News 2010

Xmas Social

20.12.10

Thanks to the organising skills of our Chairman Peter, members enjoyed an end of year social evening sustained by an excellent potato pie supper.

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4th Quartely Competition

6.12.10

There was a good turn out to hear Jack Byatt the judge, give his verdicts on the numerous entries for the last quarterly competition of the year. This was the first time Jack has visited us and we found his comments both interesting and edifying. Congratulations go to Tom Pearson for his winning print, a portrait of a chinese man; also congratulations to Max Elliott for his projected image Serene seen below.

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Chairman′s Challenge

29.11.10

Ian Boys′s Rebecca

Max Elliott′s Serene

Max Elliott′s Building pattern

This year the subject was ‘composition’ and there were a good many prints and digital images entered. Each of the entries were discussed by the assembled members and the eventual winners were chosen.

Congratulations go to Jeni Harney for gaining the first three places in the print competion with her Mirror mirror on the wall (1st),Hurricane (2nd) and Dahlia (3rd); the digital image honours go to Ian Boys Rebecca(1st), Max Elliott Serene (2nd) and Building pattern (3rd) – congrats to you both!

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L&CPU mono portfolio

22.11.10

The latest L&CPU mono print portfolio was on show to members this week and the vast majority of club members took the opportunity to see what members of other clubs were producing. Everyone agreed that it was an interesting and edifying evening!

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Studio Session

15.11.10

Calculating the exposure

Joanna at work

Joanna

Another well-attended meeting; the club's lighting equipment was utilized to good effect photographing Joanna - there should have been two models, but unfortunately Georgina was taken ill in the morning and was unable to be there. However, the flash units worked overtime and no doubt we shall see many images of Joanna in upcoming competitions.

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Members' critique night

08.11.10

At this well-attended meeting members each brought a digital image which was projected and suggestions were made by those present as how to manipulate it to produce different effects. The evening was judged to be a success.

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Lightroom workflow with Jeni and sharpening with Sid

01.11.10

The first meeting of November was split into two separate demonstrations. First, Jeni took the stage to show us her workflow using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. After the break Sid demonstrated several ways of digitally sharpening an image in CS4. I'm sure that everyone learnt something to their advantage by the end of the evening.

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An evening with Steve Howard LRPS

25.10.10

Former member Steve Howard LRPS returned for the evening to give us a talk on his photography, illustrated by many superb prints, mostly his own, but several produced by his wife Fay. Once again an entertaining meeting.

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Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union colour folio

18.10.10

As usual there was a "full house" for the L&CPU colour folio and the members enjoyed the opportunity to see other photographers′ work.

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Future Competitions

11.10.10

Members printed, in some cases after some manipulation in Photoshop and mounted images in preparation for upcoming competitions; thought was given to next year's L&CPU competition entry.

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Next year's plans

04.10.10

The evening was devoted to planning the calendar for next year. A spread sheet detailing all the Mondays in 2011 was projected onto a screen and during the course of the evening each empty space was filled in with suggestions from the floor. It was left for the committee to 'put the flesh on the bones' within the next few weeks. Members can look forward to an interesting and comprehensive programme next year.

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AGM

27.09.10

The AGM saw the re-election of the officers and committee. After a short formal meeting the rest of the evening was devoted to a discussion on what ideas the members had for developing the Club.

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Studio Night

20.09.10

Another successful lighting night with an attractive model.

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3rd Quarterly Competition

13.09.10

Ian's winner

A change in format tonight saw the entries judged by the members present. Congratulations to Ian Reed for winning the digital images competition and to Tom Pearson for producing the winning print.

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Audio visual night

06.09.10

Members prepare av presentations

Team 2 discuss their entry

What happens to all the photos we take? After a short demonstration of Pictures to Exe software members were split into two teams and each produced a short audio visual presentation from the digital files that they had been asked to bring to the meeting. Whilst the results wouldn't win an international competition the evening was a decided success. Members went home to consider the use of the software as a way of showing their photos.

