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 »
Conwy Camera Club has introduced a discounted membership fee for any pairs of cohabiting people. The aim is to encourage more couples to join – including spouses and partners who’d like to see what their other half has been enjoying at the club without them! For most or all of its 78-year existence, the club… Read More »
Former Conwy Camera Club member Ian Robertson passed away on 26 July after a long battle with cancer. He will be missed by his many friends in the club. Ian, originally from St. Asaph, who lived in Glan Conwy, joined the club in 1999 while he was still working for the Inland Revenue. He was… Read More »
The club’s latest workshop, at Trac Môn Race Circuit, Anglesey, was requested by our youngest member, Sam Kettle, 16, who is particularly interested in motor bike racing. The nine members who attended included Tom Thacker, who may well be our oldest member! Two of the members had never been to Trac Môn before. We couldn’t… Read More »
Retired farmer Pam Gresty has started winning photo awards, less than two years after joining her local camera club. Having moved to Conwy in 2021 with her husband Bob, she no longer had livestock to feed and had more time on her hands. She took up photography and joined Conwy Camera Club. Now, at the… Read More »