In 1982 Ian joined Mid Cheshire Camera Club. He honed all the usual club photography skills to a high standard and was successful in their competitions. He became their competition secretary and was a judge with the L&CPU, but it was not until about 2007 (about the time he also became a Crewe PS) that he started to […]
The Glade by Tom Seaton
The Glade by Tom Seaton is one of the most memorable photos to appear in our competitions for many years and I invite you to enjoy it all over again. The overall impression is, of course, of streaming, bright light. In club photography we have an irrational fear of “burning out” highlights. This picture thrives […]
Shooting Moto-X by Martin McGing
For anybody interested in motor sport photography a good way to start is to go along to a local club event. The internet is a great source of information – dates, locations, etc. I had been considering sports photography for some time and finally took the plunge and went along to an event. I arrived […]
Look 15 – Still lots to see in Liverpool
It is all a bit confusing; the Liverpool Biennale is not until 2016, but the annual LOOK photography programme is taking place. Called LOOK 2015 it says that it finishes on 31 May, which adds to the confusion – some exhibitions are on until September. Do have a look at the website to make you […]
Member Spotlight: Kath Hill
Continuing our review of the most successful club members this year we turn to Kath Hill whose “In The Thick of It” (top, right) was one of the first pictures of the season to make me say “Now, that is something!”, the atmosphere in the shot is great and the fact that there is such […]
Photographing the Rat-Pack at the Lyceum
One of the many advantages of being a member of Crewe Photographic Society is that you get opportunities to try different types of photography. When members were invited to a free visit of Crewe theatre on 15th.April to photograph a professional performance of the ‘Rat Pack’ with a live audience four of us jumped at […]
2015 Awards: Peter Robinson
Our first Summer feature of members who carried off quite a stack of awards at the end of he 2014-15 season featured Bob Brown, our Photographer of the Year. This week we present Peter Robinson who needed a wheel barrow after the Awards Evening to carry away his cache. He is seen above with some […]
Club Champions: Feature 1 – Bob Brown
Our Champion of Champions – Bob Brown. We are quite used to seeing excellent pictures of birds from Bob, they are a natural extension of his passion for bird-watching, but this year he has made much much more of his occasional foray into other areas and produced some stunning portraiture and landscape work. He won […]
Another Great Season!
Tonight we celebrated the successes of 2015 with the trophy awards. Just a glance at the winning images shown above will give you a good idea of the range of work our members produce; portraiture, travel, street, landscape and nature in colour and black & white. Not all from one worker either, by any means, […]
Crewe PS Annual General Meeting 23 April 2015
At our Annual General Meeting this Thursday the proposal was tabled that we have a completely separate Nature section in our print league competitions and in our Annual. This will mean that members may enter up to 9 prints in each League Competition; 3 Open Colour 3 Nature and 3 Monochrome. The motion was passed. […]