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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

Conclusion of the Seasons PDI Competitions- Street Photography

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The Final PDI members competition of the year was held on 13th March 2024. The theme was Street Photography, which resulted in some funny images alongside images with social commentary.

Thanks goes again to Cat Humphries, who is becoming a regular judge at the club, for her helpful and considered comments on the images. Cat held 8 or more images back in both the colour and monochrome sections.

In the Colour Section 20 points went to ‘Man Talk’ by Ann Dallaway, which was the ultimate winner, ‘Eye Eye’ by Bill Pickard and ‘The Crossing’ by Dave Nelson.

Bill and Dave both finished the Colour Section at the top of the leader board with 39 point from their two submitted images. Congratulations to Ann for her winning image on the night.

In the Monochrome section Kim Rigg was the ultimate winner on the night with a total score of 40 points for her images ‘Drivers Mutt’ and ‘The Newsreader’.

Dave Nelson also received 20 points for his image ‘When we were young’.

Thanks to everyone for taking part this year’s final competition. Every member’s contribution to the competitions is valued.

The images are available to view in the members section of the website along with the score sheets.

The club will be closing this season with the Annual PDI and Annual Prints competitions in the next few weeks. If you are interested in seeing the best of members images from this year, remember you are welcome to visit the club on a Wednesday evening at 7.30. See website for more programme information.

The club will also be displaying at an exhibition on 12th-14th April

Members Print Competition Three and Final Prints Results of 23/24.

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The final prints competition of the 23/24 season was held on February 14th. The competition was judged by Carol and Gordon Watson of Lytham St Ann’s Photography Club. Carol and Gordon have many years experience of entering club, federation, national and international competitions and the club appreciates them driving up the M6 on a wet, foggy night to offer advice to members on their images.

Carol judged the colour images first. Nine images where held back into her final selection for the top scores.

David Poole was leading the season’s league table going into the final competition having only dropped one point in the first two print competitions. David finished the season with another win for his image ‘Aggressive Buzzard’. David completed the season with 118/120 points, a truly impressive score. Well done David for winning the 23-24 Colour Prints Trophy.

Congratulations also go to Kim Rigg who scored 20 points for her image ‘Pretty in Pink’. Kim took joint second place in this season’s Print Competition along with Bill Pickard and Laurie Thurlow all achieving a total of 108/120. Well done to all three members.

After the coffee break Gordon judged the monochrome images. Gordon offered advice on images and held back eight into his final selection. At this point Gordon needed to give careful consideration to the detail of images as he worked towards his final winning image.

Gordon awarded first place to Kim Rigg for her image ‘Georgia’. Kim achieved maximum points on the night having also achieved 20 points for her image ‘Out of Luck’. In addition, David Poole scored 20 points for his image ‘Christian Iddoni’.

When the final scores were totalled the overall winner for the Monochrome Print Competition for the 23/24 season was Kim Rigg with 112/120. Second place went to David Poole and third place to Jeff Bagnall.

Full competition results are in the members area of the website.

Thank you to all members who entered the print competitions this year. Nineteen members took part with eleven members have an entry in every competition. Your images are always appreciated and enjoyed by the membership and we hope you had fun. Please keep entering your images next year.

A reminder to members that the Annual Prints Competition is on 27^th March and will be judged by Sheila and Daryl Giles.

Please bring your prints to the hall on the evening to 13^th March, the closing date for entries. Entry form and rules are on the club website.

Next week our speaker is Barbie Lindsay with her talk on “Creative Photography” available on Zoom or at the Hall. Visitors always welcome see the membership page for details.

Members Prints Competition Results 22/23

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The final prints competition of the 22/23 season was held on February 8th. The competition was Judged by Phil Hodgson of Poulton le Fylde Club. Phil gave us an entertaining evening and some wonderful images were presented by members for judging.

In the Colour Club Competition Karen Caruthers was leading the seasons league table going into the final competition. Karen finished the season with a winning image ‘Sunlit Fungi’.

Karen finished the season as overall winner in the Club Colour Competition having achieved 3 wins this season with ‘Splash of Red at Glenridding’, ‘Winter Sunshine Tarn Hows’ and ‘Sunlit Fungi’ achieving a total of 108 points.

In the Club Mono Competition the nights winning image was ‘Fisherman’s Huts Lindisfarne’ by Martin Rowe.

