Diary

A look at our entries for the NCPF, PAGB and PSA competitions including the presentation of awards and an explanation of why the images were selected. The award winning authors will be invited to talk about their successful images

I have recently had a book published about my favourite short walk in Borrowdale which contains images of the very diverse environments and the natural history en route.  It is a guided tour of the circular walk over Grange Crags to the Chinese Bridge, returning to Grange via the southern shores of Derwentwater.

Judge: Richard Spiers DPAGB APAGB AFIAP

Hand in PDIs for “Memorable Places”

Members are invited to present up to 10 images (prints or PDIs) of a memorable place they have visited. Examples include a country, region, city, town, village, museum, gallery, building, national park, mountain, lake etc. Presentations should last no longer than 10 minutes.

Hand in entries for 3^rd Set Subject competition

Members are invited to present up to 10 images (prints or PDI's) of a memorable place they have visited. This could be a country, region, city, town, village, museum, gallery, building, national park, lake, garden etc.

Presentations should last no longer than 10 minutes please.

Hand in entries for 3rd Set Subject competition

A look into making the transition to professional photography and also the challenges of running a photographic gallery.

http://www.lensdistrict.com

Judged by  Keith Snell LRPS EPSA EFIAP

I begin by showing a brief digital presentation of images showing how I started in club photography and some of which I used to gain my early photographic distinctions.  This is followed by a presentation explaining the route my images take from photo shoot to finished competition entry – showing how I constructed a successful series of images which made up my latest distinction submissions.  The images are mostly Creative / Altered Reality and include female nudity. Time permitting, I show a couple of extra powerpoint presentations where I build up some images layer by layer  - very quick but effective! The talk is digital which is loaded onto my Macbook pro but I also bring prints to supplement the talk and for members to look at during the break if they wish.

www.andreahargreaves.art

Final hand in for Short Sets competition.

Final hand in for 4th Open Competition

Members’ audio visual and short sets presentations. Judged by members.

A talk about the reasoning and thought processes behind my image making. With over 120 diverse images from my documentary and longer term projects.

www.rogercoulam.com

Hand in entries for the Portfolio of the Year Competition

Judge: Dave Best

By Rosamund Macfarlane ARPS, DPAGB, EPSA, AFIAP and John Macfarlane ARPS, DPAGB, EPSA, AFIAP

We are planning for Rosamund and John to give this presentation next season

Judge: John Williams, EFIAP/b, MPSA, DPAGB from Penrith & District Camera Club

The Portfolio Competition will now go ahead as a digital image only competition in view of the potential risks involved in handling prints. In order to make the competition a little more interesting on this occasion as there are no prints, four digital images will now be required instead of three, each from a different genre as listed under the competition rules.

For those of you that have already entered please ensure that your additional image is submitted to Tricia by Friday 27th March. If you simply want to use one of the digital versions of your print entries then please let Tricia know. If you haven't yet entered but would like to do so then please let Tricia have all four of your entries by next Friday.

John Williams will then judge the entries and provide brief comments. The images, together with the scores and brief comments will  be put on the KPS web site.

This years AGM, postponed from April, will be held by Zoom at 7pm on Wednesday 5th August. This will be followed at 7.30 by an online appraisals of images submitted by members. This month the appraisals will be conducted by David Woodthorpe, Keith Snell and Alan Walker.

Six members from each club will show and talk about 10 of their images

A successful professional photographer David Keep  ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP, FBPE who specialises in Underwater Photography. His talk is entitled ‘Underwater Photography 2 - from Manatees to Crocodiles’.

Check out his website:

https://www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk

https://www.garylangley.co.uk/

Talk by Laurie Campbell a Fine Art Photographer based in Northern Ireland.

Laurie will talk about her work and the inspiration behind some of her images

"This talk will draw upon my images across a wide range of subjects to provoke discussion as to whether the term ‘fine art photography’ is justified. This controversy has raged for well over a century and a half and whereas commercial art galleries and museums in the USA regularly include contemporary photography in their exhibitions, it remains a rarity in the UK."

Deadline for submission of entries for 1^st Open Competition. Up to 3 digital images per member

Practical demonstration of table top photography via Zoom

This will be a battle hosted on Zoom with the very successful Catchlight Club from Northern Ireland

This will be judged over Zoom by Kevin Hilton. Members can submit up to 3 images

Ross McKelvey MPAGB, MFIAP, FIPF, EFIAP/p, FBPE will give talk via Zoom demonstrating Photoshop techniques which can be used by photographers.

https://www.rossmckelvey.co.uk

Deadline for submission for 1^st Set Subject competition. Up to 3 monochrome Digital images on the theme ‘Using Mono for impact’

This talk by Bob Given MPAGB, EFIAP, EPSA, FBPE from Belfast will be shared with Dumfries Photographic Society

This will be a  two-part talk by John Macfarlane ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP, EPSA & Rosamund Macfarlane ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP, EPSA

It comprises a Travel talk: ‘Living with the nomads and eagle hunters of Mongolia’ and a photographic exploration of an unusual mirror world - 'Lake District Reflections - Above and Below the Water Surface'. This includes a showing of John’s successful ARPS panel

Deadline for entries for 2^nd Open Competition – up to 3 digital images per member

This internal competition of images submitted by members will be judged by Alan Walker MPAGB, ARPS, MPSA, EFIAP.

Three of our leading members will be talking about their work and inspiration via zoom.

Our 2nd Open Competition of images submitted by members will be judged by Gerald Chamberlin DPAGB, EFIAP

Deadline for entries for 2^nd set Subject competition –3 digital images one on each topic “Something Old, Something New, Something Blue”

This will be a travel talk by Julian Elliott presenting images taken on his journey in the fiords of Patagonia.

http://www.julianelliottphotography.com

Our second set subject competition will be judged by our Chair: David Woodthorpe CPAGB, QPSA

Deadline for entries 3^rd Open Competition – up to 3 digital images per member

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