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Next Wednesday, 9 March, we welcome Matthew Cattell to BPS. Matthew is an award-winning outdoor photographer with a passion for promoting the natural world through photography, from panoramic vistas down to the details and behaviour of the wildlife on our doorstep. Whilst Matthew has been using cameras since a very young age, his real interest in photography began at in the darkroom at college whilst taking a black and white photography course alongside his A-Levels. Matthew would spend free periods in the dark room developing and enlarging film that had been exposed using his grandad’s old Praktica camera.
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Since then, Matthew has had success in a number of photographic competitions and was named Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2016. His work has also been featured on front covers including the Sunday Times Magazine and National Geographic Traveller.
Matthew’s talk will cover all aspects of outdoor photography, from panoramic vistas down to the details and behaviour of the wildlife on our doorstep.
You can read much more about Matthew by visiting his website, click here.
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Login details:
URL - Click HERE Meeting ID: 819 6328 3039Meeting Password: 470111 |
You will need to book your slot at the clubrooms, click HERE .
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Studio/Portrait Photography - Familiarisation Sessions
STILL A FEW PLACES LEFT - SIGN UP OR LOSE OUT! |
As you may know Mike Martin currently hosts the Photographers with Disabilities group within the Clubrooms on a Monday (11am – 2pm). As he’s already in in town, he’s proposing follow on sessions for BPS members in the afternoons.
These will be:
- Open to all members who are NEW to portrait photography or un-accustomed to working in a studio space.
- Max 12 members - 4 members per session, split into 3 groups (A, B, C)
- Each Group to have one session per month for March, April & May
- All sessions: Monday 2:30pm – 4.00pm
Session 1 – Lecture / Demo
Cover the equipment (lights, triggers, studio lights, modifiers, reflectors, backgrounds, etc), metering, light patterns, etc. Ensure everyone is OK using their own camera to trigger the lights.
Session 2 – Hands on practical shooting
Attendees photograph each other in different lighting set ups. One light/two lights/additional lights. Using one light to serve multiple purposes. etc.
Session 3 – Hands on practical shooting
Build on session 2 – including how to direct models or each other.
The purpose of the above is to:
- Encourage more people to have a go at portrait photography
- Give you the confidence in the basics so you may consider organising you own hire of the studio space (with Mike supporting you on a 1-2-1 basis if required, first hire would be supervised anyway)
Register Interest
To get involved please drop Mike an email at mike_martin@blueyounder.co.uk with your preference for group (given the dates each group will meet). I have deliberately avoided Bank Holiday Mondays.
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Session 1
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7 March
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14 March
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21 March
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Session 2
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4 April
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11 April
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25 April
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Session 3
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9 May
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16 May
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23 May
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Mike Martin
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PSA Inter Club Print Competition - Round 2
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Report from Mike Martin.
This round was an agonising one having sent the prints a month in advance and posted by what should have been a 7 day service, they actually took 5 days to arrive (after the official deadline, but thankfully before the judging). And, good it was 
Third and final round deadline is 15 April, so watch out for a call for entries / notice of selection very shortly (to give ample time for delivery to the USA)
In the meantime, here’s a quick rundown of the results: *individual judges scores are max 9 so total in max 27 for each image – full details in the attachments.
Creative / Altered Reality (CAR)
1st in Round 2, First overall on 204 points (2nd club are on 182)
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Survivor
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Barry
Mead
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BPS
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24
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A
Proper Bristol Sandwich
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Gerry
Gill
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BPS
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26
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HM
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The
Juggler
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Mike
Martin
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BPS
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27
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1st
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The
Owl and the Pussycat
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Rachel
Domleo
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BPS
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26
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HM
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103
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Small Mono
1st in Round 2, First overall on 201 points (2nd club are on 183)
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Shaping
Brass Pots
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Ashwin
Chauhan
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BPS
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22
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Nepali
Potter
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David
Alderson
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BPS
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25
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Bejewelled
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Mike
Martin
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BPS
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26
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1st
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Helpless
and Frightened
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Rachel
Domleo
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BPS
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26
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2nd
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99
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Small Colour
1st in Round 2, First overall on 201 points (2nd club are on 188)
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Deep
In Thought
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Jeff
Hargreaves
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BPS
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25
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HM
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Grey
Wolf Resting
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Sandie
Cox
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BPS
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26
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1st
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Herding
in Bagan
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Sue
O'Connell
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BPS
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22
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Pretty
in Pink
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Mike
Martin
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BPS
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25
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98
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Large Mono
Joint 3rd in Round 2, First overall on 192 by one point only!
