At the end of the season our federation runs a competition open to all members of its 100 or so clubs. This year one of our successful prints was Connoisseur by John Royle which gained a third place in the monochrome section. It was taken in the Murano glass museum and processed to make the […]
Paul Gallagher at RPS DIG 1/5/16
Some of us went to talks by Paul Gallagher on processing and printing. Here are some notes I made during the two talks, which I thought might be of interest. Paul uses Adobe Camera Raw (ADR) and Photoshop (Ps). ACR is functionally the same as Lightroom. He works largely in mono. Starting in ACR…. Don’t […]
Members Evening 31 March 2016
If you want to photograph something that has been pictured a million times before, and make it matter, you need to bring all your skills to bear. Peter Robinson has done just that with this shot of the Grand Canal. On the big screen in looked very impressive; it is against the light, but this […]
John Holt ARPS DPAGB BPE4 – Digital AVs
Though we would claim to be far from competition driven at Crewe we certainly seem to be in the thick of them at the moment, with the L&CPU Annuals and our own Annuals, not to mention the competition with Sandbach and the North Cheshire Challenges. So, it was such a pleasure to sit back and […]
L&CPU Club Annuals 2016 – 28 Feb 2016
This weekend the L&CPU Club Annuals were held at Lowton School and Crewe PS were one of the 42 clubs to enter the PDI section on Saturday and the 25 Clubs to enter prints on the Sunday. There are nearly 100 clubs in the Union! We acquitted ourselves very well indeed, being in the top […]
Bebington Salon 2015-16 – Bob Dennis APAGB CPAGB A
We are honoured to be one of the clubs where Bob Dennis shows the selected images from the Bebington Salon. Every year we look forward to his presentation as a first hand view into what is being accepted into competitions at a national level, this being one of the 20-or-so BPE competitions. He does a […]
Repairing Old Photographs – George Steele LRPS CPA
Family photographs, lovingly passed around, kept in wallets, displayed in bright light, often end up in a parlous state, faded, cracked, creased and stained. Digital photography of course provides the possibility of recovery and repair, and with patience and skill they can even look better that they did originally. George has acquired great skill over […]
Meeting 4 February 2016
Thanks to Dave & Sharon Barton who organised the viewing of some Photographers Academy tutorials this week. We also took the time to discuss a number of matters, some of which will be the subject of announcements in the near future.
Crewe – Mid-Cheshire – Whitchurch Inter-Club Compe
I’ve often thought that the opportunity of meeting our neighbouring club members and seeing their work is the enjoyable part of these competitions. To me at least, who wins is of secondary importance. This view was bourne out last night when the judge, Peter Siviter DPAGB EFIAP, didn’t manage to make it. We still had […]
Stephen Lewis ARPS – Time-Lapse Photography – (28/
What is the difference in brightness between full daylight and a starry night? In the case of a time-lapse that Stephen Lewis ARPS was planning, 22 stops. Each stop is a doubling of the light entering the camera. As the camera clicks away at, say 10-second intervals, for half a day, how are you going […]