LSAPS News Archive

1st Open PDI Competition (2024/25)

The 1st  Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 17th October by Dave Butler (MFIAP MPSA2 ARPS BPE5 Hon LCPU) from Wigan 10 Photographic Society. Dave used a ...

1st Open Print Competition (2024/25)

The 1st  Open Print competition of the season was judged on 26th September by Will Stead (EFIAP, CPAGB) from Chorley Photographic Society. Will provided some constructive comments  about bright highlights, ...

2024 Awards Evening

Our Annual Awards were presented on the first night of the new season on 5th September, with a few follow-up awards the following week.  Awards were gained in both the ...

Photoshow 2024 – Awards Galleries

LSAPS Photoshow is held over two weeks during August each year and showcases over 600 Print and Digital images produced by our club members. The show is also a competition ...

Photoshow Opening

After a lot of work by Photoshow organiser Andy Ogilvie and a team of LSAPS members on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon, our annual Photoshow opened on Saturday 3rd August ...

2023/24 Photographer Of The Year

Following the announcement of the Photoshow results we are able to work out our Print and Digital Photographers of the Year for the 2023/4 season. Points are awarded for In-Season ...

Photoshow 2024 Results

Photoshow results were announced on Thursday 11th July at an awards slideshow in the Hall. The judge for the Prints was Paul Dunmall (CPAGB, QCP) from Lancaster PS, whilst the ...

2024 President’s Challenge

This year's President's Challenge on the subject of minimalism was held on 6th June. 29 members entered an image into the competition. After an initial run through all the images, ...

2024 North Cheshire Challenge

The 2024 North Cheshire Challenge was held on Saturday 25th May on Zoom, judged by Christine Widdall. The format is a knock-out club competition, with each club entering 5 images ...

L&CPU Individual Competition

The 2024 L&CPU Individual competition was judged on the weekend of 18th/19th May. Overall there were 963 Prints and 2248 digital images entered by 260 photographers. The LSAPS scores are ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2023/24)

The 3rd Open Print competition of the season was judged on 17th May by Gordon Jenkins HonPAGB, Hon Life Vice-President of the PAGB. Gordon has been involved in club photography ...

2024 Dublin Inter-Club Competition

The inter-Club competition against Dublin CC was held on Tuesday 30th April on Zoom, hosted by Dublin. The competition originated when one of the Dublin members was asked to judge ...

3rd Set Subject Competition (2023/24) – Lytham St Annes Borough

The third Set Subject Competition on the subject of Lytham St Annes Borough was held on 18th April, judged by Nicki Greenwood from North Fylde PS. With over 90 images ...

2nd Open PDI Competition (2023/24)

The delayed 2nd Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 4th April by Eddie Leach (DPAGB) from Oldham PS. Eddie raised a distinction between images that were suitable ...

3rd Open PDI Competition (2023/24)

The 3rd Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 21st March by Steve Proctor (EPAGB, BPE5, PPSA) from Chorley PS. Steve spent a bit of extra time commenting ...

2024 L&CPU Annual Club Competition

The annual L&CPU Club competition was held on the 2nd and 3rd of March. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club - 16 in Open (Colour or Mono) ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2023/24) – Triptych

The second Set Subject Competition - a Triptych Print competition  - was held on 15th Feb, judged by John Riley from Tyldesley, Manchester. John is a semi-retired freelance photographer who ...

2nd Open Print Competition (2023/24)

The second Open Print competition of the season was judged on 21st December by Ian Whiston (DPAGB, EFIAP/p, FBPE, EPSA, Hon LCPU) from Crewe Photographic Society. Ian provided a brief ...

2023 Seaside Invitation

The annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Thursday 7th December, hosted by LSAPS. The competition was judged by James Hardy (CPAGB, LRPS, AFIAP) who gave a ...

2023 L&CPU Knock-Out Competition

The annual L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on 18th November at the Elmbank Conference Centre in Eccles, judged by Simon Allen MPAGB, APAGB, EFIAP from the Scottish Federation. Each club ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2023/24) – Knock Out

The first Set Subject competition of the season was judged on 16th Nov by Martin Pickles of North Cheshire Photographic Society. The competition was in the form of a Knock-Out ...

