Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
The 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 third and final Open Print competition of the season was judged on 18th May by Robert Millin (MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d3, GPU ZEUS) from Wigan 10 PS. He had decided to judge on the night and spent some time studying the images before the start. His comments were concise with lots of advice on how the lower scoring ones could
Read moreThe 3rd Set Subject Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 20th April by Graham Currey, familiar to many LSAPS members from his character photo shoots. The subject was Power and there was a large entry of over 100 Prints and PDI’s with a wide interpretation of the subject. This led to a long evening finishing after 10pm. The
Read moreThe 3rd Open Digital Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 16th March by Adrian Hendley (CPAGB) of Ilkley Camera Club. Adrian provided careful and considered feedback on each image, but pointed out several times that it was up to the photographer how they presented their image – something that is worth remembering. The top scoring images are listed
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club Print competition was held on Sunday 5th March at the Elm Bank Conference Centre in Eccles. The Print competition involves 24 images from each club – 8 in Open Colour, 8 in Mono and 8 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score of 15pts. Only 20 clubs competed in the
Read moreThe annual L&CPU Club PDI competition was held on Saturday 4th March at St Mary’s Parish Social Club in Chorley. The PDI competition involves 24 images from each club – 16 in Open (Colour or Mono) and 8 in Nature. Each image is judged by 3 judges, awarding a maximum score 15pts. LSAPS placed in 13th position out of 36
Read moreThe 2nd Set Subject Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 16th February by Tom Richardson (ARPS, EFIAP/p, ABPE, DPAGB) from Poulton Photographic Society. The subject was Mono, and there was a bumper entry with 126 images (print and PDI) to view. Tom kept his comments necessarily brief, but gave some good advice, particularly about proofing different mono image
Read moreThe 2nd Open Digital Competition of the 2022/3 season was judged on 19th January by Harry Emmett (CPAGB) from Accrington Camera Club. Harry commented that the overall standard of the competition was better than he had seen recently, so he avoided very low marks. However he held back relatively few images, resulting in only a small number of high scoring
Read moreThe second Open Print competition of the season was judged on 15th December by Nick Hilton (DPAGB, BPE5, EFIAP) from Southport PS. He provided a detailed critique on each image and particularly noted where prints were lacking in sharpness in critical areas, or showed areas that were over-exposed. The top scoring images are listed below. The featured image is Gerbera
Read moreThe annual Seaside Invitation competition against Southport PS was held on Monday 12th December, hosted by Southport. The competition was judged by Robert Millin (MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d2, MPSA, SPSA) who gave a quick but concise judging of each image. LSAPS were trailing by 11 points after the first Print round, and although we finished ahead in the PDI competition this
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