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Paul Thackeray

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Last updated8 July 2024

Judge: Paul Thackeray LRPS

About Paul

Paul is an experienced judge on the SCPF circuit.

He was promoted to a Senior Level 3 Judge in September 2019, around the same time that our own Gordon Brown also achieved Level 3.

Paul was the judge for the WPS “Best of the Best” competition at the end of the 2019-20 season and for PDI Round 3 in the 2021-22 season.

Paul is a member of and former chairman of Wimborne Camera Club
(Facebook: facebook.com/wimbornecameraclub), where you can see his LRPS Panel

He has been documenting local events for many years, for example

The Mayor of Wimborne Minster’s Civic Service
The 2016 Wimborne History Festival where you can find many of his images in Gallery 1 and Gallery 2
and on Flickr

Last updated 8 July 2024

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Member of the Southern Counties Photographic Federation, affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.
Unless otherwise noted, all images appear by permission of their creators, who retain copyright.

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- President’s Welcome
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        Welcome to the Winchester Photographic Society website!
        Whether you’re a current member or considering joining us, we hope you find all the information you need here.
        As one of the largest and most active photographic clubs in the South of England,we welcome photographers of all levels.
        We offer a diverse and engaging speaker program. Non-members are welcome to attend our Tuesday meetings; just turn up and sign in. If you decide to join, your visitor's fee will be refunded against the membership fee.
    - - Please do contact me or any of the Committee if you have comments during the season. You can use the Contact Us form on this website.
        Regards,
        Bob Allen
        President Winchester Photographic Society
        Full version of this message
- About WPS
  - - - Founded in 1923, WPS is one of the largest clubs in the southern region.
        Our membership covers all levels of photographic skills, from absolute beginners who have yet to purchase a camera, to those who travel the world producing sensational images of people and places, flora and fauna.
        As well as guest lecturers and competitions at our weekly Tuesday meetings, we offer workshops, tutorials and outings to help members improve their skills.
      - Our Tuesday meetings are 7:30-10:00pm at the Winchester Arc in Jewry Street.
- Contact Us
  - - - We welcome all feedback about the Society: questions and comments, compliments and suggestions, and reports of problems which we will try to fix as quickly as we can.
        Please use the form to contact a committee member or chose from a longer list of Society Officials.
    - - Contact Society Officers
      - Where we Meet
- This website
  - The Society’s website is meant for our members, potential members, guests, other photographic clubs and anyone else who wants to find out who we are and what we do.
    We hope this site makes it easy to find what you’re looking for and easy to use on tablets and smartphones.
    We tried to preserve as much of the information as possible from the previous website, and we are still working to reorganise the content and navigation menus.
    We’d love to hear what you think about it and how we can improve it. Use the Committee Contact form (under the Contact Us tab) to give feedback.
  - Explore the site using the navigation menu, search button, or the categories and tags links at the bottom of each page.
    A very small amount of information is only visible to logged-in members.
    If you are a member of WPS, you can login with your userid or your email address.
    If you’ve lost your password or this is your first login, you can reset your password.
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        WPS AGM Minutes and Reports
        WPS Business Plans
        Members Questionnaire Spring 2016
        2019 Members Questionnaire
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        WPS Needs You!
      - WPS Constitution
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        Privacy Policy
        Cookie Policy (UK)
        Cookie Policy WPS
        Safeguarding Policy
        Accessibility Policy
        New Members Introduction Policy
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  - - - External Links
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- - - Smartphone users
      we recommend you use the WebCollect external site link
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