Slideshow of the award winning images from the 2023 Exhibition
Click HERE for a link to a PDF document giving full details of each image (Title, Author & Distinctions, Society and Award received)
The East Anglian Federation (EAF) of Photographic Societies was founded in 1910 and has thus been in existence for over 100 years. The EAF is a constituent founder Member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB), which is the parent organisation for camera clubs and photographic societies throughout the UK. Having 102 member clubs and societies with about 3500 individual members, the EAF is one of the largest federations in the PAGB covering the area of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and that part of Hertfordshire which lies to the east of the M1 motorway. Following the closure of the Central Federation in 1989 a number of North and East London clubs were welcomed into the East Anglian Federation.
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On Sunday 10th March, 19 clubs took part in the Print Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images which were judged and scored by the three judges.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Beyond Group
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Norwich and District Photographic Society
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best PDI of the Championship: “Hold that Pose” by Peter Baker of Cambridge Camera Club
Personal selection of Peter Prosser: "Powerful Right Jab" by Nick Alston of Beyond Group
Personal selection of Peter Jones: "Brothers" by Victoria Andrews DPAGB BPE5* LRPS EFIAP of PICO
Personal selection of Sue Wilson: "Bonnelli's Eagle Fights Off Iberion Fox" by Victoria Andrews DPAGB BPE5* LRPS EFIAP of PICO
Print Room Choice: "Golden Staircase" by Nicola Scott of Stevenage Camera Club
Click HERE for the full score sheet which is also available on the Downloadable Documents Page
1st, 2nd & 3rd placed clubs recieving their award from Nick Akers, EAF President
Judges Choices Award Presentations
Thanks to Val Walker for the presentation images
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On Sunday 11th February, 28 clubs took part in the PDI Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images in Round One, aiming for a place in Round Two. The top scoring 11 clubs progressed to Round Two, showing us a further 10 images with all 25 images counting towards the final positions.
There were three clubs (Caister PC, Dunmow PC and Mersea Island PC) who had not previously entered this competition.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Beyond Group
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Colchester Photographic Society
Best "Rookie Club" - Caister PC who finished in 13th place - a very creditable performance.
The EAF representatives at the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship to be held in Warwick in July will be PICO and Beyond Group. It is a good event, and our representatives would welcome some support. Tickets need to be bought in advance through the PAGB website.
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best PDI of the Championship: “Leveret” by Sophia Spurgin of Bishops Stortford Camera Club
Personal selection of Carol McNivenYoung FRPS EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE5*: "Bow fiddle rock rough seas" by Wayne Davey of Beyond Group
Personal selection of Gianpiero Ferrari EFIAP FRPS DPAGB FBPE: "Pelican Reflections at Dawn" by Kevin Williams of Bury St Edmunds PS
Personal selection of Mike Sharples MFIAP MPAGB FBPE ARPS EFIAP: "The Fighter" by Clive Downes of Cambridge CC
Click HERE for the full score sheet which is also available on the Downloadable Documents Page
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day possible - the clubs and their competition secretaries, the Executive, their spouses and other helpers and, of course, the three judges who were very complementary of the quality of all the images.
Sunday 1st September 2024 at Foxton Village Hall
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Saturday 12th October 2024 at Foxton Village Hall
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Sunday 3rd November 2024 at Foxton Village Hall
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I have just returned from the autumn adjudication of the APMs. Usually, the event is held in one location but, due to technical reasons, the event was split between Nottingham and Smethwick.
Because of this issue the PAGB team decided to assess all five print levels on the Saturday which made it a long day. This included the new “B” and “E” levels. It is hoped that these will continue in the future. Several applicants were present on the Saturday.
Then, after clearing the frost from the cars on Sunday morning, everyone headed down to the Smethwick PS club house where we were made very welcome on arrival. Sunday was a much shorter day as there were only 45 applications in PDI, split between “C” and “D”. The assessments were finished by lunchtime.
For this adjudication our Federation had 16 applications, but sadly only 6 were successful. So, we would like to offer our congratulations to the following members.
Credit Prints: Shaun Hykel CPAGB from Colchester PS, Alec MacAndrew CPAGB from St. Neots & DCC and David Pelling LRPS, CPAGB from Wymondham PS.
Credit PDI: Philippa Cole LRPS, CPAGB from St. Neots & DCC.
Distinction Prints: Nicholas Alston ARPS, DPAGB, BPE 2* from the Beyond Group.
Master Prints: Colin Bradshaw MPAGB, EFIAP, EPSA, BPE 5* from the Photographic Imaging Co-operative.
Commiserations to those of you who were unsuccessful; hopefully, you will try again.
The next adjudication will be over the weekend of Saturday 27thand Sunday 28th April 2024 and will be held in Basingstoke. More details will follow soon.
Alec MacAndrew CPAGB from St Neots & DCC (centre left, back row), Shaun Hykel CPAGB from Colchester PS (centre right, back row), David Pelling LRPS, CPAGB from Wymondham PS (back row, right). On centre left PAGB President and Secretary to the Awards Daphne Hanson DPAGB, HonPAGB.
Colin Bradshaw (centre rear) along with the other three successful Master recipients, along with Daphne Hanson DPAGB, HonPAGB, PAGB President and Colin Bradshaw MPAGB, EFIAP, EPSA, BPE5* from the Photographic Imaging Co-operative, receiving his badge from Daphne.
Pictures were kindly supplied by Dave Severn from Nottingham.
Vic Hainsworth, ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB.
Federation Awards Secretary.
Click HERE for details of the 2024 Championships.
Rules, Entry Forms, Titles List Forms, Ticket Application Forms & an Advert Notice are available on the Downloadable Documents Page.
Note: If you downloaded any of the documents before 18th November please do not use them as there were some errors which have now been corrected.
As the Chairman of The Essex AV Group, I have held the reins of the previously named East Anglian AV Competition for the past 30 years, and with the Group unable to continue, I find myself in a similar position heading the newly titled East Anglian Federation AV Trophy.
Eighteen months into the organisation of the event, with a brilliant committee and a band of helpers, we were prepared for the big day. Then, the bombshell; with two days before we were to set off to Foxton, one of our judges, Keith Brown, became unwell and was unable to travel from Sheffield.
Vic Hainsworth came to the rescue; he was prepared to judge alongside our remaining judge, Richard Brown, and saved the day. Vic has been involved with AV for over forty years and I think he relished the opportunity to judge the first EAF AV Competition, albeit unplanned.
As EAF President, Vic opened the day before taking his place with Richard at the judges' table. Now we were up and running after the panic of the previous day.The event was a great success, and we are now looking forward to next year.
Image 1 (Left/Top): Keith Leedham (Trophy Winner), Richard Brown & Vic Hainsworth.
Image 2 (Right/Bottom): Keith, Dick Williams, Vic & Richard.
Dick Williams ARPS DPAGB-AV
EAF AV Trophy Secretary
Vic Hainsworth, EAF President, presents Naomi Saul with a glass vase to mark her retirement from the Executive Committee
Vic presents Bob Norris with an engraved pen to mark his retirement from the Executive Committee