The Isle of Man Photographic Society is holding its first open competition of the season

Experienced photographer, judge, author and researcher, Patricia Tutt was invited when members of the Isle of Man Photographic Society (and a few guests) gathered last week for the first ‘open’ competition.

Patricia, says her career in Malawi and the British Isles informed her passion for photography and vice versa.

Her illustrated publication: ‘An Introduction to Isle of Man Architecture’ still adorns many a coffee table.

The Society is delighted and proud to be able to look upon Patricia as a “friend” who has accepted such invitations over many years both to present her work and to judge.

Judging any ‘open’ competition can prove a rather daunting prospect as it is often difficult to choose a favorite image when such a variety of subjects are entered.

However, showing her vast experience, Patricia carried out her task with typical enthusiasm.

She was patient with her comments and yet took enough time to give an honest assessment of each one. As always, Patricia’s comments were succinct and well considered.

Color Prints: Canopy by Ron Shimmin with 19 points (out of 20) was the overall print winner.

Mono Prints: Done Fishing by Barry Murphy was the winner with 19 points.

Mono DPI (Digital Projected Images): Oxburgh House Norfolk by Chris Blyth was the winner with 18 points

Color DPI: Heavenly Encounter by Barry Murphy with 19 points was the overall DPI winner

Patricia pointed out possible improvements where appropriate and described Ron’s winning color print as “an excellent image of the model”.

She noted that Barry Murphy’s winning digital image was made even more stunning by the inclusion of Jurby Church.

The club’s October non-competitive topic ‘100 meters from your front door’ produced a wide variety of topics.

Over 30 images have been projected, just for their entertainment value.

The idea of ​​the challenge is to encourage members to experiment and take numerous photos with a specified theme within a limited time frame.

The non-competitive challenge allows members to experiment using any device, with most opting to use their mobile phones to great effect.

Many of the resulting images were very pleasing to the eye.

Many of these images can now be viewed on the IoMPS Facebook page and details of the society’s events and program for the year can be found online at www.iomps.com

The next meeting of members and guests will be held on November 6 at St John Ambulance HQ starting at 7pm.

Jason Kinrade will lead a studio session and give a tutorial on image editing.