Congratulations to the winners of our President’s Theme Competition. The theme was ‘Industry’.

Print Section

Ian Atkinson – Hooked Up

Digital Section

Jim Jones – Heavy Going

CPS member Malcolm Peacock has been awarded a FIAP Gold Medal for his image Racheal in the Colour open category of the Serendipity Photo Awards, Sri Lanka. Malcolm also received 4 other acceptances in the Colour and Monochrome open categories.

Malcolm is working towards AFIAP where he is required to enter 15 international salons, in 8 different countries with 40 acceptances. He will need 15 different photographs of which 4 have to be prints. Well done Malcolm and good luck.

Chester PS entered the recent L&CPU Annual Club Competition PDI Section with a panel of 8 Nature images and 16 Open images.  Thirty four clubs entered the competition giving a total of 801 images. The judging for the PDI and Print sections were held over two days at Elm Bank Conference Centre, Eccles and the judges for the weekend were Richard Spiers DPAGB, APAGB, Hon PAGB, John Cartlidge APAGB, EFIAP/p, BPE5 and Howard Tate MA(Phot), ARPS, APAGB, AFIAP.

Chorley PS won the Nature PDI category with 104 points, with Poulton le Fylde PS in 2^nd place with 98 points, and Wigan 10 Foto Club in 3^rd place with 97 points. Chester PS came in joint 20^th with Stalybridge and scored 84 points.

The Open PDI category was won by Oldham PS with 200 points, with Wigan 10 Foto Club in 2^nd with 196 points and Chorley in 3^rd place with 188 points and they were the top-ranking clubs overall in the PDI Section of the competition. Chester PS came in joint 21^st along with the Evolve Group.

The final overall club ranking includes scores from both the PDI and Print Competitions. 19 clubs also entered the Print Competition but this year we only entered the PDI section. However, in the final ranking we were 28^th out of 37 with a total of 247 points.

Thanks to Vicky Naudi, Veronica Nicholas, Donna Hughes, Patricia Keegan, Sue Champion, Terry Daltrey, Ian Nixon, Jim Jones, Keith Fitzpatrick and Jan Wilding whose images were used as part of our entry.

You can see all the results here: https://lcpu.org/2024/03/annual-club-print-pdi-competitions-2024/

Report by Jan Wilding

External Competition Secretary

Congratulations to the winners of our People Competition.

Print Section

Donna Hughes – Steampunk

Digital Section

Jim Jones – A Question of Balance

GROSVENOR MUSEUM, Chester from March 2nd – June 2nd 2024

THE EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN

in Gallery Two which is upstairs in the Grosvenor Museum,

27 Grosvenor St, Chester CH1 2DD  

Tel 01244 972197

          

There is no lift available to this floor, so access

is only possible via stairs.

Prints, digital images and vintage cameras on display.             

Visitors will be able to vote for their favourite images.

Spread the word and bring your family and friends.

Congratulations to the winners of our Abstract Competition.

Print Section

Jan Wilding – Paradox Twisted

Digital Section

Donna Hughes – Together

Congratulations to the winners of our Monochrome Competition.

Print Section

Jan Wilding – On the Scales

Digital Section

Veronica Nicholas – Homeless

It’s that time of year again, and on behalf of myself and the CPS Committee, I would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year.

This is the time of year where we look forward to delivering the second half of our season’s competitions and workshops at the United Reform Church, and the presentations on Zoom.

We must not forget the Exhibition in the Grosvenor Museum running from March to May 2024.

So, take the time to be with family and friends over the Christmas period and recharge your batteries for the new year’s events.

Wishing you all a “Very Pleasant Christmas” and a “Better Brighter New Year”.

Graham Jones

CPS President.

Congratulations to the winners of our Nature Competition.

Print Section

Keith Fitzpatrick – Life on the Edge for Gentoo and Chick

Digital Section

Jan Wilding – Brown Lipped Snail