A word from the Chairman

Our first AGM will take place on April 23rd.  As this is our first AGM, things may take a little longer than previously as it is a good time to review where we are, and where we are going - and we have a financial report as well.

As far as where are we going, we are in urgent need of additional committee members particularly to act as programme secretary and external competition secretary.  This club has fantastic support generally however it now need you to step up and help to ensure its continued success! 

Adrian has sent the following:

"This is advance notice of the club’s AGM which will be held on April 23rd. If you have any proposals or agenda items these should be sent to me by no later than April 9th."

Please contact him via email, if you don't have his email please contact secretary@wilmslowphotoclub.org.uk

After the AGM business have concluded, we will have a mentoring group discussion.

On May 7th, we have the people's choice competition.  There will be two sections - colour and mono and you can enter one image in each.  We are hoping to allow you to view the images in advance of the meetings, and you can vote for your favourites on the night.  Any image is allowed so now if the chance to give that image the credit it deserves. You can enter your images now on PhotoEntry (under the single competition section) or perhaps you want to discuss your images at the mentoring session.

That's it for now, have a Happy Easter

David

Cheadle Alliance Competition

Round #2

This week we hosted the second round of the Cheadle Alliance three way competition. We all welcomed James Hardy, our judge for the night, who is as we know is the past president of the L&CP. James took the opportunity to congratulate David Higton in winning the London Camera Exchange Abstract competition. This is a well renowned national competition. James also took the opportunity to presented an award from the L&CPU to a member of the Stockport Photographic Society.

All the images for this competition were of a very high standard. This was reflected in the markings, of the 48 images in total entered into the competition, the judge, James awarded seven of the images a score of 20.

Wilmslow held its own against a very strong entry by Bramhall, but in the end Bramhall took the honours on the night. Having said that Bramhall has only a 5 point lead over Wilmslow.

The first part of the evening went to the print section were Wilmslow had three images held back. these images achieved one 18 and two 19's.

Images below.

"Saoirse"
Michael Hilton (18)
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"Iris"
David Royle (19)
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"Fork Cascade"
David Royle (19)
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The second half of the night was given to the DPI competition were we say our best results of the night. We had four images held back, thes scored one 18, one 19, and two 20's.

Images below

"The Gentleman"
Adrian Hazeldine (18)
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"The Guard"
Vincent Verzijl (19)
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"Watching"
Michael Hilton (20)
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"The Mill"
David Higton (20)
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On to the scores for the night.

Print round
Bramhall - 139
Wilmslow - 136
Stockport - 135

DPI round
Bramhall - 143
Wilmslow - 142
Stockport - 135

Total score for round #2
Bramhall - 282
Wilmslow - 278
Stockport - 270

The Accumulated scores for Rounds #1 and #2
Bramhall - 550
Wilmslow - 545
Stockport - 520

I think I can safely say that it was an entertaining and very enjoyable evening. I can also pass on the thanks from Bramhall and Stockport, as they did thank me for hosting a really good competition in our excellent new venue. I also think we can give a special thank you to the cake people for supplying a great selection of cakes. In addition we now have a supply of disposable cups, so this will hopefully help the kind people who manage the tea making facilities.

Easter Break

There will be a short break for Easter next week. However I'll be putting out a short newsletter, just to remind people of the forthcoming meeting which will be a speaker Kieran Metcalfe - Chasing the light.

So I hope everyone has a nice and relaxing break over the Easter period, and don't forget there will be always be opportunity to catch a snap or two of an easter bunny.

Here's a reminder of some upcoming events and competitions.

Project Group

The next theme chosen for the 16th April was, Weathering.

As we could not decide on a second theme we resorted to a randomly chosen card ( from the pack of photo themes that no one wants to do).  They represent more of a challenge than usual. Card No 28 reads; Make something, photograph it, then photograph its destruction. 

This one may initially not appeal to many but given some thought there is a lot of scope here for creative thinking, story telling, improvisation and using the less familiar features of your camera. Don’t dismiss it out of hand, please give it a go. Learning and stretching boundaries is what the group is all about after all.

There is no fixed limit on the number of entries for each theme and sizing does not really matter. Please put your own interpretation on the theme.

There is an additional subject to the next Project meeting.

Project Group - Additional Seasonal theme!

Following some feedback, the group executive has decided to include an extra alternative theme for 16th April meeting.

The theme is Spring- straight from the camera. This means that maybe apart from sizing, images should have no other external editing. 

This is an excellent opportunity to experiment with the effects of exposure compensation and the built in Art type and other modes that most cameras have. 

Bill S

As announced by Vincent at this week meeting

L&CPU Individual Competition

Annual Individuals Competition 2024

Saturday 18^th May & Sunday 19^th May

 You are cordially invited to prepare and submit your entries for the Annual Individuals Competition

This competition is held ‘in camera’ and is not open for audience viewing.

This is the L&CPU Annual event, where all club members are invited to choose and enter their images, in the following sections:

·         PDI - there are two categories in this section - Open (which includes colour & monochrome) and Nature.

·         Prints - there are three categories in this section - Open Monochrome, Open Colour and Nature

Can I please request that prints are collated and then submitted by your club competition secretary or another person in identifiable club print boxes; otherwise, the team sorting the prints have to try and manage individual print boxes and ensure that the correct prints go into the correct boxes - which can cause confusion

Full rules & guidelines for both competitions will be found below just follow the link. Here is a summary of key dates:

2024 Annual Individuals Print & Projected Competition__ Rules

Something for the next month

FANTASTIC STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION CELEBRATES OUR ‘GREATER MANCUNIANS’

The Manchester College presents Greater Mancunians – a student led, landmark photography project, seven years in the making. The exhibition celebrates people born and bred in Greater Manchester, or those who have made it their home and have in some way shaped the city and its surrounding boroughs, for the greater good. They include musicians, sportsmen and women, entertainers, entrepreneurs, politicians, actors, academics, comedians, artists and community champions – all photographed at a poignant or significant location of their choosing, and very much a celebration of the Mancunian spirit.

Location

First Floor Exhibition Hall

When

19 Apr 2024 — 29 Jun 2024

Mon-Thurs 9am-8pm; Fri & Sat 9am-5pm (not open Sundays and Bank Holidays)

Cost

Free

Thanks to Pat Sawas for with us on WhatsApp.

Concrete in Life Photo of the Year: Picture of kite flyers wins top prize

Few interesting compositions here … 

Concrete in Life Photo of the Year: Picture of kite flyers wins top prize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68659273

Thank you to Nick Jones for sharing on WhatsApp