Seven members showed us their pdi images of either their favourite subject to photograph or holidays they'd been on. Noel kicked off the evening, with his sport images. Football from Macclesfield FC & gymnastics from The British Championships which took part in Liverpool. Brian then showed us his Faces of India. A mixture of a
Our judge for the last print competition of the season was Robert Millin from Wigan 10. His results would determine, not only print worker, but also club worker for this year. He was presented with 49 images. His scores ranged from 13 up to 20. He held back 16 images and eventually scored 4 images
ROSALIND BRAMLEY COMPETITION Our annual competition took on a new format in the way it was judged, to previous years. The prints were shown to the members for a quick view initially then placed on tables at the back of the room. Members were given 5 post it stickers, and after having another closer look, we
KIRK NORBURY Kirk originally from Southport, is now living in Ayrshire. Growing up he lived on a farm & enjoyed drawing and painting and the outdoor life. When he started at college studying graphic design, he had to choose another subject, and he chose photography as an extra. He didn’t particularly enjoy it at first
LAURIE CAMPBELL Scottish Nature Photography – Taking Stock Laurie Campbell is one of Scotland’s leading natural history photographers, developing an interest in natural history at an early age. He is the author of many books, and is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photography Magazine. A self taught naturalist, after leaving school, his 1st job was
PDI COMP 4 JUDGE TERRY DONNELLY On Tuesday we got two for the price of one, with Terry Donnelly. For the 1st half, he judged our fourth and final pdi competition of the season. Being the last pdi competition also meant the final results would determine who would be PDI Clubworker Of The Year. Only
NORTH CHESHIRE PS v LEEK PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB ANNUAL INTER-CLUB BATTLE North Cheshire hosted our annual inter-club battle with Leek Photographic, our judge for the evening was Ray Grover, each club showed 30 images from 30 club members. Prints were judged first, 20 prints in all. Scores ranged from 14 up to one 20. Ray held
EVENING WITH NOEL PATTERSON Our current President, Noel Patterson, showed off his knowledge of both lightroom and photoshop including some shortcuts and tips for lightroom. During the evening he showed us his portfolio of sport images, including football, trampolining, tumbling & basketball. He stated how he liked to show some movement in his sport shots
CHRISTINE WIDDALL Christine is no stranger to North Cheshire, and is always a welcome and enjoyable speaker. She is a Permajet speaker and brought along some samples of their various papers, with some of her printed images + some discount cards. Although she is known, as she admits, more for her people images, her real
CREATIVE DIFFERENCES The evening was split into two halves, with Adrian starting off the 1st part. Although they do their own talks, this joint talk is a new one for them both. They both showed 20 images each, a mixture of creative and straight, and explained how both were avid printers, which for them