These are some of our comp images, click to see more.
Do you want to find out if SLPS is for you? Come along to one of our Thursday evening meetings at CADWA, 8pm to 10 pm (see MEETINGS page for details/map).
Just turn up, or better still, contact Angelica 07989 247489 membership@slps.co.uk to let her know you are coming. (No need to bring anything with you.)
Thurs 9th Feb 2012 promises to be a fantastic evening, with Dianne Owen FRPS presenting “A Touch of Magic”. Dianne is one of the most creative and highly regarded photographic artists in the uk. See for yourself - http://dianneowen.info/galleries/image-galleries/faces-sculptures
L to R Tony Myers FRPS, Ted Baker FRPS, John Riley ARPS, Martin Reece MBE ARPS waiting for John Sergeant and the crew to arrive. Photo by Irene Drummond
We are very proud to report that past Presidents of the SLPS have been involved in the making of this new 10 part series. ***Scheduled to begin transmission on Monday March 12th, the series will air every weekday night on BBC Two at 6.30pm for two weeks***
See more photos and read all about our filming in the ARTICLES section of this website or the L&CPU link http://www.lcpu.org/docs/2011/SLPS%20TV%20Frith%20sm.pdf
The Francis Frith Collection has announced Monday March 5th as the release date of ‘Britain’s First Photo Album’, the companion book to a 10-part BBC Two television series presented by John Sergeant.
There is one more Monthly Competition to go this season, and things are tight at the top. With next month’s Portrait Competition it could be all change!
Click Here for the link to the scores.
The Judging was by Jeremy Malley-Smith LRPS BPE* of Wigan Photographic Society
Jeremy was excellent with his critiquing and we hope to have him back in the near future. Many thanks to all entrants, who made it a great night.
Eric Garnett ARPS, CPAGB receiving his Honoury Membership from Martin Reece MBE, ARPS
It was with great pleasure that the South Liverpool Photographic Society presented Eric Garnett ARPS, CPAGB with our Honourary Membership Award this evening.
Eric is a stalwart of the club and is well known far afield for his Natural History photography. You can see some of his stunning images that are on the www.ukbutterflies.co.uk website by clicking here: and for a presentation that Eric did for Hope University click here: If you type in Eric’s name into Google you will see that all over the country and abroad there are his pictures in various prestigious photographic salons and competitions.
Eric is not just a Natural history photographer he is a skilled exponent in all aspects of the photographic arts. Eric has won the clubs’ Photographer of the Year Award more than most of us wished he had!! He has won our Audio Visual Competition and also won our prestigious Alec Balmer Monochrome Competition last year. He is a great architectural and still life photographer and his capture of fleeting moments on the street is masterful and can bring tears to your eyes.
Eric always brings his family to our Annual Competition awards at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, which is very handy as he needs all the hands he can get to carry the trophies home!
Many members have seen their photography bloom under Eric’s guidance, his critiquing and encouragement have been a boon to lots of people.
So all in all this presentation has been greatly supported by all the members with much enthusiasm.
Thank youvery much Eric, from all of us here at SLPS and beyond.
Another great monochrome fight was had this years and tears of joy and sadness abounded!!
The Judge was Ted Baker FRPS. Ted, himself a very fine monochrome artist, judged the images by the standard that the late Alec Balmer would have liked. So there was a very varied selection of award winners.
This years winner is Mike McWade with his image of Black Linn Falls, nearDunkeld, Perth and Kinross
There were many more fine images, but alas we don’t have the space!
For the full list of award winners click here
Once again a great entry for the Culture Competition.
The judging was by John Riley ARPS. The competition was sponsored by Cavern City Tours, thank you Chris and Dave Jones.
So here are the Top three and the Sponsors Choice;
Well done to the winners and comisererations to the rest of us, but we all had a great meal at the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool, while we had the final judging.
“Nature photography covers images of birds, plants, animals, fungi etc. provided that they are not domesticated or cultivated. It also covers subjects such as weather and geology provided that they are titled to show their significance in the natural world. Any manipulation of the image is limited to minor re-touching of blemishes, exposure, sharpening etc. and must not alter the content of the original image. Titles must be specific and correct. Latin names are not essential if the species can be accurately titled in English.”
This ruling only applies to the monthly competition. The Annual Competition will still be strictly Natural History.
