We are now a couple of meetings into the new season and have an exhibition mounted in Crewe Library, so a good time to take stock. Self-help and the society of other enthusiasts are probably the most valuable features of any club and that has been underlined in the last two weeks when we have […]
L&CPU Awards and Exhibition
On Saturday (7 June) 6 members shunned the Football World Cup (England v Sweden) to attend the L&CPU Award Ceremony and the opening of the 2018 exhibition. We were to receive a certificate for getting third place in the nature section of the L&CPU Club Annuals this year. Of course we were anxious to view the […]
Steampunk Photographic Competition Awards
Winner John Newell presented with his trophy by CPS Chairman John Royle Second placed Matthew Lee receives his trophy and certificate from John looked on by the Mayor Brian Roberts Crewe Town Council kindly secured the Mayor’s Parlour in the Municipal Building as the venue for the prize giving presentations of our 2018 Steampunk Photographic […]
PDI Annual (Jim Harrison Trophy) 2018
Paul Hill succeeded in a clean sweep tonight by being awarded the PDI of the Year, having already won the Print of the Year two weeks ago. The judge was Roger Evans MPAGB FBPE EFIAP from which we learned a great deal, especially in taking sports images, which is Roger’s specialism. Kath Hill gained first […]
Afon Lloer – Paul Hill BPE
We asked Paul Hill to tell us something about taking and processing his Print of the Year, Afon Lloer and he sent us this excellent account….. My photo was taken in March last year when I spent the weekend in Snowdonia. The weather forecast was terrible for most of the weekend (heavy rain) apart from […]
Print Annual: 1 Mar 2018: Geoff Reader DPAGB BPE3
Geoff Reader kindly stepped in at quite short notice when our original judge became unavailable. Geoff gave us a very interesting evening, conducting the whole thing with a calm authority, he was encouraging, exercised good club standards in assessing the prints and made some suggestions about how some processing problems could be tackled. It made […]
March’s Monthly Theme is Architecture
Hello CPS Members, I’ve chosen Architecture as the Monthly Theme for March with the redevelopment of Crewe town centre in mind. As it’s due to be demolished later in the year now is a good time to record a valuable part of Crewe’s history. The challenge is not to just take a record of the […]
Silver Medal for Martin McGing (Feb 2018)
We were very proud indeed to learn that Martin’s image Balance & Co-ordination had won a judge’s silver medal in the PAGB 2018 Great British Cup. Some 57 clubs took part in this national competition and Martin’s was one of just three such medal’s awarded. Gaining awards in the competition is not new to […]
8 Feb 2018 – Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis (http://www.stevelewis.photography/index.html) presented us with one of the most interesting evenings we have experienced at CPS. He simply talked about his photographs of Iceland but he conveyed brilliantly well the deeply considered way he approached photography. His pictures were pre- planned, pre-visualised to some degree but often he had come across things which he used […]
Member’s Evening 1 Feb 2018
Martin Smith’s talk told us a lot about astro-photography but came with a warning – for photographing individual planets and other celestial objects even the most sophisticated gear will not get you anywhere near the quality likely to impress club judges! We always enjoy Martin’s engaging and relaxed style of presentation and this talk, beautifully […]