Below are a couple of Chris' images

Annual Print Competition

The closing date for the Annual Print Competition is next Wednesday - 17 May; the judge for this year will be Jenny Hibbert MPAGB AFIAP AWPF from South Wales.

Full entry details can be found in your Members' Handbook (pp25 & 28), but if you have any queries or need labels for your prints, I'm sure that David Alderson will be only too pleased to help - email him at printcompetitions@bristolphoto.org.uk.

Entries should be put in the box at the front of the meeting room.

Following the recent visit to BPS by Viveca Koh, there was mention of a workshop later in the year. This is now definite (subject to numbers) and will take place a little later in the year, probably late Summer/early Autumn. The workshop will be a one day event and will focus on Using Layers and Textures in Photoshop; the cost will be £75 per head. There are just a few places left, so if you are interested, please contact Derwood Pamphilon as soon as you can - either by email: derwood1004@gmail.com or phone: 07545 848919. You can read full details of the workshop by following this link. 

Some of you may have noticed the rather snazzy black tiled upstands that have appeared on the walls behind the two shelves either side of the tea/coffee servery; these have been put in by Mike Bigger as part of the ongoing programme of improvements at Unit 13. You may also have noticed an improvement in the quality of the projected images on Wednesday evenings, this is as a result of a new projector lamp being purchased and installed (300 quid, seems like daylight robbery for a little lamp!), so the projector should be good for another few years.

We have now been at the new premises for two years and hopefully all those little things that we missed when the original major works were carried out prior to us moving in have now been completed. However, those of us who were in the team responsible for seeing the project through were probably all a bit too close to the project to catch everything that needed doing, so if you think of anything that we have missed or have possibly got wrong, do let us know and maybe (no promises!) we'll get round to doing them.  Emails to unit13@bristolphoto.org.uk

PAGB eNews

Download issue 184 of the PAGB e-News here

Dates For Your Diary

Until 11 Jun	Roger Mayne - The Photographers' Gallery. This major exhibition is the first since 1999 to show the iconic work of British photographer Roger Mayne (1929-2014). It includes his pioneering photographs of 1950s and early 1960s community life in London’s Southam Street. www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk Thanks to Dave Lawlan for this.
20-21 May	After the WCPF Members' Exhibition closes at Bovey Tracey, it will move to the BPS HQ at Unit 13. Open on both days between 10am and 4.30pm.
23 September	RPS Digital Imaging Group is holding a special event - DI Expo 2017 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport (near the NEC) from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 23 September. This event is open to all, but you will need to book a ticket. For full information and tickets, please visit their website.
11 November	Devizes Camera Club is holding An Evening With Charlie Waite. Charlie is one of the world's leading landscape photographers. The event is at Wiltshire Music Centre at Bradford on Avon. Full details can be found by following this link. I'm told that tickets are selling fast, so you are advised to book now if you are interested.

 

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.

Well done to Derwood Pamphilon who recently submitted a panel of prints to the RPS for consideration for the award of an ARPS distinction. We are pleased to hear that the panel has been recommended for acceptance and that, subject to final ratification, Derwood has joined the select band of BPS members who can put ARPS after their name.

 

 

 

 

Make	Description	Size
Lastolite	Orange collapsible background	1.50 x 1.90
Lastolite	Grey / Blue background	1.50 x 1.90
Lastolite	Umbrella Box	1.00 dia.
Interfit	COR756 Background support system	2.40 x 3.10
Courtenay	2 No. White / Gold Umbrella reflector	1.10 dia
Bowens Bo Lite Kit	3 No. Flash / modelling lights
Bowens	2 No. Barndoors with honey-combe
Bowens	2 No. Monocell Mk.4
Bowens	Soft box to fit Bo Lite	0.90 x 0.90
Manfrotto	3 No. Stands
Manfrotto	1 No. White Umbrella Reflector	0.80 dia
Manfrotto	1 No. Silver Umbrella Reflector	0.80 dia
Shepherd	1 No.  XE-88 Flash Meter

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.

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.

 

 

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