BPS Newsletter - Issue 245 19 July 2017
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Next Wednesday, 19 July, we are pleased to welcome one of our own members back into the fold, namely, Greg Duncan ARPS DPAGB CPAGB/AV BPE3* EFIAP/b MPSA. Greg will be presenting an evening that promises to be something a little bit different: it will be divided into two distinctly different parts. In the first session, he will be showing many of his images along with some of the AVs with which he obtained his CPAGB/AV. This includes his international award winning ' Why I gave up slide shows'.
However, one of Greg's main areas of interest is 3D photography and the second part of the evening will be devoted to looking at some of his 3D images and a discussion of the differences between shooting for 2D and 3D. Not being satisfied with doing creative images in 2D, Greg will be showing some of his 3D creations.
He has purchased and will bring along special red/cyan glasses for the audience to enable you to view the 3D images. This is a first for the club and is an evening not to be missed.
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Next Monday, 17 July, the Print Group will be meeting. This group is open to members who are producing prints and are either already on the road towards photographic distinctions or who are thinking about joining that road. This is an informal group led by Pete McCloskey and Graham Reeves who will be able to offer advice and assistance to help you reach those targets.
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All members are reminded that in the event of a fire at the clubrooms, the fire alarm will sound. When you hear the fire alarm you should exit the building immediately, either through the main entrance door or through the Fire Exit door to the right of the stage at the front of the meeting room. This latter door leads to an area behind Units 14 and 15, you should follow the rear of these buildings until you reach the end and then turn right up towards the carpark. At the final exit to the carpark there is a gate which has a padlock, the security code for this gate is 6565 (this is a new combination).
After exiting the building, all members should assemble in the Calumet carpark.
It is an unfortunate fact that these areas have to be padlocked, but there is an ongoing problem with vagrants and drug takers who use the areas behind the buildings, necessitating such measures.
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Stunning sea views are the subject of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society photography competition. The national maritime charity is on the search for images that best encapsulate Britain's enduring connection with the sea, including coastal vistas, ships and wrecks, harbours and ports. The deadline for entries is 4 August. Find out more and submit your images at shipwreckedmariners.orq.uk
If you love to record your globetrotting adventures, look no further than Travel Photographer of the Year. Open to photographers of all ages, the competition has a diverse range of categories and themes covering everything from landscape and wildlife, to humanitarian and environmental issues. In addition to receiving significant international exposure, the overall winner will be awarded a prize worth over £5,000. Enter your images by 25 September, at tpoty.com
If you are going to the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford this weekend, then this could well be for you. It's a bit specialist, but there may well be opportunities at Fairford to take qualifying images for a competition BAE are running for pictures of their A400M transport plane, Full details can be found on their website - a400m-photocompetition
The Aesthetica Art Prize 2017 is open for entries. Now in its 11th year, the Prize presents an opportunity for emerging and established artists and photographers to showcase their work to new audiences and further their engagement in the art world.
Prizes include:
- £5,000
Main Prize Winner
- Group
exhibition hosted by Aesthetica
- Editorial
coverage in Aesthetica Magazine
- Publication
in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology for 100 artists
- £250 art
supplies vouchers, courtesy of Winsor & Newton
- A selection of
art publications from Prestel Books
Categories for entry: Photographic & Digital Art; Painting, Drawing & Mixed Media; Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, and Video, Installation & Performance. Submissions close 31 August. To enter, visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/art-prize/enter |
For members wishing to join this year's Photography Course, full details of the course and how to enrol can be found by following the link shown at the end of this article. Payment of the course fee (£120 instead of the full £150) can be made using the PayPal link in the Members' Area of the BPS website, log in details at the end of the newsletter or by handing a cheque to Jeff Hargreaves.
Course Advertising:
Last year's Course Coordinator Derek Ripper, discovered that the majority of students enrolled on the BPS Annual Photography Course had heard about it either via word of mouth or via the Internet. Therefore, this year's Course Coordinator Jeff Hargreaves and the Course Committee have decided to concentrate on those two methods of advertising in the first instance.
