Creative & Audio Visual Competitions | 26 February 2019 |
The judge for the competitions was Tony Byram EFIAP ARPS AWPF DPAGB who together with his wife Jennie has visited the club many times – both as a judge and also to present his own images and AV’s.
What is a ‘creative’ image? asked Tony - a question that members ask themselves. It may not be apparent how an image is created and that does not matter for this competition but the resulting image should cause a reaction suggests Tony. ![]() Tony picked out 9 very different images for awards giving first place to Pam Mullings for ‘The Sorcerer’ left - a colourful image which depicted a wild haired gent and his book of Spells. Second place went to ‘Fun with Milk’ by Kev Ferris LRPS in which the falling droplets had formed into the shape of a mushroom. Third was an image of trees titled ‘Winter to Autumn’ by Chris Wilkes Cuidad ARPS which transformed a scene of woodland trees from monochrome to colour. After a break Tony set about judging the Audio - Visual sequences entered explaining how the images should flow well together and have appropriate music. The order in which the images are shown is important with each sequence telling a story with a beginning, a middle and an ending. The club has not held an A-V competition for a few years so for some members it was their first attempt. Lively music accompanied a surfing sequence and sea water swimming featured in another. ![]() Right: One of the many images in 'Visions of Heaven' In second place was ‘Isle of Skye’ with its stunning images taken by Chris Wilkes Ciudad which showed the beautiful mountains and lakes of the area. ‘Dawn to Dusk’ by Martin Stokes was a sequence taken in the New Forest with its landscapes and wildlife which included a clever sequence of woodland bird images and their calls. Martin’s A-V was in third place. Tony suggested that members wishing to learn more about making A-V’s should join WAVES which meets locally 4 times a year. David Wilkinson thanked Tony for judging the competition and for giving his helpful comments.PM Full results Most of the awarded images can be seen in the Galleries. |