Congratulations to Paul Hill on becoming our ‘Photographer of the Year’ for the 2022-23 season. He achieved 317 points, beating Peter Robinson by 3 points. Wallace Baxter came a close third with 309 points. Paul won the trophy on the strength of his excellent landscape images. He also did well with his detailed nature and […]
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Crewe PS pip Nantwich in the annual interclub comp...
Sports photographer, Roger Evans MPAGB, FBPE, EFIAP was the judge for our annual print and PDI competition against Nantwich. Nantwich made us most welcome in their new venue. Both clubs entered 15 PDIs and 15 prints in each competition. Roger told us that as it was an end of the season competition, the standard of […]
Annual Portrait Competition 2022-23 Results
Congratulations to Stephen Coyne who scored a hat trick and won our Howard Edwards Trophy in our annual PDI portrait competition. Judge Mike Lawrence AFIAP DPAGB Hon L&CPU awarded Stephen 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for his ‘Mischief’, Burmese Minx’ and The Soldier in the Shrubbery’. For ‘Mischief’ Mike liked the strong eye contact and […]
Keith Mulliner is awarded ‘Print of the Year’ for
Congratulations to Keith Mulliner who was awarded ‘Print of the Year’ by judge Darrell Oakden DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* during our Annual Print Competition. Darrell admitted that it was a difficult task to decide on the award winners, and in the end it came down to his personal preference. For Keith’s ‘Lady of the Castle’, which […]
Ian Whiston wins the 2022-23 Jim Harrison Trophy
Congratulations to Ian Whiston who won the Jim Harrison Trophy in our Annual PDI competition. Some members may not know of our treasured former member, Jim Harrison. You can read about him here. Judge Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* Hon LCPU admitted that it was a difficult task to decide on the award winners […]
Member’s Meeting 23/2/23
Members enjoyed one of our best member’s meetings last night. It’s what good camera clubs do best. Thank you to members Ray Hill, Wallace Baxter, John Royle and Stephen Coyne for sharing their skills with us. Ray gave us some useful tips on photographing airborne objects, especially regarding the exposure. Most photographers underexpose their photographs […]
2022-23 Print 3 Competition Results
It was pleasing to see John Royle win the General Section of our third print competition with his considered study of ‘Guardian of the Bluebells’. Judge, Roger Evans MPAGB, EFIAP, FBPE, told us how much he enjoyed the relaxing scene. Roger told how difficult it can be to photograph in a woodland with branches and […]
PDI 3 (2022-23) Results
Congratulation to Stephen Coyne who won both the Colour General and Mono sections of our third PDI competition. Judge Rebecca Entwistle awarded top marks to Stephen’s atmospheric ‘Lake Inle Evening’ 2, and to his tense composite, ‘Take Care’ in the Mono section. Stephen also took second place in the Colour General section with his ‘Illuisat […]
Alsager win inter-club competition
Congratulation to Alsager who won, by a small margin, our inter-club competition against them. Alsager hosted the event on a cold night and made our members most welcome. The judge for the evening was Rebecca Entwistle. The competition has two sections, prints and PDIs, with 15 images from each club in both. The print competition […]
See the winners of our 2022-23 Print 2 Competition
Members who braved venturing out on a freezing cold night were warmed by a display of well crafted prints in our second print competition. Judge Bill Preston ARPS DPAGB BPE5, travelled from Chester to give his advice and mark over 50 images. Congratulations to Paul Hill who scored 20, 19 and 17 for his Colour […]