Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
The annual L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on 18th November at the Elmbank Conference Centre in Eccles, judged by Simon Allen MPAGB, APAGB, EFIAP from the Scottish Federation. Each club entered 8 images, however as 40 clubs took part, the number of images entered into the judging was reduced to just 4 images per club, giving 160 images to be
Read moreThe 2023 4-Way Battle was held on Wednesday 15th November, hosted by North Fylde PS, but held in Poulton. The competition involves LSAPS, Poulton, Garstang and North Fylde, with 20 images being entered from each club. Judge for the evening was Steve Proctor ( DPAGB, BPE5, PPSA) from both Chorley and Ribblesdale Photographic Societies. Steve provided a good detailed critique
Read moreThe first L&CPU competition of the season, the “Bob Robinson Trophy” (formerly the Novice Cup), took place on Sunday 8th October. This competition is designed to promote competitions and distinctions to club members who generally do not participate in competitions and who do not hold any qualifications or accreditations (e.g. LRPS, CPAGB or BPE Crowns). This year the format of
Read moreOn Thursday 27th April we hosted an inter-Club competition against Dublin CC. This was a return match following a competition hosted last year by Dublin, which Dublin won by just 3 points. It was great to see so many members from both clubs joining in on Zoom and I’m sure all who joined would agree it was an enjoyable evening.
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club Print competition was held on Sunday 5th March at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The Print competition involves 24 images from each club – 8 in Open Colour, 8 in Mono and 8 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score of 15pts. Only 20 clubs competed in the
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club PDI competition was held on Saturday 4th March at St Mary’s Parish Social Club in Chorley. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club – 16 in Open (Colour or Mono) and 8 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score 15pts. LSAPS placed in 13th position out of 36
Read moreThe annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Monday 12th December, hosted by Southport. The competition was judged by Robert Millin (MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d2, MPSA, SPSA) who gave a quick but concise judging of each image. LSAPS were trailing by 11 points after the first Print round, and although we finished ahead in the PDI competition this
Read moreThe 2022 5-Way Battle was held on Thursday 10th November, hosted by Poulton PS. The competition involves LSAPS, Poulton, Bispham, Garstang and North Fylde, with 15 images being entered from each club. Judge for the evening was Nick Hilton (EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE5) from Southport. Nick provided a good detailed critique of each image and explained why he considered each image
Read moreThe 2022 Bob Robinson Trophy (previously Novice Cup) was held on Sunday 9th October as part of the L&CPU Big Day at Leigh Spinners Mill. This is an A4 print competition for club photographers who do not hold any accreditations, consisting of 6 colour and 6 mono prints, all by different authors. 17 Clubs submitted a full entry and LSAPS
Read moreThe North Cheshire Challenge is organised by the North Cheshire Photographic Society and usually consists of two competitions held over a weekend – an interclub print competition and an interclub Digital Knock-out competition. The latter took place on Friday night on Zoom, judged by Terry Donnelly. In a knock-out competition, about half the images are removed in each round until
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