These are some of our comp images, click to see more.
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.
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 due to air on BBC2 between the 12th and 23rd of March.
L to R Tony Myers FRPS, Ted Baker FRPS, John Riley ARPS and Martin Reece MBE ARPS awaiting the arrival of John Sergeant and looking a little apprehensive !
See more photos and read all about our filming in the ARTICLES section of this website.
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.
Yes Folks, we did brilliantly at the Martin Avery Competition last night, Tuesday 29th November 2011. It was held at the Poynton Civic Centre, and hosted by the North Cheshire Photographic Club. The judge for the evening was David Butler.
Not only did Michelle Burrows come up trumps to win the best print of the night, but Tony Myers and Kevin Kelly picked up the next two places.
'Rainy Day' by Michelle Burrows was the Best Print Winner
'Music Man' by Tony Myers FRPS,
'Arachnomancia' by Kevin Kelly
Then to top it all we won the Martin Avery acrylic Trophy for the highest aggregate scores on the night.
South Liverpool – 209
Chorley – 206
North Cheshire – 206
South Manchester – 195
Southport – 194
St. Helens – 185
SLIC – 185
Well done to all who were selected to represent the South Liverpool Photographic Society, and well done to you all for being in the most Creative Photographic Club in the area.
The Judging was by the renowned sports photographer Steve Hale.
Firstly, the Colour Print Section
A very well done to all who entered.