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The
Mine Work Shop
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Alan
Searle
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BPS
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23
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Consideration
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Mike
Martin
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BPS
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26
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3rd
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Five
Dining
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Rachel
Domleo
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BPS
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21
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Old
Railwayman
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David
Alderson
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BPS
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25
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95
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Large Colour
Joint 1st in Round 2, Third overall on 186 points (leader 191)
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Omo
Valley Sundown
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Andrew
Wood
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BPS
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22
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Jay Feeding Juvenile in Rain
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Graham
Pears
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BPS
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26
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3rd
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Grounded
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Mike
Martin
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BPS
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24
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Bee
Eater Dispute
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Ralph
Snook
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BPS
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25
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97
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CAR, 2, 1st, The Juggler, Mike Martin
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CAR, 2, HM, A Proper Bristol Sandwich, Gerry Gill
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CAR, 2, HM, The Owl and the Pussycat, Rachel Domleo
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LC, 2, 3rd, Jay Feeding Juvenile in Rain, Graham Pears
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LM, 2, 3rd, Consideration, Mike Martin
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SC, 2, 1st, Grey Wolf Resting, Sandy Cox
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SC, 2, HM, Deep in Thought, Jeff Hargreaves
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SM, 2, 1st, Bejewelled, Mike Martin
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SM, 2, 2nd, Helpless and Frightened, Rachel Domleo
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PRINT COMPETITIONS - IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Will all members entering future Print competitions please note that entries MUST be accompanied by a jpeg copy of the submitted prints. Prints where the jpeg is not received will not be judged.
The following link should be used for uploading the jpegs, please keep it somewhere safe for future use:
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Some of the current highlights at the National RPS
NEW International Photography Exhibition 164
This exhibition is now open for entries. Closing date 17 May. Learn More
Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors
RPS Gallery: Until 27 March
This exhibition brings together over 50 contemporary portraits of Holocaust survivors and their families. Learn more.International Photography Exhibition 163Find out more about the 57 selected photographers from across the globe, who will be on view at RPS Gallery in April 2022. Learn more.
International Photography Exhibition 162
Visit the IPE 162 at the Museum of Gloucester until 5 June.
This exhibition features work from 43 international photographers.
Learn more. For full details about these and much more going on at the RPS, follow this link. |
WCPF COUNCIL MEETING SAT 5 MARCH 2022
Meeting to be held via Zoom. Meeting Start 10:30.
AGENDA
1 Welcome and opening remarks
2 Apologies for Absence
3 Minutes of 2021 Council Meeting – Available on the WCPF website
4 Matters arising not covered elsewhere on Agenda
5 Financial Statement
6 Committee Members Reports - Q & A Session
(Reports will be available in advance on the WCPF website)
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KNIGHTSHAYES TROPHY
“Simplicity”
Judged by the President
Zoom Log In for WCPF Council Meeting & Knightshayes Trophy Judging
Time: Mar 5 at 09:30am
Join Zoom Meeting:
- Login: Click HERE
- Meeting ID: 868 2253 3063
- Passcode: 086434
This will be judged by Nick Bodle, President of the WCPF who has chosen set subject “Simplicity” to win the Knightshayes Trophy for a year. There have been nearly 200 entries to this popular event this year.
Please note that the afternoon talk by Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP CEnv CSci MCIWEM, based upon his latest book “Britain's Best Landscapes and How to Photograph Them”, has been postponed to the AGM on Saturday 8, October as Robert is keen to give his talk at a live event. There will be no afternoon Zoom talk after the Council meeting and Knightshayes judging.
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Download the latest edition, 96, of Photography News HERE .
NEW - Download I ssue 302 of PAGB eNews HERE |
Click on advert to follow link.
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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 any photographic items for sale, drop me a line and I'll include it in the next newsletter. Please make sure that you provide contact details, price and full description of the sale items (pictures always help). |
IMPORTANT: Personal Detail Changes |
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, please remember, if you don't tell us we can't possibly know!
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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 see the list.
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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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To enter the Members' Portal of the BPS website you will need the following:
Username - Your Membership Number Password - Created by you
If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Matt by email: webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk
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