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Assessment: 9th October “Portrait”

Judged by Peter Stubbs


Sadly, there was only a modest turn out for the Annual General Meeting and the formalities were quickly dispensed with. The current committee was returned unopposed. No surprises there! The retirement of Robin Pitcher from the committee saw her responsibilities being shared between Bruce Williams (Webmaster) and Philomena Kaarma (Facebook/Social Media Co-ordinator). Minutes of the meeting can be viewed here.

Judge Peter Stubbs was able to Zoom in from afar and we managed to overcome poor audio through the dexterous use of Matt's handheld mobile phone. Not as planned but serviceable nonetheless.

Peter commented that the overall quality was excellent and commended the members in general. You can find all the images from the Portrait assessment over in the jAlbum archives. Click on the Archives link in the main menu above.

Photo of the month was awarded yet again to Lloyd Anderson for his beautifully crafted portrait of his grand-daughter Haylie. This was the only image in the classic studio portrait sense and stood out clearly from the pack. Judge Peter said of this image 

"...This is ... a beautifully crafted “classical” image with nice dodge/burn to enhance the formality of the shot. Well cropped and I like the soft focus on all except the eyes here. A great example where eye contact would DETRACT for me as there’s a wistfulness that would be lost".

There were many other excellent images. Congratulations to Jack Nouwens ("Shaggy Dad" image) and Wayne Apps ("Grill Cave" image) for their commended awards.


Photo of the month for September 2025

Lloyd Anderson - "Haylie"

This candid image was captured inside a hall at a wedding reception, in the afternoon. The subject is Lloyd's grand-daughter Haylie. The image uses natural light coming through the windows of the reception hall. The technical specs are:

1/80 @ F/2.8, ISO 1800, 70mm full frame & hand held.

 People's Choice Award

 

As this was a digital assessment there was no peoples' choice awarded