Well, I went to my first photography club competition last night. There were about fifteen entrants and 40 entries. The judge was a London based professional photographer and had judged many competitions in and around London. Some of the other club members have 20-30 years experience and are members of other clubs and have been entering competitions for years.

The judge had to mark the photos out of ten and then choose a first, second and third.

I got first and second equal!!!

FIRST

SECOND EQUAL

So out of the three positions I got two!

I was so buzzed!

I've just entered my first photography club competition

A couple of weeks ago i joined a photography club and they have a Black and White print competition coming up - I entered these 4 pictures:

that i printed on my epson 750. I'm just trying to get to grips with the whole printing thing so they weren't as good as I was hoping. As this is my first comp and the printing isn't great i'm really not expecting too much but it'll be nice to get some feedback from the pro that's doing the judging and the other members as well.

Prints in today and results on Tuesday nite!

the end of another long bank holiday weekend that is

vic and i spent it with the rest of the super six at the wee village of thornham, suffolk. the village is on the coast in the east of england and is known for it's bird sanctuaries.

claire had booked us into this cottage (the virtual tour is cute) and from the looks of it it was built in the 1700's

the weather wasn't much cop unfortunately so the weekend was spent playing PS2 (for the boys) and drinking (y'all must think all i do is drink!)

on saturday i was awake early and so went for a walk to the beach just before seven. after living in the middle of london for four years it is always nice to get out into the country and this was no exception. it was very strange to have birdsong as the only noise for about 30 minutes. i took ALL my camera gear but only took about 12 frames the whole weekend due to the weather, most of them on this walk.

sunday we all went to sandringham. this estate is one the queens estates and is in regular use by her and her family. it was ok at best and the tour of the house only took in a few rooms. all in all a bit disappointing for 6 quid really.

sunday nite was spent with vic drinking fluffy ducks and being the cutest i've seen her for a while and me making up random drinks with whatever was handy (bad move......)

and that was it! another weekend spent with friends recovering from our respective hectic weeks.