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Wincanton Camera Club success

blackmorevaleMarch 3, 20230 Comment0

Wincanton Camera Club is celebrating competition success as it claims best small camera club in the West of England
by Brian Stubbs.

It’s official: Wincanton Camera Club is the best small photographic club in the West!

Kit Williams Race Horse

Competing in the Western Counties Photographic Federation (WCPF) annual Digitally Projected Image Competition (DPIC) on Sunday February 5 in Exeter, Wincanton was acclaimed as the best-placed small club in the West of England.
Against much bigger clubs, Wincanton came a very respectable 16= in a competition won by Dorchester Camera Club, with Bristol Camera Club coming in second.
This is a terrific result for a friendly small club based in the town of Wincanton and confirms the increasingly high standard of its members’ photographs – Meyrick Griffith-Jones received a Highly Commended award for his image Approaching Storm.
Earlier this season Wincanton won the Shaston Challenge, a competition between local clubs Shaftesbury, Yeovil, South Petherton and hosts Sberborne-Bradford Abbas.
The club has some 17 members, who range in ability from beginners to those enjoying success in national and international competitions. This mixed bunch of enthusiasts with a wide range of interests and skills welcomes new members. The club meets in Wincanton Memorial Hall at 7.30pm every other Wednesday (the next one being March 8).

Paul Dyer Female Stonechat

Kit Williams Race Horse

Meetings are varied, and include guest speakers, practical sessions, trips and visits, as well as internal competitions with external judges that give the constructive critique needed for members to improve their photography skills.
Topics so far this season have included forced perspective, improving your printing, mounting images and selling photos, processing images using software, and guidelines for composition.
The club’s Facebook group is for members only, but if you’d like to find out more visit www.wincantoncameraclub.co.uk.