WHAT'S
ON WHERE!
I'll make every effort to give information correctly, but please check before
you go anywhere. Neither the L&CPU or myself can accept any responsibility
if an event is incorrectly listed, postponed or cancelled!!
Please note #RPS events are normally open to all, but many must be pre-booked.
Until Sun 16th Mar - Victorian Visions - Exhibition exploring the highly creative
and experimental world of Victorian photography including images by some of
the most famous names of the period: Julia Margaret Cameron, Lady Hawarden,
Roger Fenton, Gustave Le Gray, Peter Emerson, Robert Howlett and BB Turner.
The images record the people and places of a very different era; intense, haunting
and romantic. Other images evoke the world of painting in their composition
and style, with arresting landscapes - Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
Village, Wirral CH62 5EQ - Free - 10am-5pm daily
***Until Sun 30th Mar - Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition -
Blue Planet Aquarium, Kinsey Rd CH65 9LF (J10 of the M53) - www.blueplanetaquarium.com
***
Until Sun 6th Apr - L&CPU Centenary Exhibition - Salt Museum, 162 London
Rd, Northwich - www.saltmuseum.org.uk 01606 41331
***Fri 25th Jan until Sat 22nd Mar - Out of Body - an exhibition of photographs
and moving image works that explore, manipulate and reflect upon the human body.
The exhibition looks at the relationship between biological and photographic
time, contrasting the continuous cycles of human life with the still photographic
instant - Open Eye Gallery, 28-32 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4AQ - 0151 709 9460
- Free - www.openeye.org.uk ***
***Sat 26th Jan - The Bebington Salon - see the best entries in this national
slide & digital competition - St. Andrews Church, Rowson Street, New Brighton
CH45 2LY - 7.30pm - hosted by Wallasey APS - £5***
***Thu 31st Jan - The Bebington Salon - see the best entries in this national
slide & digital competition - Hough Village Hall Cobbs Lane, Hough, Crewe
CW2 5JN - 7.30 for 8.00pm - hosted by Crewe PS - www.crewephotosoc.com - a small
fee will be charged for visitors - 01270 568381***
***Sat 2nd Feb - PAGB Great British Cup - closing date for entries see http://www.pagb-photography-uk.co.uk/
Guidance & Rules ***
#***Sun 10th Feb - The Life and Times of Chambre Hardman a talk by Tony Myers
FRPS, plus RPS Regional AGM and a discussion of possible L & A work - Hough
End - www.northwest.rps.org ***
***Wed 13 Feb - ‘The History of Amateur Photography in the North West’
by David Marsh, President of the L&CPU - Evening talk in conjunction with
L&CPU Centenary Exhibition - Salt Museum, 162 London Rd, Northwich - www.saltmuseum.org.uk
01606 41331***
***Wed 13th Feb - North Cheshire PS Annual Exhibition Opens plus an Inter-club
Digital Print Competition at 8pm - Poynton Civic Hall - £2.50 (includes
admission to Exhibition, refreshments & catalogue)***
***Thur 14th Feb - North Cheshire PS Annual Exhibition plus an Inter-club Slide
Knockout Competition for the North Cheshire Trophy at 8pm - Poynton Civic Hall
- £2.50 (includes admission to Exhibition, refreshments & catalogue)***
***Fri 15th Feb - North Cheshire PS Annual Exhibition plus 'Music at an Exhibition'
featuring Poynton High School Band and Fosbrook Folk Dancers - Poynton Civic
Hall - doors will open at 7pm to view the Exhibition and some photographic prints
will be on sale. The ticket price of £6 on the night will include the
programme and refreshments at the interval but tickets purchased in advance
from Mates D.I.Y. in Poynton will be £5. Advance tickets can be ordered
by telephone from Frank Hutchinson on 01260-290742 for collection at the door***
***Sat 16th Feb - L&CPU Audio-Visual Competition - Lowton High School, Newton
Road, Lowton. WA3 1DU -10.00a.m. Visitors welcome - Admittance £3.00p
- entry forms have been sent to clubs and are available on www.lcpu.org.uk (download
page) - for more details contact Henry Mullarkey 01695 570378 - competitions@lcpu.org.uk
- closing date for entries is Sat 2nd Feb***
***Sat 16th Feb - Eryri Photo Group present John Gardner ARPS - a life-long
birdwatcher & naturalist, John has travelled the world in search of birds,
but his passion for photography has taken over from simply bird-watching. Nowadays
John concentrates on British Wildlife, his work appears in books, magazines
& calendars.
