Pop-Up Exhibition 2026
The 2026 Pop-Up Exhibition will take place at Newton Abbot College, 28 Old Exeter Road, TQ12 2NF from 5pm to 8pm.
Featuring work from photographers from NAPC and four local schools, the exhibition is now in its 3rd year and will hopefully build on the successes of our previous efforts. Please share widely, and come along: entry is free.
Internal Comp – Round 2
Tuesday 21st October 2025: the judging of NAPC’s internal competition – Round 2: Prints – was held before a near capacity audience. The judge, Mr Ian Bateman of Exmouth Photo Group had his work cut out in selecting those to be awarded from the 47 prints on offer. However, select he did, and here are the results:
Gold | Karin Brooks | It’s a Dog’s Life! |
Gold | Kevin Bennett | Limassol 1844 |
Gold | Roy Allwood | Who You Looking At |
Silver | Roy Allwood | Team Endeavour |
Silver | Karin Brooks | Roseate Spoonbill |
Silver | Kevin Bennett | Houseman’s Engine House, Minions |
Bronze | Chris Parker | Dartmoor Storm |
Bronze | Chris Marsham | Lone Bear Franz Joseph Land |
Bronze | Garnett Showell | The Spiral Bridge |
Bronze | David Wain | The Visitor |
Comm. | Chris Marsham | Preening Frigate |
Comm. | Garnett Showell | Hill Climb |
Comm. | Peter Brooks | Marjoram flower |
Comm. | Kirsty Peake | Racing for the Line |
Comm. | David Geeves | Abandoned Mine Workings, Derbyshire |
Comm. | Peter Brooks | Swanage Pier |
NAPC offers massive thanks to Ian for his judging efforts, and thanks all those who took part in the evening.
To view a slide show of the awarded entries, CLICK HERE
Back For the New Season …
| Gordon Aspland | Dainton Park | Gold | |
| Chris Marsham | Golden Dawn Burma | Gold | |
| Heather Davies | Dinghies in Line | Gold | |
| Roy Allwood | Standing its Ground | Gold | |
| Roy Allwood | Bassist | Gold | |
| Chris Marsham | Thoughtful Fur Seal | Silver | |
| Karin Brooks | Amy | Silver | |
| Karin Brooks | Feline Frolics | Silver | |
| Chris Parker | The Gold Beneath | Silver | |
| Maria Selley | Sunny Smile | Silver | |
| Gordon Aspland | Gragon Boat Racing | Bronze | |
| Garnett Showell | Tavistock Town Hall | Bronze | |
| Roy Allwood | Left Turn | Bronze | |
| Chris Parker | Emsworthy, Dartmoor | Bronze | |
| Clive Figes | Simply the Eyes | Bronze | |
| Karin Brooks | Never Too Old to Pose | Comm. | |
| David Knowles | Rudbeckia Feeds the Lady | Comm. | |
| Clive Figes | Black and White Light | Comm. | |
| Donna Pollock | Mothers’ Meeting | Comm. | |
| Maria Selley | Looking for Lunch | Comm. |
A gallery of the winning entries can be found ON THIS LINK
End of Season Awards Evening 2024/25
A fair number of hungry members and guests attended the NAPC end of season dinner and awards evening at Stover Golf Club on Tuesday 6th May.
Much good food was consumed and members followed government and NHS guidelines to drink responsibly. That is to say, we were careful not to spill any!
On to the awards, then:
Master Photographer – Christina Burton
Image of the Year
- Colour Print – Roy Allwood
- Mono Print – Peter Brooks
- DPI – a tie between three: Garnett Showell, Roy Allwood, Christina Burton
Print Worker of the Year – a tie between two: Gordon Aspland, David Wain
DPI Worker of the Year – Roy Allwood
Photographer of the Year – Roy Allwood
Massive congratulations to all awardees and thanks to all who entered the competitions. If you wish to see the wonderful work of our members, visit the Competition Galleries.
NAPC will resume regular activities in September 2025: check the PROGRAMME page later in the summer for details.
Posted by Kevin – 10 May 2025
Image of the Year 2024/25
On 15th April 2025 and expectant group of club member gathered at the Courtenay Centre for a showdown: Image of the Year!
It was a close competition, judges by popular vote. The results and be viewed HERE
Master Photographer 2024/25
UPDATE – Visit the galley HERE
The results are in!
