Cameras are better than any other device at capturing magic moments. We have all reviewed our photographs and noticed elements that we didn’t see at the time. Magic moments come and go in all walks of life. Sport, nature, street scenes, even a dripping water can produce a special moment. Please have a look at […]
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Under 16 Steampunk Photographic Competition Winner
13 year old Rosie Warburton won the ‘Under 16’ category of our Steampunk Competition with her imaginative image of the Municipal Buildings photographed through her steampunk goggles. The judges were impressed with her creative approach and composition. Rosie was unable to attend the main prizing event at the Municipal Buildings in June and so was […]
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 […]
July’s Monthly theme – ‘Break the Rules’
We’ve all been taught how we should construct a picture, but this can make our photography predictable and even stagnate. If we want to progress our photography I think we should experiment more by breaking the predefined rules. Just try out new angles and composition, then post your photo on our forum and see what […]
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 […]
June’s Monthly Theme is Intentional Camera Movemen
This month’s theme of Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) gives you the opportunity to experiment and get creative. The results of moving the camera during the exposure can be unpredictable, but with experimentation you can develop your very own technique to produce some eye catching photographs. Some members have bravely entered ICM photographs for our monthly […]
Crewe Steampunk Weekend
Crewe’s Steampunk Convivial and food festival took place this bank holiday weekend and as you may recall from my previous emails our members were invited to enjoy photographing the event and pass their photographs to the town council. In return the council have given us credit and publicity for the photographs with links to our […]
CPS results in the L&CPU Individual Competition
The results for the weekends’ L&CPU Individual Competition has just been published and some of our members have done particularly well. In the ‘Colour Print’ section, Wallace Baxter scored 12 for ‘Precision On The Beam’ and 13 for ‘Mounting The Beam’ both have been retained for their Folio. Peter Robinson scored 14 for his ‘Posh […]
May’s Monthly Theme is Photo Captions
Something a bit different for merry May. Choose a caption for your or other members photos!
April’s Monthly Theme is ‘Dirty Framing’
No it’s not an April fool joke. I want you to show us your dirty framed photos. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about have a look at Ian McNabs post entitled ‘Manet and Street Photography’ under the ‘All About Photography’ section of the Forum. It’s a bit more challenging than the previous themes […]