Next week we are joining forces with Gloucester, Kingswood and Cheltenham camera clubs in sponsoring a ‘tour’ for Jack Casement ARPS who is coming up from Kent. Jack is an incredibly creative photographer and an expert not only in Photoshop but in many other digital imaging fields. He plans the first part of the evening with us to be taken up with some inspiring creative Photoshop techniques, and the second half will be a really varied programme. As well as a demo of Ultra Fractal software, he will also cover Poser, Apophysis and Bryce Landscapes software. And, as he himself professes, no programme by Jack Casement would be complete without some skeletons. He says that his only concern will be to fit it all in! Visit Jack's website to get a taster of what he does.

Last week I mentioned that Google is "giving away" the Nik software suite. Several members have now sent me the following link to free tutorials on how to use Nik, please click here.

 

The British Copyright Council (BCC), of which the RPS is a member, has launched a single-page basic guide to copyright in the UK, known as the Copyright 'Highway' Code (CHC). The idea is that this will give anyone producing or using a creative work, such as a photograph, the same kind of guide that the motoring Highway Code does when you drive a car.
The CHC project has been developed by a copyright awareness and education group within the BCC. A first draft was written by Andy Finney from the RPS (who acted as editor) and Denise Swanson of the BIPP. Even though the code is simple and easy to understand, this still required discussion and learned legal input. Sometimes, as you can imagine, even individual words were argued over. The first edition has been agreed by representatives from all parts of the creative industries.
The code takes the form of a single side of A5, which can be downloaded from the BCC's web site - follow this link.

 

Lacock Abbey - ‘Iceland, an Uneasy Calm’ is a series of photographs taken in Iceland over the last eight years by Tim Rudman who is acknowledged as one of the very finest landscape photographers working today. This stunning collection will be exhibited at the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, Britain’s birthplace of photography, until  10 July. Click here for more details.

An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great..., I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said,
'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'

 

Sue O'Connell has just returned from a trip to Oman where she collected a GPU Silver Medal for her image - Hair Care Day at the Nunnery. That trip to the barbers is certainly doing well for Sue.

 

Please don't forget that if you change your address or gain additional photographic distinctions it would be appreciated if you could let the Membership Secretary know so that she can keep her records up to date - please email all changes to membership@bristolphoto.org.uk

For those of you who aren't sure what MPAGB, EFIAP/s and many more such seemingly random collections of letters mean, just click here to download the list.

 

 

 

If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Carol, either by email: membership@bristolphoto.org.uk or by telephone: 0117 924 1338