Lee Spencer-Fleet has repeated last year's Facebook post which is again pinned to the top of her business page for safe keeping. For Facebook users, here's the link:
Please 'share' the post with your Facebook friends and contacts in the usual way - You can also 'pin' the post to the top of your own Timeline. If members can help in the advertising campaign using word of mouth and the Internet - It will be much appreciated.'
Alternatively, for non-Facebook users with email accounts - Please use and share this direct link to the BPS website:
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Download the latest edition of Photography News here
Download issue 187 of the PAGB e-News here with all the news from around the Clubs and federations and a preview of an exciting new competition.
Download issue 187 of the PAGB e-News Extra here - this includes results from the 2017 Inter-federation Competitions including all the Federation placings and individual awards.
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Guild Gallery (Park Street).
Topography by Four An exhibition by four photographers: Luis Bustamante, John Brooks, Iris Bolster and Martin Edwards.
Primal Landscapes (Luis, Martin) features two volcanic landscapes that are poles apart. Chile’s Atacama Desert and Iceland coalesce in colours, textures and the beauty.
Transitions (John) offers the viewer a fresh perspective of the everyday but abstracted and in complex photomontage.
850 (Iris & Martin) uses infrared light to create both dramatic and subtle, vast and intimate, landscapes.
Open: Mon/Sat 10.00/17.00
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29 to 31 July
NEW
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Upfest 2017, Europe’s largest, free, street art & graffiti festival, attracting over 300 artists, takes place at 35 venues throughout the Bedminster & Southville areas of the City over the weekend of 29-31 Jul July. Talented artists travel from 30 countries and across the UK to paint live on 30,000sqft of surfaces in front of 35,000 visitors. The affordable art sale, music stages and art workshops round off a visually spectacular weekend! Full details at www.upfest.co.uk |
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11-13 Aug
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The return of Thundercat racing to Clevedon. This is a great free event for those who fancy photographing high speed powerboats as they race around a course set with the pier at its heart. If you're feeling flush, you can pay to go on the pier and watch all the action from the pier itself. Follow this link for more information. |
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11-13 Aug
NEW
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Amman Valley Trotting Club in South Wales - A special weekend of motor cycle Dirt Track Racing will be held at Amman Valley again this year, a small group of club members travelled down the M4 last year for a successful day of sports photography. It's free to get in and there's a packed programme of races on both days. Click here for more details.
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Sept
onwards
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Clifton Cameras & Swarovski are holding a nature walk at
Frampton on Severn and digiscoping classes in the Forest of Dean during
September. You can find details of these and other events organised by
Clifton Cameras by visiting their website - click here. Thanks to Mark Gilbert for this.
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10 Sept
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Fotospeed are delighted to bring together 4 world-renowned photographers for a day of talks Sunday 10 September at the EDGE, University of Bath Following on from the success of 2016 Fotospeed are thrilled to host FotoFest 2017 at a new state of the art location. You will have the opportunity to hear talks from 4 amazingly talented photographers, Martin Hartley, Paul Sanders, Ben Hall and Colin Prior. You will also have access to the market place featuring industry leading brands and take advantage of some very special offers. The market place is open and free to anyone who wishes to visit with or without a ticket for the talks. This year we will be holding FotoFest in The Edge building at Bath University. As the event is on a Sunday, parking is free and there is plenty of it. We are also including complimentary tea and coffee for all those who attend the talks. Full details here.
If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact one of the team.
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23 Sept
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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.
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11 Nov
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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
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21 Oct
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will
premiere at the M Shed at the same time as the national opening at the
Natural History Museum in London, it will run from 21 October 2017- 08
April 2018.
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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
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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 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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Would all members please note: before you plan your shoot and book your model, you should check whether the studio/clubroom will be free. This can be done easily and at any time by viewing the Clubroom Bookings calendar in the Members' Area of the BPS Website. Bookings can (and must) be made by contacting Mike Bigger at bookings@bristolphoto.org.uk.
Log in details to the Members' Area are at the end of this newsletter.
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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 download the list.
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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.
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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as special events, exhibitions, etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICTAION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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