It is August, and Exmoor is covered in purple swaths of heather. Have a look at this breathtaking photo by John Spurr which was taken a few days ago. We love this image so much that we have chosen it as the featured photo on our welcome page.
Category: Photography
Here are the winners!
We have had so many amazing entries in year’s photo competition to find the top 13 Exmoor images to feature on our 2018 Exmoor4all calendar. The public was asked to vote for their favourites. From the shortlist an independent jury chose these fantastic photos – congratulations to Michael Brooks (Cover), Rob Davey (January), Linda Thompson (February), Debbie J. Luckson (March), Andrew de Mora (April), Jo Hackman (May), Jochen Langbein (June), Leanne Coles (July), Richard Williams (August), Gaynor Gough (September), Elma Vonk (October), Helen Baggot (November) and Craig Stone (December).
The 2018 Calendar will soon be available for pre-order.
Cover: Michael Brooks
January: Rob Davey
February: Linda Thompson
March: Debbie J Luckson
April: Andrew de Mora
May: Jo Hackman
June: Jochen Langbein
July: Leanna Coles
August: Richard Williams
September: Gaynor Gough
October: Elma Vonk
November: Helen Baggott
December: Craig Stone
Amazing entries in Exmoor4all photo competition show Exmoor at its best
Here are all the entries into our 2017 Exmoor4all Photo Competition.
We are asking the public to vote for their favourite image(s) to be featured on our 2018 Exmoor4all calendar via our Facebook page. If you are not on FB, then feel free to email us the numbers of your favourite photos to exmoor4all@gmail. You will be able to see the numbers when hovering over the image.
Voting ends on 13 August 2017.
Photo by Linda Thompson
Sunset in the Valley of Rocks
Photo by Craig Stone.
Childhood Dreams
‘Childhood Dreams’-wooden boat and an Exmoor stream, what more could a small child wish for?
Lindsey McDonnell
RUNNING WILD PHOTO EXHIBITION
27 MAY – 1 SEPTEMBER, 2017:
Dunster Visitor Centre
Dunster Steep, TA24 6SE
Open Mon-Sun 10 am – 5 pm
Opening night: 26 May 5-7 pm, fund-raising event for the Exmoor Pony Centre and the Exmoor Pony Project – open for all
1 SEPTEMBER – 31 OCTOBER, 2017:
Lynmouth National Park Centre
The Esplanade, Lynmouth, EX35 6EQ
13 NOVEMBER – 24 DECEMBER, 2017:
Toucan
3 The Parade, Minehead, TA24 5NL
THE EXHIBITION:
The initial idea behind the Running Wild exhibition was a desire to create pictures of the wild Exmoor ponies that would challenge the traditional imagery seen of these iconic animals. The curator, photographer Nina Dodd brought together nine Exmoor-based photographers and asked them to create images of the ponies over a period of six months in 2016-17. The result is an engaging collection of images, presented in a multiple of genres and post-processing styles. A show of taking on a traditional topic and running wild with it.
OPENING NIGHT:
Opening night on the 26th of May 5-7 pm at Dunster Visitor Centre is also a fund-raising event for the Exmoor Pony Centre and the Exmoor Pony Project and is open for all.
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Geoff Baylis
Photographer, Picture framer
Alex Dodd
Creative Media student
Nina Dodd
Photographer
Gaynor Gough
Photographer
www.photographybygmg.weebly.com
Laura Grant
Artist, Photographer
Paula Kirby
Photographer
Jack Mccausland
Visual Media student
Stuart Warstat
Photographer
www.stuartwarstatphotography.co.uk
Dawn Westcott
Photo by Paula Kirby
THE OLD SHIP AGROUND ‘BE PROUD OF MINEHEAD’ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
The Old Ship Aground is delighted to announce the launch of – The Old Ship Aground ‘Be Proud of Minehead’ photographic campaign. A year long celebration of how lucky we all are to Live, Work and Play in this beautiful area.
We are inviting photographic entries that will proudly show case what we all enjoy and why we should all be proud of living in this friendly, vibrant, supportive community located beside the sea.
There are three different categories Under 16, Camera phone fun shots and an Open category.
With Cash Prizes totaling £1000 available to win. The photographs will be displayed on the dedicated Facebook page & on our website gallery pages inviting community engagement.
An exhibition of the short listed and winning pictures is planned for later in the year.
Full Terms & conditions of entry are available on The Old Ship Aground ‘Be Proud of Minehead’ Photographic competition tab on our Website www.theoldshipaground.com and you can view the dedicated Face Book Page at https://www.facebook.com/BeProudOfMineheadPhotographyCompetition/
Julian Abraham owner of The Old Ship Aground at Minehead Harbour said it’s all about the community standing tall, and what a great community we have, pulling together and saying look this is Minehead. I am delighted to do my bit and help show case this terrific town. With a competition to create a visual platform where everyone can share the pictures of what makes them proud, a true celebration of Minehead its history and surroundings.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Julian Abraham at 01643 703516 or email at julian@theoldshipaground.com
Dunster Time…
Photo by Richard Williams.
Spring blossoms in Dunster
Looking across the Dunster Yarn Market towards Dunster Caste.
Photo by Julia Amies-Green
A spring day at Combe Martin beach
Photo by Richard Williams