The 2012 Annual Exhibition

Details for 2012 of the 2 interclub competitions, now known as the "North Cheshire Challenges", have been published on the dedicated website and blog for the North Cheshire Challenges.

Archive: The 2011 Annual Exhibition

• Sections within this page:
• Results of the Interclub Competitions in the 2011 Exhibition
• Members' work at the 2011 Exhibition - lists and awards
• Further reading about our Annual Exhibitions

Our Annual Exhibition is the main event in our calendar, and has been for 58 years. We held it in 2011 in the Main Hall at Poynton Civic Centre (as usual), from 9th to 11th February.

We showcased our members’ photography - in the form of both prints and projected images - totalling well over 300 all-new pictures for the acclaim of the local community as well as fellow photographers from similar clubs spread throughout the northwest. The mounted exhibition prints were displayed around the hall on illuminated stands whilst the projected images were rotated on strategically placed monitors during the three evenings of the exhibition.

In 2011, the year of the 60th anniversary of the club, the Exhibition was formally opened on the Wednesday by L&CPU President Christine Widdall.

On Wednesday 9th we held our major inter-club print competition.
The judge was Ray Brammall ARPS, DPAGB.

This was innovative when we first held this competition for digital prints in 1999. We continue to innovate, using our custom software, the envy of other clubs, to project large images of the prints for the appraisal of the audience and to keep everyone up-to-date with the accumulated scores.

On Thursday 10th the prestigious inter-club projected image knock-out competition took place.
The judge was Mike McNamee BSc FRPS FBPPA.

We began this competition in 1981. Originally for slides, now it is for projected digital images, using our state-of-the-art projection system and our custom software to show images calibrated for highest quality and to keep everyone informed of progress.

These competitions attracted an average of 25 leading clubs from throughout the northwest and beyond, giving rise to about 300 different competition images over the two nights. Consequently the 200+ chairs set out in the hall were generally fully occupied, mainly by discerning photographers from all the competing clubs who come along each year to be inspired by what they see. (The Civic Hall provides lots of free parking).

On the Friday evening of recent exhibitions we have sought to attract a different audience with a musical evening, promoting local choirs and musicians with their surprisingly contrasting styles. This year we hosted a photographic evening once again. Our Friday speaker was David Johnston FRPS, EFIAP (platinum).