Last night we had the company of Bob Dennis APAGB CPAGB AFIAP BPE 3*. He took us through a great variety of subjects which he has photographed. The talk, of course, was light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining and in some ways a good run up to next week when we have a session where the members’ […]
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Lightroom – Professor Terry Hewitt
Last Sunday, to celebrate a granddaughter’s 3rd birthday, we had a family reunion visit to a butterfly farm in St Albans. I took macro shots of the insects with one camera (Canon) and the family portraits with another (Panasonic). They were all raw format shots but thanks to Lightroom I could process them all together […]
The Robertshaw Trophy
Here are the results of the Robertshaw Trophy, which took place last evening, Thursday 3 October. (Thanks to Paul Hill for providing them straight after the competition.) 1st Leek – 177 2nd Crewe – 168 3rd= Holmes Chapel – 167 3rd= Blythe Bridge – 167 4th Macclesfield – 166 So, a clear win for Leek […]
Black and White – Pure Delight
This evening’s talk, by Alan Angel FRPS, was entitled ‘Black and White – Pure Delight’, and indeed it was. Alan entertained us to a lively and witty presentation of a great variety of his finely-crafted monochrome photographs. He began with the work he did for his ARPS and FRPS panels: striking one-light portraits, taken in […]
Monthly Theme Challenge – October 2013
Theme for October 2013 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 September is “Mood And Atmosphere“. Mood and atmosphere are important emotional aspects of a picture, whether joyful, sombre, hilarious, ominous or tranquil. Have a look at how […]
CPS Members Access to The Photographer Academy
Our Treasurer, Sharon Barton, has gained us all a trial period of access to PT4U – Photo Training for You. This is a great opportunity to explore the vast stock of on-tap videos, webinars etc they have. I hope members can get started with this as soon as possible, so if you missed the meeting […]
The First PDI Competition
We are pleased to now feature a GALLERY of the TOP-SCORING IMAGES from this competition. Thank you Jane Lines DPAGB ARPS BPE4* for judging our first competition. There were some excellent photographs and it was good to see new and relatively new members scoring so well – very encouraging for both them and the […]
New Season in Full Swing!
Thanks to Dianne Owen FRPS and Gordon Jenkins APAGB we had a great meeting last week; looking at judging. Members were keen to contribute their ideas and opinions which added a great deal to it all. The only sad thing is that Gordon has announced that he is retiring next year. The L&CPU will be […]
Meeting 12th September – L&CPU Colour Print Folio
This week we had the pleasure of viewing some of the most successful prints submitted to the L&CPU for their annual competitions in 2013. We were able to simultaneously project a digital photograph of the print too since they provide copies on disk. There was a lot of useful discussion about what made each photograph […]
Monthly Theme Challenge – September 2013
Theme for September 2013 Even though we restart our meetings this week (5th September, 7.30pm, Crewe Library), and you may be thinking about the first competition (hand-in next week), you can also join in our members’ Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for September is “Pattern – or not“. Pattern is a major […]