WARRINGTON Photographer Barrie Scholes is celebrating a hat-trick of awards – after being named “Photographer of the Year” at a local camera club for a third consecutive year.
The Moore Camera Club Photographer of the year competition has run since 2001. Each month there is a theme that the photographers have to interpret.
Entries are submitted anonymously and scored by the club members. Points are awarded to each entrant and after 12 months the person with the most points is awarded the Moore Camera Club Photographer of the year.
Barrie has become the first person to win the competition three years running.
He said: “I’m delighted to be crowned photographer of the year again as there are some great photographers at the club.
“The standard of pictures submitted each month is always really high, so it’s a great honour to be crowned champion.”
Barrie started his interest in photography whilst still at school when he was given an old Zenit SLR film camera.
“I used to love that old camera. It was completely manual,and my results were a bit hit and miss but when I got it right the camera produced some lovely photographs. At school I did a photography module where we developed our own black and white pictures, which was great fun.”
He joined Moore Camera Club in 2012 and added: “I had a basic knowledge of photography but decided to join a camera club to learn more about digital photography and to meet some like minded people. I have learnt a lot from the other members of the camera club, both past and present.
“Going to the club has really helped progress my photography. I like the challenge of the monthly competitions as they make you think and take pictures of things that without the competitions you probably wouldn’t have thought to photograph.”
Speaking about his photography Barrie concluded, “I don’t really have a specialism I like taking pictures of anything. My particular favourites are portraits, pets, wildlife and sport. I’ve always been a big football fan and have enjoyed taking pictures of Warrington Town recently.”
Established in June 2000 Moore Camera Club meet every Wednesday evening at Moore Rugby Club. Members enjoy a wide and varied syllabus, from field trips around the North West to places such as Salford Quays and Crosby, to photographing still life, model nights and dog agility. They have even had Stormtroopers turn up at the club to pose for pictures!
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Some of Barrie’s award winning photographs