Each year, NAPC runs its Master Photographer competition. Four themes are set and members can enter one image per category. An external judge is appointed and images are awarded up to 10 points. The photographer with the highest cumulative score (max being 40) wins the title of Master Photographer.
It was an unusual judging session on Tuesday 25th March 2025: we had no judge! Sandie Cox was due to attend but had to cancel due to health issues. Fortunately, Sandie had received the images in advance and sent us a score sheet.
NAPC is pleased to announce that the winner of the title Master Photographer 2024/25 is ….. (drum roll) …
Christina Burton
Christina scored full marks in three categories, and had a cumulative score of 36. A breakdown of the scores is shown below –
A gallery of images will follow, once I have the images.
Posted by Kevin – 26/03/2025
A Must See Event
On Tuesday 11th March 2025 we are pleased to welcome the incredible Jack Boskett to Newton Abbot Photographic Club.
An incredibly talented all-round image-maker, Jack started his career as a railway photographer – and this is why club President and mad-keen railway enthusiast, Chris Brown, has invited Jack to our club to address us on President’s Evening. However, Jack’s skills go far beyond creative railway shots – he is now an accredited photographer of royalty.
Guests are welcome to join us at The Courtenay Centre, Kingsteignton Road, TQ12 2QA, from 7pm (far a 7.30pm start. There is a guest entry fee for non-members – £5.00, cash only.
Internal Comp - Round 5 - PDI
Tuesday 25th February saw the judging of Round 5 of NAPC’s internal competition – Projected Digital Images. The judge, Ian Hosker, had his work cut out, as the standard was high. Below is a list of the awards. The gallery of winning images can be found HERE
Silicone man | COMMENDED | Garnett | Showell |
Glass and Colour at the V&A | COMMENDED | Chris | Parker |
Lion Bar | COMMENDED | Gail | Banham |
Juv Agate Wolf Pack | COMMENDED | Kirsty | Peake |
Coot Dash ! | COMMENDED | Christina | Burton |
Commercial Space Travel | COMMENDED | Alan | Boothman |
Rural Living near Kalimpong, North India | COMMENDED | Chris | Bryan |
In search of food | BRONZE | Chris | Marsham |
Hammerfest Church | BRONZE | Kirsty | Peake |
Canada Goose on the Attack ! | BRONZE | Christina | Burton |
clarinet man | BRONZE | Gordon | Aspland |
Adam and Bella | BRONZE | Gail | Banham |
The Family’s Wealth – Myanmar | BRONZE | Chris | Marsham |
Down – But Not Out | BRONZE | Alan | Boothman |
Blackthorns at Black Tor | SILVER | Peter | Brooks |
On a mission | SILVER | Garnett | Showell |
dahlia 2 | SILVER | Gordon | Aspland |
the singer | SILVER | Roy | Allwood |
Haldon Sunrise | GOLD | Chris | Parker |
Beautiful Eyes | GOLD | Maria | Selley |
Delphinium | GOLD | David | Wain |
Waterfall whirlpool | GOLD | David | Geeves |
I See You | GOLD | Maria | Selley |
night time steam | GOLD | Roy | Allwood |
Contemplation | GOLD | Karin | Brooks |
Better Late Than Never
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for your bumbling webmaster: a holiday in Spain, the Pop-Up Exhibition, the follow-up stuff after the Pop-Up, and some technical issues that have been bugging me for several weeks. Hence the late reporting of the results of Round 4 of the NAPC internal competition: PRINTS. Judgement took place on 28th January 2025 by was our very own member, Clive Figes: normally we have an outside judge, and he was one when he was booked, then he joined!
Here we go, then —
- GOLD – Brian McLean – Baby Ape
- GOLD – Peter Brooks – Time for Tea & Tik Tok
- GOLD – Christina Burton – Bob
- SILVER – Garnett Showell – Kristianna
- SILVER – David Wain – Astrantia
- SILVER – David Wain – The Conversation
- SILVER – David Wain – Rue des Tanneurs
- BRONZE – Gordon Aspland – Rooks Nesting
- BRONZE – Chris Parker – Haldon Scene
- BRONZE – Gordon Aspland – The Girl in the Tram
- COMMENDED – Roy Allwood – The Tackle
- COMMENDED – Chris Parker – Piles Copse
- COMMENDED – Kirsty Peake – Autumn Colours
- COMMENDED – Christina Burton – Taking the Bend
- COMMENDED – Peter Brooks – Come Bye
- COMMENDED – Roy Allwood – Swallowtail
There were some stunning entries and some interesting results, with several photographers earing multiple awards. Well done and thanks to all who took part.