2023 4-Way Battle

The 2023 4-Way Battle was held on Wednesday 15th November, hosted by North Fylde PS, but held in Poulton. The competition involves LSAPS, Poulton, Garstang and North Fylde, with 20 ...

1st Open PDI Competition (2023/24)

The first Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 19th Oct by Keith Barber (FIScT, CPAGB, LRPS) of Swinton & District PS. There was quite a large entry ...

2022/3 Photoshow And Season Awards

Awards Certificates for the 2022/23 Season and Photowshow 2023 were handed out  during the annual AGM on 5th October, with a few catch-up presentations the following week. Well done to ...

2023 Bob Robinson Trophy

The first L&CPU competition of the season, the “Bob Robinson Trophy” (formerly the Novice Cup), took place on Sunday 8th October. This competition is designed to promote competitions and distinctions ...

1st Open Print Competition (2023/24)

The first Open Print competition of the season was judged on 28th Sep by Tillman Kleinhans (ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* Hon LCPU) from St Helens Camera Club. Tillman made some ...

Photoshow 2023 Public Vote

At this year's Photoshow, the public were asked to comment on as many images as they wished, in addition to identifying their favourite image. There were 940 comments received, with ...
Best Digital Image - Little Owls By Carol Watson

Photoshow 2023 Awards Galleries

LSAPS Photoshow is held over two weeks during August each year and showcases over 600 Print and Digital images produced by our club members. The show is also a competition ...

Photoshow Set-up In 20 Seconds

It takes a lot of effort to set up Photoshow, but this year our team of movers and shifters worked extra quick as you can see from the video below ...

Knott End Photo Walk

We started the Knott End Photo Walk by the jetty on Thursday evening 13th July. 17 members met up for a walk along the ‘Prince Philip Riverside Walk’ looking across to ...
1st Place - Morning At San Gimignano By Martin Christensen

Photoshow 2023 – Results

Photoshow results were announced on Thursday 6th July, when we had the pleasure of inviting our two judges to provide comment on the images they had selected for Awards. The ...

Preston Docks Photo Walk

On Thursday 29th June twelve of us met up at Preston Docks to take in the scenery and explore the area around the outer dock basin and onto the ‘Bull Nose’ ...

Marton Mere Photo Walk

The first Photo Walk of the Summer Break took place on Thursday 15th June on a sunny, warm evening. 17 of us met on Lawson Road, Blackpool for a walk around ...

2023 North Cheshire Challenge

The North Cheshire Challenge was held on Saturday 3rd of June. This is an inter-club Knock-Out competition where each club enters 5 images. Half the images are knocked out at ...
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LSAPS 75th Anniversary Dinner

LSAPS 75th anniversary dinner was held on 23rd May at Lytham Hall and was a great success. The evening was organised by Janet Coulson, so at the start of the ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2022/23)

The third and final Open Print competition of the season was judged on 18th May by Robert Millin (MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d3, GPU ZEUS) from Wigan 10 PS. He had decided ...

Gresgarth Hall Photo Walk

On Sunday 14th May a group of us met at Gresgarth Hall Gardens, Caton on the outskirts of Lancaster for a Photo Walk. The weather was still and overcast which, ...

L&CPU Annual Individual Competition

The L&CPU Annual Individual Competition took place at the weekend of 13th/14th May and LSAPS scored some notable successes. In the PDI competition we had 17 members enter 142 images ...

2023 Dublin Inter-Club Competition

On Thursday 27th April we hosted an inter-Club competition against Dublin CC. This was a return match following a competition hosted last year by Dublin, which Dublin won by just ...

Scout Scar Photo Walk

The Scout Scar photo walk took place on Wednesday 19th April meeting at the car park before making our way up a short path onto Scout Scar. The sun was ...

3rd Set Subject Competition (2022/23) – Power

The 3rd Set Subject Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 20th April by Graham Currey, familiar to many LSAPS members from his character photo shoots. The subject was ...

Liverpool Photo Walk

The Liverpool waterfront photo walk took place on Sunday 26th March. We met up on the bridge crossing Princes Dock and made our way along the bank of the Mersey ...

3rd Open Digital Competition(2022/23)

The 3rd Open Digital Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 16th March by Adrian Hendley (CPAGB) of Ilkley Camera Club. Adrian provided careful and considered feedback on each ...

