Competition News
Landscape Competition
This is a biennial competition for the Landscape Cup, sponsored by Barbara Fleming ARPS DPAGB, to encourage club members to go out and do more landscape photography. The Landscape Cup alternates with [...]
Creative Vision Award
Sponsored by past-Chairman Mike Kitchingman ARPS, who has also provided the trophy, this internal competition is now an annual event. Mike’s great love is “artistic and creative photography in all its varieties”. [...]
6th Competition 2025-26 – Hats
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images, was “Hats”. The Programme notes explained the brief. “We see people wearing a wide variety of hats all around us throughout the [...]
Challenge 3 – “Grovebury Road”
Challenge 3 was simply “Produce a picture that depicts an aspect of Grovebury Road”. That was it. Basically, “go and photograph things in Grovebury Road and produce some marvellous and fascinating [...]
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 [...]
Guest Speakers
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Stafford has been taking photographs for many years and is a member of Ware & District Photographic Society. Starting with some historical background, Stafford was presenting photographs and a fact-filled narrative [...]
The Great Indian Rail Journey
On Wednesday April 29 our very own Chris Warby described his “visit to a war zone” to his fellow club members. Chris related the tale of his “holiday” in India in 2025, [...]
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk
Members enjoyed a fascinating AV presentation, “Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk”, about Alberts’s own experience of this 192-mile walk. Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991) was a fell walker and author most famous for [...]
Diversions
Chris is a member of Amersham Photographic Society, as well as a national PAGB judge and lecturer. He has visited more than 285 camera clubs (!) and judged many regional, national, and international exhibitions. [...]
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 [...]
Other News & Announcements
Harpenden Classic Car Show
Events and days out are an invaluable opportunity to share, learn and practice photographic techniques, often partnering up as you walk around. On 22 July several club members made their way to [...]
Fleet Street Quarter Photo Trip
LBPC days out are relaxed and supportive, allowing individuals to learn, share and develop technical and observational skills. On Saturday 1 August seven members enjoyed a photo walk around the historic Fleet Street [...]
Linslade Canal Festival 2026
And we ran a club stall to showcase some of our work. On 25 July we enjoyed (yet another) warm sunny day down at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park running our LBPC stall at the [...]
The Great Indian Rail Journey
On Wednesday April 29 our very own Chris Warby described his “visit to a war zone” to his fellow club members. Chris related the tale of his “holiday” in India in 2025, [...]
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” [...]