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Ian Stanley[/caption]
The annual Castle Park ‘Picnic in the Park’ event will be held on Sunday 3rd July. As well as plenty of stalls and opportunities for street photography, club members has been the semi-official photographers for the Downhill Run for the last few years. This starts at the top of Frodsham Hill and we cover the warm up in the park, the start and the finish aiming to get a picture for each competitor. Last year Ian covered the start and Andrew covered the finish and made an online gallery for competitors to download their images.
More details on how to take part will be provided nearer the time.
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Japanese Anenome[/caption]
Weather permitting Miriam and Ian will be opening their garden for flower photography and maybe more …
Further details nearer the time.
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Andrew Williams[/caption]
We are planning a visit to the historic Manchester Victoria Baths
When Manchester City Council decided it had to close Victoria Baths in 1993, there was a vigorous reaction in the local community. Manchester residents greatly valued the Turkish baths, the Aeratone, the swimming facilities, and the building itself.
The campaign to try and prevent closure of the Baths became the Friends of Victoria Baths and a charitable trust – the Victoria Baths Trust – was set up with the aim of fully restoring the building and bringing the Turkish Baths and at least one of the swimming pools back into public use.
Our story has many ups and downs, including the amazing success on BBC’s Restoration series in 2003.
Now the building is partially restored VBT continues to work towards full restoration. The building has many interesting details from the bespoke tiling to the beautiful stained glass windows. We will have a short introductory talk after which you will be free to explore this fascination building.
There is now a form on EventBrite for you to book your place and make payment. There are two options.:
1/Entry fee only £10
2/ Entry fee plus a sandwich lunch with tea or coffee £15
Although the event is not until August please enter as soon as you can as we have to confirm numbers and food orders some time before the event.
About the Project
We live in a beautiful county with many landscape opportunities all around us.
We suggest making multiple visits to an area close to your home.
You may even be able to walk there!
This will enable you to photograph the variations during 2022/23 in an environmentally friendly way.
It could mean photographing the same scene through the seasons or taking abstract images that reflect your interpretations of your local area through the year.
To take part in this project you will need to create a set of six images taken in 2022/23 including all four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Limitations
-Taken locally (say within 10 miles of your home)
-Forms a cohesive set of six images
-Interprets the passage of time through 2022/2023
Details
Your images will be downloaded as we did for the ’Seeing in Sixes’ evening this season.
There will be six separate images plus one with all six images arranged on a single base image
We will have a session halfway through the season to share your progress and discuss any issues you are having.
To submit your images, they need to be resized to our normal size. They will be uploaded through the website in the usual way.
Before the end of the season we will have an evening sharing everyone’s excellent photography.
All sets of images will be displayed on the F.D.P.S. website.
Up to three portfolios can be submitted.
Good luck in finding your own subjects, style, and interpretations of your local area during 2022/23
Two articles online well worth a read
I Shot 7 Photos of the Same Location in Different Seasons | PetaPixel