Photo Competition
Pitchcare editor Laurence Gale presents an iPad Air to the overall winner Graeme Roberts of Tandridge Golf Club
Pitchcare’s photo competition ends the year with the overall winning entry
And the winner is...
WHAT makes a great photo is open to conjecture. Often, it is simply a case of what ‘fits the eye’, and it would appear that the Pitchcare members have an eye for the atmospheric and moody!
The Pitchcare Photo Gallery Competition was launched in March 2013 and, from day one, it captured the imagination of the artistic amongst you.
Professional photographers will tell you it’s all about exposure times, composition and light and dark, and many of our entrants embraced all those elements to stunning effect. Equally, there were some who simply pointed their camera or smart phone and snapped some excellent images.
The monthly judging panel initially whittled down the considerable submissions to a shortlist of four and then handed over the responsibility of choosing the winner to the Pitchcare members via online voting.
Each monthly winner received a £100 voucher to spend in the Pitchcare shop, with the overall winner grabbing himself a new iPad Air.
Final judging was undertaken by professional photographer, Dave Whiteman ABIPP, who was formerly Instructional Officer at the Defence School of Photography, DCAE Cosford, who commented; “Overall, I thought the standard was high. Photography is very subjective, but my three choices here were based on shot difficulty, composition and exposure.” 14 PC FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014
OVERALL WINNER
Graeme Roberts, 1st Assistant Greenkeeper at Tandridge Golf Club
Graeme entered this wonderful shot into the ‘Winter Wonderland’ category in December. This was Graeme’s second monthly success, having won the ‘Sights of Summer’ category in June with an equally evocative image. Graeme
explained that the photograph was taken whilst doing gorse clearance by the 10th green at his previous club, Hankley Common. “It was a beautiful frosty morning, perfect for pinging golf balls across totally frozen ground!” he stated.
The camera used was a Canon EOS1000.
Dave Whiteman ABIPP commented; “Firing into the sun is always tricky and Graeme has managed this without flare
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