Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
The annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Thursday 4th December, hosted by LSAPS. The competition was judged by James Hardy (CPAGB, LRPS, AFIAP, Hon LCPU) from Chorley Photographic Society. There was a good turnout of LSAPS members and also a few Southport members in attendance. Following the format of last year the competition was split into
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on 15th November at St Mary’s Parish Centre in Chorley, judged by Rod Wheelan. Each club entered 8 images, however as 34 clubs took part, the number of images entered into the judging was reduced to just 5 images per club, giving 170 images to be judged. A lot of very fine images
Read moreThe L&CPU Bob Robinson Trophy took place on Saturdey 15th November. 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 the competition was in the form of a print competition
Read moreThe 2025 4-Way Battle was held on Thursday 12th November, hosted by Garstang and judged by Alan Walker (ARPS, MPAGB, MPSA, EFIAP) from Keswick PS. There were 80 images on the night which Alan judged at a steady pace with some useful comments. At the half-way point, LSAPS were lying in second place, but were unfortunately pipped into third place
Read moreThe 2025 North Cheshire Challenge was held on Saturday 5th June, judged by Erica Oram. The format is a knock-out club competition, with each club entering 5 images. In a knock-out, about 50% of the images are knocked out in a series of round until only a handful remain, at which point the judge chooses an overall winner. Scores are
Read moreThe inter-Club competition against Dublin CC was held on Tuesday 20th May on Zoom, this year hosted by LSAPS. The format involved 30 images from each club, all by different members in an open competition. The judge for the competition was Ralph Snook (ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/s) from Bristol PS. By the end of the first half, Dublin had opened up
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club competition was held on the 1st and 2nd of March at the Eccles Conference Centre. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club – 16 in Open (Colour or Mono) and 8 in Nature, whilst the Print Competition again involves 24 images, but this time 8 in Open Colour, 8 in Mono and 8 in
Read moreThe annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Monday 9th December, hosted by Southport. The competition was judged by Tilman Kleinhans (ARPS, EFIAP/g, DPAGB, BPE5*, Hon LCPU) from St Helens Photographic Society. A few LSAPS members attended on the night and were rewarded with a good selection of images to view, as well as mince pies and
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on 16th November at the Elmbank Conference Centre in Eccles, judged by Mike Sharples (ARPS, MPAGB) from Smethwick PS in the Midlands Federation. Each club entered 8 images, however as 35 clubs took part, the number of images entered into the judging was reduced to just 5 images per club, giving 175 images
Read moreThe 2024 4-Way Battle was held on Thursday 15th November, hosted by LSAPS and judged by Colin Douglas (ARPS, AFIAP, DPAGB, BPE4). There was a good attendance from the four clubs – LSAPS, Poulton, Garstang and North Fylde. As Colin judged each image, the author and club were announced for those scoring 18 or above. By the half-way point it
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