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BPS Newsletter - Issue 85 16 April 2014
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Southampton International Salon with Glyn Edmunds ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s ABIPP EPSA. Like the Bristol Salon, Southampton is a major event in the world exhibition calendar, attracting entrants from across the globe. This is a chance to see a selection of the successful prints from this year's exhibition which will be presented in Glyn's own inimitable style.
If you'd like to see all the award winning images (print and pdi) you can visit their website by following this link. |
BPS and the Residents' Parking Scheme - A Message From The Chairman
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I thought I should write a few words about the current situation.
We don’t know yet whether the Residents Parking Scheme will make it easier or harder for BPS members to find parking spaces although I doubt it will be the former. We do know that the Council’s latest proposals, which require payment for parking up to 9pm, will have a negative impact upon BPS members. I have written a formal complaint to the Council about this. Thankfully, we are not alone and the Clifton Traders are taking their protests to a new level.
Should these protests be unsuccessful and charges are implemented then BPS may lose a significant number of members. So what should we, could we do?
BPS Council has been quietly looking for alternate premises but the fact that Parking Schemes will cover all Bristol within 5 years means we really need somewhere with access to off-street parking. Such places are few and far between and most are beyond the means of BPS. We also need to be mindful that, when it was proposed that BPS might move from Clifton to larger premises in Bishopsworth over 30% of members who responded said they would leave BPS if we moved away from Clifton. It would be very bad for BPS to have all the expense of a move and then lose a third of its members.
If we do find any premises that look suitable then Council will provide all the details to the membership and ask the members who would and who would not support the move. At the same time Council will be looking for commitments from 2 to 4 (suitably skilled) members to join Council with specific responsibility for the massive task of selling 12 WestMall, purchasing and then managing the inevitable refurbishment of the new premises. These tasks would require many hours of work, over many months and the existing Council members could not just add this to their current workload.
So we do not have any easy path forward. Either staying in Clifton or moving elsewhere we are likely to lose members in the short term. Financially, BPS could survive a drop in membership if we stay in West Mall. Alternatively, if we incur the expense of moving and then lose members it could become financially critical for BPS.
Personally, I am hopeful that the Clifton Traders will win the argument and the parking scheme will not apply after 7pm.
Also, personally speaking, as BPS has been in the Clifton area for over a hundred years I would like think it will still be thriving and still in Clifton in a hundred years time.
Neil McCoubrey
11 April 2014
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Projected Image Competition - Closing Date Change
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Jeff Hargreaves has asked me to print the following:
Annual PDI closing date
I will be away on the closing date of 30th April; to make life simpler I am therefore moving the date by one week to 7th May. However the competition is open now, if your images are ready please send them in and I will reply up to next Wednesday 23rd April.
Jeff Hargreaves PDI Secretary
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26 April is the date this year for the annual BPS pilgrimage to the Woodford Point to Point races. The event, as its name suggests, is held at Woodford which is 15 miles north of Bristol on the A38 and has provided a good opportunity for members to photograph this type of event for the past few years. There are no fences to separate the public from the horses so you can get really close to the action. For further details, please follow this link.
Don't worry if you don't normally follow the gee gees, it's always a good day out (weather permitting) with a mix of racing on one section of the area and a small tented village containing a myriad of horsey stalls (and people) and, of course, the parade ring. If you want to know a bit more, have a word with me at any of the next few Wednesday meetings.
WCPF Members Annual Exhibition 2014 is being held at Buckfast Abbey from 3 to 18 May. Entry is free. More details available on the WCPF website.
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International Landscape Photographer of the Year
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Here is a press release announcing the inaugural International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Entries are now open, and the closing date is May 30, 2014. Visit the website for full details. |
Matt Revell, a local camera club member, is organising a location shoot at Stinchcombe Hill House, near Dursley, on the 11th of May. If anyone is interested in this, then please download Matt's flyer for the event, or you can contact Matt directly either by phone (01453 543439) or email ( Matt@Revdesign.co.uk) |
Figuratively Speaking - an exhibition of sculpture, painting and photography at the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster featuring the photographs of BPS member, Derwood Pamphilon. The exhibition is open from 5 April to 3 May (Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm) and is free to enter. More details can be found on their website.
The Photographic Angle’s new exhibition is opening in Tower Wharf, Bristol from 19th to 23rd April 2014 on the theme “ Footprints”. Footprints is an exhibition that consists of photographs that have previously been entered into one of their four bi-monthly photographic competitions, each based on an environmental theme. Entry is free and the exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 3pm. More details can be found by following this link.
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There's an exhibition by local documentary photographer, David Jones, at the Duchess Cafe in Totterdown: details by clicking here. There's the added bonus that there will always be tea and cake available (to purchase) once your visual senses have been satisfied. |
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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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Items will remain in this section for one month from the date of insertion or until notification of sale, whichever is the sooner.
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(10/05) Jakar 7322 - 60 cm rule with cutting head able to cut 90 and 45 degree cuts. Brand new and unused.
(16/04) Canon 5D, boxed plus charger, booklet & discs etc. together with Canon 28/80 IS Ultrasonic lens
£375 - Please contact Mike Bews 01934 835175
(23/04) Canon 5D Mk1 Body for sale.
£450 or best offer. Please telephone David Southwell 0117 9602113
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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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as exhibitions, special events etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
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