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

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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
Karen and her camera

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.

Ann and a judges selected image

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 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.