The 2nd Open Print competition of the season was judged on 15th April by Nik Hilton (EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE5*) from Southport Photographic Society. Nik explained that he marked by providing a competent image with a standard score of 15, then marked images higher or lower than this depending on whether there was something extra in the image that warranted a

The 1st Open Print competition of the season was judged on 18th March by Diana Magor (EFIAP/b APSA MPSA CPAGB LRPS BPE3) from Hoylake Photographic Society. She had been sent the prints in advance to judge, and although the PDI versions were viewed over Zoom, her comments and markings were based on the print versions. As the entry field was

The 3rd Set Subject competition on the subject of Everyday Moments Action was judged on 18th February via Zoom by James Hardy (LRPS, CPAGB) from Chorley Photographic Society. He had a clear idea of what he was looking for as a Everyday Moment, but also considered the photographic content and impact in making his final scores. The highest scoring images

The 3rd Open PDI competition was judged on 21st January via Zoom by Chris Boyes from Sale Photographic Society. There were a few technical glitches at the beginning, which delayed the start of the judging, so it ended up being a late night. Chris provided feedback on all the images, mainly pointing out where images could be cropped to remove

The 2nd Set Subject competition on the subject of Action was judged on 17th December via Zoom by Tony Oliver (ARPS CPAGB BPE4*) from Salisbury Camera Club. He started by laying out what he expected to see in an Action Set Subject – images that capture a sense of movement or activity and that concentrate attention to the area of

The 2nd Open PDI competition was judged on 19th November via Zoom by John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB from Dorchester Camera Club. John gave a clear explanation of how he went about assessing and scoring the images, then provided a well paced assessment of each image. One piece of advice he mentioned is to add a thin stripe to the

The 1st Set Subject competition on the subject Work and Occupations was held as an on-line Zoom session on 22nd October.  The competition was judged by Mike Barnard (LRPS ABPPA BPE2*) from the Focus Photographic Group in Bridlington.  He had reviewed all the entries beforehand and put together a slide presentation with the higher scoring images held back to the

The 1st Open Digital competition of the season was held as an on-line Zoom session on 24th September, judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5* from Beeston Camera Club Nottingham.  He had reviewed all the entries beforehand, even going to the trouble of viewing them on different equipment to check for colour differences. His critique was well paced and