16 05 2008
Latest News , Views and Club Gossip

 

 

Oldham Camera Club

Oldham Camera Club are holding an Exhibition on the theme of "Trees and Treen" at Gallery Oldham between Saturday 17th May and the 14th June.  The exhibition is on show in the Community Gallery and coincides with the main gallery's "Trees" exhibition.  On show is a variety of work representing different styles and approaches to the theme from the members with the official opening on the 17th between 1pm and 2pm.  Gallery opening times are 10 am to 5 pm, Monday to Saturday.


Crewe Photographic Society

Recently Crewe Photographic Society held its annual awards evening and for the first time our Chairman, John Royle instigated a couple of special new “Chairman’s Awards”:  

The Outstanding Service Medal has been created to honour the remarkable work of the largely unsung heroes of Crewe Photographic Society.  The first recipients are our long standing (and suffering) Club Secretary  Tom Seaton and his wife MarySeaton our Competition Secretary.   John felt it was high time that we said how much we appreciate what they do for the society. There are others too, who we will pay tribute to in time but nobody can fail to agree that a tribute is long, long overdue to Tom & Mary.  They are great ambassadors for the Club when we make visits elsewhere. We salute them.  


Tom & Mary Seaton

Chairman’s Choice was a new prize that was instigated to celebrate members’ work on a broader basis.  It is intended to be used as an opportunity to comment on the successes of our members in our competitions and highlight the work of some people in particular.  “Dancing Through Time”, by Carol Cotter, was John’s choice as the first Image of the Year. ( Look out for Carol's Image as 'Image of the Week')


Carol Cotter


Southern Photographic Society

Gwen and Phil spent a few day in the Isle of Man where they presentened a seminar at the Port Erin Lecture theatre on Saturday & the following day judged the Southern Photographic Society annual exhibition.

The Judging
Viewing the winners
The Winners
P&G with Brian Goldie
Winners
P&G with Dave Moores


Centenary Exhibition


Some of the guests at the opening of the the last showing of the Centenary Exhibition at Towneley Hall on Saturday 19th April 2008


Results of the Geoffrey Round RPS/IAC International Competition held in Bradford 5th & 6th April

Jill K Bunting CPAGB receiving the FIAP Silver Medal and the Geoffrey Round Silver Trophy from Linda Gough - the IAC Chair or her sequence ' The Colour Thief' 
Picture by kind permission of Geoff Noxon

Howard Gregory receiving his FIAP Blue Ribbon from Keith Scott RPS AV Group Chairman for his sequence - '1 in 3.7'
Picture Maureen Albright

Howard Bagshaw receiving his FIAP Blue Ribbon from Keith Scott RPS AV Group Chairman for - 'Scottish Reflections' 
Picture, Maureen Albright

The Award Winners

       

FIAP Gold Medal

25

One Day One Life

Pier Louigi Montali

Italy

FIAP Silver Medal

14

The Colour Thief

Jill K Bunting

UK

FIAP Bronze Medal

53

Talbot House

Linda & Edgar Gibbs

UK

         

Fiap Blue Ribbon

19

The Red Shoes

David & Carol Gillow

UK

Fiap Blue Ribbon

23

Peril in the Snow

Malcolm Imhoff

UK

Fiap Blue Ribbon

27

Us Two

Valerie Rawlins

UK

Fiap Blue Ribbon

33

The Forest of Tana mahuta

Erhard Hobrecker

Switzerland

Fiap Blue Ribbon

38

1 in 3.7

Howard Gregory

UK

Fiap Blue Ribbon

44

Scottish Reflections

Howard Bagshaw

UK

         

Best First Time Entrant

       

George & Doreen Pollock Medal

5

Endurance

Lee Broderick

UK

         

