After having a break from the Monthly Theme last month, I’m sure your all raring to get stuck in to June’s theme of texture. It’s a good subject designed to make us look at lighting effects and how it creates form and shape in objects. One of the secrets of landscape photographers is to photograph […]
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Ian Beesley at Salt’s Mill
Ian Beesley is a documentary photographer with a long history of recording industry in the North. He is a really entertaining speaker who is both inspiring and very very funny. He often teams up with his friend Ian McMillan, the poet and radio presenter. The partnership have an exhibition presently on at Salt’s Mill at […]
L&CPU Annual Individuals’ Competition 2019
On Saturday 11 May our prints were taken to join the rest of the entry for the L&CPU A I C. Pictured are most of the boxes after being emptied for the sorting of the prints. The judging of them takes place next weekend. This year club members could make their own entries via the […]
Crewe v Nantwich Inter-club Competition – 16 April
We always expect keen competition from Nantwich and enjoy seeing their new work. Tonight’s meeting was presided over by Rob Millin. Rob’s list of distinctions is one of the longest in the business and in fact Nantwich had not got them quite up to date; MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/p, MPSA, DPAGB, SPSA, GPU Hermes. Rob tackled […]
Portrait Competitions, 4 April 2019
There was much interesting debate a while back on our Forums about what constitutes a portrait. We never agreed, but I think the debate informed our indecision! For the purposes of our two portrait competitions this year we kept to adopting the Taylor-Wessing Portrait Prize definition of a portrait being about a person – a […]
April’s Monthly Theme is ‘Spring’
That’s the season, not what you sleep on! I know I’m a day early but I’m off on travels soon so I’m posting this now. If you still wish to submit a Kitchen photo before 1st.April please do. However, Spring is such an exciting time of longer, warmer days with new growth and the feel […]
The Print Annual 28 February 20...
Our judge this year was Rob Millin who holds almost every exhibition based distinction that exists, and to the highest level. He was very decisive, dealing quickly with each print; praise first, then a criticism, then a judgement. It fitted the situation perfectly. These were prints on their second outing, and our members choices from […]
March’s Theme is Kitchens
Have you ever thought just how photogenic your kitchen can be? You can take a wide variety of photographic styles there. Still lifes, macro photography, property photography, patterns, food photography and lifestyle. They’re just a few ideas for you to challenge yourself. So if you have the appetite for some creative photography conjure up a […]
February’s Monthly Theme – Curves
Hello Members, Your assignment for the month of February is to look for curves and make them work for you in your composition. We are all surrounded by curves so you don’t have to go far. The trick is to spot them and use them to construct your image. They don’t have to be a […]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all CPS members. I’m sure we’re all looking forward to enjoying our photography in 2019. What better way to do this than to have a tasty meal. However, just before you eat it why not take an appertising photograph of it and enter it in January’s Monthly Theme of Food Photography. […]