I joined the Lytham St Annes Photographic Society (LSAPS) at the beginning of the 2015-16 season. Initially I only went along to keep a friend company but saw a talk by Gary Waidson which was excellent, so I joined up. I entered the competitions as a way of gauging my standard and found that I did quite well. I moved straight through the groups from Beginners to Intermediate and then Intermediate to Advanced. The Club holds an annual Photoshow at the end of the season and this is another opportunity to get your images judged.
My achievements in the Club for the last 3 seasons are:
2021-22 Season:
- Photoshow Print Scapes 2nd
- Photoshow Print Open 3rd
- Photoshow Print People Commended
- Photoshow Print Mono Commended
- Photoshow PDI Nature 1st & 3rd
- Photoshow Scapes 2nd
- Photoshow PDI Mono 2 x Commended
- Photoshow PDI Open 2 x Commended
- Photoshow PDI People 2 x Commended
- Season Open PDI Advanced 2nd
- Season Set Subjects PDIs 2nd
- Season Set Subjects Prints 2nd
- Digital Photographer of the Year
2022-23 Season:
- Photoshow PDI Open 1st, 2nd and Best In Show (Little Owls)
- Photoshow PDI Scapes 1st and 2nd
- Photoshow PDI People 1st, 3rd and Commended
- Photoshow PDI Mono 1st & Commended
- Photoshow Print People 1st and 2 Commended
- Photoshow Print Open 2nd
- Photoshow Print Mono 2nd
- Photoshow Print Scapes Commended
- Photoshow Print Nature Commended
- Season Open PDI Advanced 1st
- Season Set Subjects Print 1st
- Season Set Subjects PDI 1st
- Digital Photographer of the Year
2023-24 Season:
- Photoshow PDI Open Colour 1st, Highly Commended & Commended
- Photoshow PDI People 2nd & Commended
- Photoshow PDI Nature 2nd
- Photoshow PDI Scapes Highly Commended & Commended
- Photoshow PDI Mono Highly Commended
- Photoshow Print Mono 2nd & Highly Commended
- Photoshow Print Open Colour 1st (Best in Show) & Commended
- Photoshow Print People 1st & 2 Commended
- Photoshow Print Scapes 3rd & Highly Commended
- Season Open Print Advanced 1st
- Season Open PDI Advanced 2nd
- Season Set Subjects PDIs =1st
- Print Photographer of the Year
- Digital Photographer of the Year
Below are my top scoring images from the 2023-24 season’s competitions and my awarded images from Photoshow.
