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 […]
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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 […]
L&CPU PDI KO
And what does L&CPU PDI KO mean? Well, it’s just an annual competition run by the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union for any member clubs who wish to compete. Usually about 30 do. This year the event was not well publicised so we were astonished to get to the event (in Chorley) to find 44 clubs had entered! […]
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.
Back to Basics…and a few other things!
What a delightful evening David Bibby presented us with in his “Back to Basics”. For nearly two hours he took us through his “Alphabet” of pictures and discussed all manner of things along the way which were of help to anyone, from beginner to expert. What he really conveyed was his sense of fun in […]
Portrait Night
Portrait Nights are a chance for members to get a taste of studio work with a typical studio lighting set-up (sometimes two) supplied by members Ian Whiston and Sharon & Dave Barton. A good number of members had their cameras and took advantage of the opportunity. Sharon herself acted as our model and Ian gave […]
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 […]
Tony Dudley
Our speaker tonight had certainly been where the action was! He took us through his sports photography pictures through from the 80s and into the figure work he has done more recently. All evening the pictures were accompanied by a veritable torrent of information on his methods of working and the equipment he uses. Knowledge of […]
First Projections Competition of the season
The judge; Rob Hockney CPAGB BPE2*, had quite a task dealing with 101 projections in the two hours, but the second half was a swift one(!) and we got through. A few surprises but congratulations to Kath Hill with her atmospheric shot of the Battle of Nantwich – In the thick of it which won the […]