December 2005

With the cold weather setting in we have now installed four new heaters in the clubroom to help us keep warmer!



November 2005

ADAPS did well in two inter-club competitions this month. Our annual battle against Wigan Photographic Society saw us winning both slides and prints. In the L&CPU Slide Knockout competition we finished in 3rd place out of 20 clubs.



September 2005

A successful showing of our annual Prints Exhibition at Wigan's History Shop.



August 2005

Following on from our trip to Styal, ADAPS members this month enjoyed a photographic trip to Bolton Steam Museum - a venue full of photographic opportunities.



July 2005

ADAPS members enjoyed a photographic outing to Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, on Sunday 24th July. A ramble along the badger trail was followed by photographs in the mill house and a picnic. Everyone had a good time.



June 2005

The ADAPS clubroom had a makeover as members pitched in to decorate and brighten it up. The darkroom is ready for use again by any members wanting to to a spot of traditional developing.

John Riley has been prolifically penning in praise of Pentax again in this month's issue of 'Pentax User' magazine. His 3 page article is an exploration of Pentax M Series cameras. Well done John!



May 2005

At the Society's Annual General Meeting members voted unanimously to elect Jeff Haworth as our new President. Jeff has served the Society for over 40 years and we are very pleased to welcome him in his new role.

At the AGM the competitions rules were amended slightly to include:

- upto 7 slides may now be entered for monthly and annual competitions to encourage entries.

- maximum of 4 prints may now be entered in the monthly and annual competitions.

- Annual 'Colour' section to be renamed 'Creative Colour' to encourage the creative use of colour within the image rather than a straightforward colour print.

- a new section is introduced for the Annual Competition. The 'Open Monochrome Prints' section is for prints on any subject produced using a single colour.

- a new trophy has been donated to the Society by the family of our late President, Bert Ogden. The Bert Ogden Trophy shall henceforth be presented for the Open Monochrome Prints section.

- Members are requested to please ensure that prints entered in all competitions from now on are mounted on boards measuring 20" x 16". This will help to prevent prints from being damaged whilst in transit.



April 2005

John Riley has had another article published in 'Pentax User' magazine - this time a user's first impressions of the Pentax *istDS digital SLR.

We welcomed our good friend and honorary life member Jez Huscroft back to the club this month as he gave us a digital tour of parts of the Lake District.



March 2005

For his annual 'Chairman's Evening' Len Hudson presented 'Photos from the Home Front' - a fascinating photographic look at everyday life during the Second World War.

We started the month on a portrait theme, with a studio photo session to give members a practical introduction to photographing a model under studio flash lighting. Many thanks to our two models Jenny and Christine. We also devoted a digital photography workshop to various techniques for retouching portraits.

February 2005

February saw us taking on Leigh Camera Club in a photo battle and winning on both slides and prints.

Paul Jones presented an enjoyable evening looking at various aspects of glamour photography and working with photographic models, which was very well attended.



January 2005

Our first interclub battle of the new year was a resounding success for ADAPS as we beat Altrincham & Hale PS on both slides and prints!

Len Hudson presented a very informative demonstration of darkroom processing techniques, which was very well received by many of our newer members with an interest in film photography and printing.

Our annual post-Christmas night out went very well, with members enjoying a get-together over dinner at The Waterside Inn, Leigh.

Congratulations to our member Des Barr, who now has the letters CPAGB, having gained a Credit from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Well deserved!

Well done to ADAPS member Bert Haddock, who has had a full-page feature in this month's 'Black & White Photography' magazine devoted to one of his prize-winning photographs.

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