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The Lancashire and Cheshire Photograph Union “Bob Robinson Trophy – Novice Cup”

On Sunday 13th October myself (Ann D), Karen and Cathy set off early morning to
Chorley with twenty print entries for the L & CPU Bob Robinson Trophy formerly the
Novice cup.

The day comprised of three sections The Novice Competition with stricter guidelines
this year. A table top sale of camera equipment, lenses, books etc and a print
competition for those not eligible for the novice cup.

I handed in our Novice cup print entries. I gave in three prints form our open
competition and we then had a chat with fellow photographers and perused the table
top sale. The Bring along a print competition was to be judged “in Camera” which is a
strange term for behind closed doors at a photography event. The Novice cup was to
be judged from 1.30pm so what do we do until then.

We asked where we could go locally and It was suggested Astley Hall, so off we went along with Janet one of Lytham’s new members We were told you are not allowed to take photo’s inside by another photographer but they had got a few background shots discreetly whilst they were there.

Astley Hall is a period house with a very reasonable entry fee (concessions rate x 4) and to our surprise you can take as many photo’s as long as you don’t use flash.

We returned to the L & CPU event in readiness for the novice cup. They had quite a few gremlins in the system and we eventually got underway on a rather manual approach.

I recorded our scores as they were judged, the lowest score the judges gave was 3 our highest was a 5 (or 2 5’s). At the end I added up our top 10 scores to 114. Having watched the scoring I was quite chuffed with this.

Then to top it off Kim had her image selected by one of the judges in the Bob Robinson and I had one of my images selected by the judges in the “bring a long a print” competition. The results were delayed due to the technical hitches so we set off home. Today we found out we came in joint 4th out of 16 clubs, a very successful day out.

Well done and thank you everyone who made the effort and entered the competition.

Further reading

Club Results

Bob Robinson Write Up From L and CPU

Individual Members Bob Robinson Results

KPC 24-25 Season is Underway.

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Three weeks into the new season and we are delighted to have welcomed a number of new members and visitors to the club. We hope you have enjoyed the club the talks and images and it has encouraged you to develop your photography and take part in future activities at the club.

The season so far has included a ‘Share and Tell Members Evening’ in which projects, learning and images from the summer where shared by members. There was an eclectic mix of images including Wildlife Photography, images using vintage lenses, images produced using in camera features such as double exposure, Street Photography including some ICM (Intentional Camera Movement), and a photographic journey which included landscape images.

The last two Wednesday meetings have included a shared Zoom talk with Keswick Photographic Society by Jeanette Lendon entitled “Mobile Phone Photography” . Find Jeanette’s website at Jet Black Squares smartphone photography & videography Jeanette kindly provided notes from her talk, which are in the members section of the website.

Last week, award winning Wildlife Photographer Irene Amiet attended the club to give an in person talk “Photographic Wildlife Stories” . The talk was also available on Zoom for members to enjoy at home if they wished. https://www.ireneamiet.com/the-artist

Wednesday 2nd of October will see our first print competition of the year which will be judged by Carol and Gordon Watson of Lytham St Ann’s Photographic Society. Members are reminded to bring prints on the evening.

This is also a reminder that 2nd October is also the closing date for PDI images for the Open Competition on 16th October.

Kendal Photography Club Exhibition 2024

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The weekend of 12^th -14^th April 2024 saw Kendal Photography Club’s exhibition at the Roundhouse, Staveley. This was the first exhibition the club has staged in many years and it was a fantastic success.

Over 200 people visited the Roundhouse. I think everyone found the venue interesting and an enjoyable display space. It certainly met the needs of the club.

Saturday was the most popular day with over 100 visitors of all ages including children who also talked about their interest in photography. There were locals, tourists visiting the area, family, friends, work colleagues, past club members, and members of local camera clubs visiting the show. New contacts were made with local photographers some of whom were kind enough to promote the exhibition further via social media.

Everyone enjoyed the show and there were lots of glowing comments and positive feedback about the quality of the exhibition, the diverse images on display and the interesting venue.

A number of club members were successful in selling images and cards with contributions being made to club funds.

A number of visitors expressed an interest in joining the club and we look forward to welcoming new members for our 2024-25 season in September. The new programme will be on the website over the summer alongside membership forms. The club secretary can be contacted over the summer for further information if required.

Thanks goes to all those who attended the exhibition and asked questions, talked about photography with us and enjoyed the images. We ran a small tally of visitors favourite images over the weekend, the most successful was a triptych of ‘Scout Scar’ by Laurie. Very close seconds were ‘Wet Sleddale Dam’ by Jeff and ‘Kestrel and Mouse’ by David P. 20 members exhibited images and every member had an image chosen by a visitor as their favourite image from the show. I think this demonstrates what we already knew, that in photography there is something for everyone.

Thanks goes to Ann Dallaway the driving force behind the exhibition. To Stuart Hann www.theblindchocolatier.co.uk for the delicious chocolate, Janet and everyone at the Roundhouse www.staveleyroundhouse.com who visited the exhibition and to Facebook friends who gave us publicity.

Thanks also to all our members who contributed images, marketed and prepared for the exhibition and gave freely of their time to set up and staff the exhibition and take it down at the end. I think the pride members have in displaying their work and the enjoyment of participating in the event has certainly encouraged the club to consider another exhibition in the future.

Maureen

Club Secretary

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM).

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This week at Kendal Photography Club, Bill Pickard shared his journey into ICM photography. Bill has many years’ experience in ‘intentional camera shaking’ to create painterly, artistic images.

ICM is a tricky photographic technique to master. The images achieved are not the sharp, composed images of traditional photography but are creative, sometimes abstract surprising works of art. ICM photographic images convey movement, mood and arouse curiosity.

Bill’s body of work is extensive and inspirational. Members enjoyed Bill’s excellent talk, in which he shared flower and garden images, sports photography, landscapes, street photography and wildlife images, all taken using ICM techniques.

Bill discussed his reasons for taking ICM images and the techniques he uses. He provided advice to members who wish to try or improve their ICM photography including a handy advice sheet.

I know members of the club thoroughly enjoyed Bill’s talk and a number of members have been out in the last few days ‘shaking cameras’, I am sure in the hope of creating images as wonderful as Bill’s.

Huge thanks goes to Bill for sharing his images and his advice. Hopefully we will see an ICM competition in the club programme next year.

Next week (24th January) we have a PDI competition on the theme of ‘ Curves’. Members can attend at hall or via Zoom. Visitors are always welcome.

Finally a reminder that edited images for the Editing Evening on 31st January must be sent to Phil before Friday 26th January.