Imagination in Imagery
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 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
Read moreThe 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 for competition and those that were primarily a record for the photographer’s own personal use. The top scoring images are listed below. The featured image for this competition is Redshank
Read moreThe 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 on the Beginners section which meant it was quite a long night with a total of 89 entries to get through. The top scoring images are listed below. The featured
Read moreThe 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) 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 Nature. Each image is judged
Read moreThe 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 provided quite short, but entertaining comments on the entries. One particular theme was that he was looking at how the images fitted together and even small details like the alignment
Read moreThe 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 and concise critique of each image, often commenting on the sharpness and point of focus. As it was close to Christmas, he was also rather generous with his scoring, holding
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