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Issue 650
   25 Sept 2025
To: Firstname Lastname
Your BPS Membership No:
Your BPS Membership renewal date:  
 
Hello, Firstname
What's in this issue:
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Wednesday 1 October
 
Next Wednesday we will be presenting an audiovisual presentation from NEMPF (North & East Midlands Photographic Federation) showing images from the recent NEMPF Exhibition, narrated as usual by the extremely professional Ashley Franklin - this is always an entertaining evening with some excellent images accompanied by an excellent and often entertaining commentary. For those who haven't seen it before, NEMPF is the North East equivalent of our own Western Counties Federation.
ZOOM
 
Login details:
  • Wednesday 1 October @ 19.30hrs
  • Log in: Click HERE   
  • Meeting ID: 841 4367 7874
  • Password: 802563
 
 
PARKING
Please make sure that you read the separate email sent today regarding parking. It is vitally important that we "think before we park", as a repetition of the problems caused by members parking in front of Units 1-6 (area to left of main entry to the estate) and the apparent rudeness by some members on Wednesday could well result in a backlash from other tenants and BPS losing permission to park in front of any of the other units.
 
 
Future Dates
 
Date Speaker Subject
8 October Julie Morgan Journey to AWPF
13 October DI Group  Hybrid Meeting
15 October Mike Martin How I Edit My Photos
22 October Print Competition Round 1
29 October Peter Brisley TBA
 
 
GWPE - Last Chance To Enter
   GREAT WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC         EXHIBITION* 
ONLY A FEW DAYS TO GO
Closing: 28 September
 
3 PDI Sections 
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
 
3 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
* Free entry for BPS members (Not available to distance members)
 
Bi-Monthly Print Competition - Round 1
CLOSING DATE - NEXT WEDNESDAY, 1 OCTOBER
 
The judge for this round is Dennis Russ CPAGB LRPS AWPF BPE1* AFIAP and the prescribed subject is Conversation (real or imagined).
 
As the system is new to all, and basically the same for both PDI and prints, I'm repeating the instructions issued for the PDI competition.

To enter you will need to first log in to your new PhotoEntry account. You should already have received email instructions to do so (check your Junk mailbox in case it found its way there). 
 
If you cannot find your invitation email, you can reset your password directly using the Login > Forgotten Password link on the PhotoEntry website: https://photoentry.uk.  Your user id will be in the format bps0000 where 0000 is your membership number prefixed with zeros to make it four digits (Example: if your membership number is 123, your user id will be bps0123).
 
Once you have logged in to PhotoEntry, you can upload, title and prioritise your entries for the competition. Instructions can be found by following this link: https://photoentry.uk/faq/faq.html
 
New competition rules have also been published which entrants should familiarise themselves with.  These can be found here: https://bristolphoto.org.uk/download-comp-rules
 
If you have any issues, please email printcompetitions@bristolphoto.org.uk.
 
Regards
 
David Alderson
Print Competitions Secretary
 
 
Studio Group
Monday 29 September
10am-1pm 
Model shoot with CJ, a fantastic model and contortionist. Let’s see if you can capture some great shapes! All welcome, £10 per person, no booking needed.
1:15pm-4:15pm 
Model shoot with CJ, as above, but limited to 5 people. FULLY BOOKED, sorry – if you want to go onto a reserve list if anyone has to drop out let Mike know - £25 per person.

Any queries or to book your place contact Mike_Martin@blueyonder.co.uk
Monday 6 October
10am-1pm 
Following the success of this Monday’s still life session this will be another opportunity to try out using ‘Stan Farrow like’ niches to photography objects. Mike has a few different shaped recesses – can you make the most of these? Bring tripods, close-up lenses, and objects (vases etc/grasses/flowers), torches, LED Lightpads, etc.
 
