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  Mark Dyson is this week’s featured photographer. Mark pursues many different genres of photography, including a fine eye for nature shots in his repertoire!

  Owls are such gorgeous creatures and Janice has done a terrific job that gives her the coveted Picture of the Week slot!

  We will be seeing an evening of Gwen’s images later this year, but here is a taster in the form of this week’s Picture of the Week. A great portrait!

  A shot from our recent club photoshoot at Dam House in Astley. Sue and Neil were amongst our models and everyone had a great time. The next photoshoot on location will be at Astley Green, another great backdrop to … Read More

  A little bit of nostalgia from Danny Baker for this week’s Picture of the Week. A simple shot that evokes all the feeling of yesteryear motoring, well done Danny! We’ll try and forget the noise cars used to create … Read More

  This week Joanne Johnson holds the top award of Picture of the Week, for her thoughful and emotive portrait. A simple and elegant thought presented with a direct honesty. A beautiful portrait.

  For this week, a shot from the recent ADAPS photo shoot at Dam House. The message here is just that photography can be fun and to prove it our models are playing with the old notices that date from … Read More

  Tonight ADAPS booked the Victorian top floor at Dam House, a superb backdrop for model shoots. Members John Riley, Sue Riley, Neil Higham and Joan Higham donned their period costumes and models Charlotte, Phoebe and Chloe worked hard to … Read More

  Looking at the pictures and selecting one for this week’s POTW the first three looked at were all by Mike Aspinall. Obviously this was a sign, so this week the POTW winner is…Mike Aspinall! Cracking street photograph, just might … Read More

  Thursday 21st June 2018 saw Bobby Loomba presenting “Around the World in 80 Minutes” – a fascinating voyage of fine photography in exotic places. Bobby has our Picture of the Week with a beautifully observed reportage shot, one that … Read More

  Not any kingfisher, but a Goan kingfisher. A super shot from Mel brings him this week’s Picture of the Week!  

  Gordon has the POTW slot for the next seven days. Landscape photography is not easy and this is an excellent example of the genre. It’s an object lesson in how to get the best viewpoint, usually by climbing the … Read More

  Mel Barnes receives his award for the best print in the Exhibition from Lesley Davidson (Internal Competitions Secretary) and John Riley (Chairman) at the annual presentations ceremony held in the ADAPS Clubrooms. There were plenty of awards handed out, … Read More

  Part of the Witley Court estate, Great Witely Church is pretty spectacular. John Riley’s ceiling detail is this week’s Picture of the Week, showing part of the intricately painted ceiling. The technique used was to place the camera on … Read More

  A particularly fine shot from a re-enactment by Mike Aspinall. This weekend there are lots of similar opportunities all over the country, so perhaps Mike’s picture will inspire us all to get out there and shoot some images! We … Read More

The annual Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society yearbook has been published and a link can be found on the Yearbook page. Thank you to the editors, contributors and purchasers of the book; without you this publication wouldn’t be such … Read More