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Next Wednesday we welcome Philip Joyce ARPS DPAGB who will be presenting his talk Short Stories. Philip will discuss his pictures and approach to photography in “Short Stories”. He looks at subjects including zoos, street life, total strangers, being a dog, gipsy communities and Pride events, amongst numerous others.
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With a documentary sensibility and street photography style, he will talk about engaging with his subjects and his motivations in continuing to develop portfolios of favourite subjects, whilst adding a personal narrative that links the stories together. Philip hopes his work will encourage others to reflect on their own approach and perhaps explore new directions.
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An example of Philip's work (the photo, not the pig'shead!)
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Closing Date - Annual Print Competition |
Advanced warning - the closing date for the Annual Print Competition is Wednesday 16 May. The judge for the competition is John Tilsley APAGB DPAGB ARPS, John is from Dorchester Camera Club; he also organises the WCPF Judging Seminars, so we can expect a masterclass in judging! Note, that apart from the usual classes there is an additional Nature class. As well as the usual awards in each class there are further awards, which may be drawn from any class, for the best Travel, People, Action, Landscape, Monochrome and Creative prints. Up to a total of 5 prints may be entered but take care to number your prints in your preferred order as, if entry numbers are high, prints numbered 5 may be excluded.
Please put your prints in the box provided at the front of the clubrooms. If you have any queries, please contact the competition Secretary, David Alderson at printcompetitions@bristolphoto.org.uk |
Bi Monthly Competitions Review |
The following is a joint communique from the Competition Secretaries:
We have reached the end of the first year with the “Prescribed” category at Advanced level and we would like to know what you think about it.
As competition secretaries, we are pleased with this innovation. Members have risen to the challenges, there have been very few problematic images and judges have taken things in their stride.
We are happy to continue with this element of the competitions but, with next year’s programme needing to be confirmed soon, would appreciate your comments. Please speak to either of us in person or email us at:
David Alderson
Ken Clarke
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Click on poster for further details. |
I'm indebted to Steve Newman for sending me details of how not to cheat in a major photographic natural history competition. A photographer entered the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, however his interpretation of Natural History turned out to be more a case of Still Life!. Follow this link for the full story. |
PAGB Interclub DPI Competition - Warwick |
BPS will be representing the WCPF at the annual PAGB Interclub Competition to be held at Warwick on Saturday 14 July at Warwick University. This event brings together the top two Clubs from each of the 15 Federations, together with the top 8 placed clubs from the 2017 Championships to compete to find the Champion Club for 2018.
Admission is from 9.30am by prepaid ticket only; these can be purchased by completing the form (download here) and sending it with the correct remittance and an SAE, to the address shown on the form. This is a great day out when you get to see some of the best images in Great Britain and at the same time get to meet members from other clubs from across the country. |
Beyond The Wall - Dates For Your diary
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Here is some advanced notice of a couple of future events being organised by David Grierson at Beyond the Wall.
Monday 21 May: Mount cutting presentation with Longridge mount cutters. Try their mount cutters on the night.
Monday 18 June: How to enter external Salons and Competitions hosted by Jeff Hargreaves
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Download the edition 206 of PAGB eNews here. |
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This weekend
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The Ragged Victorians will be at the SS Great Britain over the Bank Holiday. Follow this link for full details. |
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Brief Encounters by Mark Fairhust can be seen at the Goods Shed Tetbury (Gumstool Hill, Tetbury, GL8 8DG).
Photographer Mark Fairhurst began his career photographing inanimate objects, from jewellery to plugs, which were used in advertising. Seeing his work, someone told him that if you can make a plug look good, imagine what you can do for people.
It was this that sparked the idea of switching to portraiture and now an exhibition of his work is to be shown at Tetbury Goods Shed in Gloucestershire.
Fairhurst's pictures are usually taken on location and often he has little time to capture the image he wants.
Brief Encounters displays images taken on a one-to-one basis, often only with a short time to prepare the set on location.
"It's a challenge to create a relaxed atmosphere other than in a studio," says Fairhurst. "I would never have thought that I would be in front of so many famous people in my career."
He works in black and white taking inspiration from photographers such as Irving Penn, Jane Bown, David Bailey and Richard Avedon.
For more details, follow this link.
Thanks to Mike Bigger for this
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Until 20 May
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'Tribe' a photography exhibition. Lacock Abbey until 20 May. This is a collaborative exhibition of photography by mid-career professional artists. Their work is a narrative, addressing issues of family, history, love and loss. The artists are a group of women from all over the US. Full details here.
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Until 3 June
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North Somerset Arts are holding an exhibition until 3 June at #65 High Street, Nailsea, BS48 1AW. Further details can be found by following this link. |
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2&3 June
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The Bath Bedlam Fair is being held over the weekend of 2/3 June.
Avant Display, Bongo Bolero, DotComedy, Dynamogène, The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band and the Street to the Point students company from Hampshire; along with many more street activities. Full details here
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ITS NOT PARTICULARLY EASY FINDING "DATES FOR YOUR DIARY", SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF MEMBERS COULD LET ME KNOW OF ANY EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS OR PICTURE LOCATIONS THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST. DATES AND WEB LINKS WOULD HELP
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I have received news of the following successes by BPS members in international exhibitions:
Barry Mead - 5 awards in Sydney Harbour, Australia (1 gold, 3 silver and a ribbon) and 2 awards at Cheltenham (1 gold and a ribbon)
BPS was well represented in the recent SouthamptonInternational, with the following members gaining acceptances: Barry Mead (1), Jeff Hargreaves (6 incl 2 awards), John Chamberlin (5), Peter Brisley (5) and Sue O'Connell (4).
Salon acceptances: BPS photographers are now achieving large numbers of salon acceptances and constraints on time and space mean we can't include them all. So please only advise of awards or other milestones.
Contrary to popular belief, I do not possess psychic powers and need you to tell me if you've had successes. If you want to blow your own trumpet (or someone else's), then this is the place to do it. Please let me know and I'll include details in a future issue.
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Would all members please note: before you plan your shoot and book your model, you should check whether the studio/clubroom will be free. This can be done easily and at any time by viewing the Clubroom Bookings calendar in the Members' Area of the BPS Website. Bookings can (and must) be made by contacting Mike Bigger at bookings@bristolphoto.org.uk.
Log in details to the Members' Area are at the end of this newsletter.
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Sigma APO 170-500mm Lens f5-6.3 Canon AF mount complete with Lens hood and case. Offers to Mike Bigger mike@mikebigger.co.uk or mobile 07710 019971
Please note, we can only carry adverts for items to sell, if those items actually belong to the member advertising them.
If you have something photographic that you want to sell, let me have the details and I will circulate them to a captive audience of photographers through the Newsletter - send to the usual address.
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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.
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Please don't forget that if you change your
address (home or email), 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, this will also ensure that you continue
to receive your newsletters - please email all changes to membership@bristolphoto.org.uk
The distinctions we have on record are those
shown at the top of this newsletter, if they are wrong, please let Carol
know.
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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as special events, exhibitions, photographic hints and tricks, etc. please let me know at bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICTAION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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Missed a copy of the Newsletter? |
To view past editions of this Newsletter, please click on the following link and then select the date(s) you are looking for - BPS Newsletter Archive
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BPS Website - Members' Area "Log in"
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To enter the Members' Area of the BPS website you will need the following:
User Name - chatroom Password - pixels
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 |
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