Internal Comp - Round 3 - PDI
On Tuesday 26th November, NAPC held its judging session for round 3 of our internal competition. Risking life and limb to get across Devon from North to South was erstwhile judge, Peter Fry, all the way from Appledore.
Here are the results:
COMMENDED – dahlia – Gordon Aspland |
COMMENDED – In Control – Alan Boothman |
COMMENDED – Ready to depart – Chris Brown |
COMMENDED – The Avenue – Kirsty Peake |
COMMENDED – Gone swimming – Garnett Showell |
COMMENDED – Aysggarth Falls – Yorkshire – Peter Brooks |
COMMENDED – Who Are You Looking At – Kevin Bennett |
COMMENDED – Long tailed blue buterfly – Brian McLean |
COMMENDED – RIDER AND LEGS – Brian McLean |
BRONZE – Roman Arch , Pula – Gordon Aspland |
BRONZE – Happiness is… – Gordon Aspland |
BRONZE – Icy Morning -1 – Christina Burton |
BRONZE – Braving the Elements – Christina Burton |
BRONZE – Cardboard boat – Garnett Showell |
BRONZE – exiting the water – Roy Allwood |
SILVER – Cormorant in Flight – Christina Burton |
SILVER – ascending – Roy Allwood |
SILVER – Machrie Moor – Kevin Bennett |
GOLD – Vire Island – Garnett Showell |
GOLD – heron bathing – Roy Allwood |
GOLD – Misty Morning – David Wain |
GOLD – Forest Colour – Chris Parker |
GOLD – Ill met by moonlight – Clive Figes |
GOLD – Sally Anne – Clive Figes
Click here to see a gallery of images |
Internal Comp - Round 2 - Prints
Tuesday 22nd October saw the judgement of the NAPC internal competition – print entries.
A wide variety of images was on offer, giving external judge Pedro Landers the difficult task of grading those he thought were most worthy of either a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Commended placement. A tough task, not for the faint hearted.
Ultimately, these are the grading he awarded –
GOLD
Karin Brooks – Helen
Kirsty Peake – Cottonwoods in the Snow
Gordon Aspland – Sail Boards
SILVER
Chris Marsham – Left Behind
Maria Selley – A Serenade
Kevin Bennett – Royal William Yard
Roy Allwood – Wise
BRONZE
Roy Allwood – Steam Fair Lunch
Maria Selley – Trams of Budapest
Clive Figes – Abi in the Limelight
Peter Brooks – Lucy – Southern Fried Groove Queens
Heather Davies – Thai Sunset
COMMENDED
Gordon Aspland – Port de Soller, Majorca
Chris Parker – Westcombe Beach at sunset
Peter Brooks – Shine is fine but rust ain’t a crime
Heather Davies – Going Down
Garnett Showell – Observation Car
To see a gallery of the placed images, CLICK HERE
Well done to everyone who entered, and massive thanks to judge Pedro Landers.
Internal Comp - Round 1 - PDI
Last night (24th Sept) saw the judging of Round 1 of NAPC’s internal competition. Helen Moore, of Liskeard Camera Club had the unenviable role of judge, and decided upon the following awards:
GOLD
Roy Allwood – “working from home”
Gordon Aspland – “spring blossom”
Chris Marsham – “SUN RISES OVER CALLANISH STONES”
Heather Davies – “Whitewater action”
SILVER
Roy Allwood – “heavy lunch”
Kirsty Peake – “Trondheim, Norway”
Chris Parker – “A Dartmoor Brook”
David Geeves – “Stormy Dunes”
BRONZE
Kevin Bennett – “Westgate Building, Bristol”
Maria Selley – “Duchess”
Garnett Showell – “Dartford Warbler”
Chris Brown – “9351 crossing Ker Moor”
COMMENDED
Roy Allwood – “army and navy”
Gordon Aspland – “auray”
Gordon Aspland – “gondola”
Peter Brooks – “Cornwall’s history”
We done to all who took part, and congratulations to all the awardees, Roy & Gordon in particular for their multi-talents!
A gallery of images can be found HERE
Posted by Kevin – 25 September 2024 [edited 27/09/2024 to add link to gallery]