Monday 13 October
10am-1pm 
Making a splash with a difference. Going to try capturing water splashing out of some glasses, etc.  
If anyone has a kiddie's paddling pool, or fake ice cubes, please let Mike know, as that will allow us to get even more ambitious with our creations.
As before, bring tripods, close up or standard lenses, flash guns, objects or fruit to splash and perhaps a cocktail glass or two or any other container.
Mike Martin
 
Bi-Monthly Projected Image Competition
Last Wednesday saw the start of the 2025-26 Projected Image competition with Round 1 being judged by David Lowe ARPS EFIAP DPAGB from the Midlands. The results were as follows:
 
AUTHOR IMAGE TITLE AWARD
CLUB
Rick Ayrton Rebecca 1st
Rick Ayrton Everest From Gokyo Ri Summit 2nd
Simon Jones Quiet Reflection 3rd
Simon Jones Heading Out HC
INTERMEDIATE
Jon Richer Back And Front 1st
Vicky Harrison Maleficent 2nd
Tim Barker Repeating Colours 3rd
Paul Fennell Cyclist HC
Sian Jones Beam Me Up HC
Mick Jupp The Oculus HC
Nigel Owen Bryce Canyon April 2024 HC
ADVANCED
Ralph Snook Sossusvlei Curves 1st
Pam Sherren Museum Of Liverpool 2nd
Colin Dixon Stretch Out 3rd
Simon Caplan Salford Quays HC
Margaret Chambers Windswept Dune And Lone Tree HC
Sandie Cox Leopard In A Comfy Spot HC
Beryl Heaton Comma HC
Richard Kay Female Arctic Fox On A Mission HC
Richard Kay Scavenging Arctic Fox Cub HC
Barry Mead Demonic HC
Paul Moran Staring Down The Barrel HC
Derwood Pamphilon Wings HC
Mary Pears Young Roe Deer HC
Steve Taylor Clearing Rain At Bell Hagg Barn HC
PRESCRIBED
Simon Caplan The Sewing Machine 1st
Steve Taylor Weaving a Spell on the Silk Loom 2nd
Ashwin Chauhan The Old Repair Shop 3rd
David Alderson Engine Room - SS Great Britain 2 HC
Joanne Searle Driving Wheels HC


THE WINNING IMAGES

CLUB
 
 
 
 
1st:
 
Rebecca
 
by
 
Rick Ayrton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2nd:
 
Everest From Gokyo Ri Summit
 
by
 
Rick Ayrton
 
 
 
 
 
3rd:
 
Quiet Reflection
 
by
 
Simon Jones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
INTERMEDIATE
 
1st:
 
Back And Front
 
by
 
Jon Richer
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd:
 
Maleficent
 
by
 
Vicky Harrison
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
3rd:
 
Repeating Colours
 
by
 
Tim Barker
 
 
 
 
ADVANCED
 
 
 
 
 
1st:
 
Sossusvlei Curves
 
by
 
Ralph Snook
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
2nd:
 
Museum Of Liverpool
 
by
 
Pam Sherren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3rd:
 
Stretch Out
 
by
 
Colin Dixon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
PRESCRIBED
(Machinery)
 
 
 
1st:
 
The Sewing Machine
 
by
 
Simon Caplan
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd:
 
Weaving a Spell on the Silk Loom
 
by
 
Steve Taylor
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
3rd:
 
The Old Repair Shop
 
by
 
Ashwin Chauhan
 
 
 
 
 
Amateur Photographer Of The Year
 
ROUND 6 - NIGHT & LOW LIGHT
 
Now is the time to get your entry in for Round 6 of the APOY competition, the subject this round is NIGHT & LOW LIGHT.
The closing date is 13 October.
 The free entry code is APOY66707056
 
Go to https://amateurphotographer.com/apoy/ for full details.
Well done to Steve Taylor who was 7th in the top 10 images submitted for Round 4 (Landscapes). This has helped BPS into 3rd place in the Camera Club League, behind Plymouth and London Hampstead:
 
Downloads
NEW - Download Issue 389 PAGB eNews HERE 
 
NEW - Download Issue 123 of Photography News HERE.
 
 
 
BPE Exhibitions To Enter
 
 
Closing: 5 October
 
4 PDI Sections 
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
Scapes
 
 
Closing: 28 September
 
4 PDI Sections 
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
Landscape
 
Closing: 26 October
 
4 PDI Sections 
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
Creative
Scapes (Land, Sea, Water, Sky, City)
 
 
 
Trumpet Blowers' Corner
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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Marketplace
If you have any photographic items for sale, drop me a line and I'll include them 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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Photographic Acronyms
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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