The 3rd Genre Competition was a Fun Competition with the theme of Songs Of The 70s. The evening was split
Fun Competition (2025/26) – Songs Of The 70s
The 3rd Genre Competition was a Fun Competition with the theme of Songs Of The 70s. The evening was split between trying to guess the song title from the image (with varying levels of success!) and judging the images, which was performed by AI. There were 37 images entered by 22 members – a relatively light entry. The highest score
Read more2026 Dublin Inter-Club Competition
The inter-Club competition against Dublin CC was held on Tuesday 19th May on Zoom, this year hosted by Dublin. The format involved 30 images from each club, all by different members in an open competition. The judge for the competition was Judged by Dominic Reddin FIPF. Unfortunately it was a slightly disappointing night for LSAPS as Dublin ended up as
Read morePhotographer Of The Year Tables
Now that the results of the L&CPU Individual Competition are available, they can be fed into the overall Photographer Of The Year League Tables. There was no reason to present these table previously, as they only contained Season results, so placings were identical to the Season tables. The Tables for Print and Digital Photographer of the Year (POTY and DOTY)
Read more2026 L&CPU Individual Competition
The 2026 L&CPU Individual competition was judged on the weekend of 9th/10th May, and once again LSAPS scored some notable successes. Overall there were 843 Prints and 1973 digital images entered from 234 Photographers, slightly up on last year with more prints in particular being entered. LSAPS was represented by 14 photographers. The scores are decided by three judges each
Read more3rd Open Print Competition (2025/26)
The 3rd Open Print competition of the season was judged on 23rd April by Barry Dickinson (MPSA, EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE5*, GPUCR3, L.APS/g) from Poulton PS. There were 54 print images on the night to judge which Barry did with a rather idiosyncratic sense of humour, holding a good number back and commenting in particular on the strength of Landscapes in
Read more3rd Open PDI Competition (2025/26)
The 3rd Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 19th March by John Riley. There were 81 images to judge on the night and John cracked on at a good pace, making only a few suggestions such as providing more punch to mono images. The top scoring images are listed below. The featured image for this competition is
Read moreL&CPU Print Folio Awards
The L&CPU are introducing a new awards scheme for Print Portfolios, that is open to any LSAPS photographer. A portfolio of prints can consist of between 4 and 20 prints that must follow a cohesive theme and be presented in a similar style. There is no requirement for a hanging plan, though the portfolio may be supported by a short
Read more2026 L&CPU Annual Club Competition
The L&CPU Annual Club Competitions were held at the weekend at St Mary’s Parish Centre in Chorley. The PDI Competition took place on the Saturday, with 39 Clubs taking part, and the Print Competition took place on the Sunday with just 19 Clubs taking part. The judges for the competitions were Peter Gennard MFIAP EFIAP/d3, Sue O’Connell DPAGB ABPE EFIAP/d3 MPSA and
Read more2026 President’s Challenge
The subject of the 2026 President’s Challenge is The Railway. This covers any aspect of railways or underground railways, eg London underground and Liverpool Mersey rail, but not trams. Images can be anything to do with railways, including buildings, people, rolling stock, any paraphernalia seen on platforms, stations or lineside. Photos must have been taken between September 2025 and the
Read more2nd Genre Competition – Scapes Prints(2025/26)
The 2nd Genre competition of the season – Scapes Prints – was judged on 19th February by David Goodier (LSWPP, LRPS, QGWP) from Lancaster Photographic Society. There were 58 prints to judge on the night and David introduced his concept of avoiding ‘Nearly’ Photography. For example avoid being nearly central – either commit to a central subject or push it
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