Pam Thomson of Te Awamutu and Cambridge primary school student Sylvie Davies-Colley with their winning photographs. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
When Sylvie Davies-Colley saw her brother Lansley stacking wood they had found on the roadside after Cyclone Gabrielle, she knew it would make a cracking photograph.
The 9-year-old Cambridge Primary School student won the youth section – one of nine entries – in Cambridge Autumn Festival’s photography competition. The theme was A Hard Day’s Work.
“I’m really happy,” she said when the results were announced at the festival’s formal opening in the Cambridge Town Hall last week.
The winner of the open section was Pam Thomson who immediately thought of her friend Jarrod Mitchell at Pirongia’s 360 Automotive.
“I knew he would make a great subject working on a customer’s vehicle,” the former Te Awamutu businessperson told The News.
Both photos were black and white.
Thomson’s passion, now she is retired, is photography. She belongs to Te Awamutu Photography Club.
“I knew Jarrod would make a great subject working on a customer’s vehicle,” she said.
“I also knew that black and white would work the best as there were too many colour distractions and I wanted it to be focused on Jarrod working on the car.”
Fifty photographs were eligible for the competition – other entrants did not follow the rule that they had to be taken in Waipā.
Judges were Antanas Procuta of Paua Architects, sponsors of the event, photographer Michael Jeans and festival trust member David McCathie.
Jodie Hines’ shot of a dog weaving through poles at the Cambridge Dog Obedience Club’s annual Agility Championship showcase was second in the Open section with Susan Seville’s photo of a fallen tree in Oreipunga Road, Horahora, Cambridge was third.
The top 23 photos were selected for the photograph exhibition which finished on Sunday and held in the Town Hall.
Sylvie Davies-Colley’s photo of her brother Lansley stacking wood.