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Allotments re-visited

02.08.10

Members paid a second visit to the allotments first visited in May. Once again the weather was agreeable and the Allotment society members played the perfect hosts. Some fine photographs were subsequently presented to the Allotment society to adorn the walls of their meeting room.

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Visit to Salford Quays

19.07.10

Members braved the rain to visit Salford Quays and spent a profitable few hours dodging the heavy downpours and keeping their gear dry.

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Lighting night with Alan Towse

05.07.10

Alan Towse again visited the club and brought two models to help him demonstrate portrait lighting. Members were encouraged to take his advice and many successful photographs were taken of the girls in various poses and outfits.

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Results - 2nd Quarterly competition of 2010

14.06.10

Jeni Harney's Leprechauns

Sid Heald's Eye Contact

Jeni Harney's The Ugly Fairy

Jeni Harney's Silver Birch Sunset

Steve Howard made a return visit to once again judged our competition, for which we thank him. We appreciated and valued Steve's comments on all the entries and congratulations go to Jeni Harney for winning the projected images competition with her entry "Leprechauns" and Sid Heald for coming second with "Eye Contact". Jeni also won first and second places in the print competition with "The Ugly Fairy" and "Silver Birch Sunset" respectively.

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Local allotment photo shoot

17.05.10

image of club member taking a photograph

Brendan looking for a shot

More than twenty club members spent an enjoyable and productive evening at a local allotment society. Those who were there early were able to take advantage of the available light and interesting surroundings to take some prize-winning shots. Later tripods were out in force as the light began to fade. The evening was declared a success and thanks were expressed to the allotment society members who not only made us welcome but also provided cups of tea and coffee.

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Successful rugby club visit

11.04.10

Taking a rest by John Newton

Helping hands by John Newton

image of club members photographing action from touchline

Line Out by Peter Gillooly

Pass back by Sid Heald

The scrum by Sid Heald

A sunny afternoon gave members the opportunity to take numerous action shots on their visit to Aldwinians Rugby Club yesterday. The afternoon was voted a success, which is hoped to be repeated next season; thanks to Aldwinians players and officials for making the visit possible.

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Revised details of rugby club visit

07.04.10

Unfortunately the game scheduled for kick-off at 1.00pm on Saturday 10th April has been cancelled; however the later game is still to go ahead.

Therefore members should meet at Stanley Square at 2.30pm AND NOT 12.30pm.

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Opportunity for action shots

03.04.10

Oval shaped balls will be in SPC members' viewfinders when they visit Aldwinians Rugby Club on Saturday 10th April, giving rise to many action shot possibilities.

Two games are scheduled that day, the first kick-off at 1.00pm is a match featuring 'seniors' followed at 3.00pm by a regular fixture.

Members should meet at Stanley Square at 12.30pm; however those intending traveling independently should visit Aldwinians RUFC for directions.

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Entries for 2010 L&CPU competition

22.03.10

Competition Secretary David Oliver reports that there is room for more digital images in the 'Nature' section of the Club's entry for this year's L&CPU competition. David advises that the very latest date for handing in entries will be Monday 12th April; he is unable to accept anything after that date! So please ensure that you give him your prints (suitably mounted) and digital files (correctly sized) before then.

You can check the rules by visiting the L&CPU's competition page and see how to prepare your digital entries by viewing Peter's video.

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Results of the 1st quarterly competition of 2010

8.3.10

John Newton's image of Tower Bridge London.

Tower Bridge London by John Newton

Bramhall judge Andrew Lewinski ARPS was faced with more than twenty prints and in excess of thirty digital images when he once again came to Stalybridge; this time he chose John Newton's 'Tower Bridge' as the winner of the digital images and Jeni Harney's snow scene as the winning print.

Well done to the winners and a hearty 'thank you' from the club members to Andrew.

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A second Calumet success for club member

11.2.10

Congratulations,again, to member Jeni Harney, who has had a second image "A Different Angle" published as Photo of the Week on Calumet's website; take a look at http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/photooftheweek?tCMO2&a=CMO2 to see it.

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