Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
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
Read moreLSAPS had a small stand at the Lytham Hall Steam Fair to promote the club and to try to sell a bit of merchandise. We were in attendance over two days, with one team setting up the stand on Friday then attending on Saturday, and a second team in attendance on Sunday, who then took everything down (in the rain).
Read moreThe public votes from Photoshow have been counted and the results can now be announced. There were 614 votes cast for 186 images by 36 entrants. The winning individual images were: Grand Canal Venice by Martin Christensen – 19 votes Lakeland Sunset by Graham Barker – 18 votes On a Winter’s Day by Gordon Watson – 17 votes Resilient Racegoers
Read moreOn Thursday 25th July, a number of LSAPS members visited Fairhaven Lake for an evening Photowalk. Some thunderstorms had passed through in the late afternoon bringing some torrential rain, but fortunately the evening was dry with some nice sunlight. The visit to Fairhaven ties in with the Fairhaven Photographic competition which LSAPS is sponsoring, as there is a category specifically
Read moreThe results of Photoshow 2019 have been announced, and are shown in the tables below, showing the Print and PDI (Projected Digital Image) categories . The Borough category is judged as a single category across Print and PDI. The overall winning images were Show Judges by Carol Watson in the PDI category and Winter Woollies by Gordon Watson in the
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreCowboy by Kuli Virdee The results from the L&CPU Individual Competition are now available, and LSAPS scored some notable successes. In the Print section, Kuli Virdee achieved 1st place in Mono with Cowboy and Gordon Watson received two Commended Awards for Winter Woollies in Colour and Tree And Barn in Mono. LSAPS Members who had Print images retained for the
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe Society is working in partnership with Fylde Borough Council on a photographic competition to celebrate the start of the National Lottery Heritage Funded Fairhaven Lake restoration project. As part of this, a few members of the society helped run a photography workshop aimed at encouraging people to get their cameras out of Auto mode and start to explore the
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