That heading needs some explanation. The L&CPU is our Federation of photo clubs and societies, about one hundred in all. They help us with insurance and many organisational matters, keep a register of judges and lecturers who will visit clubs at special rates, and organise 4 big competitions each year. This is one such competition. […]
Gary Waidson DPAGB HND – Waylandscapes
We were really looking forward to a return visit by Gary after his excellent talk last year about using layers in Photoshop. This time it was about his landscape photography and to say that it did not disappoint would be something of an understatement! His AV presentation was one of the most impressive I have […]
PDI 2 2017 – Judged by Brian Dunseath ARPS
Brian was back for the second time. He impressed us last year with his confident reading of our pictures and good technical criticism centred round guiding the viewers perception of the image. The winners were a sure-fire set having in common something to communicate and excellent taking and processing skills to bring that out. I felt […]
An aura of quietude
Tom Seaton’s winning mono print in our first print competition shows how photography can make the best of the world – pointing the other way the scene would have been full of people! Anyway, as John Berger said in an interview yesterday, that is something to think about for a long time, no more from […]
Hoylake International with Brian & Diana Magor
Brian and Diana have made a great success of their venture into Photographic Society of America (PSA) competitions. They started almost by accident in realising that their FIAP competition entries were quietly gaining PSA points too. Investigation proved that even well known and respected competitions were being run on a shoe string and were easier […]
Photographic distinctions – the PAGB scheme
The PAGB distinctions of CPAGB, DPAGB and MPAGB are gained by presenting a selection of your best work to a panel of judges who mark it much as a set of competition entries is marked. If you gain the required number of marks you are granted the award. CPAGB is “good club photography” standard, DPAGB […]
Roger Evans FBPE EFIAP DPAGB – Talk Sport – 13 Sep
Roger Evans FBPE EFIAP DPAGB is a very determined man. It shows in the variety of sports he has photographed (everything from synchronised swimming to weight-lifting), the number of events he covers (about one each week) and the way he overcomes any difficulty. Roger’s talk conveyed that determination very clearly as he took us through […]
The “Five Towns” Monochrome Print Competition 2016
Congratulations to Mid-Cheshire in winning the Five Towns this year, their first entry too! We see plenty of good mono work from the two members of CPS who are also members of MCCC but I know from judging at MCCC that they have quite a few more workers producing interesting and finely crafted mono work too, so MCCC […]
22 September : Martin Berry LRPS – The Warrington
Martin gave us a light-hearted presentation made all the more engaging by his genuine enthusiasm for preserving and enhancing this valuable collection, dating back to 1886. It was interesting to see how subjects for club photography had not changed a lot given the restrictions of the old technology, though the sheer quality of these large […]
Member Focus : Ken Last
Ken Last can be relied on the get the shots of local events, and our event of last week was surely the Tour of Britain Stage 3 which came through Crewe on Tuesday 6 September. Ken managed to capture one of the stars, Sir Bradley Wiggins and got the shot into the local papers like a […]