Due 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.

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 1st Open Digital competition of the season was held on 31st October, judged by Bob Dennis APAGB CPAGB AFIAP BPE4 from Bebington Photographic Society.  He had reviewed the images before the evening and gave some feedback on composition and cropping, making particular points about leading lines to actually lead to a focal point, and avoiding bright highlights that might distract

The 1st Open Print competition of the 2019/20 season was held on 26th September, judged by Colin Douglas ARPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE4* from St Helens Camera Club.  He had a look through all the images in each category before assessing each one individually, holding back a fair number in each category to be awarded the top marks. The featured image