A fascinating photographic display at Conwy Culture Centre shows how communities in Conwy county celebrated the coronations of this year and of the last century. In a joint project with Conwy Archive Service, on coronation weekend 2023 Conwy Camera Club members returned to places which are depicted in archive photos from coronation celebrations in 1902,… Read More »
Each year the club holds a Creative photography competition in memory of Lionel Bloodworth, who founded the club’s Creative Special Interest Group. This year’s winning image was ‘If Turner had found a camera maybe’ by Ian Wright. Ian’s thought processes shown below: The image is a composite of a multiple exposure shot of Menai Bridge,… Read More »
To help raise funds for Knights Templar Charity, Comwy Camera Club arranged an evening for members to explore their photographic skills whilst photographing items in the shop as well as some portrait photography. £195.00 was collected and donated towards their Reindeer Fund for Local Disabled Children and Families who are struggling, letting them meet both… Read More »
Members of Conwy Camera Club were saddened to learn of the death of Brian Cook, one of the club’s honorary life members. Brian passed away on 27 July. He had been unwell since an accident in February. Brian and his wife Elizabeth joined the camera club in 1999, when it was at a low ebb.… Read More »
Tony Davies recently gained a distinction from the AWPF. See below for his story. To see the 12-image panel he put forward, go to this gallery page. Associateship of the Welsh Photographic Federation (AWPF) Once a year the WPF organises an assessment for photographers to apply to become an associate. A photographer has to submit… Read More »
On the 26th May Conwy Camera Club won first place in the yearly 3 way battle between Conwy, Penwith and Farnborough camera clubs.It was a closely fought event with Conwy taking the prize by just 10 points.A gallery of the winning images can be seen below including three images gaining maximum points. These were:‘Eye to… Read More »
Our visit to Anglesey started with members meeting at Anglesey Transport Museum. Where we spent a couple of hours exploring the museum, some members headed off to Llyn Parc Mawr to check for Red Squirrels and a picnic lunch. Early afternoon we all went down to Newborough Beach. From here a number of members headed… Read More »
Eugene Stevenson wins for a second time. Each year the club holds a Creative photography competition in memory of Lionel Bloodworth, who founded the club’s Creative Special Interest Group. This year’s winning image was ‘Colour Palette’ by Eugene Stevenson. He also won last year’s competition. He is the first to win the challenge twice. This… Read More »
A former junior member of Conwy Camera Club has scooped an award in the UK’s Young Railway Photographer of the Year competition. Gwion Clark, 19, was a member of the camera club for five years until he moved to Newcastle last autumn to study mechanical engineering. At an awards ceremony in York hosted by Sir… Read More »
On Thursday 24th February the club held its first indoor SIG meeting (special interest group) of 2022.The techniques demonstrated were based on the use of high speed flash to capture images of events lasting just a fraction of a second.Below are some snaps of our happy band at the events. If you’d like to see… Read More »