Welcome to the new 2024/25 season!
Come along and see how our members got on over the summertime.
Subscriptions are now due.
We will be showing a slideshow of images taken in June on our photo walk in Leeds with Glenys Garnett.
It’s already looking like an exciting season ahead!
Two members will be showcasing their images this evening.
- Storytelling by Liz Kenny
- Neo-Luddites: Film in the 21st century by Leo Kidds
Two very different showcases. Leo will follow this up with a second session in a few weeks time.
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Brian Lunt – Very Highly Commended[/caption]
This evening will be in two parts.
First, Andrew Williams will be exploring some of Adobe Lightroom’s less obvious features.
Then after the tea break Liz Kenny will run a “Show & Tell” session where members can share and talk about their images over zoom. If you need help in sharing a screen on Zoom, please let Liz know in advance and help can be given.
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Vince Scriven[/caption]
Three for the price of one this evening!
Our new chairman, Vince Scriven, will open the evening and present his “View from the Chair”.
This will be followed by a personal showcase entitled “Bridges” presented by Phil Griffiths.
Finally we will see a slideshow of images taken by members who went to see the dinghy racing at West Kirby, “The Wilson Cup”.
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Lens Abstract[/caption]
NOTE – THERE WILL BE NO MEETING AT FRODSHAM THIS MONDAY
As this is the closing date for Competition 2 prints will be accepted at Ellesmere Port. If you do not intend to be there and want to enter prints, please let Brian Lunt (CompEntries@frodsham.photos) know and alternative arrangements can be made.
Mix & Match Competition
Each year we hold a fun ‘Mix and Match’ competition with Ellesmere Port P.S.
We alternate hosting this between the club and this year it is their turn to host the evening..
The event is always a lot of fun with lots of banter and attempts to influence the judge (not usually successful!).
The basic rules are as follows:
The room is set up with two screens and projectors. The first club displays an image, the second club then displays an image that ‘matches’…this could be content, colour, shape etc. If the judge agrees that there is a match the second club is awarded a point, if there is no match then the first club receives the point. There is also a point awarded for the better image in each round….ie two points awarded for each of the thirty rounds. Clubs alternate in displaying the first image in each round. Each club is only allowed 30 images. There is only a short time to choose your matching image.
When selecting the 30 images we need to try to have some that are difficult to match (when it’s our turn to display first) and a selection of ‘matchable’ images when we try to match theirs.
We will need 30 DPIs most of which will be selected form competition entries, however, we also need some unusual or quirky images. They are not the sort you would usually enter in a competition so we are asking you to upload any suitable images you may have. The key thing is that they should be difficult for the other club to match so bear this in mind.
Further details and uploading arrangements will be announced nearer the time. The judge will be assigned by Ellesmere Port.
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Delena Harris Very Highly Commended[/caption]
Personal Showcase Evening
For the first part of the evening Delena Harris will show us a selection of her images from her “Travels in the Antipodes”.
This will be followed by some practical tips from Leo Kidds on how to scan your old negatives and slides into a digital format.
Visions in Verse
This will be a very interesting evening of Poetry and Photography.
This is a new departure for the society and is in fact a collaboration with the Castle Park Writers Group.
We’re hoping that the poets will read their compositions out loud and we will document them with photographs.
We have had a “Summer Challenge” amongst our members to enable this evening to happen.
Come and see what our members have been up to … or just to listen to some poetry.
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Andrew Cannell[/caption]
A members Evening split into two parts
First, Andrew Cannell will be showing his personal showcase, “A snapper looking for a photograph”.
This will be followed by Liz Kenny’s selection of images which didn’t quite catch the judges attention, “The One that Got Away”.
Seeing in Sixes
This is an evening organised by our member Marie Aldridge.
Brought back by popular demand, this evening has produced some very interesting panels in the past.
You need to put together six images that tell a simple story or non-story.
You can make up to two ‘Seeing in Sixes’ collections.
- These groups of six images can be from your existing catalogues or freshly shot works.
- The six images can be of any size or arrangement
- The images must be tied together with a theme.
- All your images should have a stylised visual similarity about them
The Challenge
- Make a super group of images rather than a super single image.
- Edit out images ruthlessly to create the perfect story or non-story.
- Members will be able to present their images in a club zoom session on 29th January, 2024.
An explanatory video is available online from Youtube:
‘Those who have Inspired Me’………. Brooks Jensen
The closing date for your entries and further details will be added later.
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Barrie Howarth[/caption]
Our annual Christmas party, organised by the club secretary Miriam. Put it in your diaries NOW!
Full details will be posted here nearer the time.
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Andrew Williams – Highly Commended[/caption]
Table Top Evening
An evening hosted by Andrew William, bring your camera and tripod.
We will set up several tables with objects and equipment and encourage you to make new images.
This is always a fun and informative evening sharing members ideas and knowledge.
Further details nearer the time.
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Delena Harris – Commended[/caption]
An evening of member’s images on the theme of ‘Geometrical’.
This is a non-competitive evening where members are invited to provide a positive critique of other members images.
Images could be architectural, could be landscapes, could be street photography, could be abstract, could be nature I suppose, as long as it’s geometrical it’s in.
More details on how to submit your images etc. will be posted nearer the time.