Preston Photographic Society

New Downloads

Andrew — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:34:38 +0000

Our External Competition Secretary John Crashley has updated our downloads for the 2012 UK external competitions and also the 2012 Mini Grand Prix.

You can find the downloads in the box on the right of the Competitions Page or can get to them by clicking the links here:

Mini Grand Prix Table

2012 External Comp Dates

Nikon Announce New D4 Flagship Camera.

Andrew — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:29:15 +0000

Nikon have today announced the release of their new D4 flagship camera. The camera is an evolutionary upgrade of their popular and well received D3 and D3s line.

Similar to Canon’s newly announced 1Dx the Nikon D4 appears to have prioritised high ISO shooting rather than outright megapixels.

Here’s a brief overview of the features:

16.2mp FX sensor
Increased ISO range from 50 to 204800
91k RGB sensor for metering and improved AF
Full HD movie recording for up to 29 minutes per clip
Support for the new “next gen” XQD memory cards

For more information and to see the official press release visit the Nikon Site.

December’s forum competition: Winner Announced

Andrew — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:53:57 +0000

The voting has closed for December’s forum competition and we’re pleased to announce that the winner is Rob Georgeson, with his entry “I was taking my picture for you!!”.

Congratulations Rob.

January’s Forum Competition: Theme Chosen.

Andrew — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:08:49 +0000

The theme for the January forum competition has been chosen by November’s winner, John Crashley. The theme is “In the street”. Entries must have been taken between the 25th December 2011 and the midnight 25th January 2012. Congratulations to John for winning the November competition.

Voting is still open for December’s competition – click here to vote.

You can enter the January competition here.

Good luck.

December’s Forum Comp Voting Open.

Andrew — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:56:55 +0000

The voting for December’s forum competition is now open. Please vote for the image you think best fits the theme, using the poll below.
View This Poll
You can view the images entered on the forum here.

New Forum.

Andrew — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:40 +0000

We’ve completed the final part of updating our website by updating the forum and adding it directly to the website. It will no longer direct you off this site and to a separate page for the forum.

This should give a couple of advantages, including making it easier to get to the forum from the site, but also to get back to the site from the forum.

All club members that have email addresses have had accounts set up to use the new forum and have been emailed the relevant details.

Please take a few minutes to familiarise yourselves with the new forum, and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Decembers forum competition: Theme chosen

Andrew — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:13:58 +0000

The theme for the December forum competition has been chosen by October’s winner, Tony Higginson. The theme is “Self portraits – the eyes have it”. Entries must have been taken between the 25th November 2011 and the midnight 25th December 2011.

Please visit the forum to enter.

November’s forum competition: Voting now open.

Andrew — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:48:20 +0000

The voting for November’s forum competition is now open. Please visit the forum to cast your vote.

Lecture: Colin Prior High Light at UCLAN.

Andrew — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:30:54 +0000

Last night (Friday 18th November 2011) saw Preston Photographic Society hold a fantastic lecture with World renowned photographer Colin Prior.

The ticketed event was really well subscribed with a near sell out crowd who were treated to a very informative, entertaining and polished lecture by Colin.

Split into two halves with a short interval, Colin displayed some excellent images and provided some very interesting anecdotes along with commentary that had the audience transfixed.

After a short Q&A session where members asked a variety of questions, ranging from “who Colin thought were the “leading lights” in the landscape photography business” (apart from himself of course), through to the type of kit he uses and the state of the industry – particularly for newcomers, we had a raffle with some excellent prizes. These prizes included a signed copy of Colin’s latest book “High Light” and a couple of signed calendars.

PPS vice president and internal competition secretary Melvin Nicholson was the lucky winner of the signed book!

Overall it was an excellent evening with a great turn out, so thanks to not only those who helped organise the event, UCLAN for providing a great venue and also to all of those who attended.

We will add a few more images from the night in due course, but for now, here’s a BTS photo from the Q&A session.

BTS photo from the Colin Prior High Light lecture.

Lecture: Deano’s Digital Dabblings

Andrew — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:56:10 +0000

Last Thursday (10th November 2011) we had a great lecture by Graham Dean, entitled “Deano’s Digital Dabblings”.
It was a really interesting evening with Graham going through a number of his photos, explaining the thought processes behind them and giving a brief overview as to his edits.

It was interesting to see some of his early, pre-photoshop work, and the results that were possible.

It was a very enjoyable evening and our thanks go to Graham for coming along and providing us with a fun evening.