More than 50 members of both Enniskillen and Strabane Photographic Society gathered in the Ardhowen on Thursday night last to hear both Anne Cassidy and Patsy Carron give their expert opinion on work presented by two members of Enniskillen photographic society and one member form Strabane and District Camera Club.

The night got off to a great start with Terry McCartney announcing Robert O Brien's recent success at the NIPA national competition, securing a PAGB ribbon for his superbly captured image entitled "Stitch in Time"

Anne started off by explaining where the LRPS fitted into the RPS award framework and explained the process for putting panels forward to be judged.

Anne and Patsy then proceeded to critique the work presented by Gail Mc Gowan and Adrian Kelly from Enniskillen Photographic Society and Oliver Kelly from Strabane and District Camera Club each member put their panels together to have Anne and Patsy advise them on the proper construction of individual images and panels to be put forward for judging at one of the five LRPS events organised by The RPS each year.

Anne and Patsy discussed each potential panel and sifted through the images to select the best group of pictures to create a panel. Anne commented that some of the images, which they were discounting, could quite easily win prizes on their own merit but did not necessarily fit within a panel.

She advised each of the members to think about fitting images together to flow in a panel and advised them to choose their highest quality prints so as not to give the judging panel (of which she is a member) a single reason not to award the LRPS.