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Next Wednesday sees the Annual Projected Image Competition, which this year is to be judged by Leo Rich ARPS, EFIAP/g, DPAGB, BPE3*, Hon PAGB, Leo hails from Salisbury and is well known on the club speaker circuit as well as being a popular national and international judge. You can see from the list of distinctions behind his name that he is no slouch when it comes to photography, so despite his well known turn of wit we are sure to be in for a good night's judging.
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Bristol Salon - Season's Finale! |
This year's Bristol Salon is now all over, with a willing band BPS members congregating at Unit 13 yesterday, Thursday, to stuff and send over a thousand catalogues and awards (where applicable) to this year's entrants. Very many thanks to Mike Bigger, Steve Bridgen, Gerry Gill, Andy Gillingham, Anthea Golding, Mike Hall, Joanne Searle, Alan Searle, Millie Spaven, Carol Sykes and Keith Wood for giving up a sunny day to sit and stuff envelopes for a whole day. |
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Members of the team diligently beavering away yesterday
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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. |
The following is from BTW leader, David Grierson:
YouTube: Many members have mentioned certain names who have great learning sites on YouTube. What I’d like to create is a database of these names so we can all benefit.
A couple I use are:
- Anthony Morganti - click here
- Photos in colour - click here
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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 207 of PAGB eNews click on th efollowing links:
e-news 207 - here, this is the standard issue.
e-news 207 Extra - here, this includes images and details from the most recent PAGB adjudication for the Awards of Photographic merit an includes at least one image from each successful entry.
e-news 207 Extra (Extra) - here, this contains an article on seven decades of photography by Roy Elwood MPAGB, FRPS, EFIAP, APAGB |
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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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26 & 28 May
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Didcot Railway Rails on the Western Front.
A commemoration of the role of the railways in the First World War, featuring:
- The recreation of a French station in the Transfer Shed
populated by members of the Great War Society and featuring an ambulance
train, displaying 5322, the steam engine that served on the Western
Front between 1917 and 1919
- A military camp display with members of the Great War Society
providing first-person learning sessions to demonstrate the many and
various skills which a soldier would have had to acquire to enable him
to do his job, as well as the realities of everyday life
- A ‘WWI Trail’ to encourage visitors to discover various
WWI-related exhibits in the Society’s collection, along with their
history, such as the real-life story of three nurses who served in our
currently unrestored WWI ambulance coach
- Access to WWI exhibits not normally available to the public, such as
the articulated ‘Pollen’ wagons, designed for carrying naval gun
barrels.
- Also:
- Black Python Bar open
- Signalling in Operation on the Branch Line
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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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9 & 10 June
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Dig For Victory - a 1940's Festival at the North Somerset Showground. This is one of the west's premier 1940's weekends and is well worth a visit. For more details, go to their website - digforvictoryshow |
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7 July
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Cotswold Show - Held at Cirencester Park. This is a good place for a day out, with plenty of arena activities, stalls and aircraft above! 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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Well done to Mike Bews for having one of his images, "Cockchafer Prepares For Take-off" chosen as "picture of the week" on www.uksafari.com.
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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