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Evening meeting at Dovestones
Below: A great group photo taken by six year old Isabel, who accompanied her dad and other society members on the OPS outing to Dovestones (Saddleworth) on the evening of Thursday 22nd June. This is one of the earliest locations that our Victorian members visited and where founding member Samuel Beverley took the prize-winning photograph…
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Anniversary Dinner
On Thursday 18th May, 37 members and friends attended a dinner to celebrate the society’s 150th anniversary, held at the Old Bill restaurant in Oldham. Special guests were Gordon Jenkins, President of the PAGB, accompanied by Dianne Owen, and Garth Tighe President of the L&CPU. Before the meal, an award was made to Mike Lawrence,…
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Success in L&CPU Annual Competitions
The Lancashire and Cheshire Annual Competitions for Individuals are in and Oldham PS members did very well – with every member who entered scoring some high marks. The overall rankings were as follows: Overall Photographer of the Year (scores for colour, mono, and nature entries in both print and PDI sections added together): 3rd: Christine…
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Oldham PS Members’ Book
Here is a preview of our members book, made to commemorate Oldham PS’s 150th anniversary in May 2017. Link below to see the full preview. http://www.blurb.com/books/7872990-oldham-photographic-society
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A Victorian Society
Book: A Victorian Society Oldham Photographic Society, the First 150 Years by Christine Widdall 326 pages and more than 300 pictures… Available from amazon.co.uk – £15 including postage Description “A Victorian Society” is a book about early photography and photographers, told against the backdrop of life in what was to become the most productive…
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New OPS Challenge Photo Essay
Create a photo essay with up to 10 images (if you really can’t do it in 10, keep the number as close to 10 as you can). Try to tell a story with your images. Traditionally words accompany the text, either simple titles or brief captions or explanatory notes of a couple of sentences, but…
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