Last weeks picture of the week was Ralph Browes’s Dolomitian Sunflower, which was submitted last year as a print. Ralph is a keen walker and took this shot on one of his expeditions. The alpine location is clear from the background but sunflowers cannot fail to be anything but bold and brassy and it thrusts […]
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Promotional Video – Elia Locardi
Yes, it is a promotion but I’m sure many of you will enjoy watching the very well produced video by landscape photographer Elia Locardi as he talks about shooting in Iceland and then takes you though an introduction to his method of processing his photographs. He starts with Lightroom to make some basic adjustments and […]
PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championships
Some of us are off to Warwick on Saturday to see this popular PAGB Inter-Club competition. One added item of interest this year is that Alsager CC are taking part. We wish them all the best, it is a challenging event, with many tactical decisions to make during the day as well as, of course, […]
July’s Monthly Theme is ‘Round and Red’
Again Ron Smith has kindly supplied for with the challenging monthly theme of ‘Round and Red’. This one will test your imagination to come up with something a bit different. We’ve extended our special offer of allowing photographs from any time.
Paul Hill – L&CPU Prints 2016
Just Chilling is a photograph entered as a print in our 2015-16 season’s competition by Paul Hill. Paul also entered it into the L&CPU Annual at the end of the season and it has been selected to be hung in their exhibition and tour the clubs next year in the folios of the best work […]
Ian Whiston EFIAP
We all know that in our midst we have an extremely successful club photographer; Ian Whiston. He has now gained his EFIAP, which needs 250 acceptances in competitions in 20 different countries and 30 salons using 50 different images. This is a career-long achievement for many but Ian has achieved it in just a few […]
The Connoisseur
At the end of the season our federation runs a competition open to all members of its 100 or so clubs. This year one of our successful prints was Connoisseur by John Royle which gained a third place in the monochrome section. It was taken in the Murano glass museum and processed to make the […]
The Viking Roars, Again!
The Viking Roars Again! When member Robert Brown entered a portrait of one of his son’s team mates in the Tough Mudder event last year we were impressed both by the photography and the subject. Lasse, the “Roaring Viking” has now become a bit of an internet rage, and such is the fervour that […]
Update on Ron Smith
I’d just like to give members and friends of Ron an update of his current condition. Ron has given us many enjoyable and educational evenings with his fascinating talks in his unique style. I phoned Ron recently and spoke to him for about half an hour. As you may know he’s totally blind and can […]
June’s Monthly Theme – 50 Metres from your front d
You don’t have to go far to take a picture for June’s theme. Less than 50 metres in fact. I phoned Ron Smith and he recommended this theme as he had successfully used it when he used to set us his assignments. You don’t have to go far and there’s no restriction on when the photograph […]