This week we enjoyed discussing a selection of prints from the last L&CPU Annual Competition. We also viewed the 2013 RPS Images for Projection International Exhibition and were very impressed by the photographs in the “In Camera” section which was new this year and an attempt to counter the growing number of composite images entered […]
L&CPU Club PDI Knock-Out 16th November 2013
37 clubs took part in the L&CPU Knock-Out this year. The judge was the excellent Richard Speirs, who took a large scythe to the field and knocked out about 2/3 of the field at the first round. It is unusual to lose even 50% normally and it had the effect of making you feel all […]
Crewe PS at Tutbury Castle
Sunday 27th October – A Photographer’s Day at Tutbury Castle with a good number of “re-enactors” in various costumes was just too great a temptation for 10 of us and, hoping that the forecast severe gales really were going to be “later on Sunday,” we drove the 40 miles to join what turned out to […]
The Discovery of A Great Master
Last night we had the company of Bob Dennis APAGB CPAGB AFIAP BPE 3*. He took us through a great variety of subjects which he has photographed. The talk, of course, was light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining and in some ways a good run up to next week when we have a session where the members’ […]
Lightroom – Professor Terry Hewitt
Last Sunday, to celebrate a granddaughter’s 3rd birthday, we had a family reunion visit to a butterfly farm in St Albans. I took macro shots of the insects with one camera (Canon) and the family portraits with another (Panasonic). They were all raw format shots but thanks to Lightroom I could process them all together […]
CPS Members Access to The Photographer Academy
Our Treasurer, Sharon Barton, has gained us all a trial period of access to PT4U – Photo Training for You. This is a great opportunity to explore the vast stock of on-tap videos, webinars etc they have. I hope members can get started with this as soon as possible, so if you missed the meeting […]
The First PDI Competition
We are pleased to now feature a GALLERY of the TOP-SCORING IMAGES from this competition. Thank you Jane Lines DPAGB ARPS BPE4* for judging our first competition. There were some excellent photographs and it was good to see new and relatively new members scoring so well – very encouraging for both them and the […]
New Season in Full Swing!
Thanks to Dianne Owen FRPS and Gordon Jenkins APAGB we had a great meeting last week; looking at judging. Members were keen to contribute their ideas and opinions which added a great deal to it all. The only sad thing is that Gordon has announced that he is retiring next year. The L&CPU will be […]
Meeting 12th September – L&CPU Colour Print Folio
This week we had the pleasure of viewing some of the most successful prints submitted to the L&CPU for their annual competitions in 2013. We were able to simultaneously project a digital photograph of the print too since they provide copies on disk. There was a lot of useful discussion about what made each photograph […]
Howard Edwards
Howard Edwards ARPS, who died on 29th July, was one of the grandees of Crewe PS. This true gentleman was our portraiture guru, renowned for the quality of his work, which always did superbly well in our competitions. A meticulous technician, he was always happy to pass on his knowledge and skills but you had to […]