The President’s Challenge this year was on the subject of Complementary Colours, and it was judged on 29th May. There
2025-26 Season Competitions
As previously advised we will be running a single league for Prints, and a single league for PDIs next season. We will then split those leagues in two for the following seasons, with the intent to have around 40% of the participating members in the upper league in each discipline. The league positions will be determined from Three Open and
Read more2025 President’s Challenge
The President’s Challenge this year was on the subject of Complementary Colours, and it was judged on 29th May. There was only a small entry of 16 images this year. After an initial run through, club members were invited to vote on their favourite images. Carol then provided some critique and announced her top three places, then the results of
Read more2025 Dublin Inter-Club Competition
The inter-Club competition against Dublin CC was held on Tuesday 20th May on Zoom, this year hosted by LSAPS. The format involved 30 images from each club, all by different members in an open competition. The judge for the competition was Ralph Snook (ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/s) from Bristol PS. By the end of the first half, Dublin had opened up
Read more3rd Open Print Competition (2024/25)
The 3rd Open Print competition of the season was judged on 15th May by Adrian Lines (MPAGB, FBPE, ARPS, EFIAP, SPSA) from Chorley Photographic Society. Adrian made observations on topics such as the types of paper used for prints, the size of the subject in the frame and placement of objects around the edges of the frame. The top scoring
Read more2025 L&CPU Individual Competition
The 2025 L&CPU Individual competition was judged on the weekend of 10th/11th May, and once again LSAPS scored some notable successes. Overall there were 691 Prints and 1916 digital images entered, which was unfortunately slightly down on last year. The scores are decided by three judges each scoring between 2 and 5 points, similar to an Exhibition. In general, a
Read moreAGM Timescales
The 2025 AGM will be held on 10th July. To prepare for the meeting, Members should be aware of the following timescales:- If you wish to raise a proposal that could result in a changes to the Constitution, it must be notified to the Club Secretary by 12th June. If you wish to raise a non-constitutional item to be discussed
Read more3rd Set Subject Competition (2024/25) – Film Titles
The 3rd Set Subject competition of the season on the theme of Film Titles was judged on 17th April by Nik Hilton (EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE5*) from Southport PS. Nik pointed out that the competition was a bit of fun, as it showed off people’s imagination in linking to the brief. Nevertheless, he mainly judged the images on their photographic merit.
Read more3rd Open PDI Competition (2024/25)
The 3rd Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 27th March by Diana Magor (APSA, EFIAPb, MPSA, CPAGB, LRPS, BPE3*) from Hoylake Photographic Society. Diana’s comments and suggestions for improvement were clearly stated, if perhaps a little more direct than with most judges, and she used a good range of scores to separate the images. The top scoring
Read more2025 L&CPU Annual Club Competition
The annual L&CPU Club competition was held on the 1st and 2nd of March at the Eccles Conference Centre. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club – 16 in Open (Colour or Mono) and 8 in Nature, whilst the Print Competition again involves 24 images, but this time 8 in Open Colour, 8 in Mono and 8 in
Read more2nd Set Subject Competition (2024/25) – Street Photography
The 2nd Set Subject competition of the season on the theme of Street Photography was judged on 20th February. The judge for the evening was Steve Hitchen (EPAGB, AFIAP, BPE5*) who is a member of 3 clubs – Atherton & District PS, The Evolve Group and the sRGB Photo Group. This was a print competition and with fewer entries than
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