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Cymdeithas Ffotograffig Gogledd Cymru
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Print day 27th September 2026
Unfortunately we are cancelling the print day with Fotospeed on 27th September 2026. We needed 60 people to run the day and we have not been able to gain enough support from people to run with it.
Newsletter for June click here
NWPA Workshop - Make and Take Light Painting Tools
Thursday 11th June 2026, 1.00pm - 4.00pm at Canolfan Tregarth - For more info Click here
PAGB InterFed Print Battle Selection
NWPA Selection for the PAGB Interfed Print Battle has taken place on the 9th May. To download the list of choosen prints click here.
NWPA Competiton 2026 - FREE TO ENTER - Saturday 11th July, 2026 - click here for more info
NWPA Print Battle - Saturday 11th April, 2026 for more info Click here
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Sue Clark HonNWPA
Congratulations to Sue Clark on receiving and HonNWPA award for exceptional services , Here's Sue receiving her award from president Charles Meadows at Conwy camera Club
Nomination for Susan Clark for NWPA Hons:
Sue has made a rich and varied contribution to amateur photography in North Wales since she joined Conwy Camera Club in 2010. She is always in great demand as a speaker and a judge across North Wales and further afield. She is a highly competent photographer and has a passion for the history of photography and photographic techniques having embraced Photoshop since its infancy.
Despite being one of the largest clubs in North Wales over the last 20 years, Conwy has produced relatively few competition judges. Sue is a very well respected judge throughout North Wales and beyond and is known to be scrupulously fair, always well prepared and highly professional. Feedback from clubs where she has judged is always positive! The Club is grateful to Sue for her tireless work as a judge and proud of her experience and expertise and is proud of the high esteem in which she is held.
John Smith HonNWPA
Well done and congratulations to John Smith Hon NWPA! here's the man himself receiving an Honourable NWPA award for exceptional service, from President Charles meadows at the NWPA exec meeting this afternoon, for or all the work he does behind the scenes and his tireless work for the NWPA print and PDI battles including pre and post show involvement as well as on the actual day ! this includes creating an AV slideshows for clubs to present to their members to view at their leisure.
John visits many other clubs affiliated to the NWPA by going along and sharing his knowledge and giving various presentations, John is also an NWPA judge and gladly gives his time and evenings ,sharing his skills and knowledge for the benefit of others, he is also the delegate for Rhyl Photographic Society at the NWPA meetings, the secretary for Rhyl Photographic Society and is the webmaster for an AV group he belongs to in Cheshire and is extremely involved in.
John is a great asset for the NWPA, Rhyl Photographic Society and the North Wales photography scene and deserves this award as recognition for all his hard work over the years!
Christine Langford HonPAGB
A huge, and well deserved, Congratulations to Christine Langford, who has been awarded the prestigious JS Lancaster Medal by the PAGB, the highest honour they hand out to individuals, for all the years of hard work, not only to the PAGB … but also the NWPA, Eryri PS and Dwyfor CC. She was awarded the honour by Peter Young, Vice president of the PAGB, in front of friends at the Eryri PS meeting. She was taken aback at being awarded this honour, and a few tears were shed.
Christine has been the Oracle within the NWPA, always willing to help and hand out advice. Always working in the background at most of the events NWPA run, and always at hand on the day of the events…..this also reflects within the Eryri PS, she runs it….all by herself.
Info: The J S Lancaster Medal was instituted in 1998 to recognise exceptional service to the PAGB, and is named after its first Secretary. Award holders may use the designation ‘HonPAGB’, replacing any previous award of APAGB.
PAGB CES system info...
An long article regarding the PAGB's CES system, can be found on their latest E-News (358) on pages 10-12. download it by clicking here.
NWPA COMPETITION - Free to Enter
SATURDAY 11TH JULY 2026
Please make a note in your diary to come to the NWPA Individual Competition.
Building on the tremendous success of last years competition we are very pleased to announce a free to enter NWPA competition for all individual members, life members and Honorary members of the clubs in North Wales who are affiliated to the NWPA.
Date: Saturday 11th July 2026
Venue: Craig y Don Community Centre, Queens Road, Llandudno, LL30 1TE.
Judge : Robert Millin. MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, FBPE, MPSA, GPU Zeus, AWPF, SPSA, DPAGB, LRPS.
Categories : 3 categories, Open Colour, Open Mono, Nature.
Entries : A maximum of 4 entries per person, (THAT IS 4 IMAGES IN TOTAL NOT 4 IN EACH CATEGORY), either pdi, print or a mix of both, into Open Colour, Open Mono and Nature.
PORTAL CLOSES ON 27th JUNE. There is still time to enter
Go to https://www.photocompentries.net/?org=MoldCC
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ENTER YOUR IMAGES INTO THE RIGHT SECTION IN THE PORTAL
Enter your pdi entry image (size 1600px by 1200px maximum.)
Prints need to be entered into the portal as a pdi (sized at 1600px x 1200px maximum.)
Any problems contact Jan, jan@lletty.com or Linda, linda.norcris@gmail.com
SATURDAY 11TH JULY 2026, Doors open 10am admission £3 to include the raffle and refreshments. Bring your lunch we aim to finish around 5pm.
Please note there will be no bring and buy sale due to past poor results
FANTASTIC RAFFLE PRIZES NOT TO BE MISSED
A box of A3 paper from FOTOSPEED value over £50.
Two £25 vouchers from CAMBRIAN PHOTOGRAPY in Colwyn Bay, an independent photography shop well worth a visit.
A 20” x 16” Canvas from DSCL, worth £50.
A £60 voucher from COTSWOLD MOUNTS.
Amongst other fabulous prizes.
Rules: For entering the above competition • The General Conditions for NWPA Competition Events are as follows • Eligibility • The ENTRANT must be a paid-up member, a life member, or an honorary member of a photographic club or society affiliated to the NWPA. Individual members of all clubs affiliated with the NWPA may enter any or all Categories of the Competition.
Images: each Entrant is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of their Images.
Images previously entered into a NWPA Competition cannot be reused.
All images forming part of an entry must be originated by photographic means by the author, who must hold the original copyright of all such constituent parts.
By entering the Competition, you give consent to the NWPA to keep your email address and club details in our files. This is so you can receive updates and results.
All successful award winners will receive a certificate via Email.
Gold winners and the overall highest score will receive a certificate on the day
The 3 Categories for entry are:
Nature: You may crop, dodge, burn sharpen saturate or convert to mono. You may clone out but you may NOT clone anything in. You may not add any part of any other image into the finished image.
Open Colour: As it says OPEN but must show colour.
Open Mono: As it says OPEN, but must follow mono rules as follows: Definition of a MONOCHROME image – ‘A Monochrome image is one which has only a single tone e.g. cool, warm, sepia etc. A monochrome image which has been modified by the addition of another colour/partial tone is a colour image’... for eg Colour popping or adding a partial coloured filter.
PRINT DELIVERY
Prints can be delivered to Linda Bell or Jan Wilson-Chalon direct. To the next Eryri meeting at Craig y Don on 27th June or give them to someone who attends the Eryri group.
Any prints not received by Saturday June 27th will not be entered into the Competition. Even if you have entered the details on the portal.
Prints to be labelled on the back with the title and your club as the judge will not require the prints before hand.
This will ensure we get your prints back to the club you belong to.
It promises to be a fantastic day.
Get your entries ready and pop the date of July 11th 2026 into your diary to attend a fantastic day of wonderful images.
NWPA INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION - FREE TO ENTER FOR ALL CLUB MEMBERS IN NORTH WALES. GOOD LUCK