Information for Oldham PS Members from Chris Widdall, webmaster Pictures used on the OPS web site You retain copyright of all pictures that you/we post to the web site. This is regardless of whether or not you have watermarked your images with a copyright statement. On the … Read full article…
3rd Quarterly 2017-18 results: Judge: Below is a gallery of the highest marked images. For full results please see the Members Page … Read full article…
2nd Quarterly 2017-18 results: Judge: Below is a gallery of the highest marked images. For full results please see the Members Page … Read full article…
1st Quarterly 2017-18 results: Judge: Below is a gallery of the highest marked images. … Read full article…
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 … Read full article…
A Victorian Society (Oldham Photographic Society, the first 150 years by Christine Widdall) Available from amazon.co.uk 326 pages and more than 300 pictures… £15 including postage Description “A Victorian Society” is a book about early photography and photographers, told against the backdrop of life in what was … Read full article…
Oldham PS 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 … Read full article…
The 150th anniversary of Oldham PS will take place in May this year and lots of preparations are in place to celebrate it. Firstly, a members commemorative book is planned, which will be printed on demand, probably by Blurb. We will be holding a special dinner during the week … Read full article…
Just thinking it’s time we displayed some new photos on this blog, so I’m challenging OPS members to send me a few of their very best and favorite images from 2015 and I will display them in a gallery on the blog page…here are some of mine… … Read full article…
The following bulleted paragraphs detail the new definition of nature photography, which has been adopted by the PSA (Photographic Society of America), the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain), the RPS (Royal Photographic Society) and Le FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique) and will be adopted by … Read full article…
This web site has a page dedicated to where and when you may take photographs in the UK. I have added two new articles to the page and the links are also below. Access rights in the UK Image Rights For more details see the dedicated page … Read full article…
Seven members met at Salford Quays on Thursday last and were treated to some great light. Here are a few of Christine’s pictures for a starter. …followed by 4 from Kev Gamwell: Three from David Hall…. Four from Karen: …and last but not least, seven from Mike: … Read full article…
Edited by Will Cheung, this newspaper is available as a free download and is aimed at photo club members. Register here Chris … Read full article…
Paper Spectrum Recently I have been buying my own mounts from Paper Spectrum, who do Pinnacle mounts in packs of 10 at the standard competitions size of 400x500mm, with or without aperture. They supply the most popular colours and also packs of grey board for backing the … Read full article…
These tutorials are aimed at beginners in making prints. First Steps: Calibrate your monitor – if your monitor is not correct, your prints will probably not be the right colour and your projected images will also not look correct. The club has a Spyder calibrator which you … Read full article…