John runs UK based workshops photographing birds of prey and workshops in South
West France covering macro, landscape and nature photography See www.wildscenes.com
- 2.00pm - Craig-y-Don Community Centre, Queens Rd, Llandudno - £4.50
***
***Sat 23rd Feb - L&CPU AGM - 2.30pm (refreshments served from 1.30pm) -
Lowton High School, Newton Road, Lowton, Warrington WA3 1DU ***
Sun 24th Feb to Wed 27th Feb - Focus on Imaging - NEC Birmingham - www.focus-on-imaging.co.uk
***Thur 28th Feb - Closing Date for the PAGB Awards - see www.lcpu.org.uk downloads
or contact
competitions@lcpu.org.uk ***
***Fri 29th Feb and Sat 1st Mar (same show both nights) - The Fiesta - Wilmslow
Guild A-V Group's annual public show of members' work - Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne
St, Wilmslow SK9 5HD - 7.30pm This is primarily an entertainment, your non-photographic
friends will enjoy it too. Come and see what you could do with your pictures
- Tickets £6 from the Guild or by post (please send SAE + cheque payable
to "Wilmslow Guild") from Suzanne Walker ARPS, 64 Mill Lane, Heatley,
Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 9SQ. Phone no for enquiries 01925 753303 ***
#***Sat 1st Mar - RPS North Wales Region Monochrome Day - lectures by Ray Spence
FRPS & Tony Worobiec - Galeri. Victoria Doc. Caernarfon - 10.30am to 4.30pm
- £10 - tea & coffee available at extra cost - excellent cafe at venue
- tickets from (SAE for return of tickets please) Brian Iddon LRPS, Regional
Organiser, RPS North Wales Region, Ad Astra Caravan Park, Llangefni Rd, Brynteg,
Anglesey LL78 7JH Tel: 01248 853283 - brian@brynteg53.fsnet.co.uk***
***Sat 1st Mar - Photography - Digital Style with Barry & Carol Beckham
- Barry is one of the leading digital imaging & audio visual experts in
the UK. The day will include a mixture of techniques using Photoshop CS3, including
raw, layers, selections, B&W and printing, plus how to make stunning slide
shows using Pictures to EXE - run by Chester PS - The Grosvenor Museum Lecture
Theatre, Chester - 10.30am to 4.00pm - £10 (includes tea/coffee) - buffet
lunch available for a small charge - SAE Patrick Faleur, 17 Primrose Close,
Chester, CH3 6DR - tel 01244 316750 (evenings) 01244 350303 (work)***
***Fri 7th Mar until Sun 1st Jun - The Henri Cartier Bresson Scrapbook 1932-46
- features his travels in Spain and his encounters with surrealism and modern
art - National Media Museum, Bradford BD1 1NQ - Tues - Sun 10.00 to 18.00 -
Free - www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk ***
***Sat 8th Mar (opening 11.am) until Sun 30th Mar - Southport PS 61st Annual
Open Exhibition - Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport - Slides will projected on
the 8th at 2pm - details of other projection venues in later update***
***Sat 15th Mar - "Starting in Digital Audio-Visual" - an all-day
dayschool at Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne St, Wilmslow, SK9 5HD. Aimed at people
who have heard of/seen AV and want to have a try, or people who have already
done some digital A-V but want a bit of help to push them in the right direction.
Both technical and artistic aspects will be covered. Bring your laptop if you
have one to practice what is being taught. Full details downloadable from www.wilmslowguildav.org.uk
or phone Howard Gregory/Suzanne Walker on 01925 753303***
***Sat 15th Mar - L&CPU Inter Club Print and Slide Challenge at Padiham
- Hosted by Padiham & District P.S. - Nazareth Unitarian Chapel, Knight
Hill, Church Street, Padiham - Entry details have been sent to clubs and are
available on www.lcpu.org.uk - In addition the L&CPU are inviting prospective
CPAGB/DPAGB candidates to bring along 4 prints or slides which will be judged
during the competitions. This will give those prospective candidates an idea
of how well they might perform on a full PAGB awards day - for more details
contact Henry Mullarkey 01695 570378 competitions@lcpu.org.uk ***
***Sat 22nd Mar until Sun 11th May - Ilkley Camera Club Exhibition 'CameraArt'
- The Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Yard, Ilkley - Tues 1-5pm,
Wed - Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-4pm - Free - http://www.icc1.org.uk/ and http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/mh
***
#***Sun 30th Mar - Learning from the PROs - an RPS event - Ben Hall: a young
natural history and landscape photographer:
www.benhallphotography.com Ian Cartwright FBIPP: who has won many regional and
national awards for his photography: www.caramelphoto.com Kate Mellor: who has
undertaken many projects in the UK and abroad:
www.katemellor.com - 11.00 – 4.30 at Hough End, Manchester - Tickets £10
from Sylvia Jones, 3 Newlands Ave., Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 2JU ***
***Fri 25th Apr - Closing date for L&CPU Annual Print, Slide & Digital
Projected Image Competitions - see www.lcpu.org.uk for rules etc.***
***Sat 26th & Sun 27th Apr - PAGB Awards Adjudication - see www.lcpu.org.uk
downloads or contact competitions@lcpu.org.uk ***
#***Sun 27th Apr - RPS Portrait Day - a number of studio set ups will be provided.
