Category Archives: Meetings

Annual Projected Image Competition

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This week is the result of our annual projected image competition.

This is our main projected image competition of the year and showcases some of the very best of the Society’s work. The points awarded from this and the other competitions throughout the year will go towards our annual prize giving.

In other news I am delighted to inform you that we faced and won against some stiff competition in our Digital Projection Battle with Morecambe Camera Club. I don’t have the full results but as soon as I do I shall post them on the site. Well done to everyone who took part, you did us proud.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 22nd February; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

See you all Wednesday,

Christian

An Evening of Photographic Entertainment and Bargains

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Due to a last minute cancellation we shall be have a somewhat different meeting this week to that in the Programme.

This week we’ll open with a selection of members’s talks followed by an equipment auction in aid of the Society.

If you have any old photographic equipment gathering dust that you’d like to see find a new home then please bring it along. For anyone else this looks to be an evening of photographic entertainment and bargains.

Perfect Light – Lee Metcalf

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This week’s guest speaker is Lee Metcalf with his ‘Perfect Light’ talk.

Lee is a Lancaster based photographer with a real passion for capturing the light of dawn and dusk. He specialises in landscape photography, seeking out new locations and waiting for that special moment when ‘the light is right’ before capturing his vision.

As many members will recall Lee’s ‘Perfect Light’ exhibition was at Lancaster’s 1725 earlier this year and was met with great success.

You can view a selection of Lee’s work on his online gallery.

Reminder to members:

This week is the entry deadline for the Annual Print Competition.

Please give Vic your prints at the meeting. You can enter up to 6 images. Three colour and three monochrome printed images. Images may be of any subject. Images can be from previous monthly competition. View our Competition Rules.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 25th January; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

Competition Night 3

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This week is the results of our third members’ competition of the year. Our judge this evening will be Harry Emmett, the Vice President, of Accrington Camera Club. Harry will discuss our entities and award points which will go towards our annual prize giving.

This was one of our open themed competitions which means entries may be of any subject the author chooses.

We hold a number of members competitions’ throughout the year. These competitions are an excellent way to focus our efforts, get a little feedback about our work and improve our photography.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 18th January; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

‘Penguins, Pengiuns and More Penguins’ – Ruth Wood

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This week’s meeting will a talk by our very own Ruth Wood.

Ruth will be taking us on a photographic journey to the Antarctic with her portfolio and talk about one of her favourite photographic subjects; the penguin.

Please join us for “Penguins, Penguins and More Penguins!”

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 11th January; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

50 Years with Lancaster Photographic Society

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Our first meeting of 2012 is a rather special event. It is a celebration of our two longest serving members Syd Cumbus and Ruth Piearce ARPS as they take us on a tour of their fifty years of membership.

This retrospective promises to be a fascinating look at the recent history of the Society as well as an examination of the changes in photography from the 1960s to the modern day.

Reminder to members:

This week is the entry deadline for Competition 3. Please give Vic your prints and USB sticks at the meeting. You can enter up to 12 images. Three colour and three mono digital images for projection and three colour and three mono printed images. Images may be of any subject.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 4th January; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

Colour Portfolio Night

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This week will be the second of our portfolio nights of the year.

We’ll be holding another lively group discussion to review the colour portfolio from the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU)

These portfolios are made up of images taken from across the many photographic societies that make up the L&CPU and are a good way of seeing what work is currently taking place across the region.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 7th December; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) - directions

Competition Night 2

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This week is the result of our second  members’ competition of the year.

Ashton Memorial HDR

Ashton Memorial

This is our themed competition of the year. At the end of each year the outgoing president sets the theme for the following year. Last year it was the turn of Society President Vic Crumley to set the theme and he chose “Lancaster”.

We hold a number of members competitions’ throughout the year. These competitions are an excellent way to focus our efforts, get a little feedback about our work and improve our photography.

Meeting Details:

  • Wednesday 30th December; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) - directions

‘An Eye for Action’ – Dave Willis

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This week’s guest speaker is Dave Willis.

Dave is an outdoor photographer specialising in sports and action photography. He is a visiting lecturer in photography at Kendal College in the Lake District and runs a series of popular photography workshops.

Dave is also the head of NASOP (the National Academy for Sport & Outdoor Photography) which is a platform for outdoor sports and action photography in the UK.

Dave will showcase a series of his images and then lead a discussion of the techniques and planning behind them which ensured their success.

Please note that this week’s meeting takes place on Thursday rather than our usual Wednesday.

You can see a selection of Dave’s photography on his website.

Meeting Details:

  • Thursday 24th November; 7:30pm
  • Lancaster Methodist Church (aka Greaves Methodist Church) – directions

Visions in Nature – Round Up

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For many years Syd Cumbus has provided a summary of the week’s meeting to the Lancaster Guardian for their increasingly irregular social scene column. We’re now very happy to be able to also present these round ups on the website.

Christian Cable, President of the Society introduced Mick Caddy from Whalley to present his lecture entitled ‘Visiona in Nature’  Mick, a well experienced photographer is a member of Ribblesdale Camera Club and has lectured in Australia and U.S.A.

The talk was presented on slides using entirely natural lighting throughout which enabled him to capture unusual images when photographing directly into the sun. This painting by light approach was illustrated with many landscapes of Pendle Hill in different seasons, flora of the fells and wild life in the Scottish Highlands.

The talk was delivered with great humour and throughout Mick told the members of his successful techniques to produce a different image which may lead to the sale of a picture. The images were taken on both large format and 35mm film cameras.

The vote of thanks was given by Syd Cumbus.