Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 3rd Open Print competition was judged off-line by Wendy Stowell of Chorley PS. The featured image for this competition is Just Flying A Kite by Bill Breckenridge, which was the top scoring image from the Intermediate Group.
Read moreThe 3rd Set Subject competition on the subject It’s A Small World was judged remotely by Paul King CPAGB from North Fylde. The featured image for this competition is A Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Graham Barker, which scored a maximum 20pts in the Print category.
Read moreDue to Covid-19 restrictions, the 3rd Open PDI competition was judged in a closed session by judge Gordon Bartley, who provided results and feedback via e-mail. The featured image for this competition is The Citadel by Peter Parnell, which scored a maximum 20pts in the Intermediate Group.
Read moreThe 2nd Set Subject competition of the season on the subject of Architecture was held on 20th February and was judged by Will Stead EFIAP, CPAGB, PSA3 from Chorley Photographic Society. He gave some useful comments such as ensuring that verticals are either parallel or obviously converging to add drama, and to ground the image by showing the base of
Read moreThe 2nd Open PDI competition of the season was held on 23rd January, judged by Joan Gauld (CPAGB, ARPS) from Chorley Photographic Society. Joan had reviewed the images in advance but chose not to mark them until seeing them projected on a large screen. One aspect that was mentioned was composition, and the need to crop images to remove parts that
Read moreThe 2nd Open Print competition of the season was held on 19th December and was judged by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS AFIAP/s DPAGB BPE4* from St Helens Camera Club. He had reviewed the prints beforehand and gave a lot of good feedback mainly regarding toning down highlights, cropping to improve composition and even changing heads or eyes if the original subject
Read moreThe 1st Set Subject competition of the season on the subject of Nature was held on 21st November and was judged by Peter Guy from Poulton Photographic Society, who is a Nature specialist. Peter took into account the subject matter and composition as well as technical details such as sharpness. Just as for Landscapes, the lighting of Nature subjects can
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