News - Short Stories

Here is an appeal to members who think they have nothing to share with their fellows in our small, but special, LF society.

We all know how photography can bring back memories of long-forgotten events or travels. The mere sight of an old personal picture can often recall sights, scents and stories associated with a specific travel destination or family event.

Or, some small happening in your own back yard, snapped by an older family member or friend, serves to remind you of how you or an ancestor once lived. Memories flood back as you relive those special moments in your lives.

Invariably, travels unearth an interesting nugget of information, novel to you at the time, that could also be of interest to other photographers had it been shared. Please, rack your brains and share such incidents with other members.

Many serious experienced Leica photographers enjoy producing pictures for competitions. That becomes their main aim. So please tell us a little about your discoveries and techniques. In contrast, a huge majority of photographers are less ambitious and are content with their opportunistic and random efforts with a camera. Each and every one of you is welcome to share your experiences with others.

In recent times, starting with Covid-19 and its period of confinement, it brought home to me the importance of reviewing our old, long-forgotten photographs.

So what have I to offer, this week?




During a random search of my picture library I chanced upon this photo of a young swallow, unusually perched on my television aerial. I was elated to rediscover this picture as you can find out by following this link.
Read More

More news and photographs from our anniversary weekend. We show the results of our competitions that were selected by other members.


AUDREY BURY OPEN COMPETITION



First Place - Dozy Wary Pelican by Steve Hawkes




Second Place - Sunlit Path Through The Woods by Ken Davis




Third Place - Umbrellas by Keith Walker




Fourth Place - Doing What Comes Naturally by Pam Lewis
(look carefully at the photograph!)


MY DAY OUT WINNING PHOTOGRAPH



Eye Eye by Steve Hawes
Read More

Our weekend at Stanton House Hotel was our 50th Anniversary and more than 50% of our members made it for all or part of the weekend.
Gareth has provided a summary of the events below and took the group picture, well done.
Hopefully members will provide Gareth with more photographs and we will write an article for the Newsletter and put a few more photographs on the website.
It was a very successful weekend in a beautiful location and an area where there is lots to see and do.
We would like to thank our conference organisers for arranging this successful 'do'.


Read More

Our president reminds us of our history and upcoming 50th anniversary meeting on 24th to 27th April. If you can possibly come to the weekend we would love to see you there and catch up on everyone's news.



Our Fortieth Anniversary Weekend in 2016 at Allensford

In our For Sale page you will see a Leica Q3 and extra items that Gerald has for sale.
Read More

The web master has hogged the news update this week with some photos taken on his walks during Christmas and New Year.



Chesterfield - Somersall - Panasonic GX7




Chesterfield - River Hipper - Panasonic GX7




The Lonely Seat - Panasonic GX7




The Last Of The Beech Leaves - Panasonic GX7




Cloud Formations - Panasonic GX7




Chasson Park - Urmston - Leica M11
Read More

As we have lost our esteemed member Brian Bower we felt it important to pay tribute to this fine photographer. We will remember him through his fine photography.


Werneth Low - M6 35mm



Werneth Low - M6 90mm



Read More

Douglas tells us about initiatives in Paris to keep alive wet plate technology in the 21st Century.
Our photographic predecessors had to work hard and skillfully to create their images.


Read More

Gareth Lewis shows us a Steam Punk Weekend at Crich National Tramway Museum.


























Read More

Late November 2024 brought many areas of the UK a few inches of snow. Here are some photographs in Derbyshire:



November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire
Read More

James Jarché, a famous press photographer in his day, is not a name likely to be known by younger members of the Leica Fellowship. But for those who grew up in the 1940s, they might just remember Jarché’s work in Picture Post and other contemporary publications, fore-runners of British sunday newspapers’ colour magazines. Such weekly papers were extremely popular in the 1940s and 1950s, but relied on a regular supply of the very best of illustrative or journalistic photography. James Jarché was one of the main contributors to Picture Post and Weekly Illustrated, long before television became the medium of choice for news, as Britain became more affluent. That is the background to a fascinating documentary, with considerable photographic content and a reminder of British social history. Read more here…
Read More

Denis Gilbert wishes to sell some of his books and these are listed in the Equipment for Sale page as well as in this news item.
Denis is sending photographs of the cruises he and his wife enjoyed. The first photographs of these are of crocodiles on the Murray River.



Feeding Crocodiles at the Murray River above Darwin . Leica V-Lux 4 by Denis Gilbert


]

Feeding Crocodiles at the Murray River above Darwin . Leica V-Lux 4 by Denis Gilbert



The crocodile has just closed on his snack . Denis Gilbert Leica V-Lux 4


]

I am pleased that I managed to fire the shutter exactly the second his jaws took the meat . Denis Gilbert Leica V-Lux 4
Read More

First class photographs by Robert Frank who used a screw thread Leica and standard lens can be seen at an exhibition on The Valleys at the National Museum of Wales.
https://museum.wales/news/1362/The-Valleys-New-Exhibition-opens-at-National-Museum-Cardiff/
This shows that this equipment, that can be 70 to 80 years old can still perform so well and you'll get to experience Leica quality in the tradition of film photographs.
Read More

We are featuring photographs and an article about the Exbury Gardens Steam Railway - ‘The Rhododendron Line” by Alan Humphries.


Exbury Station


Last Checks



Naomi



Rosemary
Read More

Gareth has sent these photographs taken on their various outings at the Frodsham weekend 2024.

He will be writing a full report for the Fellowship Newsletter so members can read the detail in there.


Speke Hall


Manchester Ship Canal


Chester Cathedral


Cloisters - Chester Cathdral


Angel Shadow - Liverpool Roman Catholic Cathedral


Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Read More

Cled set up a still life using his family bible and photographed it with his iPhone and his Leica M11, you can see his results here.




Read More

Dennis Steel believes in the habit of carrying one camera and one lens for local photography. Was this the best choice when he encountered serious flooding and an extremely swollen river Ouse flowing through his local city of York? For this picture, certainly.


Read More

Alan Humphries tells us about the place where he lives with some attractive photos taken on Leica / Panasonic equipment. It looks worth a visit.




Read More

Llanfair Caereinion station on the Llanfair and Welshpool Railway was captured by Keith as the sun highlighted the train crew member.


Read More

These are photographs by Jay Charnock, one of our successful street photographers using Leica Q cameras.





Read More

To start the new year, what would be more appropriate than a wintery scene. Yet, we do not get snow, just by wishing for it. So member David Askham delved into his archives to find one. Here he discusses how a simple opportunity arose, without him leaving the warmth of his home.
Read More