Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
On Sunday 1st August, a group of 11 LSAPS photographers enjoyed another photoshoot with Graham Currey, starting early in the morning at Lytham Jetty, then moving on to Lytham Hall for the rest of the day. As usual, Graham arrived with a number of different outfits ranging from an 18th century Poldark type character, through Gandalf the wizard to a
Read moreOn the evening of Thursday 22nd July, a group of LSAPS members attended a photo walk to Cleveleys promenade, which started on the promenade overlooking Mary’s Shell. The beach was still busy with people taking full advantage of the sunny, hot weather. With the tide out we took the opportunity to photograph ‘The Sea Orge’, which is normally covered at
Read moreWith the announcement of Photoshow results, we also have the annual Print and Digital Photographer Of The Year awards. First, an explanation of how these are calculated. Points are awarded for performance in each of the In-Season competitions, with 5 pts for coming first (based in the combined score of both images entered), 4pts for second etc. Points are also
Read morePhotoshow results were announced on Thursday 15th July, when we had the pleasure of inviting our two judges to provide comment on the images they had selected for Awards. The Print competition was judged by Rod Whelans (MPAGB, MFIAP, FRPS, FIPF) from Dumfries Camera Club, whilst the Digital competition was judged by Pauric McGroder (ARPS, AIPPVA, FIPF) from Dublin Camera
Read moreThe first Photo Walk of 2021 took place on Thursday evening 8th July. It was necessary to change the location at short notice, so we visited Fairhaven Lake rather than Haslam Park, Preston. Paddle Boarders were taking advantage of the calm conditions on the water whilst our group of 18 stayed on the land seeking out photographic opportunities. After 15
Read moreOn Thursday 17th June we held an invitation competition against Bury PS. This promised to be a close fought competition as Bury had finished very close to LSAPS in the L&CPU inter-club competition. The competition was hosted by Bury and judged by Joe Houghton from Dublin Camera Club, who stepped in at the last minute when the previous judge became
Read moreThe 3rd Open Print competition of the season was judged on 20th May by Harry Emmett (CPAGB) from Accrington Camera Club. Harry’s critique on each image was quite short and to the point, and he made comments regarding directing the viewer’s attention to achieve a particular impact and that some images could be improved by a little cropping or cloning
Read moreThe 2021 L&CPU Individual Competition was judged over the weekend of 8th May, with 3 judges each awarding up to 5 marks for each image. Under normal Exhibition rules, a score of 12pts would be considered an Acceptance. 11 LSAPS Photographers entered, and of these, 8 achieved a score of 12 and above with at least 1 image – Carol
Read moreThe 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
Read moreJudging of the 2021 L&CPU Club Print Championship took place on Saturday 27th March. Due to Covid restrictions this was a postal A4 print competition and judging was performed by Phil and Gwen Charnock who were sent the prints in advance, which they then scored jointly out of 20. The field was much smaller than in the PDI competition, with
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