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Next Wednesday we welcome back to BPS, Matt Emmett who will be presenting his talk called Forgotten Heritage.
Matt, of Forgotten Heritage, is back for his third talk at BPS, with images of more incredible ruins and lesser known history from across Europe. Along with his heritage photography he has also been enjoying getting out with his camera at night and light painting towers, trees and more he will be giving a walkthrough of camera settings and how he lights his subjects for those that might like to give this fun genre of photography a go.
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A couple of images from Matt's talk
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- Wednesday 26 July @ 19:30hrs
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2022-2023 Award Presentation |
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Well done to Rachel Domleo, seen here showing off her haul of cups and medals
at last Wednesday's award presentations.
Photo by Jay Hallsworth |
PAGB Interclub PDI Competition 2023 - Warwick |
Last Saturday seven intrepid club members travelled up the M5/M42 to Warwick University to the annual PAGB Interclub PDI Competition in support of BPS, who were one of the two clubs representing the WCPF, the other club was Dorchester. Mike Martin, our External Competitions Secretary, has sent me the following report on the day's events.
This national competition is a battle between the top two representatives from each Federation (we represented the WCPF) and those clubs that automatically qualified by finishing in the top eight last year. The competition comprises two rounds of eight images, before the top 8 clubs battle over a further 20 images. The remaining clubs, compete in the Plate competition, each with a further 8 images, a maximum of four of which can have been used previously, and no more than 2 nature images.
Round 1 marking was hard, we finished in joint 9th on 94 points (equal with Smethwick), with the North Cheshire (1st) only 4 points ahead on 98! Catchlight & Beyond Group languished mid table on 90! Dorchester were 1 point below us.
Round 2 marking relaxed. We improved to a creditable 97, but Catchlight proved masters of the game as did Rolls Royce, each scoring 104.
Insects did really well especially mating flies, nature did well as always, as did the Smethwick style of portraits (perhaps we should re name as Chorley style?).
Creative was middling as was sport. Fantasy figures were middling, but anything abstract / creative bombed. Looks like insects on leaves replaced birds squabbling!
Adding the two rounds scores together, the placings were:
| 1st |
Rolls Royce |
200 |
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Chorley |
197 |
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N. Cheshire |
197 |
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Wigan 10 |
197 |
| 5th = |
Arden Photo |
194 |
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Catchlight |
194 |
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Southport |
194 |
| 8th |
Dumfries |
193 |
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| 9th = |
BRISTOL |
191 |
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Nottingham
& Notts |
191 |
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Oldham |
191 |
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| 14th |
Smethwick |
188 |
| 18th |
Dorchester |
185 |
So we failed the cut off by one point.....
In the Plate, we re-used our 4 highest scoring images (sadly two of these dropped a point when being re-judged!)..... if they hadn’t we’d have been 2nd by a point!
We finished with 99 in Joint 5th. Doncaster won with 102 only 2 points above us.
| 1st |
Doncaster |
102 |
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Smethwick |
100 |
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Oldham |
100 |
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Beyond |
100 |
| 5th |
BRISTOL |
99 |
In the final the honours favoured Wigan 10 and Chorley. Had we qualified for the final our overall average could have seen us into 5th place.
| 1st = |
Wigan 10 |
256 |
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Chorley |
256 |
| 3rd = |
Rolls Royce |
253 |
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Catchlight |
253 |
| 5th |
Southport |
244 |
| 6th |
N Cheshire |
240 |
| 7th |
Arden Photo |
239 |
| 8th |
Dumfries |
232 |
What next? We’ve got to do it all over again, winning at the WCPF competition to earn our place next year. But before then, there’s the small matter of the PAGB Inter-club Print Championship in Blackburn. Fingers crossed for that.
