Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
LSAPS owns a number of items of studio equipment which are sadly under-used. Therefore over a couple of weekends in May, some of the council members have been dusting off the equipment and trying to learn how it all works. The idea is that if we set up some studio portrait events, it would be better if a few people
Read moreThe 3rd Open Print Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 19th May by Will Stead (CPAGB, EFIAP, PSA3) from Chorley Photographic Society. Will pointed out a few cases where a little dodging and burning could lighten or darken areas of the image for more emphasis or to take down highlights. He also commented that some images came to
Read moreThe 2022 L&CPU Individual Competition was judged on the 7th and 8th May, with 3 judges each awarding up to 5 marks for each image. Under normal Exhibition rules, a score of 12pts would be considered an Acceptance. 17 LSAPS Photographers entered a total of 232 images into the Print and PDI competitions, and of these, 7 achieved a score
Read moreWe started out on the squirrel walk, in bright sunshine, hoping that one of us would spot a Red Squirrel but, unfortunately, we had no luck. Still the forestry at Formby Point is interesting and we toured the National Trust Reserve taking images of the sand dunes and tall pine trees as we went. Some of the trees, exposed to
Read moreThe 3rd Set Subject Competition of the 2021/2 season on the subject ‘Unloved’ was judged on 21st April by Rebecca Entwhistle from Prestwich Camera Club. There were a total of 88 entries across Print and PDI, and with many showing various states of decay, this was a difficult subject to judge. Rebecca did point out ways in which each image
Read moreOulton Park provided an ideal backdrop to hone our skills capturing images of racing cars on a test day preceding the Easter race meeting. With very few spectators, other than a few fellow photographers, we explored the circuit looking for the best locations to capture a sense of motion in the speeding cars. The paddock was open which providing the
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club Print competition was held on Sunday 3rd April at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The Print competition involves 18 images from each club – 6 in Open Colour, 6 in Mono and 6 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score of 15pts. Only 15 clubs competed in the
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club PDI competition was held on Saturday 2nd April at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The PDI competition involves 18 images from each club – 12 in Open (Colour or Mono) and 6 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score 15pts. After the Open competition, LSAPS were lying in
Read moreOn Saturday morning, 19th March, a group of 9 met at Haslam Park to explore and enjoy taking images in the spring sunshine. The Lancaster canal bounds one side of the park. We joined the towpath to follow the curves of the canal beyond the park to reach the junction with the Ribble Link. The two deep locks linking the
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