Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
In the Print competition, LSAPS came 5th equal out of 17 clubs, whilst in the PDI competition, LSAPS placed 6th out of 19. Both competitions were won by Chorley PS, however LSAPS scored a notable success when Winter Woollies by Gordon Watson was placed in overall 1st place in the PDI knock-out competition.
Read moreThe top scoring LSAPS image was On A Winter’s Day by Gordon Watson, which scored 14pts in the Mono Print category. Well done to everyone whose images were used.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe Seaside Invitation is an annual inter-club competition between LSAPS and Southport Photographic Society. The competition consists of 20 Prints and 20 PDI’s, where each set must be produced by 20 different authors. This year the competition was hosted by Southport on 10th December. and judged by Jane Lines. After the Print competition, Southport were slightly ahead by 5 points,
Read moreThe L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on 17th November at Poynton Civic Hall. The competition was won by Poulton-le-Fylde with 16 points, whilst LSAPS finished in joint 14th place with 11 points. Congratulations to Carol Watson, whose View from the Jetty made it to round 5.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThis year’s 5-Way Battle (a competition against 4 local clubs) was held at Bispham Community Centre on 10th Nov. The competition was worn by Poulton, whilst LSAPS came a somewhat disappointing 4th place. However two of our images by Grant Douse and Sheila Giles scored a maximum 20 points.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreOn Monday 15th October, club members were invited to photograph Marton Operatic Society’s dress rehearsal of The Pirates Of Penzance which is being staged at the Lowther Pavilion in Lytham. This was an excellent opportunity to practice some photography under the difficult conditions of stage lighting which present exposure and colour problems. Plus we got to enjoy the performance for
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