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For those of you who don't know Leigh, I can promise you that he's a lot more cheerful than the mug shot he sent me portrays!
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Next Wednesday we see the return of an old favourite of BPS, namely Leigh Preston FRPS.
Leigh’s photography is mainly thematic, often using dramatic lighting in wilderness situations, or monochrome in the man-made landscape. Much of his work is about the Urban landscape, depicting a changing industrial landscape or portfolio work in far-flung locations. Over the past 40 years he has travelled in the USA to make images on the empty Prairies or in deserts, to Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Baltic, the mountainous areas of the UK to find winter landscapes or the exact opposite in Australia.
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Trips to Cuba, India and Georgia, have given opportunities with a reportage style of portraiture. To avoid being forever known as 'Mills & Gloom’, recently work has been about street characters, humour or aspects of absurdity, making images at rock concerts and tackling architectural abstracts. He prefers to work alone, influenced by the environment he grew up with and the photography of Bill Brandt, John Gray, Michael Kenna and the artists L.S.Lowry and Atkinson Grimshaw. Lyricism and narrative have become increasingly important in the documentary work he is now producing, linking influences such as J.B. Priestly, Beryl Bainbridge alongside Bob Dylan and Roger Waters.
Leigh has produced four books of his pictures – ‘Shadows of Change’, ‘Five Essays’, ‘Editions' and very recently ‘Liverpool, a place apart' which depict the various aspects of his photography as outlined above. He is a Fellow of the RPS, and holds FIAP and PAGB distinctions, has taught photography for Gloucester and Cheltenham colleges, for Jessops, Permajet and on landscape workshops.
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To get a taster of what we can expect, why not visit his website by following this link www.leighpreston.co.uk. In the meantime, here are a few images to whet your appetite: |
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- Wednesday 17 January @ 19.30hrs
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If anyone lost a glove in the carpark before or after this week's meeting, Andy Gillingham will bring it along next Wednesday. |
Possible Traffic Delays Next Wednesday
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If you travel through north Bristol to get to club, it might be worth setting off a bit earlier next Wednesday, or choosing a different route, as Bristol Rovers are hosting EFL Championship side Norwich City in an FA Cup replay - so traffic may be a bit thicker than normal.
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When Covid struck, our scheduled programme was thrown into total disarray and the Programme Secretary was forced, very quickly, to come up with a new "Zoom" alternative. This meant the death of our printed annual handbook.
Several members have mentioned that a printed version would be useful, and as Jay has now completed a programme to take us up to the end of August, we have had a word with Matt who has now produced a downloadable A4 pdf. If you would like a copy, just follow this link, which will take you to the programme where you can download it.
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WCPF Inter-Club Championship - Support Your Club!
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This event will be showing the best images from the region, with as many prints as possible being on display at the venue. This is always a popular event, why not come along and support BPS and take the opportunity to catch up with friends and photographers from other clubs.
The Championship consists of two competitions: one for Digital Images (previously DPIC) and one for Prints (previously the Inter-Club Print). Each competition within the Championship is judged separately and has its own awards. The two competitions will be run as a combined event, judged on the same day using the same judges. The top clubs in each competition will go forward to represent WCPF in the PAGB national inter-club championships later in the year.
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Bristol Salon 2024 - Still very few members who have entered! |
Still only 11 members who have entered, usually we have 35+ members and they nearly always have a good success rate. You've nothing to lose, and all to gain as it is free - so get your finger out and get your entry in!
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Other Exhibitions To Enter
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Neath & District 2024 Salon (BPE)
Open - 1 Feb
Cheltenham International 2024 (PSA, FIAP, PAGB, GPU)
Open - Now
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If You Reckon The Judges Are Rubbish .................
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......... then, why not have a go yourself?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A JUDGE OR ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE JUDGING PROCESS?
LEARN THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS BY ATTENDING THE NEXT WCPF JUDGING SEMINAR
- Date: Saturday 27 April 2024.
- Venue: The Community Centre, Parkway, Sydenham, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4HU. Hosted by Bridgwater Photographic Society. 10-minute drive from Junction 23 M5.
- Time: 9.30am for a prompt start at 10.00am: estimated finishing time is no later than 5.00pm.
- Catering: Please bring your own food. Breaks for complimentary teas and coffees will be scheduled.
- Costs: The course is provided by the WCPF at a subsidised price of £15 per head
- Tutors: John Tilsley and other members of the WCPF Judging Panel.
- Course Content:
1. The Requirements of a Judge.
2. Looking at Images, an approach to judging.
3. Introduction to Judging, practical sessions to give individual experience of the judging process.
4. Assessment of those wishing to join the WCPF list as a Newly Qualified Judge.
The seminar is open to all and there is absolutely no obligation to become a judge. Judges require a unique skill set and part of the day is discovering if you have what is required. Attending the Seminar is the first step in the process and the judging panel provide mentoring for those who want to proceed further.
Applications: We try to do as much administration as possible via the internet, if you are interested in attending, an application form can be obtained from me dijohn.tilsley@gmail.com - the return of this, along with a payment of £15 will secure you a place. Application is on a first come first served basis and the seminar is limited to 24 people.
If you don't have access to the internet application can be made by post to:
John Tilsley,
2 Grove Barn
Martinstown,
Dorchester,
Dorset,
DT2 9JP.
T: 01305 889495.
A copy of the application form is attached to this newsletter.
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NEW - Download Issue 348 Extra PAGB eNews HERE for full report on Masters of Print
Download Issue 112 of Photography News HERE.
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BPS member, Robin Mudge, has an Epson Perfection V850 Pro scanner for sale. It is in pristine condition and scans both flatbed and slides/negatives.
Listed at over £950, Robin is selling this for £500.
If you are interested, contact Robin:
To read more about the scanner, just follow this link |
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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).
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Salon acceptances: 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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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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If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Matt by email: webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk
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