This win took Martin into joint 1st place in the season’s results. with Martin having had a previous print win with ‘Mining Museum Roof Detail’. Karen Carruthers shared overall first place with both members finishing on 104 points.

Moving onto the Advanced Mono there were 6 images which received a maximum 20 points on the night.

Dave Nelson achieved a maximum 40 points for his abstract images ‘Drought’ and ‘Frozen in Time’. Laurie Thurlow also achieved 40 points for his images ‘Scout Scar’ and ‘Rydal Lonely Tree’. ‘Scout Scar’ was given the overall winning place in the nights competition.

Also achieving 20 points were Maureen Smith for ‘The Look’ and Peter Kennedy for ‘Southport Pier’

First place in the season’s Advanced Mono Competition was closely fought but finally the win went to Peter Kennedy by 1 point (total 108) with Maureen Smith 2nd place (107) and Kim Rigg 3rd place (105).

Finally, we come to the Advanced Colour Competition which had 5 full point images on the night. Laurie Thurlow with ‘Ullswater Expanse’, ‘The Famous Boswell’ by Russell Millner’, Bill Pickard with ‘Break in The Ice’ , ‘The Famous Boswell’ by Russell Millner’, ‘Night Heron Skimming’ by Peter Kennedy and ‘Winter Scene’ by Jeff Bagnell.

The win on the night was given to Laurie Thurlow for ‘Ullswater Expanse’.

Laurie has presented stunning images this season and took the overall 1st place with 112 points. 2nd place went to Peter Kennedy (108) and 3rd place to Maureen Smith (102).

Full competition results are in the members area of the website.

Thank you to all members who entered the print competitions this year. Your images are always appreciated and enjoyed by the membership and we hope you had fun. Keep entering your images next year.

Next week is a talk by Warren Alani called ‘Through the Years’ available on Zoom or at the Hall. Visitors always welcome see the membership page for details.

Kendal v Morecambe Annual Photo Battle 2023

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This year the battle was held at Morecambe Camera Club. Thirteen Kendal members made the journey to Heysham Library for the event.

Each club submitted 30 images divided into 3 categories Open Colour, Open Mono and Nature. The competition was expertly judged by David Gibbins of Beeston Camera Club.

First Round was Open Mono and was a close competition, with three images for Morecambe and three images for Kendal held into the final judging. Both clubs achieved an 18 ,19 and 20. Kendal’s winning images are below.

Egg Heads 20
Airborne Attack 19
Lake Manyara 18

The total scores in the Mono round placed Morecambe in the lead with 168 points to Kendal and 172 to Morecambe.

The Second Round to be judged was Nature. David had a very difficult task as the standard of the images was outstanding. This was reflected in 10 images being held to final judging with five from Kendal and five from Morecambe.

Kendal’s Leading images were:

Dalmatian Pelican and Fish 20
Arctic Dreams 19
Brown Pelican 19
Barn Owl 18
Dalmatian Pelicans Feeding 18

The round was extremely close with the Kendal achieving 178 points to Morecambe’s 173.

After a well organised coffee and tea break with good biscuits and a raffle, it was the final deciding Colour Round.

The standard of images was again very high with David holding 7 Images into the final judging. Kendal was doing well with 6 of the 7 images held and it was all looking very good for a possible overall win.

Kendal’s images achieved;

Wintering 20
By dawn’s early light 19
The Horse Box 19
Hot Dog 18
Trees framed 18
Rocky staircase 18

These strong images gave Kendal a Colour Round score of 176 points to Morecambe’s 163 .

The overall win went to Kendal with a total score of 522 to 508.

A big thank you goes to David Gibbins for his time in providing considered comments on the images and for judging the competition. A thank you also to Morecambe Camera Club for their warm welcome and hospitality.

Morecambe Club have also provided a link to a zoom video of the evening which can be accessed for a week. The link is in the members area of the website along with the full score sheets for the event.

Thanks to all members who attended Morecambe, it was a very enjoyable evening.

Next week it is the final Club Open Print Competition of the season. This will NOT be zoomed and members are asked to bring their prints on the night to the hall. The Judge is Phil Hodson of Poulton le Fylde.

Members are also reminded that entries for the next and Final PDI competition of the 22-23 season are due in by Wednesday to Dave .

