Chairman John Beasley welcomed Members to the 4th Monthly Competition 'Man in the Landscape' and introduced the Judge David Poole of Holme & District Photoshopping Society. See the 'Results' Section for the top 3 in each Category, including Prints.

Following the Competition John Beasley closed the meeting by thanking David for spending a lot of time on his assessments. Members showed their appreciation in the usual way.

Chairman John Beasley introduced the Members Night and explained that 4 Members would make a 20 minute presentation on different aspects of Photography:-

John Beasley - John displayed several Digital Images that were 'failures' in past Club Competitions and highlighted some of the Judges' comments. Members were invited to express their views, the consensus being that Judges' assessment was a 'personal opinion' and 'subjective' and a different Judge on a different day would have been more complimentary. Members were encouraged to keep entering Competitions and not get disheartened.

Helen Coupe - Helen showed a selection of images of Gresgarth Hall taken at different times of the year. Helen explained that she used a 'Holga' film camera and had scanned the images on to a computer for the Digital Slide Show. Helen explained different points on the images and emphasised her enthusiasm for the Camera used by highlighting it's 'soft focus' attributes.

Shaun Rogerson - Shaun used his session to encourage Members to 'get out of bed' and go out with the Camera before sunrise, he used stunning images taken before and during sunrise to illustrate his point of view. Failing that, a set of images taken during and after sunset were shown as the second best option. An explanation of Camera Raw and a demonstration of Adobe Elements followed where Shaun made rocks and trees disappear before Members' eyes!

Malcolm Morrison - Malcolm is also a Member of 'Morecambe Bay Movies' and explained his affinity to the sea as starting when he was 17 with the Blue Funnel Line and remaining with the Company until retirement. He presented 3 Short Movies the subjects being 'A Voyage in 'Odd Times' a 39' Gaff Rigged Cutter', '500 metres from my Home' i.e. an area in Halton covering the River Lune, Harvest Time & Deer in an adjacent field. The last Movie returned to the sea with a 'Voyage from Glasson Dock to Povoa do Varzim in Portugal'.

David Taylor, Programme Secretary, closed the meeting by thanking the 4 Members for making the evening a big success and explained that he had wanted to try such an event in the past and was now convinced of it's place in the Club's future. Members showed their agreement with sustained applause.

35 Members and guests attended Lunesdale Camera Club's Annual Christmas Hot Pot Social evening. A Projected Digital Image Knockout was held where 2 Images were displayed together and the audience voted by show of hands, in the final round Herbie Hart's 'Robin' won from Geoff Newman's 'Poppies' in a close finish.

Chairman John Beasley thanked the Caterers for an excellent Hot Pot and everybody for helping to make the event a pleasant evening and also Sheila Rogers for supplying delicious home made chocolates as usual. The audience responded with thunderous applause.

The next Meeting is on Tuesday January 3rd - when the 'Action and Movement' Competition will be judged. Entries for 'Man in the Landscape' are also due.

6th December 2011

Lunesdale Camera Club were treated to 'A Photographic Flow down the Lune' by David Rush of Morecambe. David described the many villages from the source of the River Lune on Green Bell near Ravenstonedale to Sunderland Point. Many of the interesting buildings en-route and their famous occupants were featured accompanied by excellent photographs and anecdotes.

Chairman John Beasley thanked David for his fascinating mixture of photographs and narrative presented with gusto and enthusiasm, the members showed their appreciation with a round of applause that just fell short of a standing ovation.

26th November 2011

For the first time in many years Lunesdale Camera Club entered the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU) Projected Image Competition held at Poynton Civic Hall and Judged by Keith Suddaby FRPS MPAGB EFIAP.

Lunesdale CC were equal 5th overall out of 37, no mean achievement, being only 5 points behind Winners Chorley PS and 4 points behind the 'famous' Wigan 10 Foto Club in 2nd place (see full results in the L&CPU Website via our 'Links' page). The Club are also 'mentioned in despatches' in the L&CPU Competition Report.

The large field of 37 clubs meant that only the first 4 of the 8 submitted by each club could be used. John Bentham's 'Leopard Seal' was the top in the Lunesdale Entries with 5 points, one of only 8 Images (out of 148) with the same score and only 1 point behind the Overall Winner.

All of Lunesdale Entries can be seen via the 'Results' page.

23rd November 2011

Chairman John Beasley welcomed Members to the 2nd Monthly Competition 'The Passage of Time' and welcomed Ricki Boswell-Challand of Middleton to judge the Competition. See the 'Results' Section for the top 3 in each Category, including Prints.

Following the Competition John Beasley closed the meeting by thanking Ricki for his efforts which resulted in a very detailed and precise assessment of each image despite the large numbers entered. Members showed their appreciation with a sustained round of applause.

The next Meeting is on Tuesday December 6th when David Rush will present 'A Photographic Flow Down the Lune'.

8th November 2011
 
Lunesdale Camera Club welcomed Peter Logan of Morecambe to give a talk, illustrated with colour slides, entitled 'Deep South - Elvis Country'. Peter described a tour of the southern States of the USA concentrating on places associated with Elvis Presley.
Chairman John Beasley thanked Peter for his enthusiastic presentation and the audience, which included the Nether Kellet Elvis,  showed their appreciation with a round of applause.
 
The next meeting of the Documentary Group is on Tuesday 15th November at 7.30pm in Halton United Reformed Church Room
The next full Club meeting is on Tuesday 22nd November at 7.30pm when the competition 'The Passage of Time' will be judged.


Friday 4th November 2011

Lunesdale Camera Club travelled to Holme for the annual 'Battle' with Holme & District Photographic Society where the Judge Paul King of Blackpool presided over 15 Prints and 15 Projected Digital Images from each side.

The first half ended with a draw with the Prints scoring 269 points for each Club, the Judge commenting on the high standard of photos. After a tense Half Time the excitement built over the second half of Projected Digital Images with the home side surging ahead to win by 3 points overall.

Final Score: Holme & District Photographic Society 544, Lunesdale Camera Club 541.

David Poole the Holme Vice-Chairman commented on the excellent images from both teams and said they were of a very high standard, which was reflected in the close finish, he thanked Lunesdale for an enjoyable evening.

John Beasley the Lunesdale Chairman responded by thanking the Judge for his efforts and Holme & District PS for their hospitality and looked forward to next year return match on home turf.

25th October 2011

A good attendance at Lunesdale Camera Club recently enjoyed an excellent presentation from club member Herbie Hart. His subject ‘A Visit to Capetown’ used a high standard of images methodically presented as if the viewer were sharing the 14 day visit. The images were accompanied by a well researched commentary providing statistics and humour throughout. The well deserved vote of thanks was given by club chairman John Beasley and the audience showed their appreciation with a good round of applause. New members are always welcome to join us, see our website for information. (Written by Guest Reporter George Smith)