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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

Annual Print Competition, 27th March 2024.

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The club’s 23-24 season is drawing to a close and that means it’s time for the annual competitions.

Wednesday saw the Annual Print Competition, judged by club friends Sheila and Daryl Giles from Lytham St Annes Photographic Society, which is one of the biggest clubs in the North West.

Print nights are always well attended and for the Annual Competition members enjoyed images in Open Colour, Open Monochrome, Nature, People and Portraits and The Cumbria Panel Competition.

Shelia and Daryl had a previous sight of the images for consideration before the judging on the evening. As always it was an entertaining evening in which members could enjoy the images and listen to the judges’ comments on the images presented.

The Colour section was judged first by Daryl and the winning image on the night and the Trophy winner was ‘Enchanted Lake’ by Laurie Thurlow.

Also held in the final selection were ‘Piper’ and ‘Old Boat’ by Laurie Thurlow, ‘Steam at Garsdale’ and ‘Harbour Sunset’ by Ann Dallaway and ‘Redwoods ICM’ by Bill Pickard.

The Monochrome section was judged by Sheila.

Images held were ‘Red Stag’ by David Poole, ‘A Balanced Performance’ by Gavin Lowe, ‘Sheep Under a Tree’ by Russell Millner . The winner was ‘The Cob, Lyme Regis ICM’ meaning this year’s Monochrome Trophy goes to Bill Pickard.

After the coffee break Sheila and Daryl judged the Cumbrian Panel Competition together. For this competition members present three images that complement each other on a subject or theme. It is important that when viewed together the images are cohesive.

For the Cumbrian Panel Competition all the images must have been taken within Cumbria and are about the Cumbria Landscape, Wildlife or Cumbrian traditions and life.

In first place was ‘Weird Trees’ by Laurie Thurlow, with Jeff Bagnall’s image ‘Buttermere High” achieving 19 out of 20 points and Maureen Smith’s image ‘Cumbria Red Squirrels’ achieving 18.

Sheila next judged the Nature section. The Trophy went to ‘Little Egret Feeding’ by Gordon Mills which Sheila wished was an image she had taken herself.

Also in the final selection of leading images was ‘Squabbling Chaffinches’ by Gordon Mills, ‘Sparrowhawk on Pidgeon’ and ‘Aggressive Buzzard’ both by David Poole and ‘Purple Heron’ by Peter Kennedy.

Daryl judged the final and smallest section of the evening which was People and Portraits.

Three images were held back with ‘Playing the Blues’ achieving the win and trophy for Maureen Smith. ‘Waiting’ by Jeff Bagnall and ‘The Engineer’ by Maureen Smith were also considered in the final selection.

The club would like to thank Sheila and Daryl for their considered comments and advice about the members’ images. We look forward to seeing them again in the future.

The Full Score Sheets are in the member’s section of the website.

Next week is the the Annual PDI Competition, which is available on Zoom and at Castle Street. Visitors, as always, are welcome to come along and meet members, so please join us especially if you are considering joining the club when the next 24-25 season starts in September 2024.

To come as a guest please click on the link https://kendalphotographyclub.co.uk/about/membership/guest/

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.

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.

KPC Members Share and Tell Evening

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Kendal Photography Club returned to club meetings for the second part of the 23-24 season on Wednesday 10th January 2024. The evening was the second Share and Tell Evening of the 23-24 season. Members enjoyed varied presentations by Jeff, Suzy, Dave and Russell.

Jeff shared a selection of drone images taken locally and on Anglesey. It was interesting to see the different perspective drone photography gives of familiar landscapes. Jeff shared some of the challenges of drone photography and the benefits of different compositions using a drone, which can satisfy a photographer’s curiosity about places.

The evening continued with Russell sharing his impending application for his second Royal Photographic Society Distinction, (Fellowship). Russell is submitting in the Nature Category and he shared his statement of intent, for a panel of images about the life and demise of Polar Bears. Members had opportunity to enjoy 21 images of polar bears from cub to old age. Members offered views and constructive advice, which hopefully Russell found useful. Good Luck with your submission Russell.

After the coffee break, Suzy shared her ‘Grasses’ project from a very wet stay in Borrowdale, Cumbria. Suzy has produced two books of wonderful monochrome images of grasses using a variety of techniques. Book one is of darker, low key type images and Book two of lighter, high key images. Suzy shared how she had developed the project as a member of a support group. Club members enjoyed seeing the variety of images. I am sure her work will have inspired other members to consider a book format for an image project.

Finally Dave shared a collection of images from three visits to Loch Ossian Youth Hostel and surrounding area. This area is only accessible by bike, foot or rail via Corrour railway station (Glasgow to Fort William line). Corrour is the highest mainline railway station in the UK. Dave visited the area over three years and presented a interesting collection of mono and colour images which showed the area with and without snow.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable and varied evening of photography. It is always interesting to see the projects members undertake and I am sure it has inspired other members to undertake and share project photography. Thank you to Jeff, Russell, Suzy and Dave.

There will be further opportunities to share your work next season (24-25) so I would encourage members to please consider sharing their photography interests with members.

Next week we have a talk by Bill Pickard, a Kendal Club Member. Bill is sharing his talk on Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) .

The club will be meeting at the hall and via Zoom. New members and visitors are always welcome and joining information is available in the members section.

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.

Russell Millner’s Images Exhibited at Thornthwaite Gallery

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Club member Russell Millner is currently displaying his wildlife images at The Thornthwaite Gallery, near Keswick.

Russell wildlife images are regularly enjoyed by club members.

Russell is exhibiting three very large A0 and one A1 size image for sale, printed on Aluminium with the Chromaluxe process.

Chromaluxe is a process of dye sublimation which produces particularly vibrant images and can be applied to metal or wood.

Russell’s images on aluminium are extremely light for the size and easy to handle. There is more information at www.russellmillnerphotography.com.

The Thornthwaite Gallery is under new ownership and is being relaunched with a wide selection of art and a little less focus on purely Lake District images. www.thornthwaitegallery.co.uk

The gallery is well worth a look if you are in the area, and not just for Russell’s images!