Bury Art Gallery is now showing our 2012 Exhibition of photographic work which is open to all visitors until the 21st April 2012. The exhibition work covers all aspects of photography from the thrills of speed, beautiful landscapes and wildlife captured for us all to see. A visit to the art gallery makes an interesting [...]

The Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union: DPI Portfolio.

If you have a compact camera or use the one on your phone but want to get serious about photography….read on You have taken photographs with your phone and you have clogged up your compact camera with pictures you are unlikely to download. Friends and family express polite interest when you finger flick picture after [...]

As we welcome in the New Year of 2012, I thought it would be fun and interesting to see what Bury PS members were upto at the turn of the Millennium. In the Millennium year 2000 the club and Bury Local History Society staged a historical photographic exhibition in the Bury Art Gallery celebrating the [...]

Round 5 was our final round of Digital competition of 2011. After counting the scores on the night Kevin Hardman won the Club Class award and Barrie Kelly won the Advanced Class. Well done for your excellent work chaps !

As well as being our longest serving member Stuart is also the custodian of the History of Bury Photographic Society. When I started looking after the website I was very proud and interested in the groups long history and Stuart was to lovely and kind enough to share with me this fantastic glimpse into the [...]

Round 4 saw a very high standard from everyone, especially the club class. Kevin Hardman scored top 20 points with “Near and far on Antelope Island” just beating Andrew Mayfield with a thoughtful image entitled “Glove” scoring a close 19 points. The advanced class gave our judge a real varied selection of photographic styles. Richard [...]

I have greatly enjoyed my year as President of this Society. In such a year there are obviously several special highlights and memories. One of the best was welcoming the Mayor when he opened the Annual Exhibition. This was especially enjoyable because the Mayor was enthusiastic about photography and actually overran his time with us [...]

Bury narrowly beat it’s twin French town of Tulle in the first international photographic competition for the club. Bury and its counterpart club in Tulle submitted 30 pictures each to be marked by an independent English judge, Dave Butler from Wigan and Jacky Chevrier from Tulle. Judges scored out of 20 with 12 being the [...]