Algarve Plus – Mar 2025

This month’s theme is “Markets”. Every town or village in the Algarve will have some form of market that takes place at some time during the month. Some of our members went out to capture some of those experiences..

We invited Beverly Kenworthy to provide feedback and judge the images for this theme and it is her debut judging for us.

Beverly was raised in New Jersey. She now resides in the Cleveland, Ohio area where she lives with her husband, Craig.

Her passion for Photography started 48 years ago, and although she has tried various brands of cameras, she has always come back to Nikon. She currently shoots with a Z8 mirrorless.

Beverly’s main photographic interests are birds, landscape and travel photography and although she likes to photograph anything, she has little interest in portraits. A member of the Cleveland Photographic Society, she has served as treasurer for the past three years, volunteered as a judge and has presented on several topics as a speaker. She has also been a mentor since 2018 and administrated a club program for the past four years during which time, Beverly has personally mentored over 40 club members. 

Photography has had a very positive impact on her life, and she hopes to continue to develop her skills.

You can see Beverly’s work via Facebook or on 500px

Thanks very much Beverly!

This year, the group has adopted to rank the selected images from 1st to 5th with each rank obtaining between 25 and 5 points that will score for Order of Merit.

Well done to everyone those that took part and congratulations to those who were selected and can be seen in the March edition of the Algarve Plus Magazine.

The next theme for Algarve Plus for April will be: Secret Places (in and around the Algarve)

Selected & Published Images

Words of Wisdom

1st Place: 04 Chestnuts by Ina Tanzer
This photo stood out as I flipped through initially, on my phone. Black and white was the perfect choice to enhance an already excellent composition. The clear and sharp focus of the subject, even though without colour, makes the man’s interesting expression and every man look stand out. The shallow depth of field frames him and his kettle, along with the steam drawing the viewers’ attention right to his face.
Editing a photo with steam or fog is something a novice usually cannot achieve, there seems to be a tendency to hit the “dehaze” slider a bit heavily. This artist allowed the steam to enhance, rather than become too heavy by inexperienced editing.

2nd Place: Loulé Market by Night by Nigel Moore
Leading lines are one of the most pleasing and if done well, dramatic tools in photography. In this photo, all the lines converge on the same spot- the door at the back.  Everything about this composition is well done. Care was taken to line every line perfectly. That took some careful planning and logistics. There is truly nothing to improve about this photo.

3rd Place: Peixeiro by Glyn Parry
What a pleasant face this man has! Proudly holding up the catch of the day. I love the presence of the steely gray in the foreground fish, the scale, his catch, and his hair. He is, without doubt, the subject, yet with the shades of gray framing him, I can almost smell the fish. The softer background, even with the color added, still is not too busy and does not overwhelm the subject. Great job capturing not only the scene, but the pride of this shopkeeper.

4th Place: Market Business by Gerry Kerr
A good balance of dark to light tones throughout the frame. The woman’s determination to get the sale done, and the man buying that huge head of cabbage, not happy to be running this particular errand, are well documented. He has such a great face. The solid dark clothing and hats seem to separate the customers from the clerk in black & white stripes. The detail is really wonderful- the knit in the sweater, the details in the produce, the structure of the building, the floor. The more I look at this, the more I like it. Great Job!

5th Place: Unfortunately Closed by Bina Cline
I like the shades of green throughout the photo- the tarps covering the produce, the ceiling panels, and the shades. It adds a unifying element to an attractive composition. Rather than looking at the closed market as a loss of a photo-op, the artist here made the best of an uncluttered space and subject by thinking outside the box. There is no doubt that this closed space was bursting with fruits, vegetables and people just a short time ago. Quite a few good choices were made when shooting this photo.

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