Club Meeting, Members A4 Print Night - Tuesday 29th November 2022.
On Tuesday 28th November Morpeth Camera Club held their Annual A4 Print Competition where members had
been invited to bring along up to four unmounted prints that would be judged by other members on the night.
Entries could be on any subject, in monochrome or colour and must not exceed A4 size. The Sixty-six entries
were placed on temporary mounts and exhibited on the clubs’ display boards and members were invited to
judge and score each print out of five.
While the marks were being counted by a team led by Glyn Trueman, Club Vice-Chairman Peter Downs selected
prints at random to discuss and make observations. This was an anonymous competition so it was interesting to
see, after a print had been critiqued, who raised their hand to reveal themselves as the author. This was a good
opportunity to look at the prints from a judge’s point of view and also to receive feedback from other members
via a points system. This was particularly important for new members who had never shown their work before.
As is usual in an open competition the content was very varied; seascapes, portraits, sport, woodland scenes,
abstracts and flora and Peter said that the standard and number of prints entered this year was much higher
than before. There had been no bad prints presented in the competition, he added, but for the less experienced
printers it was just a matter of paper choice which could have impacted on the points awarded. The results then
followed and it emerged that the scores were tightly grouped with a cluster of entries gaining seventy-four or
more and the winning print, entitled 'Barn Owl' by John Thompson attained eighty marks. Second place went to
'Dark Waters' by Carl Harper and third to 'Harris' by Stephanie Robson. Co-Chair Roseanne Robinson thanked
everyone who took part in an enjoyable evening.
1st. Barn Owl. 2nd. Dark Waters. 3rd. Harris.
Steph.
been invited to bring along up to four unmounted prints that would be judged by other members on the night.
Entries could be on any subject, in monochrome or colour and must not exceed A4 size. The Sixty-six entries
were placed on temporary mounts and exhibited on the clubs’ display boards and members were invited to
judge and score each print out of five.
While the marks were being counted by a team led by Glyn Trueman, Club Vice-Chairman Peter Downs selected
prints at random to discuss and make observations. This was an anonymous competition so it was interesting to
see, after a print had been critiqued, who raised their hand to reveal themselves as the author. This was a good
opportunity to look at the prints from a judge’s point of view and also to receive feedback from other members
via a points system. This was particularly important for new members who had never shown their work before.
As is usual in an open competition the content was very varied; seascapes, portraits, sport, woodland scenes,
abstracts and flora and Peter said that the standard and number of prints entered this year was much higher
than before. There had been no bad prints presented in the competition, he added, but for the less experienced
printers it was just a matter of paper choice which could have impacted on the points awarded. The results then
followed and it emerged that the scores were tightly grouped with a cluster of entries gaining seventy-four or
more and the winning print, entitled 'Barn Owl' by John Thompson attained eighty marks. Second place went to
'Dark Waters' by Carl Harper and third to 'Harris' by Stephanie Robson. Co-Chair Roseanne Robinson thanked
everyone who took part in an enjoyable evening.
1st. Barn Owl. 2nd. Dark Waters. 3rd. Harris.
Steph.