Competition News
Fifth Competition 2025-26 – Open 3
This was an “open” competition (ie, with no set subject) for both prints and projected digital images. Our independent judge for the competition was Michael Lurie from Pinner Camera Club. He has [...]
Mobile Phone Competition
This was an “open” competition (with no set subject) for digital images which must have been captured using a mobile phone. The Mobile Phone Competition aims to “celebrate spontaneous photography, creativity within [...]
Two Hemispheres International Competition 2026
The Two Hemispheres is an annual bilateral photographic competition between LBPC in the UK and Camberwell Camera Club in Melbourne, Australia. Since the competition started in 2009, LBPC have previously won six [...]
Portfolio Competition
This is an open subject panel competition, in colour or monochrome. But the images must show some link – such as a common colour, subject or shape – identifiable by the judge. [...]
4th Competition 2025-26 – Low Angle
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images, was “Low Angle”. The Programme notes indicated that this meant “positioning the camera below the subject and shooting upwards, creating a unique [...]
Third Competition 2025-26 – Open 2
This was an “open” competition (ie, with no set subject) for both prints and projected digital images. Our independent judge for the competition was Martin Patten DPAGB BPE5* EFIAP QPSA, a professional [...]
Three Counties Panel Competition
We were representing Bedfordshire. Imagez Camera Club (in Weston Turville) represented Bucks and Tring & District Camera Club represented Herts. Entries for this inter-club competition had to consist of three to six [...]
NW Federation Competition 2025-26
This is an inter-club competition between nine members of the Federation of NW London Photographic Societies. The group stage of the competition sees the clubs compete in groups. Each club hosts a [...]
Jubilee Trophy 2025
This print competition is for individual members of eleven clubs in the local region to enter. Previously organised by Milton Keynes City Photographic Society (MKCPS), the competition this year was organised and [...]
CACC Rosebowl Competition 2025-26
Under the Rosebowl rules, all rounds of the competition are now run online. The Rosebowl is the CACC’s premier inter-club competition. It is an annual Projected Digital Images competition and consists [...]
2nd Competition 2025-26 – Low Light
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images, was “Low Light”. The Programme notes added “Low light can add atmosphere and focus to an image, changing the way we see [...]
Challenge 1 – “Something partially in frame”
Challenge 1 was simply “something partially in frame”. There was nothing more to the brief than that. The whole purpose of our challenges is of course to get us creating new pictures, [...]
First Competition 2025-26 – Open 1
This was an “open” competition (ie, with no set subject) for both prints and projected digital images. As usual, the entries spanned a wide and diverse range of subjects, approaches, and styles [...]
Image of the Year Competitions
Members were invited to submit their best work of the season. As set out in the competition rules, members may enter up to two images. Each image “must have previously participated in [...]
Howard Morris Trophy
This is our biennial competition for monochrome prints originally instigated and sponsored by Howard Morris, one of our now late members whose great love was black and white prints. He also donated the trophy. [...]
Creative Vision Award
Sponsored by past-Chairman Mike Kitchingman ARPS, who has also provided the trophy, this internal competition will be an annual event. Announcing this new competition earlier in the season, Mike said "As you [...]
6th Competition 2024-25 – Tools of the Trade
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images, was “Tools of the Trade”. The Programme notes added “Implements, utensils or instruments used in the pursuit of a hobby or trade. [...]
Photographic Challenge – Self Portrait
Challenge 3 was again set by our esteemed Programme Secretaries and was to produce “A Self Portrait” with a difference. The brief added the dare “How weird can you make it?” The [...]
Guest Speakers
Our Journey in Printing
In the digital world, the printing of photographs has been in decline. Mark and Judy want to encourage printing. And the main purpose of their workshop was to get us talking about printing, both [...]
Retrospective
This was a most enjoyable and stimulating talk showcasing the full range – genres, subjects, techniques – of Steven’s images. Stephen is a freelance photographer, a member of both Marlow Camera [...]
M.E., Myself and Eye
His aim was to transport us once more away from “mainstream camera club activity” and explain his artistic approach to photography. The talk follows on from his “The Little Print Show” [...]
Still Life, Allegory, Vanitas and Memento Mori
The talk covered the history and the differences between still life and its variants in Art and Photography. Still life is the art of capturing images of inanimate objects, such as [...]
Manual & Auto Camera Settings
He has found that too many people are over reliant on “auto” settings and he wanted to show us how to access and change the key manual camera functions. Martin’s “qualifications” [...]
Photo Art
Stan is a creative digital art photographer with many years of photographic experience (he saved his pocket money to buy his first camera at the age of eight or nine). And after early retirement [...]
Other News & Announcements
Welcome Back
The new photographic season has started! Last Wednesday (17 September), after a brief introduction from new Chairman Tim Gould, we kicked off the new season with our traditional informal “welcome back” show [...]
Manual & Auto Camera Settings
He has found that too many people are over reliant on “auto” settings and he wanted to show us how to access and change the key manual camera functions. Martin’s “qualifications” [...]
Taylor & Rockell Double Header
Wendy started with her “My Life with a Camera”. This was not, she promised, “the whole 70 years”! But there was a picture of her at just two years old with [...]
Practical Evening – Wire Wool Workshop
And fortuitously, despite rain earlier in the day, the weather in the evening was dry and calm (if a tad chilly) – ideal conditions for our planned activity. So we all [...]
Annual General Meeting 2024 – Headlines
In the meantime, here are “The News Headlines”. Election of Club Officers The following Club Officers were elected for 2024-25: Chairman – Tim Crabb Vice Chairman – Sally Kitchingman Treasurer – Graham [...]
Royal Photographic Society Success
We were delighted to learn that, just the previous day, another of our members had achieved a Royal Photographic Society (RPS) distinction. Last December Tricia Meers submitted a panel of ten [...]