Conwy Camera Club.Please click any image to view full size (in a new tab). Click your back button to return to this post. His winning image, Murmuration, polled the most votes when the annual event… Read More »
This month’s display on the club’s screen at the GH Edwards shop in Conwy High Street features pictures of ‘Things that fly’ and a set of images by Peter King. Peter, now nearly 80 years old, started his photography some 70 years ago on a Box Brownie! He graduated to a Single Lens Reflex camera… Read More »
Conwy Camera Club member Sharon Prenton Jones has become only the 20th person in the world – and the first in the UK – to gain a VIP-5 certificate from the Global Photographic Union. Sharon gained this recognition by having had 50 Gold Medals awarded for 50 different photographs which she had entered in international… Read More »
Pictures by Conwy Camera Club members have returned to Conwy High Street after an absence of 13 years, this time in the form of a digital photo display. From 1998 to 2013, residents and visitors alike enjoyed the club’s monthly displays of photographic prints in an empty shop window at the top of the street.… Read More »
Members of Conwy Camera Club have been busy this autumn supporting local organisations and events. Despite wet weather, there was a good turnout of club members to photograph, at the town council’s request, the Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Bodlondeb and the parade to the church. At least the sun was shining on Armistice Day when… Read More »
Conwy Camera Club will take its first look at production and manipulation of images using Artificial Intelligence on Tuesday 7 November. AI is developing rapidly and is often controversial. Its use in digital imaging is no exception. Protocols and policies around where and when AI imaging is acceptable or unacceptable are still being developed nationally… Read More »
Congratulations to Sam Kettle, one of Conwy Camera Club’s junior members, who has received an award for his photography. The award was presented by his school, Ysgol Brynhyfryd, for Outstanding Endeavour in Photography for the GCSE course he completed in June. Sam, aged 16, has now started an A Level course in Art Photography. Club… Read More »
Conwy Camera Club members have enjoyed a busy and productive season of summer workshops, and are now looking forward to the programme of autumn and winter workshops. The last of the summer workshops was a trip to Salford Quays, where 10 members enjoyed an afternoon of street photography followed by some low-light cityscapes. This was… Read More »