2023 L&CPU Annual Club Print Competition

The annual L&CPU Club Print competition was held on Sunday 5th March at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The Print competition involves 24 images from each club - ...

2023 L&CPU Annual Club PDI Competition

The annual L&CPU Club PDI competition was held on Saturday 4th March at St Mary’s Parish Social Club in Chorley. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club - ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2022/23) – Monochrome

The 2nd Set Subject Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 16th February by Tom Richardson (ARPS, EFIAP/p, ABPE, DPAGB) from Poulton Photographic Society. The subject was Mono, and ...

Delamere Forest Photo Walk

Delamere Forest Photo Walk – On Saturday 11th February, a few LSAPS photographers visited Delamere Forest in Cheshire. Having arrived for 10am we walked through the woodland heading off the ...

2nd Open Digital Competition (2022/23)

The 2nd Open Digital Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 19th January by Harry Emmett (CPAGB) from Accrington Camera Club. Harry commented that the overall standard of the ...

Studio Lighting Workshops

During October and November we held a couple of studio lighting workshops so that LSPAS members could use the club's equipment and learn a bit about studio lighting. 11 members ...

2nd Open Print Competition (2022/23)

The second Open Print competition of the season was judged on 15th December by Nick Hilton (DPAGB, BPE5, EFIAP) from Southport PS. He provided a detailed critique on each image ...

2022 Seaside Invitation

The annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Monday 12th December, hosted by Southport. The competition was judged by Robert Millin (MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d2, MPSA, SPSA) who ...

1st Open Print Competition (2022/23)

The delayed 1st Open Print Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 24th November by Paul King (CPAGB) from North Fylde Photographic Society. There was an entry of 69 ...
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2021/2 Photoshow And Season Awards

Awards Certificates from the 2021/22 Season and Photowshow 2022 were handed out by over a series of club meetings. Well done to all awarded members, but in particular to Carol ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2022/23) – Naturally Occurring Patterns

The 1st Set Subject Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 17th November by Ove Alexander (CPAGB, BPE1*) from Stockport Photographic Society. The subject was Naturally Occurring Patterns, and ...

2022 5-Way Battle

The 2022 5-Way Battle was held on Thursday 10th November, hosted by Poulton PS. The competition involves LSAPS, Poulton, Bispham, Garstang and North Fylde, with 15 images being entered from ...

Photowalk To Tockhole Woodland

I had organised two trips to this location covering Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November. Due to a weather forecast of persistent rain on the Sunday morning, which did materialise, I cancelled ...

1st Open Digital Competition (2022/23)

The 1st Open Digital Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 20th October by James Hardy (CPAGB, LRPS, AFIAP) from Chorley Photographic Society. James is also president of the ...

2022 Bob Robinson Trophy

The 2022 Bob Robinson Trophy (previously Novice Cup) was held on Sunday 9th October as part of the L&CPU Big Day at Leigh Spinners Mill. This is an A4 print ...

Photowalk to Yarrow Valley Country Park

Thirteen LSAPS members met up for a 10am start at Yarrow Valley Country Park, Chorley. Chorley Council has published leaflets covering 4 walks around the country park. Using some of ...

Garstang Photowalk – 4th August 2022

We met up in High Street car park Garstang. Our band of 10 first set out to the flood defence barrier on the River Wyre. A splash in the river ...

Stanley Park Photowalk – 21st July 2022

Stanley Park was the venue for the walk on Thursday evening 21st July. The weather was fine but overcast as eight of us made our way to the Italian Gardens ...
Best In Show - The Eye Of The Storm By Gordon Watson

Print And Digital Photographer Of The Year

With the announcement of Photoshow results, we can also announce the annual Print and Digital Photographer Of The Year awards. First, an explanation of how these are calculated. Points are ...

Photoshow 2022 – Results

Photoshow results were announced on Thursday 14th July, when we had the pleasure of inviting our two judges to provide comment on the images they had selected for Awards. The ...