Below is a table showing which images were used and in which round, with the scores for the images that did particularly well being shown (scores out of 15):
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AUTHOR
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Nature / Class
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Round 1
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Round 2
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Plate
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Forbidden
Fruit
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Barry
Mead
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Revenge
Time
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Barry
Mead
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Artemis
on Derelict Stairs
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Derwood
Pamphilon
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Inverted
Y
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Derwood
Pamphilon
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Perfect
Curves
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Derwood
Pamphilon
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Grace
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Jay
Hallsworth
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Odin
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Jay
Hallsworth
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The Girl
in the Shawl
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Jay
Hallsworth
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The Shard
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Jay
Hallsworth
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Misty
Dawn
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Ken
Clarke
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Cheetah
Cub Stare
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Margaret
Chambers
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Nature
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13
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Jay
Dispute
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Mary
Pears
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Nature
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Cold
Blooded
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Mike
Martin
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13
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Divine
Light
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Mike
Martin
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13
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Ebenezer
Scrooge
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Paul
Moran
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13
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13
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Searching
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Rachel
Domleo
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Flamenco
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Rachel
Domleo
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European
Bee-eater Food Pass
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Ralph
Snook
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Nature
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Blue
Morph Arctic Fox in a Blizzard
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Richard
Kay
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Nature
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14
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14
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Vespa
Vulgaris Drinking
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Steve
Field
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Nature
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TOTAL SCORE
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94
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97
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99
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Last Wednesday saw the 2023 running of the Creative Competition for prints & PDIs, which was judged by Barry Mead. The results were as follows:
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Prints
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David Alderson
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Bathtime For Bears
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1st & Bob Faris Trophy
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Colin Dixon
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The Screamer
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2nd
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Colin Dixon
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Facing The Autumn Of Our
Lives
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3rd
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PDIs
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Mike Martin
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Midas
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1st
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Jay Hallsworth
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Erica
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2nd
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Mike Martin
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My Home Is My Castle
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3rd
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Ashwin Chauhan
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Defender
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HC
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Ashwin Chauhan
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I Am Not Feeling Too Well
Doctor
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HC
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Jay Hallsworth
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Gothic May
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HC
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Jay Hallsworth
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Ballet Montage
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HC
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Paul Fennell
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Budge Over, There’s Not
Mushroom
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HC
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Steve Field
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Tromso Kirigami
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HC
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The Winning Images
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Best Print and Overall Winner
Bathtime For Bears
by
David Alderson
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Best Projected Image
Midas
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Mike Martin
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AI - Latest from FIAP, PSA & RPS |
Wherever you look in the photographic press and media these days you are confronted with pages of discussion and comment about AI. I reproduce below, three such items: one from FIAP and one from PSA which relate to ALL FIAP & PSA approved salons and the other an extract from the RPS website quoting their latest interim policy.
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Photographic Society of America (PSA) – End of Year print awards.
You may recollect our success in PSA competitions, both PDI and Prints Just received the results for the above. Like the PDI End of Year awards images that received awards earlier in the year in the 3 rounds that determine the club ranking, are re-judged to give individual awards....... and BPS members did rather well. Congratulations to Jay, Colin, Barry (thrice) and me... commiserations to Andrew, Ashwin, Derwood, Mary, Paul and Ralph.
So who won what?
Creative Altered Reality: 2nd Boarding Now, Barry Mead
Large Monochrome: Nothing
Large Colour: 1st The Girl in the Shawl, Jay Hallsworth; 2nd Shock, Barry Mead
Small Colour: Nothing
Small Monochrome: 1st Feminine Profile Colin Dixon, 2nd Grounded, Mike Martin; 4th Frostbite, Barry Mead
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Small Monochrome:
1st - Feminine Profile
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Colin Dixon
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Large Colour:
1st The Girl in the Shawl
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Jay Hallsworth
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PAGB eNews - download Issue 335 of PAGB eNews HERE .
NEW Download the latest edition of Photography News (Issue 109) HERE |
The following appeared last week, but has been updated due to changed circumstances.
Mike (Martin) has been contacted by a couple of models offering the opportunity to work on location or in the studio – as below:
Photoshoot – Darcy Smith – SUNDAY 13 AUGUST
Rescheduled due to the rail strikes.
Some of you may have already worked with Darcy having attended a BPS session following a shoot with the Photographers with Disabilities in May.
Darcy comes from Devon but is planning to travel to Bristol on Sunday 13 August. (Balloon Fiesta weekend in case you have other plans)
Her modelling rate is £35 per hour either 1:2:1 or for a small group (sharing the cost). I’d suggest for practical reasons a minimum of a 2 hour slot to allow for a change of looks.
Contact Mike Martin if you’d like to photograph Darcy, giving your preference for:
- 1:2:1
or a group
- with
Mike assisting or on your own
- preference
for location in Bristol (and suggestions) or studio
Mike will try and co-ordinate the day to best match your needs.
Priority will be given to those who have already expressed interest; still space for a few people.
Photoshoot – Azadeh Safei – between 26 – 30 August
Mike worked with Azadeh a few years ago. You may recognise her from one of Mike’s creative images.
Azadeh is based in Southampton, but is travelling to Bristol over the bank holiday, so this is an opportunity to work with her and avoid her travelling costs. Her modelling rates are £150 for a half day or £250 for a full day. This includes choice of outfits from her extensive (and mildly bonkers!) wardrobe as well as make-up and hair so no MUA is needed.
Contact Mike Martin if you’d like to photograph Azadeh, giving your preference for:
- date
- 1:2:1 or a group
- half day / full day
- with Mike assisting or on your own
- preference for studio, or suggestions for a location
- any specific outfit(s) you’d like to photograph
Mike will try and co-ordinate to best match your needs.
Mike Martin
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Following on from the recent talk by Tracy Lund when she showed a few pictures of Arctic Foxes, our own Arctic Fox expert, Richard Kay, has had considerable success with fox pictures (and a bear) in the Midland Salon:
- Brown Bear at Sunset was accepted
- Blue Morph Arctic Fox Shaking was accepted and was awarded a FIAP Gold Medal
- Blue Morph Arctic Foxes Fighting was accepted and was awarded a PAGB Ribbon
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Blue Morph Arctic Fox Shaking
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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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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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