FIAP Acceptance

7

The Gathering

Ian Bateman

UK

FIAP Acceptance

12

Night Visitor

David & Carol Gillow

UK

FIAP Acceptance

15

Stand Proud Brother

Robert Albright

UK

FIAP Acceptance

16

The Survivors

Ron Davies

UK

FIAP Acceptance

21

The Messiah

John Smith

UK

FIAP Acceptance

22

Honda

Marion Waine

UK

FIAP Acceptance

26

A Time to Learn

Eddie Spence

UK

FIAP Acceptance

29

Shop Window Dummy

Piet Huygens

Netherlands

FIAP Acceptance

35

What Women Want

Maureen Albright

UK

FIAP Acceptance

40

A Bit of a Do

Valerie Rawlins

UK

FIAP Acceptance

41

A Glen of Weeping

David Morland

UK

FIAP Acceptance

48

Simon

Gilles Lucus-Leclin & Ricardo Zarate

France

FIAP Acceptance

50

Hotel Dieu

Howard Bagshaw

UK

FIAP Acceptance

51

La Femme Aux Bas Blancs

Jean-Paul Petit

France

FIAP Acceptance

52

The Way Forward

Peter Coles

UK

FIAP Acceptance

54

The Beach in the Wall

James Hamill

UK

FIAP Acceptance

56

A Face in the Crowd

David Pickford

UK

FIAP Acceptance

57

All Stations to..

Philip Barker

UK

FIAP Acceptance

58

The Kiss

Bryan Stubbs

UK

FIAP Acceptance

59

Destiny

Brian Harvey

UK

FIAP Acceptance

60

Minerale Eternite

Jean-Paul Guibal

France

FIAP Acceptance

61

Steam

Ken Biggs

UK

FIAP Acceptance

62

This Native Land of Mine

Eddie Spence

UK

The ones in red are all members of the Wilmslow Guild AV Group



Southport Photographic Society


Gordon Jenkins Past president presenting Peter Pauwels with the L&CPU Acorn Trophy for the winners of the L&CPU Inter Club Print Championship.



President NT & GJ with Radio Presenter Diana Tackley at Cheshire FM on Sunday 16th March

Gordon Jenkins welcoming the new L&CPU President Mr. Norman Thompson DPAGB LBIPP
at the 102nd AGM on Saturday 23rd February
more pictures from the AGM


A super sleuth caught our focal points editor up to no good at Focus
(bet it's not tea in those cups)



 

New Lecture

Exotic Wildlife Photography - advice on planning trips;
photos from exotic locations by Sheila Davies CPAGB
Category  AV;  D;  P
sdaviesphoto@btinternet.com


 


Harry Emmett indroducing 'TheDay with Wigan 10' at Accrington CC on Sunday 9th March


The L&CPU win both competitions

The L&CPU did rather well and we congratulate the Winners Wigan10 Foto Club for winning the GB Cup and Hoylake Photographic Society for winning the Small Club Competition and all the other L&CPU clubs that entered.

Full Results


The following members of the L&CPU have been successful in obtaining these FIAP Distinctions.

Margaret Sixsmith Hoylake PS EFIAP
John Sixsmith Hoylake PS EFIAP
Maureen Glynn SLIC AFIAP
Mike Lawrence Oldham PS AFIAP
Marco Pozzi Wigan 10 AFIAP
Eb Swarbrick SLIC AFIAP
Carol Tipping Hoylake PS AFIAP
Christine Widdall Oldham PS AFIAP


AV Competition - Pictures from the 2008 Event

For results go to the competition page

Pictures



Pictures from the Opening of North Cheshire PS Exhibition and Digital Competitions



'An Evening with Andy Rouse, the internationally renowned wildlife photographer.
He is coming to Warrington Photographic Society to give one of his talks which will be superb and an event not to miss.

The date is Friday 23rd May 2008 at 7.30pm and will be ticket only event.
All the details are on www.warringtonps.co.uk


Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House has just launched 'viewfinder 08' photographic competition.
They are looking to find the best photographs capturing the spirit of Blackwell in its spectacular and ever-changing Lakeland setting.
Each month one photograph will be selected to show the changing beauty season by season.


More information and terms and conditions available at

http://www.blackwell.org.uk/viewfinder08.shtml


FIAP 2nd World Cup

Maurice Jones from Wigan 10 at the FIAP Headquarters in Paris standing in front of the Wigan 10 prints displayed in the FIAP Gallery.

Maurice won a bronze Medal in the competition.


 

Southport Photographic Society

Who are the Champions?

Peter Gennard from Smethwick PS presenting Ed Roper from Wigan 10 with the trophy for the competition “Who are the Champions”.
The competition was supported by eight clubs from the L&CPU.


 

Warrington PS

1. Warrington PS now have a touring lecture of our historic lantern slide collection (652 images) dating back to the 1890s. This collection has been digitally scanned for easier projection due to a lottery award. The images and lecture are very interesting and provide a different evening for clubs for their programmes. It is in the LCPU handbook under Martin Berry LRPS. Some of the images are now starting to appear on Warrington PS's web site but this will take some time.

