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Louth Photographic

Society

Church House, 6 Upgate, Louth,

Lincolnshire LN11 9ET

MeetsEvery Wednesday evening, from September

through to July, with a summer, and Christmas break

MembershipThe annual subscription rate is normally

£30, but this has been reduced to £15 for the 2020-

20 21 season owing to Covid-19 preventing meetings

ContactVia Facebook, or the website

Websitelouthphotographicsociety.co.uk

Club essentials

YOUR PICTURES IN PRINT

4 Hello, Here, Goodbye

by Ian Jackson An

excellent use of multiple

exposure to tell a story

in a fun and cheerful

portrait

7 Storm Brewing by David

Whitehouse An atmospheric

shot that greatly benefits from

the foreground interest

3 Balloons by Paul

Gray A striking

composition which has

been timed to

perfection. The colours

are beautiful, too

4

3

normally conclude before 10pm.

Currently, though, during this pandemic

situation, the society’s meetings are being

held on the Zoom platform.

Do you invite guest speakers?

Yes. This year has been more restrictive, but

recently Darren Juggins, a Lincoln

professional photographer, gave a Zoom talk

about the challenges of his profession.

Another Zoom speaker, Charles Thody, gave

a talk on deep sky imaging which was

extremely interesting.

Do members compete in regional or

national competitions?

The society is a member of the PAGB, and is

af liated to the local N&EMPF, and LPA

organisations. The society competes in the

N&EMPF and Fosters Challenge competitions

and enters ‘friendly’ inter club competitions.

How many members do you have?

We currently have 17 members.

Are any residential trips or outings

planned?

The society has regular outings to local

nature reserves, often in the beautiful

Lincolnshire Wolds, or on the extensive North

Sea coast, to photograph landscapes, plants,

birds, and small insects. A ghost walk was

held in Lincoln last year, as well as an outing

to a local heritage steam railway.

Do you have any funny stories

about the club?

During one meeting many years ago, someone

walked into the meeting asking if we were

Alcoholics Anonymous, to which someone

remarked, ‘He’s not anonymous any more.’

The present president caused the portrait

rules to be changed after winning with a head

shot of a herring gull.

A member of the public asked for a

volunteer to go up in a two-seater aircraft to

photograph Louth canal quite a few years

ago. On turning up the pilot had been told an

ex-RAF photographer was doing the job. That

took a bit of living up to, especially when my

main camera packed up and I had to rely on

my trusty old Olympus OM1n and 50mm lens. 

What are the club’s goals for the future?

The society would like to attract new

members and have a greater presence in the

local annual N&EMPF competition.

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