Fleetwood Wrecks Photowalk

The latest photo walk, to Fleetwood Wrecks, took place on Thursday evening 7th July. On arrival it was overcast but by the time we’d walked from Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park the ...
LSAPS Photographers On Lytham Front By Marilyn Mulroy

Lytham Front Photo Walk

The first photo walk of the summer break took place in Lytham on Thursday evening, 9th June, however due to Photoshow priorities there's been a bit of a delay in ...

Conder Green Photowalk

A very warm sunny day on Thursday 23rd June gave little warning of the change in the weather which coincided with our Photo Walk. When we set off to Glasson ...

Tarn Hows Photowalk

On Saturday 28th May 7 members met up in the National Trust car park at Tarn Hows. We were greeted by a dawn chorus, although somewhat late at 9.00am, with the ...

2022 North Cheshire Challenge

The North Cheshire Challenge is organised by the North Cheshire Photographic Society and usually consists of two competitions held over a weekend - an interclub print competition and an interclub ...
Setting The Exposure By Stuart Cahill

LSAPS Studio Equipment

LSAPS owns a number of items of studio equipment which are sadly under-used. Therefore over a couple of weekends in May, some of the council members have been dusting off ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2021/22)

The 3rd Open Print Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 19th May by Will Stead (CPAGB, EFIAP, PSA3) from Chorley Photographic Society. Will pointed out a few cases ...
Ready To Preach by Carol Watson

2022 L&CPU Individual Competition

The 2022 L&CPU Individual Competition was judged on the 7th and 8th May, with 3 judges each awarding up to 5 marks for each image. Under normal Exhibition rules, a ...
LSAPS Group Living Dangerously by Mike Halstead

Formby Point Photowalk

We started out on the squirrel walk, in bright sunshine, hoping that one of us would spot a Red Squirrel but, unfortunately, we had no luck. Still the forestry at ...

3rd Set Subject Competition (2021/22) – Unloved

The 3rd Set Subject Competition of the 2021/2 season on the subject 'Unloved' was judged on 21st April by Rebecca Entwhistle from Prestwich Camera Club. There were a total of ...

Oulton Park Photowalk

Oulton Park provided an ideal backdrop to hone our skills capturing images of racing cars on a test day preceding the Easter race meeting. With very few spectators, other than ...

2022 L&CPU Annual Club Print Competition

The annual L&CPU Club Print competition was held on Sunday 3rd April at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The Print competition involves 18 images from each club - ...

2022 L&CPU Annual Club PDI Competition

The annual L&CPU Club PDI competition was held on Saturday 2nd April at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The PDI competition involves 18 images from each club - ...

Haslam Park Photo Walk

On Saturday morning, 19th March, a group of 9 met at Haslam Park to explore and enjoy taking images in the spring sunshine. The Lancaster canal bounds one side of ...

3rd Open Digital Competition (2021/22)

The 3rd and final Open Digital Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 17th March by John Riley from Atherton and District Photographic Society. John had obviously spent some ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2021/22) – Contre Jour

The 2nd Set Subject Competition of the 2021/2 season on the subject 'Contre Jour' was judged on 17th February by Alfred Brown (CPAGB) from both South Manchester and Branhall Photographic ...

Dublin Inter-Club Competition

On Tuesday 25th January LSAPS took part in an inter-club competition against Dublin Camera Club. This competition followed on from last year's Photoshow PDI competition, which was judged by Dublin club ...

2nd Open Digital Competition (2021/22)

The 2nd Open Digital Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 20th January by Nick Berentzen (CPAGB, BPE2*) from South Manchester Camera Club. Nick laid out his criteria for ...

Salford Quays Photo Walk

The walk took place on Saturday afternoon 15th January. A clear blue sky and bright sunshine greeted us as we arrived at Salford Quays, however there was a distinct chill in ...

2nd Open Print Competition (2021/22)

Lower Sweden Bridge By Tim Amphlett The 2nd Open Print Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 16th December by George Steele (CPAGB, LRPS, BPE2*) from Bury PS. George ...

Christmas Hats And Jumpers

At the meeting on Thursday 16th Dec, members were encouraged to turn up in their best Christmas jumper or hat, with prizes for the best outfits. Well done to Margaret ...

The 2021 Seaside Invitation

The Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Thursday 9th December, hosted by LSAPS. The competition was judged by Adrian Lines (MPAGB, AFBPE, AFIAP) who provided a number ...

