Imagination in Imagery
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. A few notable guests were in attendance for the opening – Mayor of the Fylde Karen Henshaw, her Consort Alderman Howard Henshaw, President of the L&CPU Rob Hockney and our
Read moreFollowing 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 competitions, Photoshow and the L&CPU Individual competitions as follows: In-Season competitions: The two image scores in each competition are combined to find the positions (Open and Set Subject). Points are
Read moreThe set subject competitions are hopefully structured in terms of difficulty. Set Subject 1 – Low difficulty brief Set Subject 2 – Challenging brief with a more technical aspect Set Subject 3 – Creative approach required to meet the brief Whilst not mandatory, the aim of Set Subject competitions is to encourage new work, rather than looking for back-catalogue images
Read morePhotoshow 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 PDI’s were judged by Tillman Kleinhans (ARPS, EFIAP/g, DPAGB, BPE5*, Hon LCPU) from St Helens PS. There were 326 Prints submitted by 42 LSAPS members, and of these, 60 Prints
Read moreThis 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, club members were invited to vote on their favourite images. Carol then provided some critique of each image. After the break, Carol announced her own top three images, then the
Read moreThe 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. In a knock-out, about 50% of the images are knocked out in a series of round until only a handful remain, at which point the judge chooses an overall winner.
Read moreThe 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 available to view at the document below. The scores are decided by three judges each scoring between 2 and 5 points, similar to an Exhibition. In general, a 2 indicates
Read moreThe 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 for over 40 years and is a past president of both the L&CPU and PAGB. He provided constructive feedback with a humorous approach and commented on the high standard of
Read moreThe 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 our Photoshow 3 years ago, and consists of 25 images from each club, all by different members. The judge for the competition was Rory O’Connor (FIPF, AFIAP) from the Blarney Photography
Read moreThe 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 to get through, Nicki’s comments were necessarily brief, however the evening moved through at a good pace and finished on time. The top scoring images are listed below. The featured
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