It was fun to see the collection of old photos which Tom had assembled because this was an occasion not only to celebrate “half-term” in our season but also the fact that the club is 65 years old this year. We watched an AV of the first Jim Harrsion Trophy in 2005 and this is […]
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External Competitions
The first few weeks of the new year will be a busy time on the external competitions front. We have the following events during January and February: 1. The Great British Cup, with entries for OPEN and NATURAL HISTORY – PDIs. We can enter 15 images in the Open section, there must be at least […]
13th December, Flash Photography with James Russel...
James is a member of Macclesfield CC and a few years ago he turned his pastime club photography into something really serious by becoming professional. It was very interesting to see his commercial work, but he started by taliking about the way that we can all use flash – to balance up the lighting in […]
Second Print League Competition, 6th December.
57 prints – down a little but it was good to see members entering prints for the first time. The results are now available here. The Judge, Dr Brian Law CPAGB ARPS, criticised the size of some prints and some of the detail too. Regarding size, it is a mistake to make your prints big […]
CPS Christmas Cards
Crewe Photographic Society Christmas cards are now on sale! You can now order our special seasonal cards, each with an original photograph donated by a member of the society. You can find out how to order these high-quality cards on the Xmas Cards page. (You can also get to this page from the Galleries tab in […]
Monthly Theme for December
Enjoy a photographic challenge? Need a chance to get more creative? Or just like to play? Then join in our Monthly Theme activity. You’ll find guidelines to get started here. The topic for December is “Light And Dark“. Have fun!
Margaret Salisbury FRPS FIPF MFIAP APAGB 29th Nove...
Margaret Salisbury gave us a wonderful talk last night. She showed how her photography enabled her to capture memories, emotions, ever changing landscape moods, people and the surreal that she encountered on her travels. It may seem, as we look at folios or hear a judge talk about our pictures, that we only care about […]
Next Meeting – Margaret Salisbury FRPS FIPF MFIAP
Margaret Salisbury is our speaker on Thursday night and we can promise a very interesting evening! Margaret is one of the best known people in amateur photography; not just because of her many achievements (she has TWO FRPS awards and is one of only 150 people who hold the MFIAP) but the way she has […]
Great Success in the L&CPU Knock Out
Crewe PS came FOURTH in the Knock Out tonight. 35 clubs took part and 5 images used by each. Chorley PS won with Wigan 10 and Southport tying for second place, next were CREWE. Ken Dickenson’s Eating the Dirt and Paul Hill’s Small Skipper on Cocksfoot survived 4 rounds and Ian Whiston’s Goshawk 3. Darren’s […]
Open Evening 22nd November 2012
Don’t Buy any more Christmas Cards! Until you’ve seen ours. Delores has been working hard on getting the images ready for our Christmas cards and they should be available to order next week. So please give her (and the Club) your support in this project. The L&CPU PDI KNOCK-OUT – Anyone is welcome to attend […]