Imagination in Imagery
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 the start of the judging, so it ended up being a late night. Chris provided feedback on all the images, mainly pointing out where images could be cropped to remove
Read moreThe 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 laying out what he expected to see in an Action Set Subject – images that capture a sense of movement or activity and that concentrate attention to the area of
Read moreLSAPS 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 just 20 images from each club, all by different members. Colin ran through all the images, holding back a number to score at the end. Half way through and LSAPS
Read moreThe 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 was a large entry this year from 41 Clubs, compared to only 30 last year. As a consequence only 4 images per Club were used out of the 8 entered.
Read moreThe 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 went about assessing and scoring the images, then provided a well paced assessment of each image. One piece of advice he mentioned is to add a thin stripe to the
Read moreThe 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 five clubs. The judge for the competition was Jane Lines from Chorley PS. Jane’s comments were well paced and to the point, giving feedback on the aspects she liked in
Read moreThe 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 BPE2*) from the Focus Photographic Group in Bridlington. He had reviewed all the entries beforehand and put together a slide presentation with the higher scoring images held back to the
Read moreJudging 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 not normally enter regional or national competitions. Many thanks to all our eligible members who took the time to enter. Congratulations go to the following who achieved a Commended: Clive
Read moreThe 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 Nottingham. He had reviewed all the entries beforehand, even going to the trouble of viewing them on different equipment to check for colour differences. His critique was well paced and
Read moreOn 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. This was the first outing of the Astro-Photography Interest Group, organised at short notice to make the best use of predicted clear skies. We arrived at about 9pm to enjoy
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