Rhianne Griffiths


 

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WINNER of the 2010 Gower Shutterbugs Competition

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By: Rhianne Griffiths
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I am delighted to announce on behalf of the judges Mike Briercliffe , Mark Button and Dan Santillo that the winner of the very first Gower Shutterbugs Competition organised for the express purpose of showing off Gower in all its beauty, is Alan Gregg from Scurlage, Gower.

Alan is a landscape gardener by craft and works for the local council on their estate lands and urban community gardens. He's a very modest kind of guy who has taught himself the skills of photography in his spare time. He absolutely loves Gower that is obvious from the collection of his photographs that capture Gower landmarks. His other passion is orchids and he's in the very lucky position of being able to photograph those that are to be found in the Swansea Botanical Gardens at Singleton Park, because this is where he is based as a landscape gardener.

He is a very keen amateur photographer who doesn't display his work in a gallery or on a personal website - though some of his work can be seen on Flickr .

Something tells me that pretty soon he's going to have lots more light shining on his work as a result of winning the Gower Shutterbugs Competition.


This is what you have been waiting for, the winning photograph:





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Peninsular Business Services Ltd (that's me) sponsor and organiser of the competition collaborated with The Bay Bistro Coffee House Rhossili where Alan Gregg's photograph will hang for all to see. Alan and his wife will enjoy dinner here as part of his prize.


The Bay Bistro is a favourite of visitors to Gower who pilgrimage to The Worm's Head to take in it's power and beauty. I imagine ten's of thousands of photographs exist of this phenomenon, how many are equal to Alan's shot, not that many methinks.


So today 29th October we met at the bistro to award Alan his Certificate of Achievement and it was kindly presented by His Worshipful The Lord Mayor of Swansea, Cllr Richard Lewis. The South Wales Evening Post newspaper covered the event.



Please comment and share your views on this winning photograph. I will pass on all your kind wishes to Alan and prompt him to set up a profile here on Americymru so that you can view future images from his portfolio.


Many thanks to Americymru (Ceri Shaw) for partnering with Peninsular Business Services (me - aka @LadyBizBiz on Twitter) for this great event.


There - all done for this year - now I'm off to begin considering which establishment might partner with me for next years event - somewhere in Mumbles perhaps, or Cheriton, or Stembridge, or Port Eynon ..... or ......



mona everett
11/11/10 01:51:04PM @mona-everett:
Absolutely gorgeous!
Ceri Shaw
10/29/10 07:27:14PM @ceri-shaw:
Diolch for posting Rhianne It's a great photo!