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6th Monthly competition results.

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

We had another great competition last night, and the judge, Dave Bibby provided a great set of comments which were well thought out and well reasoned.

The podium finishes for the 6th monthly competition were:

Fox Talbot

1st Derek Clarkson – Stairz
2nd Philip Wilcock – The hidden staircase
3rd Clive Foster – The Fulling mill and cathedral

Open monochrome

1st Colin Jarvis – Imperial war museum North – Abstract
2nd Roman Bullock – Singing with passion
3rd Robert Tulley – Contemporary dancers

Open Colour

1st Ian Wells – Doha Towers
2nd Colin Jarvis Urban non-space
3rd ian Wells Udine town hall

Beginners Projected

1st Robert Turley Woman with the bowler hat
2nd Dave Cope – A foggy day
3rd Lee sutton – Lone walker

Open projected

1st Paul Iddon – Damselfly on Iris leaf
2nd Ian wells – The diving platform
3rd Sue Burton – Foundry Worker

Theme competition

1st David Simmons – Lunch Break
2nd Lee Sutton – Dalton Beauty
3rd Alf Myers – And he painted

Thanks

Sue
Sue Burton LRPS

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Studio Night: 9th April 2013

April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Last night (9th April) saw a group of photographers assemble at PPS for an evening of studio based photography. Due to a number of issues getting models, the evening was changed to a lighting demonstration based on product photography.

Peter, Yvonne, Carl, Geoff, Bernie and Andrew attended and the start of the evening was an introduction and re-cap into studio based photography. Andrew demonstrated a couple of principles with regards to light, showing the different effects small relatively hard lights produce compared to much larger “soft” lights.

pps-studio-night

The above photo shows club member Peter Batty taking a photo of a wine bottle and glasses, using backlighting to reveal the shape of the bottle. We later added a big diffusion panel which made the light softer and more wrapping.

Overall a great night was had by all. If you’d like to come along to our next portrait/studio night please put your name down on the form on the notice board.

Andrew

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Tom Mackie Lecture Thursday 8th November

November 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Thursday the 8th November was a special day for Preston Photographic society. We had world renowned landscape photographer Tom Mackie with us providing a great lecture about his landscape work.
 
We saw a huge selection of amazing landscapes ranging from places as far afield as Iceland, the Lake District and several of the big parks in America (Bryce Canyon etc etc).
 
This was all delivered in Tom’s usual highly engrossing style, with plenty of humour too.
 
Tom had been to Preston Photographic Society as couple of years ago and we had a sell out crowd then. Thursday was no different with the room being packed – it’s surely one of the highlights of the year so far, and something which our newer members seemed to really appreciate.
 

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Winter PhotoWalks announced.

October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Our new winter PhotoWalks have been announced by Outdoor Events Co-Ordinator, Peter Batty. Our first winter PhotoWalk is to Delamere forrest and is on Sunday 4th November 2012.
 
You can find out more information by visiting our PhotoWalks page here.
 

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Members evening: Thursday 25th October 2012.

October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Thursday 25th October saw the first members evening of the season. We had a great night with members showcasing their work and providing an insight into their thoughts and motives behind their work.
 
We had excellent presentations from Phil Wilcock, Pam Guy, Melvin Nicholson, Nancy Barrett, Ian Wells, Tony Higginson, Paul Iddon Geoff Clarke and Andrew Woodhouse.
 
It was a great opportunity to see the different types of work going on it the club, from Phil’s excellent black and white fox talbot work, through to Mel’s urban exploration images, seeing examples of portrait photography from Tony, landscape photography from Pam Nancy and Ian, macro focus stacking techniques from Paul and commercial photography from Andrew. Geoff provided an excellent insight to a variety of subjects including wildlife with a couple of stunning examples of Kingfishers.
 
Overall it was a fun evening and the feedback so far has been extremely positive. We look forward to holding more of these events throughout the year and seeing other members’ work.
 
Next week (1st November) is our second monthly competition. We look forward to seeing you all there.
 

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Wilkinson Digital Splash Exhibition | Preston Photographic Society

October 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

On 14 October 2012, Preston Photographic Society held an exhibition at the University of Central Lancashire, as part of Wilkinson Cameras Digital Splash. The event featured top photo brands and a series of talks, including a keynote from Charlie Hamilton James and talks by Will Cheung, editor of Advanced Photographer magazine, and John Clements.

The exhibition featured winning entries from Preston Photographic Society competitions held over the past year, as well as a DVD display with selected images by society members, and was admired by many visitors. Will Cheung also dropped in for a look and chatted with several members of the society that were in attendance about the magazine’s current portfolio interests.

The society is planning a number of exciting exhibitions in the coming months. Be sure to visit our website for details of upcoming events.

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Preston Guild Photography Competition.

June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Due to our close working relationship with the City Council and to help get the message out they have asked that we provide a link to the following competition.

The task is to take an image which strongly features the letter G. They have a great prize up for grabs(an Apple iPad 3rd generation – the latest one).

It is open to anyone and the link is as follows:

http://www.prestonguild2012.com/g-photo

I think it’s quie an interesting one to enter, the creative possibilities are numerous.

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March Forum Competition: Winner Announced.

April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The voting is now closed for March’s forum competition, and I’m pleased to announce that the winner is Joe Hargreaves with his image titled : “Spring”.

Congratulations to Joe.

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March Forum Competition: Shallow Depth Of Field – Voting

April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The voting for February’s forum competition entitled Movement is now open. Please visit the following link to view the images entered before voting.
 


 

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L&CPU Annual

March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

John Crashley needs entries NO LATER than Thursday 19th April .
 
There are 6 Sections:
1. Monochrome Prints
2. General Colour Prints
3. Nature Prints
4. Monochrome PDI
5. General Colour PDI
6. Nature PDI
 
Print mount size 50cm x 40cm only (16″x20″ WILL be disqualified). Maximum thickness 4mm
No tape of any description on the back of the mounts.
Backing boards should be of a similar size to the front mount.
Each print must display on the back the Authors Name and the Title.
 
Projected Digital Images (PDI) maximum size is 1400p x 1050p saved as .jpeg in sRGB colour space. Maximum height of vertical is 1050p
The image file name must be in the form: TITLE_AUTHORS NAME
A maximum of two prints / images may be entered in each section. An Image can only be used once.
 

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