Interest has been shown in publishing elsewhere my comments made here about nature photographs, so I have revised the notes and combined it with the FIAP rules in one document here.
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The PAGB Print Championships
On Saturday (25 October) some of us will be off to enjoy the biggest print spectacle in club photography; the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championships. Up to 38 clubs (36 this year) compete; the 8 top placed in 2013 together with 2 from each of the 15 Federations. As the prints are displayed on the stand […]
A Glimpse of the Past
Tonight Garth Tighe and Jon Allanson gave us a wonderful presentation which took us back into the history of photography through the L&CPU Archives. We saw photographs produced by a variety of techniques and Garth also demonstrated something which became the method of picture making for many years; film. Some were moved to tears of […]
First Print Competition 2014-15
Thursday 9 October saw our own first competition. It was for prints and judged by an old friend of the club, Alan Towse. Alan deserves praise for even turning up because he had to risk “leaves on the line” and the “wrong sort of snow” by coming on the train. To be fair everything went […]
What is a Nature Photograph?
This short note is to help you decide. If the primary purpose of the image is to illustrate an organism other than a human, garden plant or domestic animal, use the name of the organism as the title and put it in Nature. It also needs to be a genuine, single shot, “un-retouched” photograph. It […]
2nd in Robertshaw Trophy
At half time 8 of our 10 images had been held back for consideration for top scores, but it wasn’t enough; Holmes Chapel won by 3 marks. Someone remarked that Crewe and Leek appear on the trophy more times than anyone else but it wasn’t to be this year, Leek trailed us by 10 marks. […]
‘Prints Ancient and Modern’ – Graham Johnston, ARP
Although Graham Johnston has been a welcome judge of our competitions on a number of occasions, last Thursday was the first time he had come to give us a talk; and we were treated to a delightful journey through his photographic career. His thoughtful and interesting presentation was entitled ‘Prints Ancient and Modern’, and he […]
Monthly Theme Challenge – October 2014
Theme for October 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 October is “Remembrance of times past” If you wish, you can treat this month’s theme literally; but you may also want to think more […]
Alsager by a whisker in the “Five Towns”
In the 5-Towns Monochrome Print Competition tonight we had not a single print which might raise the question, is this monochrome? In fact they were all good examples of the state of excellence which can now be achieved with the software and printer technology we have available today. We have come a long way from […]
Open Evening Success – 18 September 2014
Thanks to our 4 speakers last night; Dolores Williams, Sharon Barton, Ian Whiston, and Paul Hill. It was a great success; getting everyone involved and many contributing. It gave our new members a great opportunity to find out who is who and what expertise they have to help them. We covered the use of ND […]