2. Warrington PS has updated its website with a new format and series of galleries. It is a great advert for clubs to use and every club should give it serious consideration. They are attracting alot of new members via their website. www.warringtonps.co.uk

3. Warrington PS had a portrait evening before Christmas with trained birds of prey provided by Raptor Vision. They are based outside of Wigan and are available to visit clubs or arrange outdoor workshops at very competitive prices. They provide 'natural' settings and the birds are fully trained and very well behaved. Warrington PS had a great evening and some images are available on their news page of our website. There is even an image of Martin Berry with a golden eagle on his arm. It is a different opportunity to normal lectures. Raptor vision are very professional and have been used by the BBC for the Nature in Britain filming. www.raptorvision.co.uk


Bury PS

I have just been informed that a member of BURY PS Barrie Kelly has a major article in Lancashire Life in the December issue 2007 about his life as a nature photographer and also as a former International sprinter who represented Great Britain in the Mexico Olympics in 1968. It covers 4 pages, and contains 11 photographs of his recent trip to Namibia. Well Done Barrie!


Crewe Photographic Society

Crewe Photographic Society held their 3rd Annual DPI Competition for the Jim Harrison Trophy last night (6th December 2007). The trophy was donated by our centenarian member Jim Harrison in 2005 but sadly Jim died in November 2006 a few months after his 100th birthday (the L&CPU struck a special medal for him). The competition now reminds us of a wonderful gentleman who was still an active photographer - and digital too!

The winning image last night was "Impala & New Born Calf" by Ken Dickenson, who is also a member of Mid-Cheshire CC. We also recognise the "Best Monochrome Image" and that went this year to John Royle CPAGB for "Dermot O'Reilly, Drayman". There were 102 entries from 26 members. The judge was Ian Stewart ARPS DPAGB.

Pictured: Ken Dickenson receives the Jim Harrison Trophy from Ian Stewart ARPS DPAGB.


Sandbach Photographic Society


“Further Down the Alley Way”by Nigel Richards was joint first for Sandbach in the battle between Sandbach and Nantwich.

The author of the other print joint winner who also won the slides was Andrew Charlesworth of Nantwich
Nantwich won the battle, it was close in the prints with Nantwich scoring 175 against Sandbach 174 but with the slides Nantwich pulled ahead with 180 against Sandbach 172  giving a final score of Nantwich 355 - Sandbach 346.


MAKEOVER STUDIO

A new Studio has been opened in Oldham by Mike and Norman, which is within easy access from the M60 and M62. It is available for hire to individuals or groups of photographers.

More Details


Attention for all those clubs that are planning their syllabus for the next season, a new lecture has been offered to the L&C by Phil and Gwen Charnock.

Phil and Gwen Charnock have returned to the lecture scene after a gap of over 6 years. They believe that people now want to know what makes a good picture & the imagination behind it. Drawing on over 25 years experience in amateur and professional photography the lecture is entitled Digitally Creative.
They are also conducting a series of 1 to 1 workshops at their studio, which will give for the first time an in depth analysis to their unique approach. The next Photo Workshops are
TBA . Advisable to book early. Cost is £45 for the day, limited to max 6 photographers.
For more information and contact details visit:
http://charnockphotocourses.mysite.orange.co.uk/


RPS AV Group Promotional Lecture
Any club short of a Lecture, why not use the RPS AV Group lecture put together by Keith Scott ARPS of donated av’s by International AV Workers past and present.
A Member of the Group will come along and give a presentation of AV’s
To promote the RPS AV Group
The cost PAGB Rates + a donation of your choice
Please contact Keith Scott ARPS. Email avpix@btinternet.com
Or
Bernard Longley ARPS Email penguinsbern@aol.com


                                           

MOVING INTO THE NEXT CENTURY-
A Discussion document
by
David Marsh FRPS HonPAGB, President
(To view this please article please follow the archive link)


The Centenary Exhibition-
Pictures of the Opening at Salford
The Centenary Exhibition-
Pictures of the Opening at Preston
The Centenary Exhibition-
BURNLEY
The Centenary Exhibition-
Lancaster
       
     
The Centenary Exhibition- Nantwich Museum
pictures from the hanging

     
Map trial

Archives -from the Clubs, the Union and the PAGB


 

 




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