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We kick off the new season with a change from the published programme. Instead of the Chairman's Evening (Jeff will be away basking in the "radiated" glories of Chernobyl), we have the meeting that was originally scheduled for the following week. We will be welcoming Ian Wade who will be delighting us with his talk on the Urban Wildlife of Malaysia and Underwater Photography. To read about Ian, visit his website by clicking here. In the meantime, here's a taster of the urban wildlife of Malaysia:
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Don't forget, if you haven't already collected your 2017-18 BPS Handbook, it is now available on the AV desk at the rear of the clubrooms. For those of you who need to have their Handbook about their person at all times (and who doesn't?), you can follow this link to download a copy. The programme is also on the web, please follow this link. |
6 September - Projected Image Competition Closing Date
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Please note that the first meeting of the new programme, 6 September, is the closing date for Round 1 of the Projected Image Competition. Don't forget the new rules which come into effect for this round, several members who have already entered have not got it quite right yet; this means that the subject for the "prescribed category" is on the theme of Transport (how you interpret Transport is entirely up to you). A copy of the new rules is reproduced below:
Bimonthly Print and Projected Image Competitions
Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4
These competitions consist of 4 rounds, at roughly two monthly intervals. Each member may submit a maximum of 3 PI images or prints in each round of the applicable competition. First, second and third places, along with highly commended entries are awarded certificates in each level and points are allocated to these awards. Across the four rounds these points are accumulated. Trophies are presented in each of the 3 levels (Club, Intermediate, and Advanced) to the holders of the highest number of points at the end of the four rounds. The trophies will be presented at the club AGM.
For DPI and Print rounds at Advanced Level
For the advanced level only, the competitions will be subdivided into an ‘open’ category and a ‘prescribed’ category. In each round, two submitted images can be in the 'open' category, the subject and style being the free choice of the entrant. The third image submitted must be in the genre/subject/style category specified for each competition, as shown below.
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PI COMP 2017-18
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PRINT COMP 2017-18
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Round 1
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Transport
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Monochrome
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Round 2
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Street/Candid
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Work
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Round 3
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Close-up/Macro
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Blue
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Round 4
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Sport
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Architecture
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Images submitted to the 'prescribed' category must show the number 3 as the image identifying number. See ‘rules for entry’ on Pages 26 to 28 of your handbook.
A member who chooses to submit a ‘prescribed’ category image may also enter one or two images in the same genre/subject/style for the 'open' category submissions. A member may submit an 'Image 3' to the ‘prescribed’ category only, and nothing to the ‘open’ category, if desired.
In each round, the ‘genre’ category Image 3s will be judged together, with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HCs being awarded, in addition to the awards for the 'open' images. The appropriate points for accumulation across the rounds will also accrue.
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Print Competitions 2017-18
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Print Competition Labels
Labels for this year's series of print competitions will be available on Wednesday from the table by the stage. You need just one sheet for all the year's competitions!
The closing date for Round 1, judged by our own Graham Reeves EFIAP, is 20 September. Please indicate your level of entry by clearly writing Cl, Int or Adv on the label. Do not use the letter code required for online DPI entries. The prescribed category for Advanced print 3 is MONOCHROME. Advanced entrants, please remember to number your prints accordingly. You can find full details of the competitions in your handbook, Pages 21-28. If you have any queries not resolvable by the handbook, please contact David Alderson at printcompetitions@bristolphoto.org.uk or text/telephone 07873 231413. |
2017 PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship
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The Society has agreed to be one of the two clubs to represent the WCPF at this year’s inter-club print Championship, full details can be found here. The event takes place on the 29th October at Blackburn and two clubs from each Federation plus last year’s top eight will take part. For the first round we have to submit 12 pictures. These must include a minimum of five monochrome, five colour but not more than three Natural History prints. They must be from a minimum of five photographers with no member having more than four prints in the entry. The top eight clubs in the first round will go through to the final, which will require 15 pictures. We are therefore asking members for prints so that we can form an image bank, from which our final entry can be selected. If you would like to submit work, please hand to Peter McCloskey or Danny Heaton. |
Last week saw the annual BPS outing which was attended by a dozen or so members (not a very good turnout!). After a good walk around the Marina in what proved to be pretty good lighting, members adjourned to the local hostelry to discuss the evenings efforts. Seen below, is one of the more senior BPS members explaining, to those who would listen, the finer points of lighting a pint of Badger's Best Bitter.........
............... but whose hand is it?
Photo - Mike Bigger |
Download Issue 190 of the PAGB e-News here.
Click here to download issue 47 of Photography News
Click here to download latest issue of Pixel Magazine
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8 Sept
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At Kingswood Photographic Society this Friday - Steve Dury ARPS, DPAGB, FBDP (Dury & Tippett) and Dean Wood & Bob Rocca (Smart Computers). Steve will talk about how our vision plays its part in a variety
of different ways in the life of a photographer and how eyesight
translates in the use of and adjustments in camera optics. Dean & Bob will tell us about the latest developments at Smart
Computers and what the most popular purchases are amongst the discerning
photographic community.
KPS meet at 7.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol BS30 5JJ. Visitors are most welcome, although a small charge of £3 is made.
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5 to 12 Sept
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The West Somerset Railway will be welcoming the iconic Flying Scotsman locomotive this September. It will be hauling special trains on 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 September.
Special tickets will be available either:
- For travel from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead behind Flying Scotsman, and return by another special train to Bishops Lydeard, or
- For travel out by special train to Minehead and return behind Flying Scotsman
Tickets will be available for specific trains and the special trains will only be available to passengers with reserved tickets for that train. Passengers may use their special tickets to travel on their normal services that day, with no further charge. For full details, visit their website, click here. Thanks to Brian Cheer for this.
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10 Sept
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Fotospeed are delighted to bring together 4 world-renowned photographers for a day of talks Sunday 10 September at the EDGE, University of Bath. Following on from the success of 2016 Fotospeed are thrilled to host FotoFest 2017 at a new state of the art location. You will have the opportunity to hear talks from 4 amazingly talented photographers, Martin Hartley, Paul Sanders, Ben Hall and Colin Prior. You will also have access to the market place featuring industry leading brands and take advantage of some very special offers. The market place is open and free to anyone who wishes to visit with or without a ticket for the talks. This year we will be holding FotoFest in The Edge building at Bath University. As the event is on a Sunday, parking is free and there is plenty of it. We are also including complementary tea and coffee for all those who attend the talks. Full details here.
If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact one of the team.
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23 Sept
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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.
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will
premiere at the M Shed at the same time as the national opening at the
Natural History Museum in London, it will run from 21 October 2017-
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April 2018. |
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11 Nov
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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
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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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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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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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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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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 newsletter@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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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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