Summer Break

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On 13th April we held our Annual Print competition for the first time in two years, having previously been unable to meet in person due to Covid restrictions. There were no leagues, with all members competing equally, and 4 categories: open colour, open monochrome, nature and people.

Due to the competition being for physical prints I sadly have no digital images to show you, but huge congratulations go to all our winners which were:

Open Mono
Bill Pickard with ‘Maasai Warriors’

Open Colour
Gordon Mills with ‘Sunset Klong Muang Beach’

Nature
Gordon Mills with ‘Dalmatian Pelicans Lake Kerkin’

People & Portrait
Ann Bench with ‘We Can All Be Different’

In addition, we hold an annual Lakeland Trophy competition which consists of a panel of 3 prints depicting Lakeland or Cumbria, and our 2022 winner was Jeff Bagnall with ‘Wansfell ponies’ – well done Jeff!

Our season has now finished and we are embarking on a summer break. Although formal meetings won’t be taking place, Club members will be meeting regularly in small, informal groups for days out and details can be found on our private Photoshoots Facebook page.

Our 2022/23 season starts in September. Details of the new programme will be available on the programme page of our website shortly. In the meantime, we hope you all have a wonderful summer – fingers crossed the weather will be kind and we can get out and about with our cameras!

Competition: Annual PDI

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On 30th March we held our annual Projected Digital Image competition judged via Zoom by Caroline Preece. There were no leagues, with all members competing equally, and 4 categories: open colour, open monochrome, nature and people.

Starting with the nature category, big congratulations go to Gordon Mills whose adorable image of a ‘Grey Seal Pup’ stole the show.

Next up was the monochrome category, won by beginning photographer Kim Rigg with her image of ‘The Boxer’ – well done Kim!

Following a short break, we resumed judging with the open colour section, which was won by Jeff Bagnall with his stunning landscape shot ‘Wintering’.

Last, and definitely least with only 4 entries, we finished with the people category which was won by Jo Knight with ‘Evacuee’, although she says it was a hollow victory with so few images competing.

Our thanks to Caroline for her excellent critique of our images, which contained a carefully considered mix of positive attributes and constructive ways of the improving each shot.

This Wednesday we are joined by speaker Vincent Scothern who is talking ‘From The Other Side Of The Fence’. The first half of the evening will concentrate on sports photography, and the second half covers Vincent’s DPAGB entries alongside wildlife, landscape and people photography so there’s something for everybody! Guests are welcome, either at the community centre or via zoom – see our membership page for fees and how to join in. See you all on 6th April 😊.

Competition: Panels

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Club favourite Gerald Chamberlin EFIAP DPAGB of Morton Photographic Society was our zoom judge for this year’s Panel competition, held on Wednesday 9th March.

Members had clearly taken on board all the recent advice offered on how to build a successful panel and we saw well balanced images, with matching tones and saturation, which told strong stories in creative ways.

I’ll start this week with advanced colour, where the top spot was shared between Bill Pickard with ‘Dancing on water’ and Gordon Mills with ‘Brown Pelican’. Both superb panels and well deserved winners. Second place went to Dave Nelson with ‘Ready Steady Go’ and third place was shared between Maureen Smith with ‘Sunrise on Meathop Moss’ and Jo Knight with ‘A Disabled Experience’.

In the Club colour section, first place was shared between Peter Kennedy with ‘Sunflowers’ and Bill Lowis with ‘Who ate all the seeds’ – well done both! Second place was awarded to Kim Rigg with ‘Mary’s Shell’ and third place to Suzy Braye with ‘Swaledale Barn’.

After a half time brew we resumed with Club monochrome, where big congratulations went to Suzy Braye with ‘Old Gang Smelting Mill’. No second place was awarded, but 18 points went to Kim Rigg with ‘Splash’.

Last but not least, we ended with Advanced mono where Bill Pickard scooped his second 20 points of the night with his panel ‘Shades of Blackpool’. Second place was awarded to Maureen Smith with ‘Storm’ and third place went to Jeff Bagnall with ‘Getting ready to play’.

Our thanks to Gerald for his careful consideration and constructive critique of our images 😊. This Wednesday prepare to get wet with our competition on the theme of ‘Water’. Look forward to seeing members and guests (click here to attend as a guest) at 7.30pm, either on Zoom or at Castle Street Community Centre.

