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The John Widdall Trophy

The Competition Format The John Widdall Trophy calls for a set of four images drawn from at least two different genres, making it both a creative and thought‑provoking challenge. To ensure fair judging, each set is temporarily separated so that the judge can view, comment on, and mark images within their specific categories, which are:…

Mini-Warwick 2026

Last Thursday (21 July 2026) we held what we call our OPS “Mini-Warwick” Internal Competition. The idea of this is to give our members a flavour of what it is like when the club enters the real “Warwick”, the Photographic Alliance Inter-Club Projected Image Challenge, a National event, which will take place in July at…

Third Quarterly 2025-26

What an exciting third quarterly competition it was. The standard of work was exceptionally high, and it’s fair to say there wasn’t a weak photograph among the entries. Our judge for the evening, Steve Hitchin EPAGB BPE5* AFIAP, clearly gave each image thoughtful consideration and spoke with real enthusiasm about such a strong and varied…