Misplaced the latest newsletter? Accidentally deleted it? Don't worry I have added a new menu item on the news page to view the most recent club newsletter. This also means that the newsletter is available for visitors to view. 

The committee met on Monday 4th Sep and began work on the programme for the next club year. The skeleton structure is now laid out on the events menu. As guest speakers are confirmed, the details will be fleshed out. Please note that the programme is still flexible, and if you have any ideas for the programme please let the committee know.

I've updated the website to reflect our new meeting place of Winwick Leisure Centre. Our first meeting there will be for the next session (14th August) which will be a model night. Bring your cameras and your portrait lenses. Studio lighting and remote triggers will be provided. Visitors are welcome to observe but will be unable to take part due to limited time with the models - we have to prioritise paid up members.

A big thank you to all that attended and donated to the Astley Green Colliery Museum. Dave was able to hand over a donation of £80, but I know other members placed their donations in the on-site collection tins, so I'm sure we must have donated in the region of £100 overall. The donation was really gratefully received.

Alan informs us that he is now away for three weeks covering the dates that we had him booked for. Therefore in order to accomodate him and ensure that he is still able to deliver his back to back sessions, we have had to rejig the calender.

The remaining issues have been resolved satisfactorily, and therefore the Committee confirms that the next meeting at Grappenhall will be the last at that venue. The first meeting in Winwick Leisure Centre will be Monday 14th August. See your newsletter and the club events page for further details.

The club has a number of photography books that are available for lending to members. I'm hoping to implement some sort of lending library facility into the website, but that's some way off in the distance.

If you would like to borrow any of the book, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will bring them along to the following session for return the session after that (longer loans can be arranged).

It took a little bit longer than planned (busy week) but the gallery for the winning images from the WDCC 2017 Water Competition is now available and can be found on the menus above under competitions / results. Galleries are best viewed full screen (there is a button top right to do this) and in portrait mode on a tablet.

The top 5 in both the Digital and Printed images category are presented - images from David Mellor, Bernard Booth, Mike Lyne, Adrian Battersby, Ian Sprott and Andy Gilbert

Tonight the club held the second competition of the 2017-2018 club year, and the theme was "Water".  The club welcomed back Janice Barton CPAGB BPE3 from Warrington Photographic Society to judge the images. There was a good volume of entries, especially prints, and Janice gave lots of feedback on the images - sadly not many of the authors were able to attend and the turnout was quite low for a competition night.

Points scored count towards the Photographer Of The Year competition. The winners and placings were as follows:-