Competition: Funny Faces

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We were treated to a riot of funny faces in our themed competition on 16th February, judged by Kylie-Ann Martin CPAGB EFIAP BPE2* of Great Barr Photographic Society. Despite storm Dudley and a howling gale, several members braved it to Castle Street Community Centre while the judge and everyone else joined on Zoom, including Jo via candlelight as her electric had gone off in the storm!

We’ll start this week’s blog with Club Mono where big congratulations go to Peter Kennedy who hit the double, being awarded 20 points for both ‘Angus’ and ‘Me and my gal’. Ann Dallaway was awarded second place for ‘Masked Man’, with Kim Rigg in third place with ‘Who you looking at’.

In the Club colour section, a big well done to our winner Kim Rigg with ‘Stumpy’, while second place went to Ann Bench with ‘We can all be different’ and third place was shared between Derek Mackie with ‘Look Who’s Coming’ and Kim Rigg again with ‘Funny Man’.

On to the Advanced mono section, with a well deserved win for Maureen Smith with ‘Egg Heads’. Second place was awarded to Phil Drayton for ‘Water Bombed’, and third place was shared between Gavin Lowe with ‘Cat Woman’ and Maureen Smith again with ‘Side Splitter’.

And last but not least our Advanced colour section. Well done to Gavin Lowe with ‘Hot Dog’, which should have won for the title alone 😁. Second place was shared between Jo Knight with ‘Identity Crisis’ and Phil Drayton with ‘Merry go round’, while third place went to both Jeff Bagnall for ‘Fell Pony’, Jo Knight for ‘Tears of a Clown’ and Maureen Smith for ‘Oh no’.

Next week we are being visited via Zoom by Adrian Almond, a photographer recently moved to Cumbria, with his talk entitled ‘A Man For All Seasons’. The evening promises to be wide ranging, with subjects including landscapes, military jets, birds, steam locomotives and nature! Guests are very welcome to join us either at the club or on Zoom – please see our membership page for prices and how to book. Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 😁.

Competition: Perspective

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Gerald Chamberlain EFIAP DPAGB of Morton Photographic Society was the judge for our Members’ Evening competition on Wednesday 1st December, which had the theme of ‘Perspective’. There were two ways of interpreting the brief: perspective can either represent a point of view, or be the art of representing a 3D object on a 2D surface and we had a mix of both definitions in the 80 images submitted to the competition.

Starting with Advanced mono, first place was shared between Gordon Mills with ‘Taj Mahal’ and Russell Millner with ‘Life and Death’. Congratulations to Gordon, whose stunning image was chosen by Gerald as overall winner. Second place and 19 points was also shared between Jeff Bagnall’s ‘Pyramid Du Louvre’, Maureen Smith’s ‘St Anne’s Piers’ and Dave Nelson’s ‘Hanger Cosford’.

Congratulations to Peter Kennedy, whose well seen photograph ‘Take a left’ won the Club mono section. Second place and 19 points was shared between Elaine Elrick with ‘Criss Cross’ and Derek Mackay with ‘The Cutter’, while third place went to Kim Rigg with ‘The Old Railway Tunnel Keswick’.

Well done to Jo Knight, whose creative image ‘Courage’ won the advanced colour section. Second place was awarded to Dave Nelson with ‘A Sideways View’, while third place and 18 points was shared between Jo Knight with ‘Not Waving But Drowning’ and Gordon Mills with ‘Hudson Boulevard Subway’.

And finally, congratulations to Kim Rigg who won the club colour section with her cleverly seen ‘I’ll take the red one’. Runner up was Derek Mackey with ‘Bird’s eye view’, while third place was shared between Martin Rower with ‘Amble Houses’ and Kim Rigg with ‘Kendal Castle through Batman Bridge’.

Our thanks to Gerald for the obvious time and attention taken to judge all our images and his helpful comments.

Next week members are putting on their judging hats and offering constructive critique on images sent to us by North Fylde Photographic Society. It’s easy to sit and slate judges but when you judge photographs yourself it does give you a new perspective on how difficult a task it is and how hard it can be to remain objective and put aside your own personal likes and dislikes. Guests and new members are always welcome – see our membership page for details of how to join in.