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Several members of the Outlaws recently enjoyed a hugely successful five-day photographic expedition to Berlin, a city where the history of the 20th century meets the radical innovation of the 21st. The trip provided a phenomenal canvas for our primary focus: the stark lines of architectural photography and the fleeting narratives of street life.

Our journey began at Nottingham’s East Midlands Airport where we boarded a mid-day flight to Berlin. Upon arrival we caught the overground train service into the heart of the city, the adventure had begun.

Our first evening was in the city’s modern core, where the Potsdamer Platz and the Sony Centre offered a masterclass in modern geometry. These structures demand precision if we were to capture the lines & scale. The coloured lights, water fountains and grandeur of the buildings was quite breath-taking and a memorable experience for the new arrivals. Following our first photoshoot it was an evening meal and time to rest before the demands of a new day.

The fourth print competition of the year was held on Thursday 25^th September at St James church Hall the home of the Nottingham Outlaws. The print competition started back in March and is run on a bi-monthly basis. Going into this leg of the print competition Lois Webb was in first place on 317 points closely followed by Malcolm Nabarro on 316 and then Chris Holdsworth & Lester Woodward tying on 314 points. Tonight’s penultimate competition could give one of the leading group the edge over their close rivals. 

The judge for this round of the competition was Ashley Franklin who is known to many of the Outlaws as they have attended some of the fine photographic presentations that Ashley has delivered to the society. Ashley is also the Chairman of Derby City Photographic Club There were two categories for Ashley to judge, the Open category and the Themed which for this evening was “Urban”. 

Ashley started off the evening by explaining that he had looked up the definition of “Urban” in the dictionary to ensure that images presented to hit met the subject criteria.

In total there were 24 entries in the Open and in the Themed.

It is August already and the Outlaws are undertaking their fourth Projected Digital Image (PDI) competition of the year and it’s just not the summer days that are warming up, the PDI competition is too. Preceding this month’s competition, the DPI leader-board was as follows, Lois Webb on 216 points, Malcolm Nabarro 209 points & Sue Jackson on 206 points.

The evenings judge was Roy Maddison from Long Eaton Camera Club, Roy offered constructive comments and scored the images in his own unique style.

There were two categories for Roy to judge on the evening, the Open category and the Themed, which this month was “Metal”. There were approximately thirty-two in the Open category and thirty-four in the themed.

The Open competition attracted many genres of photography from portraiture study, wildlife, sport, and landscape images to name but a few. 

The themed competition equally had a wide variety of images with many different visual interpretations of the theme and Roy again offered his opinion, critique & some suggestions of editing that would (in his opinion) benefit the image.

It is late July and the third NOPS print competition of the year was about to take place. Going into this round Lois Webb currently leads on 211 points with Malcolm Nabarro very close 210 points, so there is still all to play for & there are several other Outlaws that are challenging for the Print Outlaw of the Year (POOTY) tittle.

The judge for the evening was Dave Hollingsworth who had visited the Outlaws on a number of previous occasions. Dave is Chairman of Arnold & District Camera Club. Dave congratulated the members on the quality of their printed images on a number of occasions throughout the evening.

June is already upon us and we are experiencing a heat wave and things are also starting to warm up for the Outlaws on the competition front. They are now midway in their digital competition year and the league table is beginning to take shape with the leaders emerging.

As we head into this round of the competition Lois Webb is the current leader with 145 points, which is 9 points clear of second place Sue Jackson, followed closely by Lester Woodward on 135 points. What effect will this round have on their league position and points tally?

This month as per usual has two categories one being an “Open” where members can submit images of their choice across a whole gambit of photographic genres, the other being the “Theme”, which was “Abandoned Buildings”. There were thirty-four entries in the Open category and thirty-one in the themed competition.