Please see below for the dates and times of the Norwich & District Photographic Society’s (NDPS) 106th Annual Exhibition at the Norwich Cathedral.
if you’re local or visiting Norwich, please do call in, it’s free!
There are over a hundred superb images from club members and a wide range of topics and image styles on display.
I am pleased to report that all four of my printed images have made it to the exhibition.
The judge for all members exhibition entries was Ian Wilson ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society).
So, how did my images do in the judge’s rating?
Where Eagles Glare
My sea eagle shot ‘Where Eagles Glare” was highly commended and won the trophy in the category of best nature and wildlife print.
You can read about how I got this shot here.
Southwold Sunrise
My ‘Southwold Sunrise’ image received a commended rating.
You can read about how I got this shot here.
My image prints ‘Cathedral View’ and ‘Stiffkey Saltmarshes’ are also on display having reached the necessary score to be eligible.
Cathedral View
The Norwich cathedral view shot from Jarrold Bridge was my winning shot in last year’s club photographer of the year (POTY) competition round three under the theme of ‘Working with Light’.
Read about it here.
Stiffkey Saltmarshes
Read about how I got the Stiffkey shot here.
Achievement
I’m proud to have all four images in the exhibition and to win the nature and wildlife category trophy.
I’m also pleased that I personally printed, mounted and produced all four images myself.
Having been disappointed at the quality of my prints last year despite the images being scored high enough and on display, I learnt that printing them professionally via a company still requires your monitor to be calibrated as the prints last year were a little too dark.
To be fair, the company offered me some small test prints but as time was of the essence, I didn’t bother and subsequently realised getting test prints would’ve been the best thing to do.
However, you only learn by trying and then that helps with increasing your skills and knowledge, and in turn improving your technique.
This year, it was really good to have top quality prints that I’ve produced myself ensuring the quality was up to standard.
To achieve this, I’ve had to acquire a monitor calibration device, a printer, a mount board cutter and all the materials, and put the effort into learning how to properly prepare and produce the final output.
I have the photography club to thank as they ran an evening learning session on mounting prints which was superb, and really helped me gain the knowledge to produce mounted prints properly.
It appears that this hard work and effort has yielded results. It shouldn’t be forgotten that a good image is of course the starting point.
Onwards and upwards…