2021 5-Way Battle

The 2021 5-Way Battle was held on Tuesday 23rd November, hosted by Garstang PS on Zoom. The competition involves LSAPS, Poulton, Bispham, Garstang and North Fylde, with 15 images being ...

Photoshow And Season Awards

Awards Certificates from the 2020/21 Season and Photowshow 2021 were handed out by president Daryl Giles over a series of evenings. Well done to all awarded members, but in particular ...
Rivington Group Photo by Mike Halstead

Rivington Photowalk

The Photo Walk to Rivington Terraced Gardens took place on Sunday 21st November. Winter certainly felt to be in air as we set about walking to the terraced gardens in bright ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2021/22) – Numbers

Chevvy by Stuart Cahill The 1st Set Subject Competition of the 2021/2 season on the subject 'Something With A Number On It' was judged on 18th November by Jim Cunningham ...

2021 L&CPU Knock-Out Competition

The 2021 L&CPU Knock-Out competition was held on Saturday13th November, judged by John Cartlidge APAGB, EFIAP/p, BPE5* from the Midland Counties Photographic Federation. 41 clubs entered, with 4 images from ...

1st Open Print Competition (2021/22)

The 1st Open PDI Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 22nd October by Dave Butler (MFIAP, MPSA, ARPS, BPE5*, Hon L&CPU) from Chorley Photographic Society. Dave's style of ...
Queueing Up For The Picture by Mike Halstead

Rydal Water Photo Walk

The first Photo Walk of the new season took place on Saturday 16th October. A group of 11 dedicated photographers arrived at 9.00am in White Moss car park kitted out for ...

2021 L&CPU Novice Cup

The 2021 Novice Cup took place on Sunday 10th October, the first L&CPU print competition since March 2020! 21 Clubs took part and LSAPS did very well in the Mono ...

1st Open Digital Competition (2021/22)

The 1st Open Digital Competition of the 2021/2 season was judged on 23rd September by Keith Barber (CPAGB, LRPS, FIScT) from Swinton Photographic Society. Keith commented on the high standard ...

Graham Currey Photo Competition

Following our photoshoot with Graham Currey on 1st August, he kindly agreed to judge and provide feedback on a selection of images. To ensure a good distribution of images, each ...
LSAPS Photographers at St Annes

St Annes Pier Photowalk

For the final walk of the summer season we meet by St Annes Pier. As you can see from the group photograph, the storm clouds were gathering. The rain kept ...

Graham Currey Photoshoot

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 ...

Cleveleys Photo Walk

On 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 ...

2021/22 Print And Digital Photographer Of The Year

With 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 ...
Best Digital Image - Golden Silhouette by Brian Clarke

2021 Photoshow Results

Photoshow 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 ...

Fairhaven Photo Walk

The 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 ...

The Bury Battle

On 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 ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2020/21)

The 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 ...

2021 L&CPU Individual Competition

The 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 ...

2nd Open Print Competition (2020/21)

The 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 ...

2021 L&CPU Club Print Championship

Judging 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 ...

2021 L&CPU Club PDI Championship

Judging of the 2021 L&CPU Club PDI Championship took place on Saturday 20th March. Due to Covid restrictions the judging was performed in advance by Phil and Gwen Charnock who ...

1st Open Print Competition (2020/21)

The 1st Open Print competition of the season was judged on 18th March by Diana Magor (EFIAP/b APSA MPSA CPAGB LRPS BPE3) from Hoylake Photographic Society. She had been sent ...

3rd Set Subject Competition (2020/21) – Everyday Moments

The 3rd Set Subject competition on the subject of Everyday Moments Action was judged on 18th February via Zoom by James Hardy (LRPS, CPAGB) from Chorley Photographic Society. He had ...

3rd Open Digital Competition (2020/21)

The 3rd Open PDI competition was judged on 21st January via Zoom by Chris Boyes from Sale Photographic Society. There were a few technical glitches at the beginning, which delayed ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2020/21) – Action

The 2nd Set Subject competition on the subject of Action was judged on 17th December via Zoom by Tony Oliver (ARPS CPAGB BPE4*) from Salisbury Camera Club. He started by ...

