A very enjoyable evening with Tremaine and our friends from Sandbach PS. Sandbach had a lead after the PDIs but Crewe came back more strongly with the prints to take the overall win 529 to 522. There was much good work on view, which is one of the pleasures of these events – to see […]

Tonight we had Bob Dennis presenting images from the last Bebington Salon (the twelfth I think). Our friends from Alsager were over to enjoy the show with us. Their most successful member in the competition had been Geoff Reader and ours Ian Whiston. Jason Rowley of Alsager CC and Wallace Baxter of Crewe PS also […]

The 4th Wrekin Arts International Competition for projections had about 8,000 entries this year. Ian Whiston had all his submission accepted and was given the Wrekin Medal for the “Best Mammal” picture for Lioness with Warthog. He is seen here receiving his award from Richard Bifield, President of the Friends of Ironbridge Gorge Museums who […]

Dianne Owen FRPS is one of the North West’s best creative photo artists. She is also a founder member of the SRGB Group, a new L&CPU club which organises an national print exhibition – a brave thing in the world of burgeoning projection competitions! She is astonishingly inventive with her creations, and prolific too. I […]

Tonight we welcomed a new judge, Darrell Oakden DPAGB BPE2, to cast his eye over our 79 offerings and he did a splendid job with his comments – the time just flew. Everyone deserves respect for their work and Darrell certainly showed that but he also gave some good advice, always offered in the right […]

Tonight we were honoured with a visit from two of the leading figures in club photography; Roger and Judith Parry. They are national and international judges, leading members of one of the country’s most respected clubs, Smethwick,  and have been instrumental in originating many major competitions and events in club photography. When you know that […]

One of the most respected members of our society, honorary Crewe PS member Ron Smith is to be made the subject of an article in the Royal Photographic Society magazine. Newer members will not have had the inestimable pleasure of meeting Ron, or had their minds boggled and sides split by attending one of his […]

And what does L&CPU PDI KO mean? Well, it’s just an annual competition run by the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union for any member clubs who wish to compete. Usually about 30 do. This year the event was not well publicised so we were astonished to get to the event (in Chorley) to find 44 clubs had entered! […]

What a delightful evening David Bibby presented us with in his “Back to Basics”. For nearly two hours he took us through his “Alphabet” of pictures and discussed all manner of things along the way which were of help to anyone, from beginner to expert. What he really conveyed was his sense of fun in […]