Morning All

Ken Harrison

It was with deep regret that we announced the death of Ken on Wednesday evening.

Ken was a life member of the club with a long service record on the committee; he held the office of treasurer and was Club Chairman for 5 years, from 2013 – 2017, having taken over from Barry.

Ken was a keen wildlife photographer, especially birds and did many hours volunteering at Leighton Moss. He also travelled widely only recently returning from Zambia in November.

With Ken’s untimely death I’m sure he will be very sadly missed by many.

When the funeral arrangements are confirmed, I’ll email everyone.

Many thanks to all who helped out with the coffee morning yesterday; we had lots of happy customers who all left contented and full of cake!

Next one is in May – watch this space.

Many thanks to all members who have submitted prints for our first exhibition starting on Saturday, April 9^th. We now have sufficient members to help pin them up!

A reminder of some up-and-coming dates:

• TODAY! March 20th. Last submission for the L&CPU Annual Club Competition. We are only entering the PDI sections, not prints. We are entering the ‘Open’ and ‘Nature’ sections. Details in previous newsletters – any questions? Just email us, no problem!
• March 30th. Beginners ‘software editing’ session. Looking at Lightroom again and/or some Photoshop tools or you could bring in some images (preferably RAW), to be processed or process them yourself!
• April 6^th. Presentations by: Stan on “My Journey to Sports Photography”; by Mike on “Aurora HDR” and by Lewis – yet to be revealed!
• April 13^th. “Wildlife – Sea shore to mountain top” a talk by Peter Smith
• April 20^th. Steve Proctor, presentation entitled “Talk to Me”.

(L&CPU) Annual Individual Print & Projected Image Competition 7th and 8th May

Overview:

• Online Entry opens Saturday 19th March
• Online Entry closes Saturday 23rd April
• PDI: (Projected Digital Images); there are two categories in this section:
• Open (which includes colour and monochrome) x 8, is the maximum entry per member.
• Nature x 4, is the maximum entry per member.

PDI’s

• Image files must be in sRGB colour space, jpg format and at maximum quality. This includes monochrome images.
• The image dimensions should be 1600 pixels (horizontal) x 1200 pixels (vertical) and a file size of up to 2mb.
• Individual authors can upload their own entry.

Attached to this newsletter are the full Rules and Guidelines. If you do decide to enter, PLEASE read them very carefully, they are quite comprehensive in places, especially the ‘Category Definitions’!

If you do need help, email us and we will do our very best!

Programme Secretary

John has decided to step down as Programme Secretary after 5 years and also step down from the committee. Lewis and I and all club members would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much, John, for the work you have put in as programme secretary over the past 5 years and especially for so ably amending and re arranging the programme during the Covid situation.

That was a difficult time with Lewis and I finding our feet as chairmen at the same time that lockdown etc happened, so your handling of the situation was greatly appreciated; and very successful!

So, volunteers please for John’s role and also a plea for future members for the committee! John will, by the way, be more than happy to pass on all the relevant information at the appropriate time.

That’s all folks!

Mike and Lewis