This week members volunteered pictures of their own to talk about. What a great evening! We had a fascinating talk inspired by Joel Meyerowitz‘s account of watching Robert Frank at work (which actually made him want to become a photographer), an account of how one member created one or two of his exhibition entries – and the […]
Third Print League Competition
Just under 70 prints is a good entry, a healthy response from members and yet not so many for the judge to deal with that you feel rushed. John Sixsmith EPSA EFIAP/g BPE5* kept a good, steady pace and timed things beautifully. All those letters mean lots of experience of national and international competitions and […]
Keele Three Counties…and all that
KEELE 3-COUNTIES Entries for the Keele 3-Counties Photo Competition are required at the end of the month. This event is well supported by some of the clubs we meet in competitions; Alsager CC, Blythe Bridge CC and Leek PC, for example. The drawbacks are £12 to enter (3) and the requirement to frame your prints. On […]
Monthly Theme Challenge – January 2015
Theme for January 2015 If you like a challenge, and enjoy honing your skills, join in our members’ Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for Janaury is “Frozen” Happy New Year! At this time of year, you may be able to take this month’s theme quite literally. However, it could also […]
Second Print League Competition 4 Dec 2014
It is always a pleasure to have Tillman over to judge any of our competitions. He interprets the images so well, points out things that make them successful, and always has the right balance of praise and criticism to please everyone. This makes the evening very enjoyable and enlightening. Martin McGing’s “Fredau” was always going […]
PAGB Distinctions
The results of the November PAGB assessment have just been published in the PAGB eNews 128. The full eNews is downloadable here, but it is over 3Mb, so I’ve extracted the two results pages here if you are only interested in that (300k). Notable among the results is Jane Lines having gained an MPAGB and […]
Monthly Theme Challenge – December 2014
Theme for December 2014 If you like a challenge, and enjoy honing your skills, join in our members’ Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for December is “At this time of year” Lots of possible subject for your pictures this month, whether wintry, seasonal, or festive. And the options […]
Alsager CC v Crewe PS
The annual inter-club competition with Alsager CC took place this evening, judged by Steve Carr. Since Alsager did not have their room available this year Crewe played host and it was left to me to prepare all the pictures – 60 prints and 60 PDIs, so I knew that the combined audience would have a […]
Lightroom 5.7 update released
Adobe has released the latest version of Lightroom. Details of the changes are here Downloads here: Win Mac Upgrades are free to anyone who already has a purchased copy of Lightroom.
Monthly Theme Challenge – November 2014
Theme for November 2014 If you like a challenge, and enjoy honing your skills, join in our members’ Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for November is “Details say a lot” Photographs with detail or photographs of detail – however you want to take it, make sure the details are saying something! As […]