Competitions
Competitions
2024/25
2024/25
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APRIL 2024 - LEADING LINES
APRIL 2024 - LEADING LINES
Leading lines are a compositional technique where human-made or natural lines lead the viewer’s eyes through a photograph to the subject or the heart of the image. Leading lines can be used across all kinds of photography, from portraits to landscape shots and can be anything, straight or curved lines, repeated patterns, anything that leads the viewer to the image’s subject.
1st Colour:
On the Underground
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Colour:
On the Leash
(Chris Dawson)
3rd Colour:
Blacko Tower
(Janet Matthews)
4th Colour:
Saltburn Tramlift
(Simon Sweetman)
1st Mono:
Lamp Light
(Karen Jackson)
2nd Mono:
Solitude
(Chris Dawson)
3rd Mono:
Blackpool Steps
(Janet Matthews)
4th Mono:
One Man & His Dog
(Karen Jackson)
MAY 2024 - SHADOWS
MAY 2024 - SHADOWS
Any photo that uses shadows as a prominent part of the composition — to enhance the contrast of a subject or as the subject itself.
1st Colour:
Trick or Treat
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Colour:
Mr Bojangles
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Colour:
Spiraling Shades
(Jason Merrin)
4th Colour:
Orb of Shadow & Light
(Margaret Merrin)
1st Mono:
Looking
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Mono:
Katie
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Mono:
Shadow
(Keith Hamer)
4th Mono:
Chiaroscura
(Steve Hyams)
JUNE 2024 - HUMOUR
JUNE 2024 - HUMOUR
Any photo that makes you laugh or smile. Or a photo a person/people laughing. Wacky images, out of the ordinary images, use your imagination.
1st Colour:
Street Sign
(Pete Chadburn)
2nd Colour:
I'll Pick It For You
(Karen Jackson)
3rd Colour:
Shopping On The Web
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Colour:
Big Balls
(Paul Ruane)
1st Mono:
The Picket Line
(Margaret Merrin)
2nd Mono:
Da da da da dada da dada!
(Paul Ruane)
3rd Mono:
Not House Trained
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Mono:
Steady Boys
(Steve Hyams)
SEPTEMBER 2024 - TOWN & CITY
SEPTEMBER 2024 - TOWN & CITY
Architectural shots, cityscape, street photography… anything that is obviously taken in a town or a city.
1st Colour:
From Greenwich
(Peter Chadburn)
2nd Colour:
The Shoppers
(Janet Matthews)
3rd Colour:
Our Protectors
(Karen Jackson)
4th Colour:
Peveril of the Peak
(Paul Wright)
1st Mono:
Life Goes On
(Dave Redfern)
2nd Mono:
Not Talking
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Mono:
Streets of Whitby
(Keith Hamer)
4th Mono:
Through the Arch
(Karen Jackson)
OCTOBER 2024 - MUSIC & ARTS
OCTOBER 2024 - MUSIC & ARTS
Gig & concert photography, art galleries, plays, musicals, street art and graffiti.
1st Colour:
Shannon (Beatle Artist)
(Mick Warn)
2nd Colour:
Street Art
(Dave Redfern)
3rd Colour:
Market Roof Art Rotterdam
(Alan Porter)
4th Colour:
Kate and the Viewer
(Chris Dawson)
1st Mono:
Admiring a Banksy
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Mono:
Guitar Player
(Peter Chadburn)
3rd Mono:
Bass Player
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Mono:
Wall Art Rotterdam
(Alan Porter)
NOVEMBER 2024 - OPEN (PRINTS ONLY)
NOVEMBER 2024 - OPEN (PRINTS ONLY)
Does NOT include Natural History. This section covers any subject matter, treated in any manner, this includes composite images and photoshop tricks. Also included in the Open category are Still Life and Table Top images, Experimental work (for example fruit plunging) and Light Painting.
1st Colour:
Meadow Still Life
(Janet Matthews)
2nd Colour:
Life in Pastels
(Chris Dawson)
3rd Colour:
Cobbled Together
(Karen Jackson)
4th Colour:
Buccaneer
(Steve Hyams)
1st Mono:
Admiring a Banksy
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Mono:
Folk Singer
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Mono:
Ashton Memorial
(Janet Matthews)
4th Mono:
Natural
(Chris Dawson)
FEBRUARY 2025 - ANNUAL 2024/25
FEBRUARY 2025 - ANNUAL 2024/25
The club's big, end of season competition. Six sections across both colour and mono, plus the Calder Cup... 13 competitions in all. The competition is split across two weeks, with the first week covering the Colour sections + Calder Cup, and the second week covering the Mono sections.
