Our scheduled speaker for next Wednesday has had to pull out at the last minute, so BPS members, Sue O’Connell ARPS, EFIAP/g, DPAGB and Peter Brisley ARPS, DPAGB have stepped in to save the day. They will be presenting their talk called Travels towards the Edge. The talk will combine projected images (Sue) and prints (Peter) and will focus on some of the less frequented destinations, including a World Heritage site deep in the Sahara Desert, a seaside resort full of ghosts in Cambodia, and a couple of active volcanoes in Java.

Last Wednesday saw the Annual Projected Image Competition, which was judged by Monica Weller FRPS. The results are shown below:

 

INTERMEDIATE
Mark Gilbert	Swing Time	1st
Steve Field	Ice Cream Please	2nd
Mark Gilbert	Lenah 1	3rd
Steve Field	Juicy	HC
Steve Field	Snuff Mills	HC
Gerry Gill	Who Needs a Car	HC
Gerry Gill	Three of Me	HC
Graham Pears	Gannet Diving	HC
Tim Woolf	Peg	HC
NATURE
Mary Pears	Roe Buck Taking Off	1st
Graham Pears	Great Egret with Perch	2nd
Mary Pears	Fieldfare with Berry	3rd
John Hudson	Nocturnal Red-eyed Frog	HC
Richard Kay	Black Grouse Lekking	HC
Richard Kay	Short Eared Owl	HC
Richard Kay	Hawk Owl Hunting	HC
ADVANCED
Mike Bigger	The Girl With a Butterfly Tattoo	1st
Derwood Pamphilon	Art Nude Triangles	2nd
Steve Taylor	The March of Progress	3rd
David Alderson	Boat, Boy, Dog	HC
Ken Clarke	American Dream	HC
Mike Hall	At The Bend	HC
Jeff Hargreaves	Future Champion	HC
Beryl Heaton	Waiting in the Rain	HC
Brian McBride	Misty Morning at Tintern	HC
Barry Mead	Frostbite	HC
Barry Mead	Mad Hatter	HC
Barry Mead	Wheelie Turn	HC
Sue O'Connell	Bedouin Kids	HC
Sue O'Connell	Herding in Bagan	HC
Derwood Pamphilon	Bolshoi Prima Ballerina	HC
Steve Taylor	City Hall Steps	HC
Keith Wood	Defeated	HC

The Girl with a Butterfly Tattoo by Mike Bigger
Best Overall, Best Advanced, Best People

 

Advanced Warning - The closing date for the President's Cup and Garmston Bowl competitions is 7 June.
Garmston Bowl: This is a competition, open to all members, that is for a panel of 5 related prints on any subject.
President's Cup: This is a competition open to all members excluding holders of ARPS, EFIAP, DPAGB or EPSA and higher distinctions plus previous winners (of the cup). It will be judged as a panel of 3 related images on any subject. The images will be displayed at the competition individually as well as with the addition of an 'automated' triptych.

From the above, members will realise that this is a competition that excludes the more successful competition entrants, so it is an ideal opportunity for newer or less experienced members to enter a club competition.
A note for those newer to competitions: If you were at last week's Annual Projected Image Competition you will have heard the judge mention "key lines" several times. These are narrow (1 or 2 pixels) lines put around the edge of the image, this helps the viewer, and ultimately the judge, to see where the image stops and the screen starts. When viewed on your monitor at home the edge of the image is obvious, however when projected onto the club screen there are large areas of black surrounding the image. This means that a dark image will "bleed" out into these surrounding black areas and it will no longer be obvious where your image stops and the screen surround starts.

Bristol Cars at BPS

For the next month or so, the Bristol Car Owners Heritage Trust will be occupying the first floor at Unit 13. They are in the process of digitising their entire archive and have converted "The Other Room" to an archiving studio, this means that there is a large amount of equipment together with a very large number of files and other archives in the room - so if members need to use the store or studio dressing room area on the first floor, could they please be careful not to disturb anything in "The Other Room". 

Looking Beyond - Photography Competition 2017

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Dates For Your Diary

10-11 June	Dig for Victory - The Dig For Victory Show is a fantastic 1940’s themed family festival held in the beautiful North Somerset countryside. The organisers aim to bring history alive and the generations together for a weekend of learning, remembrance and fun! The event is being held at The North Somerset Showground at Wraxall (just off the top end of the Long Ashton bypass). Follow this link for more information.
24-25 June 1-2 July	SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY - KIDDERMINSTER. Step Back to the 1940s for these special weekends. They are wonderful for photographers as everyone dresses in 1940s clothes and they are only too pleased to let you photograph them. There are special events at all the stations up and down the line and lots of music and many look alikes, Churchill, Montgomery etc.. You can spend all day riding up and down the Severn Valley line on beautifully restored steam trains and the prices this year are:- Adults £27.50 Seniors £26.00. If you pre-book it's cheaper, Adults £24.70 Seniors £23.70 and it's worth every penny. Follow this link for more information.
23 Sept	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 Nov	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.

 

 

 

 

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