Yearly Archives: 2017

Here's some information on Andrew Whettam, another new member: "My main photographic passion is landscapes and I've been shooting them with Olympus cameras for 25+ years, on and off - OM1 and OM4 film cameras, currently E-M1 micro 4/3rds. I've been intending to come along to the club ever since I moved to Poynton 20 years ago - I've

Here's some information on a new member: "I've lived in Poynton for 10 years now with my wife, Steph, and various kids/step-kids. I work in Manchester as a Patent Attorney. I've been vaguely interested in photography since I was at University, back in the days of film, but I found the hassle of developing and printing

This new event is designed to promote the benefits of competitions and distinctions to club members who would not generally get involved in the existing annual club competition or the knockout competition. Click on the link for the flyer with full details, let me know if you want help getting a ticket via the portal

The next meeting of the RPS DIG will be held on Sunday 22nd October from 10 until 3 at Lowton C of E High School WA3 1DU.  Booking forms are available from here. There are two speakers; Terry Donnelly and Margaret Salisbury, and don't forget the 'Bring a Print' competition! More info available here: October17 DIG

A good number of members were in attendance for the opening night of the season which saw a first half focused on Jane's various trips to festivals in the Carmague. Jane shared the behind the scenes story of the images we were treated to, particularly the excitment of capturing charging horses and bulls!. In the second

Apropos earlier post,  Monday 28th August is the drop dead deadline for submission of candidate images for this competition. If you do not usually have your images selected for use by the Club in external competitions this is your chance. I am seeking images from novice photographers (which is defined in this context as those

Ever since I joined NCPS it has been the aim of the club to qualify for the national PAGB PDI competition at Warwick. 38 clubs compete, the best two clubs from every region plus the previous years 8 finalists, so this really is a competition for the best of the best. Recently NCPS has managed to

This coming Saturday (15th July) in Warwick we are competing in the PAGB PDI competition.  This is a brilliant opportunity to see images from other regions and as usual our main competition comes from Wigan 10 (first overall last year) and Chorley (second overall last year). The format of the day consists of two rounds