This evening’s talk, by Alan Angel FRPS, was entitled ‘Black and White – Pure Delight’, and indeed it was. Alan entertained us to a lively and witty presentation of a great variety of his finely-crafted monochrome photographs. He began with the work he did for his ARPS and FRPS panels: striking one-light portraits, taken in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

Theme for August 2013 Even though the club’s season of weekly meetings has ended for the summer, you can keep your photography active by joining in our members’ Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for August is “Speed“. Speed is relative, isn’t it? Fast or slow, take your pick – and […]

We are very sorry to announce that one of our most eminent and respected members, Howard Edwards ARPS, died in hospital this morning after a short illness. Lately, Howard was unable to attend meetings, and new members will not have met him but will know of him by the frequent references still made to his […]

The L&CPU Exhibition is on at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum during July and August. It is in two parts, first in July, second in August. I urge you all to pay it a visit and see what is happening in club photography in your region. Full details are on the L&CPU website front […]