The 2020 Seaside Invitation

LSAPS scored a success at this year's Seaside Invitation against Southport, judged by Colin Douglas on Monday 7th December.  Due to COVID, this year's competition was digital only, and involved ...

2020 L&CPU Knock-Out Competition

The L&CPU Digital Knock Out was held on Saturday evening. This is a competition for new work, meaning that images entered into any previous L&CPU competition are not allowed. There ...

2nd Open Digital Competition (2020/21)

The 2nd Open PDI competition was judged on 19th November via Zoom by John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB from Dorchester Camera Club. John gave a clear explanation of how he ...

2020 5-Way Battle

The annual 5-Way Battle between LSAPS, Bispham, Garstang, North Fylde and Poulton was held via Zoom on the 12th November, with a bumper turnout of over 100 attendees from the ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2020/21) – Work & Occupations

The 1st Set Subject competition on the subject Work and Occupations was held as an on-line Zoom session on 22nd October.  The competition was judged by Mike Barnard (LRPS ABPPA ...

2020 L&CPU Novice Cup

Judging of the 2020 L&CPU Novice Cup took place on Sunday 11th October.  This is a competition for club members who do not hold any photographic distinctions, and who may ...

1st Open Digital Competition (2020/21)

The 1st Open Digital competition of the season was held as an on-line Zoom session on 24th September, judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5* from Beeston Camera Club ...

Singing Ringing Tree Astro Outing

On the evening of Sunday 19th July a small group of intrepid LSAPS members ventured out to the Sining Ringing Tree above Burnley, hoping for a view of Comet Neowise.  ...

2019/20 Print and Digital Photographer Of The Year

The Print and Digital Photographer of the Year are calculated based on the results of all of the in-season competitions, both Open and Set Subject as well as the results ...
Jack Daniels by Kan Ainscow

2020 L&CPU Individual Competition

The L&CPU Individual competition was judged on 4th July, and the selection was streamed live over Zoom. Unfortunately this was a late decision, leaving no opportunity to inform LSAPS members ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2019/20)

The 3rd Open Print competition was judged off-line by Wendy Stowell of Chorley PS. The featured image for this competition is Just Flying A Kite by Bill Breckenridge, which was ...

3rd Set Subject Competition (2019/20) – A Small World

The 3rd Set Subject competition on the subject It's A Small World was judged remotely by Paul King CPAGB from North Fylde. The featured image for this competition is A ...

Brian Crawford Obituary

This week (1st April) the Society has been running for 72 years and through that time there have been many stalwarts of the club who have done more than could ...

3rd Open Digital Competition (2019/20)

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 ...

Salford Quays Photowalk

Having postponed the Photo Walk last month due to bad weather it looked more promising this time. However, it was raining when we arrived at Salford Quays for 4:15 pm ...

2020 L&CPU Annual Club Competition

The L&CPU Annual Club PDI and Print competitions were held over the weekend of 7th and 8th March.  LSAPS finished slightly down on last year, coming 10th in the Overall ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2019/20) – Architecture

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 ...

2nd Open Digital Competition (2019/20)

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 ...

Liverpool Photowalk

On Sunday 19th January, a number of LSAPS members visited Liverpool waterfront on a club organised Photo Walk. The morning started off with a hard frost and clear sky, perfect ...

2nd Open Print Competition – (2019/20)

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 ...

2019 Seaside Invitation

On Thursday 28th November, we welcomed members from Southport Photographic Society for the annual Seaside Invitation competition.  This is a test of strength in depth, as each club enters 20 ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2019/20) – Nature

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 ...

Martin Mere Photo Walk

The second Photo Walk of the season took place on Sunday 24th November. Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetland Centre was the challenge on this occasion. At this time of the year ...

2019 L&CPU Knock-Out Competition

The 2019 L&CPU Knock-out competition was held on 16th November and was won by Warrington PS with a score of 20.  LSAPS scored 15 and placed a very creditable 6th ...

2019 5-Way Battle

The 2019 5-Way Battle between Bispham, Garstang, North Fylde, Poulton and LSAPS was held on Tuesday 12th November, hosted by North Fylde.  The competition involves 15 digital images from each ...

1st Open Digital Competition (2019/20)

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 ...

