Meeting Report
The venue was Wivelsfield Village hall and the competition was run by our friends at Steyning CC, and a loyal band of seven Storrington CC members turned out to see the fun.
This competition is altogether a step up from the Regnum Crouch events as there are always at least 20 clubs from East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent taking part, amongst whom there are some very good competitors.
The Judge was Caroline Colgate ARPS who judged the Regnum competition at Bognor Regis a short time ago, so we had some very detailed explanations of how she came to award her marks. She awarded only seven 20s; nine 19s and thirteen 18s amongst over 100 images submitted.
In the first round Eastbourne got the only 20 and so led for a very short time. Liz Barber's 'This Feels Nice' was awarded 17 and this put us 9th. The judge really liked Liz's portrait.
In round 2 there were three more 20s from Uckfield, Battle and St Ore and St Helens CC and Paul Hayward's 'Mothers Meeting' image ( a great shot of six Giraffes with one looking the other way) was awarded 16. This put us in 11th equal position along with five other clubs.
Round 3 gave us a bit of a boost when my 'Golden Eagle with Hare Kill' was awarded 19, and at tea break we rose to 6th equal, tied with three other clubs.
Martin gave us a very well prepared and thorough talk about flash photography. He was assisted by Liz Barber and used our ever willing vounteer Alex as a model. (He started off taking a couple of shots of Paul in his usual position at the front but thought better of it as the results were a bit scary!) Those of us who use Canon gear were asked to bring their flash guns, which I duly did, but forgot the batteries, plonker!
To quote the Chairman!
The first Print competition of the new season was held on the 6th
October. The Judge for the evening was
