Judging for both the print and PDI entries took place at Carleton Community Centre, Pontefract over the weekend of 5th/6th March – in fact, the large number of PDI entries meant that much of 7th was required too. The team at Carleton consisted of a mix of YPU Exec members and volunteers from f4 Photographic Group of Hull, the hosts of this year’s Exhibition.
Print judging took place on Saturday and the judges were:
Howard Tate MA (Phot), ARPS, AFIAP, Hon PAGB
Gordon Jenkins Hon PAGB
Dianne Owen FRPS
A total of 1018 prints were judged and the awards and category winners were selected. A breakdown of the number of entries in each category for both print and PDI is shown below.
On Sunday the prints to go forward to the PAGB were selected, which was carried out by:
Marilyn Roberts DPAGB, BPE4*
Alan Stopher CPAGB
Colin Williams CPAGB,. EFIAP, BPE2*
Following this, the PDI judging took place, with 2393 images to view. The judges, operating remotely, were:
Kathryn Scorah MPAGB,FBPE,EFIAP
Ian Whiston DPAGB, EFIAP/b,ABPE
Carol McNiven Young FRPS,DPAGB,EFIAP,BPE4*
Vin Scothern DPAGB,AFIAP,BPE5*,PPSA
This judging had to be extended into Monday to cover all the entries, taking almost the entire day.
The results will now be checked and club statistics compiled before being made available to Club Secretaries via the Competition section of the YPU Portal. Instructions on how to access this will be added to the Documents section in due course.
Publication of the results is expected to take place on the morning of the Annual Assembly, Saturday 7th May.
Many thanks to all those who took part in all aspects of the judging process, the Exhibition could not take place without you.
Exhibition Entries by Category
| PDI | Entries |
|---|---|
| Open Colour | 460 |
| Open Mono | 263 |
| Portrait | 349 |
| Sport Action | 167 |
| Nature | 480 |
| Travel | 70 |
| Scapes | 369 |
| Creative | 150 |
| Mobile | 72 |
| Young Photographer | 14 |
| 2394 |
| Entries | |
|---|---|
| Open Colour | 189 |
| Open Mono | 118 |
| Record | 70 |
| Portrait | 180 |
| Sport Action | 70 |
| Nature | 164 |
| Creative | 68 |
| Travel | 29 |
| Scapes | 130 |
| Young Photographer | 0 |
| 1018 |
Grand total: 3412