Natural History:
This can include wildlife, wild flora and fauna, rock formations, waterfalls etc. It can include Zoo shots but nor obviously in a zoo - eg: bars. It cannot include pets, cultivated flowers or livestock.
1st Colour:
Flesh Fly
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Colour:
Long Eared Owl
(Pat Mansfield)
3rd Colour:
Red Tipped Flower Beetle
(Chris Dawson)
4th Colour:
Woodpecker and Jay Fighting
(Pat Mansfield)
1st Mono:
Flesh Fly
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Mono:
Bathing in the Rain
(Karen Jackson)
1st Mono:
Protecting the Herd
(Dave Redfern)
4th Mono:
Asian Otter
(Simon Sweetman)
Photojournalism:
An image that tells a story, real life events, something like you’d see in a newspaper or magazine. Street photography is another example.
1st Colour:
Away from the Cold and the Rain
(Keith Hamer)
2nd Colour:
Fly Tipping
(Paul Ruane)
3rd Colour:
Home Safely
(Keith Hamer)
4th Colour:
Suspicious
(Steve Hyams)
1st Mono:
Folk Singer
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Mono:
Fight for the Finish
(Keith Hamer)
3rd Mono:
Admiring a Banksy
(Chris Dawson)
4th Mono:
The One That Got Away
(Chris Dawson)
Pictorial:
Tonality, natural lighting, composition, these work well in a pictorial image. For example a landscape.
1st Colour:
Flamingos
(Janet Matthews)
2nd Colour:
Budapest
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Colour:
Ullswater
(Michael McGough)
4th Colour:
Saltburn Tramway
(Simon Sweetman)
Portrait:
A portrait of a SINGLE subject. Portrait photography aims to capture the identity, personality, and essence of a subject with composition, lighting, and posing.
1st Colour:
Smile
(Pete Chadburn)
2nd Colour:
Buccaneer not Pirate
(Steve Hyams)
3rd Colour:
Edward Scissorhands
(Paul Ruane)
4th Colour:
Lady with Red Umbrella
(Simon Sweetman)
1st Mono:
Lonely Pint
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Mono:
Mr Vegas
(Dave Redfern)
3rd Mono:
Lady
(Dave Redfern)
4th Mono:
Danielle in Mono
(Paul Wright)
Record:
A record shot is where the emphasis is on creating a record of the photographed object.
You are not trying to portray the object in an artistic representation.
1st Colour:
Winchester Cathedral Ceiling
(Keith Hamer)
2nd Colour:
Stained Glass Windows
(Simon Sweetman)
3rd Colour:
Neon Sign
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Colour:
Cara the Joker
(Chris Dawson)
1st Mono:
Reflections in Luxury
(Karen Jackson)
2nd Mono:
John Rylands Library
(Keith Hamer)
3rd Mono:
St Peter Sagrada Familia
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Mono:
Manchester Cathedral
(Steve Hyams)
Open:
Basically an image that doesn’t fit into any of the above categories.
1st Colour:
Life in Pastels
(Chris Dawson)
2nd Colour:
Tram Life
(Chris Dawson)
3rd Colour:
Tieby Road
(Simon Sweetman)
4th Colour:
Line Painting
(Simon Sweetman)
1st Mono:
Millennium Bridge & St Paul's
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Mono:
Flowers Underwater
(Janet Matthews)
3rd Mono:
Tangled
(Dave Redfern)
4th Mono:
Water's Embrace
(Karen Jackson)
Calder Cup:
Landscape, street photography etc, but it image must be taken within the boundaries of Burnley Borough and depict something in Burnley Borough (ie not Pendle Hill taken from Burnley as the subject would be in Pendle).
1st Colour:
Queen Street Mill Lodge
(Simon Sweetman)
2nd Colour:
Empire Lights
(Paul Wright)
3rd Colour:
Walking to the Beat
(Paul Wright)
4th Colour:
Bus Station Blue Hour
(Chris Dawson)
Best in Competition:
The best overall Colour and Mono images selected from the winning annual images from each section.
Best Colour Image:
Flesh Fly
(Chris Dawson)
Best Mono Image:
Lonely Pint
(Simon Sweetman)
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