February 3rd 2025.
10 SPS members visted Dudley camera club where the annual 3 way battle was held. Bob Goode was the presiding judge & we were thoroughly pleased to be declared the winners of the tournament again. Final scores were: Stourbridge 374, Dudley 357, Wall Heath 345.
December 7th 2024.
We have again participated in the Christmas Tree festival at St Peter’s church Pedmore. Our beautifully decorated tree is advertising SPS.
November 7th 2024.
Our annual night of silliness at SPS when we play Match an Image; a not too serious battle! This year Dudley stepped into the breach & joined us and Web Heath to play. Ric Harding adjudicated. After much fun Web Heath triumphed with a score of 19 points, Stourbridge were 2nd with 18 marks & Dudley received 10. A great night.
September 19th 2024.
The annual interclub battle vs Web Heath club was hosted by SPS. A digital only competition, each team supplied 20 pictures. Paddy Ruske was the guest judge. Very closely fought; Web Heath were declared the winners by just 1 point!!
August 8th 2024.
We hosted the annual interclub battle vs Great Barr. A selection of both prints and PDIs were supplied by both teams. Stourbridge did well in the print round; Great Barr caught up after the PDIs. Final scores were a win for us with 360 points, Great Barr had 327 marks. David Lowe was the presiding judge.
August 2nd 2024. 2 Stourbridge members enjoyed success at the recent Midland Salon Photographic Exhibition. John Plant was deservedly awarded an MCPF ribbon for his beautiful nature image ‘Whinchat feeding fledgling’. Alison Dean also had 3 PDIs accepted. Excellent news for SPS.
July 18th. SPS enjoyed a social evening at The Squirrel pub at Alveley. We enjoyed some pub grub then got down to the serious business of playing skittles. Not sure anyone actually ‘shone’ at being a skittler but it was good fun on a lovely summer’s evening.
July 11th 2024.
10 members travelled to Stourport for the annual interclub battle vs Stourport Camera Club at their venue. It was a very closely fought battle with Stourbridge leading after the first round of prints then Stourport caught up by scoring well in the DPI round. Eventually a victory from Stourbridge by only 1 point. Final score: Stourbridge 347, Stourport 346. What a match! Paddy Ruske was the presiding judge.
April 2nd 2024.
11 SPS members braved the rain & cold travelling to Wolverhampton to support SPS at the biennial interclub event at their venue. Each team supplied 15 prints & 15 DPIs. Peter Gennard was in charge of proceedings & commented on the high standard of work presented. Stourbridge were delighted to win with a final score of 515 vs Wolverhampton’s 478. A rematch at Stourbridge will be in 2026.
March 7th 2024.
Our 5-a-side battle has now become a 4 way annual event. SPS welcomed Kidderminster, Droitwich & Bromsgove to join us. Each team supplied 7 prints & 7 DPIs. The standard of work submitted was, as expected, very high. The judge Martin Cooper had to make sense of it all. After the print section, the scores were very close; the DPI round sorted out the winners. Final scores were a win for Stourbridge with 259 points, Bromsgrove & Droitwich tied with 252 & Kidderminster were awarded 237. A very close battle.
March 1st 2024.
Midphot results are in. 6 of our members entered work & everyone had at least one image accepted. Details as follows:
John Freeman 1.
Sue Taylor 1. ‘Hellebore’ gained an MCPF ribbon.
Brian Dean 2.
Alison Dean 4. ‘Lighter than air’ acheived an MCPF ribbon & ‘Snow walk’ was Highly Commended.
Jo Allan 5. ‘Allium portrait’ was Highly Commended.
Heather Woodhams 5. ‘The Bedside’ was awarded a selector’s medal.
This was an acceptance rate of 34%, similar to previous years and above the average for the competition overall.
Well done us!!
February 29th 2024.
Heather has triumphed again winning the National ‘Top Performance’ award in the National Property Photography Awards for 2023. This is 2 years in a row! She also did very well in the ‘Photography Partner of the Year’ regional award being a finalist (top 3) and was also a nominee (top 20) for the ‘Customer Satisfaction region award too. Very impressive. Congratulations from us all Heather.
February 5th 2024.
12 SPS members visted Dudley camera club where the annual 4 way battle is held. Peter Gennard was the presiding judge & we were thoroughly pleased to be declared the winners of the tournament again. Final scores were: Stourbridge 292, Dudley 272, Wall Heath 259 & Hagley 241.