On Thursday, 24^th November along with 20 other clubs, we took part in Oldham Camera Club’s Mono PDI Competition in aid of The Christie Cancer Hospital and Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice. Each club submitted 7 images making a total of 147 images in all which were judged by Gordon Jenkins. Below are the final club placings and we tied for 8^th place with South Liverpool PS. 

Thanks go to Sue Champion, Patricia Keegan, Keith Fitzpatrick, David Melville, Malcolm Peacock, Ray Groome and Jan Wilding whose images we used. Special congratulations must go to Ray Groome whose image ‘Gypsy Girls’ was one of the runners up.

It was a very enjoyable evening and it was lovely to see so many good monochrome images. Even more importantly, the amount raised for The Christie Cancer Hospital and Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice currently stands at £915

Report by Jan Wilding, External Competition Secretary. 

Congratulations to the winners of our Nature/ Natural History Competition

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This is our entry for the Oldham Camera Club’s Open Mono DPI Competition being held in aid of the Christie Cancer Hospital & Dr Kershaws Nursing Home.  The competition is being held on Thursday 24^th November starting at 7.30 pm on Zoom and if you haven’t already received the Zoom invite please contact Jan Wilding.

On Saturday evening 19^th November the L&CPU held the DPI Knockout Competition and this year, together with Stockport PS, Nantwich CC, Bebbington PS and Leyland PS, we came 23^rd out of 43.  The winning club was Poulton-le-Fylde and you can see the winning image and the full results table here: https://lcpu.org/2022/11/poulton-le-fylde-win-dpi-knockout/

Our entry was chosen from the first two competitions of this season and thanks go to  Keith Fitzpatrick, Ian Nixon, John Wild, Ron Sutton, Sue Champion, Bill Marks and Jan Wilding whose images were used.

Congratulations to the winners of our Landscape Competition.

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Keith Fitzpatrick – White Horses at Skegness

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Ian Nixon – Alpine Church Mieming Austria

Congratulations to the winners of our Open Competition

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Jan Wilding – 4 Pink Tulips

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Keith Fitzpatrick – The Spiral Staircase

Members were pleased to be back in the church hall on Saturday to welcome visitors and have a good chat.

We had a steady stream of people throughout the afternoon who came to find out about CPS, look at our prints & digital images and talk about cameras & photography.

We are looking forward to the 2022-23 season starting on 6th September. Visitors are welcome to book Individual talks via the Programme page and membership enquiries can be made via the Join Us page.

Sue Champion

Publicity Secretary

Congratulations to CPS Photographer of the Year Jan Wilding who has been enjoying success on the Photographic Salon circuit. Just Three was awarded a FIAP Silver Medal at the Bristol Salon and also a BPE Ribbon at the Vale of Evesham.

Jan has written a few words about taking part in the salons:

“A couple of years ago, as well as entering our own CPS competitions, I began entering some of the Photographic Salons as a challenge to see how my images were viewed by different judges around the country.   I entered the image ‘Just Three’ in to our CPS Open 1 competition back in September 2021 and it scored 17 out of 20 which wasn’t bad.   Then in January this year I entered the same image into the Bristol Salon where it got an FIAP (Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique) Silver Medal with a score of 15 out of 15.   I was so surprised I didn’t actually believe it until the medal arrived last weekend!   Since then it has also gained an Acceptance and BPE Ribbon in the Vale of Evesham Salon”. 

Well done Jan !

For information about salons visit the British Photographic Exhibition website: http://www.britishphotographicexhibitions.org.uk