This summer season has seen the Outlaws make a number of trips out and about and yesterday evening we had a guided tour around Nottingham’s historic Lace Market Area with Graham Woodward the chairman of the Nottingham Civic Society.

The guided tour was very informative and interesting and we all learnt facts about an area that we thought we knew quite well. The tour also gave us the opportunity to take images of some of Nottingham’s oldest, grandest & quirky buildings. Our cameras were never far from hand and it was also a photographic tour on a local theme.

Notts Outlaw Patrick Wallis recently exhibited a selection of his nature print images at St James Church Mapperley.

I asked Patrick how he felt about having his very own personal exhibition and this is what he said. “Lat month I was asked if I would hold an exhibition of some of my nature photography at the St James Church, Summer Fair.  I printed and mounted twenty images and displayed them at both the Fair and in the church the following week.  I was approached by a member of the congregation who asked if they could purchase one which I was thrilled about. I then decided to make them all available to purchase and give any monies raised to the church maintenance fund.  I raised in excess of £600.00 which I thought was amazing. I am now out with my camera taking more images incase I get another opportunity to exhibit again”.

It is late July and the third NOPS print competition of the year has just taken place. Going into this round Sue Hartley leads with 209 points followed closely by Lois Webb on 205 points and in third place Lester Woodward with 203 points. So, there is still all to play for & the coveted Print Outlaw OTY title.

The judge for the evening was David Kissman who has judged here for several years and on all occasions, he has had constructive comments/critique to offer the entrants. David is a member at Keyworth Camera Club

There were two categories for David to judge, the Open category (a mix of various genres) and the Themed which was “By The Side Of The Road”. 

Congratulations go to Lois Webb from all of the members of Nottingham Outlaws for recently attaining a Distinction award from the PAGB. This is a significant challenge and one that Lois addressed head on, below are her words & thoughts on how she actually approached the sittuation.

“The APM (Awards for Photographic Merit) are available to members of Clubs affiliated to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) through their Federations. There are five levels of awards. Having been awarded my CPAGB (Credit) in 2015, I am delighted to have achieved success this April and have gained the next level of DPAGB (Distinction). 

The 1^st print competition of 2026 was held on Thursday 26^th March at St James church Hall the home of the Nottingham Outlaws. The print competition is run on a bi-monthly basis, through to the final round which is in November of the same year and all points scored in the rounds contribute towards the Outlaw of the year print league table. 

The judge for this round of the competition was Bob Galley who is a member of Newark & District Photographic Society. There were two categories for Bob to judge, the Open category and the Themed category which was “Portraiture”. In total there were 29 entries in the open and 27 in the themed.

The Open competition again attracted a wide variety of genres of photography including sport, nature, landscape, artistic nude & architecture. The themed competition had many stunning portrait images and Bob said that this was going to be a very difficult competition for him to judge because of the quality of the work.

Lester Woodward’s image “Pink Madness” was chosen for the front page of the NEMPF exhibition catalogue 2026. Lester is seen here receiving his award from NEMPF Chairman Gary Langley.

The Outlaws continue to go from strength to strength and awards like this demonstrate the level of commitment and effort that the club & individuals invest in their photography and competition events.

Lester receiving his award from Gary Langley NEMPF Chairman.