Summer Photograph Competition 2015 Results

Thank you to all 43 students who took the time to enter the Geography Department's summer photograph competition 2015.  The theme was dramatic landscapes.  Entries were judged by the Geography department staff along with Mr McRoyall and members of the photography club. The winning entries were chosen after lengthy deliberation:

Overall winner:  Katie Mills 11Q Tignes, French Alps.

Girls' runner up: Emaan Mirza 7F The Grand Canyon

Boys' runner up: Chris Stringer 13D Canyonlands

Congratulations!

Photographic Competition Winner 2013

 

The winner of this year's Geogrpahy Department photographic competition is the image of the spring lambs. The picture taken by Roberta Pellow-Bailey fitted perfectly with the theme of regeneration. A peacful local scene is framed neatly by the grasses in the foreground. However, with a bumper entry, it was a very difficult decsion for the judges to make. Ben Butterworth's metrolink and Annie Preston's atmospheric dawn were both pictures that were among my personal favourites.

Photograhic Competition 2013

The theme is "Regeneration" and entering couldn't be easier:
Bring into school a photograph taken by yourself in the period between February 2013 and  mid April 2013; remember to save a digital copy if you have one. Pictures taken on smart phones can grab the spontaneous image but remember it will need to be transferred onto a memory stick or pc. As usual, the judging criteria will be primarily the geographic element but also the artistic merit and the overall quality.
Here are just a few ideas
~ the emerging landscape in Spring
~ regeneration of a rundown part of town
~ new life emerging on the farm or the fells
~ the new and the modern, from trams to wind farms
~ even the new start to the day

Photographic Competiton Results

This year was rather different from previous, with an emphasis on human geography and a winter time period. But the entries did not disappoint. The winner was Guy Richardson with an evocative shot taken on the moors. The humans in the landscape could not be more clearly defined than by the walkers braving the elements in the shadow of the giant turbine. The colours are bold and the composition excellent. Well done.

The iconic city-scapes shot by Phoebe Dickson and Kate Roodhouse came very close; may be you even disagree with the judges?

Thank you all for entering!

Geography Photographic Competition

A little different this year, the time frame for your pictures is the autumn and winter period. The theme is "People" and entering couldn't be easier:
Bring into school a photograph taken by yourself in the period between October 2011 and early January 2012; remember to save a digital copy if you have one. The judging criteria will be primarily the geographic element but also the artistic merit and the overall quality.
Here are just a few ideas
~ the bustle of the Christmas market
~ the lone hiker on the skyline of the fells
or even photographs were the "people" element is inferred
~ the blurr of traffic in the rainy night time
~ a cityscape like that below

Good luck!

Photographic Competiton

The entries this year give some idea of how far Hulme globe trotters are prepared to travel. Although exotic is not one of the judging criteria, by chance, all the commended photographs have more than just an element of the extra ordinary. This picture by Ruth Vassallo was taken in the high arctic and captures the magical colour contrast of blue and white, sea, ice and sky. A very worthy winner.








Congratulations must also be extended to Frances Brookfield and to Patrick Fanagan for the photographs of Zambia and a tropical beach paradise respectively.

Photograph Competition

Congratulations to all the winners in this years competition. The standard was very high and there was no little debate among the staff (judges) as to the eventual winners.

The unusual geology and reflection was an excellent capture by Sophie, while the beach scene from Jonathan is an intriguing composition, juxtaposing physical geography with human, the ephemeral imprint of mankind, on a serene landscape.

Both are top quality shots of a very high standard, Sophie's with the difficult contrast and Jonathan's with the low light setting.

Well done to all the entrants.

Geography Department Calendar

The summer geography photographic competition has prompted the creation of a calendar for 2009. Each month has a photograph taken by a pupil, the pictures here are just a sample, from Claire Vassallo (left), Heather Lacey (lower left) and Jonathan Lobley(lower right). Other contributors include, Eleanor Bridge, Fraser Bradley, Georgina Bennett, Jack Glynn, James Wright, Julia Ward, Matthew Stocker, Natasha McLean, Sam O'Hare and Will Lacey.

Samples shown do not reflect the resolution on the actual calendar; copies are available to buy direct from the Geography Department. Please see Dr Sutherland for details.

More geography photography

If the snappers bug has caught hold why not check out the geograph project? Take a look at the photos of your home town or favourite place and contribute. If your summer holidays take you to a remote spot of the UK be the first to post a picture.

The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.