The postponed 3rd Open Digital competition of the 2018/19 season was finally held on Thursday 30th May, judged by Rebecca Entwistle from Prestwich, Manchester.  This was the final competition of the season. The featured image for this competition is Monte Cristallo by Graham Barker, which scored top marks of 20pts in the Intermediate Group.

The 3rd Set Subject competition on the subject Still Life was held on Thursday 23rd May.  The judge this evening was James Hardy (CPAGB, LRPS) from Chorley Photographic Society who kept us entertained with his somewhat dry sense of humour. The featured image for the Still Life Competition is Rose Trio by Tim Amphlett which scored a maximum 20pts in

The 3rd and final Open Print competition of the season was held on 16th May. The featured image for this competition is The Hunter by Ken Ainscow which scored 20pts in the Advanced Group. The results of the overall season Print Competition are now known, with Simon Ray wining the Intermediate Section and Carol Watson winning the Advanced Section.

The second Set Subject competition of the 2018/19 season was in the form of a Triptych print competition, and was held on Thursday 18th April, judged by Harry Emmett from Accrington. Harry made a few points about the way that a Triptych should be viewed as a set, which means the layout, mounting and sequence of images in the set

The 2nd Open Print competition of the season was held on 24th January. The featured image for this competition is Swan Feathers by David Foreman which scored 20pts in the Intermediate Group.

The 1st Set Subject competition was in the form of a Knock-Out and was held on Thursday 15th November, judged by Nick Hilton from Southport.  A large entry field was quickly whittled down until Nick was left with just two images, and in the end his wining image was Derwent Dawn by Carol Watson.  Carol also scored the highest total

The 1st Open Digital competition of the season was held on Thursday 18th October and was judged by Phil Garlington, a professional photographer with 40 years of experience.  It was interesting to obtain a perspective on what makes a good photograph from a professional photographer as compared to most judges who come from a club photography background.  Phil particularly liked

The 1st Open Print Competition of the 2018/19 season was judged on 27th September by Graham Currey.  Graham entertained us with his slightly idiosyncratic style of judging and a few amusing anecdotal asides.  A total of 70 images were entered and Graham awarded a number of 20 point scores before choosing his favourite few from the Intermediate and Advanced Groups,