The age of Zoom in 2020 has opened up new possibilities for inter-club competitions. We can now compete with clubs who are at the other end of the country, or even overseas. We stretched as far as Abingdon in Oxfordshire for our first foray on 28th October. It was a close match all the way […]

North – South competition


We have now reached the 6-month point in our 2020-2021 monthly competition and the standard has been very high. No fewer than eight of our members have scored the maximum 20 for one or more images and the league table is highly competitive. It is always gratifying when our newer members achieve a 20, so […]

Half way through the competition year


There are specific definitions of “Nature photography” and “Wildlife photography” for various federation competitions up to national level. The most recent version was released in 2018, and has been included in the Gallery / Competition Format link for the guidance of members.

Nature and Wildlife Photography



Easter Sunday, 12th April 2020, Day 21 of LockDown. Our member, Eileen Marsh decided that she had to start a record of this strange time when, due to COVID-19,  we couldn’t see our family or friends, everywhere was closed except essential food shops, it was the perfect time to go on a pub crawl. She […]

Walks around Horwich in Lockdown


Our AGM is on Wednesday 27th May 2020 starting at 7:30pm. As usual at the moment, it is a virtual Zoom meeting. Please contact us via message if you don’t have the access instructions. We very much welcome the ideas of all members as to the future direction of the club and ways in which […]

B&DPS Annual General Meeting


BDPS has formally adopted this new name to recognise that our membership come from all over Bolton. We have taken the opportunity to re-brand ourselves. We hope that this will inspire more people to join us. Although the national situation at the moment means that we cannot meet physically, we continue to have virtual meetings […]

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