Graham Brodie Photoshoot

On Sunday 27th October, a group of LSAPS members had a Photoshoot with Graham Brodie (AKA Graham Currey).  The photoshoot started at Lytham Hall with Graham dressing as a Peaky ...

2019 L&CPU Novice Cup

The L&CPU Novice Cup was held on Sunday 20th October at Elm Bank Conference Hall in Eccles.  This is a competition that is open to club members who do not ...
Group Kirkby Lonsdale Group by Mike Halstead

Kirkby Lonsdale Photo Walk

The first Photo Walk of the season took place on Saturday 12 October at Kirkby Lonsdale. The River Lune was fast flowing beneath Devil’s Bridge following the heavy rain of ...

1st Open Print Competition (2019/20)

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 ...

Lytham Hall Steam Fair

LSAPS 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 ...

Photoshow 2019 Public Vote

The 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 ...

Fairhaven Photo Walk

On 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 ...

Photoshow 2019 Results

The 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 ...

3rd Open Digital Competition (2018/19)

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 ...

3rd Set Subject (2018/19) – Still Life

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 ...

2019 L&CPU Individual Competition

Cowboy 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 ...

3rd Open Print Competition (2018/19)

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 ...
Photography Workshop

Fairhaven Photography Workshop

The 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 ...

2nd Set Subject Competition (2018/19) – Triptych

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 ...

Graham Brodie Photoshoot

On Sunday 7th April a group of LSAPS photographers went on a photoshoot with Graham Brodie. Graham judged at one of our competitions under his real name of Graham Currey, ...

Light Trails At Treales

  A small group of LSAPS photographers from the Tutorial Group visited a bridge over the M55 on Wednesday evening to photograph light trails. Mainly an exercise in choosing the ...

2019 North Cheshire Challenge

  The North Cheshire Challenge is a competition organised by the North Cheshire Photographic Society which is open to clubs across the North West.  The 2019 competition was held at ...

2019 L&CPU Annual Club Competition

  The L&CPU Annual Club PDI and Print competitions were held over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd March.  LSAPS did very well finishing in the top ten in both competitions. In ...

2nd Open Print Competition (2018/19)

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 ...

2nd Open Digital Competition (2018/19)

The 2nd Open Digital competition of the season was held on 20th December and was judged by Paul King (CPAGB) from North Fylde Photographic Society.  Paul provided a lot of ...

2018 Seaside Invitation

The 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 ...

2018 L&CPU Knock-Out Competition

The 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 ...

1st Set Subject Competition (2018/19) – Knock Out

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 ...

2018 5-Way Battle

This 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 ...
Berlin Wall Museum Message By Patrick Davies

1st Open Digital Competition (2018/19)

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 ...

The Pirates Of Penzance

On 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.  ...

2018 L&CPU Novice Cup

The 2018 L&CPU Novice Cup competition was held on 14th October at the L&CPU Big Day event.  This competition is only open to Club Members who have no accreditation (eg ...
Ken Ainscow - Print Photographer Of The Year

LSAPS 70th Anniversary Dinner

The LSAPS 70th Anniversary Dinner was held at the Glendower Hotel on 12th October, attended by a number of club members and guests.  Also present was Ian Aldcroft, President of ...

1st Open Print Competition (2018/19)

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 ...

Photoshow 2018 Public Votes

The annual Photoshow held by the club has now closed.  It was another successful exhibition with over 500 print and digital images on display  and over 800 people visiting across ...

2018 President’s Challenge – Red White And Blue 

The final competition of the year was the Pesident’s Challenge, held on 31st May.  For the challenge, all images must be processed In-Camera, with editing restricted to cropping and sizing.  ...

2018 L&CPU Individual Competition

Duelling Scar by Ken Ainscow The results from the 2018 L&CPU Individual Competition are now available, and LSAPS scored some notable successes. In the Print section, Ken Ainscow scored 1st ...

Studio Lighting Workshop

The Studio Lighting Workshop was held on the morning of Saturday 19th May.  This gave an opportunity for members to try out some of the club's lighting equipment and to ...
Lancashire Hawks And Owls

Hawks And Owls Photoshoot

The Hawks And Owls Photoshoot took place on Saturday 5th May, and fortunately we were blessed with fine weather.  16 LSAPS photographers turned up to photograph a collection of birds ...