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2008 GDPU Exhib­i­tion Newsletter

Res­ults now in! On Sunday 13 Janu­ary 2008 the judging of all sec­tions of the GDPU Exhib­i­tion was held in Neth­er­ton Com­munity Centre, Wishaw. The Club and Begin­ners sec­tions were judged by Richard Speirs DPAGB from Mor­ton PS in Carl­isle. Richard is an exec­ut­ive mem­ber of the North­ern Counties Fed­er­a­tion, judge, lec­turer and PAGB Awards selector.

The GDPU organ­iz­a­tion once again was com­men­ded with Richard speak­ing on behalf of the three judges by stat­ing that ” the organ­iz­a­tion and hos­pit­al­ity left noth­ing to be desired!”

In the Salon sec­tion, Richard was joined by Gerry Tomkin­son from Mid­lothian and Mal­colm Allan from Bish­op­briggs both exper­i­enced judges in their own right. Col­lect­ively they viewed over 200 entries in the Salon and after the judging, all con­grat­u­lated the GDPU exhib­i­tion team for one of the best GDPU exhib­i­tion com­pet­i­tions ever! “Over­all, an inspir­a­tional col­lec­tion of some of the best in mod­ern Scot­tish pho­to­graphic art” said Richard Speirs.

Richard was most impressed that the Exhib­i­tion would be shown to over 10,000 daily vis­it­ors to the Prince???s Square Shop­ping Mall in Glas­gow, com­ment­ing that any author who had work exhib-ited was very for­tu­nate in hav­ing such a venue, a true reflec­tion of the qual­ity and stand­ard of the GDPU Exhibition.

Salon? A very com­pre­hens­ive range of sub­jects that showed the qual­ity of light. It was good to see such matur­ity in the manipu-lated images rather than the nov­elty of digital manipulation.

Thanks to the GDPU for invit­ing me and being made so welcome.

Mal­colm Allan

Begin­ners A very high stand­ard from the begin­ners with an excel­lent range from mono­chrome, por­trait­ure, still life and landscapes.

Richard Speirs

Salon? Great selec­tion of prints of a very high stand­ard. Has been a pleas­ure to judge the GDPU Salon and the images have helped me develop new ideas for my own photography.

Gerry Tomkin­son

? GDPU 2008

Salon A very var­ied col­lec­tion of sub­jects the major­ity being of high tech­nical qual­ity. Many authors had cap­tured the sub­tleties of the Scot­tish land­scape and lighting.

Richard Speirs

The GDPU Exhib­i­tion runs from Sat­urday 23 Feb­ru­ary until Sunday 9 March inclus­ive in the Princes Square Shop­ping Mall, Glasgow.

If your club would like to stew­ard this pres­ti­gi­ous photo-graphic exhib­i­tion, then con­tact Bob Mor­rison on

01698 263864 or email — bob­scat at bluey­on­der dot co dot uk

Club Exhib­i­tion: The res­ults of the club entries were very close due to the excep­tional qual­ity of all the prints.

Highly Com­men­ded:-

Com­men­ded:-

Light Inter­pret­a­tion by Gra­ham John­ston from Alba PS Uphill Struggle by Billy Far­rell from Carluke CC
Tiago by David Gem­mell from Lanark CC Fag Break by Ian Mc Lean from Queens Park CC
A blot on the land­scape by Matt John­ston from Milngavie & Bearsden CC

Begin­ners: Highly Commended:

Nadir by B. Malin­owski from QPCC
Fish and chips by M. Cowl­ing from Kirk­in­til­loch CC
Pir­ate by B. Cathie from Kirkitil­loch CC
Lip dan­cer by A. Ander­son from Alba PS
But is it art? By F. Seltzer from QPCC
Blue eyed Cor­mor­ant by J. Steven­son from Kil­ma­colm CC

Club Scores

Pais­ley Col­our 75
Inver­clyde CC 68,????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Carluke CC 73 Lanark CC 68
Greeneock CC, 72 Strath­aven CC 67
Milngavie & Bearsden CC 72 Air­drie & Coat­bridge 65
Queens Park CC 72 Kirk­in­til­loch CC 65
Gry­ffe CC 71 Hamilton CC 64
East­wood PS 69 Hub Singer CC 64
Kil­ma­colm CC 69 Mother­well PS 64
Alpa PS 68 Penilee CC 64
Beith CC 68

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