LETTER OF THE WEEK
Clubs losing their way?
as camera club photography lost its way? Each month AP shows amazing images submitted to APOY but are those from camera club members who have elected not to go with the flow? In the early 1980s I attended a number of courses about portrait/glamour photography run, on behalf of AP, by Victor Blackman and as a result that style became something that I am happy with. But if submitted to a club competition the judge says the style is old fashioned, so marks it down whilst giving a very high score to a male model covered in body gel. In my opinion the judge will have no proper qualification. To have a qualification awarded