The day will be led by Alan Angel FRPS FMPS. (Limited to 40 photographers) -
Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester M21 7SX www.northwest.rps.org
- Tickets £10 to cover the costs of models etc., available from Sylvia
Jones, 3 Newlands Ave., Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 2JU ***
#***Sun 11th May - Digital Printing - Harman Technology (Ilford) will be bringing
computers and printers to demonstrate how to achieve high digital print quality
with emphasis on technique and choice of papers. There
will some opportunities to take pictures and the limited opportunity for some
attendees to make a demonstration print of their best picture - an RPS North
West Region Event - Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester
M21 7SX - www.northwest.rps.org ***
***Fri 16th May to Sun 18th May - Community Rail Weekend - Photographic Exhibition
in the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe - see competition entry details on www.lcpu.org.uk
(Closing date for entries Mon 31st Mar)***
#***Sun 29th Jun -RPS Photographers' Tea Party hosted by Ben Gorman (Limited
to
40 members) www.northwest.rps.org ***
***Sat 12th Jul - PAGB Colour Slide Championship - University of Warwick***
#***Sat 26th Jul - RPS Visit to the Cumbria Steam Fair at Cark Airfield near
Grange over Sands (Limited to 15 photographers, please contact David Briggs
on 01229 861 359) www.northwest.rps.org ***
***Tue 30th Sept - Closing Date for the PAGB Awards - see www.lcpu.org.uk downloads
or contact competitions@lcpu.org.uk ***
***Sat 25th Oct - PAGB Club Print Championship - Connahs Quay***
***Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd Nov - PAGB Awards Adjudication - see www.lcpu.org.uk
downloads or contact competitions@lcpu.org.uk ***
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CLOSING DATES FOR ENTRIES TO COMPETITIONS:
6th Holland International Image Circuit 2008 - Now: Digital or Slides!
Closing date January 31st 2008
You can download the entry form at http://www.hollandcircuit.nl
***Sat 5th April - closing date for the Bristol Salon - details http://www.bristolphoto.org.uk/
***
BPE's - Closing dates
***Wed 23rd Jan - Southport PS - 61st Annual Open Exhibition - Entry Forms 01704
822471***
L&CPU Competitions
***Sat 2nd Feb - Closing date for AV Comp - see 16th Feb above***
***Fri 25th Apr - Closing date for L&CPU Annual Print, Slide & Digital
Projected Image Competitions - see www.lcpu.org.uk for rules***
WORKSHOPS (PLEASE ALSO REFER TO 'WHAT'S ON' ABOVE)
***Margaret and John Sixsmith will be running, for the Field Study Council,
2 Nature Photography Courses aimed at the beginner, at Kindrogan FSC in Scotland
- more details in a later update***
Pixel to Picture courses. They are as follows: 8th March (2008) Working with
Digital Photography - £40. 15th March (2008) Advanced Digital Workflow
- £40 - for more details e-mail info@pixeltopicture.co.uk or see website
www.pixeltopicture.co.uk
Photo Courses.
These will be courses run for 6 people at a time - cost £45. Using Photoshop
Phil & Gwen Charnock will show how by using an imaginative approach you
can produce award winning images. Full details are on their information site
at http://charnockphotocourses.mysite.orange.co.uk
Steve Lewis ARPS runs landscape photography holidays - www.landscapesofwales.co.uk
for details
Simon Booth runs Nature Photography Workshops. He also runs 'in the field' Landscape
Tuition on an individual or group basis. See his website under 'Courses' for
details:
www.simonboothphotography.com Anyone wishing to join his e-mail distribution
list, which gives information about up and coming events, please email on info@simonboothphotography.com
Digital AV Workshop's available, to include Adobe Audition, Audacity (both are
sound editing programmes) and Pictures to Exe. All other aspects of AV can be
covered as required. Contact myself (Marion) at workshops@chasingthelight.co.uk
Photographic Workshops at The Bakery Photographic Studio, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham
- covering a wide range of subjects, from basic camera know-how, through a range
of digital courses, to advanced studio techniques - these are for small groups
of 5-10 people - book online www.cefn-mawr.com or www.bigloaf.com - or phone
Myk Briggs, the studio's owner, on 01978 823000 - (#discounts for RPS members
on most of its events)
If anyone is interested in hiring a darkroom - £10 per session - there
is one available at The Brindley, Runcorn - if you are experienced contact Venue
Manager Claire Jones 0151 424 2061 ext 4067 to hire direct, if you require details
of short courses contact Louise Hesketh, Visual Arts Development Officer - 0151
424 2061 ext 4160 or Louise.Hesketh@halton-borough.gov.uk
Marion Waine
Publicity Officer
L&CPU
publicity@lcpu.org.uk
