January at the Club We hope you'ver had a great Christmas and send you best wishes for a Happy New Year 2026 !  - let’s hope it will bring continued photographic success to individuals and to the club. At Chorley PS our season continues as follows: 05 Jan   PDI Competition 3 Final Hand-in Talk: ‘An Introduction To Astrophotography’ by Gordon Watson ABPE DPAGB PPSA EFIAP  Gordon will show us what can be achieved with just a standard camera, a tripod and some lenses. The talk i

As we enter December maybe you would like to try to photograph festive scenes in the local area or with your own friends and family.   At Chorley Photographic Society, our 2025-6 programme continues in December as follows:    01 Dec     Creative Print Competition The images from this comp will help to create our selection for the annual Martin Avery Creative Print competititon in 2026. Judge: Jane Lazenby Jane works as a professional photographer and artist specialising in cr

November is a good time of year to practise photographing night scenes – especially fireworks around the start of the month and Christmas lights which are being switched on later this month.   At Chorley Photographic Society, our 2025-6 programme continues as follows:    03 Nov    PDI Competition 2 Our Judge for tonight is Steve Hitchin EPAGB AFIAP BPE5. Steve is a member of the Evolve Group   10 Nov    Print Competition 2 Final Hand-in Practical model night We are always ple

At Chorley PS , we tend to think of ourselves as quite a strong print club so it has been frustrating that we have not been able to win the PAGB national print championship, but there is some very strong competition within the UK. Well on Saturday, we sorted that and came equal first with Arden and Smethwick. This means, of course, that Chorley PS now holds both the print championship and PDI championship titles which is an absolutely fantastic achievement by the Club and its

06 October        Print Competition 1 Final Hand-in Talk:  ‘Further Confessions of a Competition Addict’ by Robert Millin MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d3, MPSA, DPAGB, SPSA, GPU Zeus, AWPF, LRPS Robert will cover a full range of genres with some stories, some laughs hopefully and maybe some useful information too.   13 October     Print Competition 1 Judge: John McVie EFIAP APAGB DPAGB We welcome John who is a past president of the Scottish Photographic Federation. This is the first c

Monday 1 st September Our 2025-6 season got off to a great start with a talk by Paul Hassell MPAGB FRPS FIPF FBPE Paul showed us a wide...

New Programme for 2025-6 The Chorley Photographic Society programme of events for 2025-6 is now available to view on our website  and...

We did it, we won the PAGB championships at Warwick for the third consecutive year. Wow, what an achievement!   In 2023, we tied with...

Our programme continues throughout the summer with outings to a variety of local destinations. The meetups are on Monday evenings...

Chorley Photographic Society has recently opened an exhibition of prints. The location is in the historic Coach House Gallery, in the...

Monday 9th September is our annual prize night. After a highly successful PAGB PDI competition in the summer we are now back to the club...

Chorley Photographic Society is ready for a new season of exciting activities and events! Whether you're a seasoned photographer or just...

The results are in and... Chorley PS have won all three sections across DPIs and Prints. We have also won a large number of individual...

Ladies, Gentlemen The KO will be hosted by Ribblesdale camera club at the following address and you are welcome to attend if you wish....

It’s the Chorley - Leyland - Preston 3-way battle hosted by Preston PS on Thursday the 22nd of February at Moor Park Sports and Social,...

It's Studio Shoot Night at the Club on Monday night ... Members will model, so that we can experiment with lighting set ups, so if you...

The slides, minus AVs, from Steve's talk at the club are below in PDF format. Feel free to download and keep the file but please do not...

Chorley Photographic Society Members Christmas Party As we approach December, here are a couple of reminders of what is happening in the...

The entry date for this prestigious exhibition is fats approaching. Please see the attached document for details. If you have any...

The annual Ted Colman Trophy is a fairly unique competition featuring a number of 'rounds' then a single image 'final. David Gibbins ARPS...