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August sees the Outlaws enter into their fourth Projected Digital Image (PDI) competition of the year and things are starting to warm up as Lester Woodward is being challenged for top spot by Malcolm Nabarro, Lois Webb and Ray Andrews. The evenings judge was Vin Scothern, a national competition judge who the Outlaws had met on previous occasions and noted that he commented on detail, fundamentals, separation, action and offered constructive critique.

This was the third print competition of the year and Lois Webb currently holds the top position in the Outlaw league table. The evenings judge was David Kissman  

The Outlaws year is now in full swing and we have had a number of outdoor photographic events, Printed image competitions and Projected Digital Image competitions (PDI). This evening it is the third PDI of the year and Lester Woodward currently holds the top position in the Outlaw league table. The evenings judge was Stefan 

There were two categories to judge, the Open category and the Themed which was “Patterns in Nature”. In total there were 27 entries in the open and 29 in the themed.

The Open competition attracted many genres of photography from architectural, travel, sport, nature, portrait and street. The themed competition equally had a wide variety of images and Stefan gave detailed critique before scoring the images presented to him.

On the evening of 25^th May, the Outlaws held their second Print competition of the year at the church hall, St James’s Church, Mapperley. The judge for the evening was Robert Falconer who had previously judged an Outlaws competition. Robert had an eye for detail and studied each image before commenting on its composition and content. He praised the standard of prints produced and gave good critique before scoring each individual image. He stated that the quality of the prints submitted was exemplary, fine praise indeed for the Outlaws.

The second projected Digital Image (PDI) competition of the year took place at the Outlaws den, the church hall, St James’s Church, Mapperley. The judge for the evening was Peter Jones and he was accompanied by the President of North & East Midlands Photographic Federation (N&EMPF) Sue Wilson.

There were 24 entries in the open and 22 in the themed (Birds) sections. Peter complimented the club on having so many quality images, covering a range of subjects. Which led to 7 images being held in the open section and 9 in the themed. He also mentioned that his lowest marks of 15 were higher than his usual of 12 or 13.