Thirteen LSAPS members met up for a 10am start at Yarrow Valley Country Park, Chorley. Chorley Council has published leaflets covering 4 walks around the country park. Using some of those directions I planned a short walk around the lake, on to the waterfall, then a short distance along the River Yarrow before returning to our cars at 12.30pm. It

We met up in High Street car park Garstang. Our band of 10 first set out to the flood defence barrier on the River Wyre. A splash in the river drew our attention to a group of lads jumping into the river on this warm, still evening. We retraced our steps back to the car park and continued on the

Stanley Park was the venue for the walk on Thursday evening 21st July. The weather was fine but overcast as eight of us made our way to the Italian Gardens with its display of colourful flowers surrounding the water fountain. The layout of the Italian Garden, with paths pointing in all directions, encouraged us to spread out taking images of

With the announcement of Photoshow results, we can also announce the annual Print and Digital Photographer Of The Year awards. First, an explanation of how these are calculated. Points are awarded for performance in each of the In-Season competitions (Open and Set Subject), with 5 pts for coming first, based on the combined score of both images entered, 4pts for

Photoshow results were announced on Thursday 14th July, when we had the pleasure of inviting our two judges to provide comment on the images they had selected for Awards. The Print competition was judged by Howard Tate (MA, ARPS, AFIAP, HonPAGB) from Pontefract Camera Club, whilst the Digital competition was judged by John Tilsley (ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB) from Dorchester Camera

The latest photo walk, to Fleetwood Wrecks, took place on Thursday evening 7th July. On arrival it was overcast but by the time we’d walked from Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park the clouds had parted to reveal the sun and patches of blue sky. The low evening sunlight really brought out the textures on the wrecks. We took the opportunity to experiment

The first photo walk of the summer break took place in Lytham on Thursday evening, 9th June, however due to Photoshow priorities there’s been a bit of a delay in creating this post. 12 members met at Lytham jetty to capture images of the area. The rain held off, but the wind was blowing strongly, the platinum jubilee union jack

A very warm sunny day on Thursday 23rd June gave little warning of the change in the weather which coincided with our Photo Walk. When we set off to Glasson it was fine, but soon the odd drop of rain landed on the windscreen and gradually the rain got heavier. Through the rain and spray on the motorway there was