BPS Newsletter - Issue 114 5 November 2014 |
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Ken Holland ARPS DPAGB - Looking at Photographs, a Personal View. Ken Holland is a multi award-winning photographer and has written a book on the subject of judging, which is both a personal view of appraising and judging photographs and a practical handbook for photographic judges. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, and has been awarded a Distinction from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. He has exhibited locally and nationally, including the prestigious Royal Photographic Society in Bath: his work has been published in a wide variety of books, magazines and journals. He is an Honorary Life Member of Dawlish & Teignmouth Camera Club. He became interested in photography at a very young age, and has always regarded it as an art form. It has the unique ability to capture a brief moment in time. He believes that a photograph should be more than just a beautiful image: it should inform or challenge the viewer. |
The following is a short article written by Gordon Stirrat.
The Keith Hewitt lecture by Barry and Fiona Senior on 22 October has left me questioning the meaning of ‘in camera’. The Latin word camera means a chamber or room and our usage of it meaning an instrument to take images is derived from camera obscura, (a darkened room), an optical device consisting of a box or room with a hole in one side through which light passes to be reproduced on an internal surface. It can be large (like the one in the Clifton observatory) or small (like a pin-hole camera). The first recorded mention of the principle comes from China in the 4th century BC and it was well known to Aristotle (3rd cent BC) and Euclid (2nd cent BC). The Arab scientist, Alhazen (10th cent AD) was the first person to describe a solar eclipse using a camera obscura and Leonardo da Vinci, familiar with his work, published the first clear description of the device in Codex Atlanticus (1502).
The term camera obscura itself was first used in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler and it is likely that the 17th century Dutch Masters made use of the device for their townscapes.
So when we loftily say that our images were taken ‘in camera’ we tend to mean that we have set the parameters on the box in our hands before pressing the shutter and not ‘messed about’ with them in Photoshop thereafter. I wonder?
In camera is also a legal phrase applied to court cases where a hearing is held before a judge in his/her private chambers or when the public is excluded from the courtroom. So when I tell you that my images are all ‘in camera’ I could truthfully mean that I have worked on them in my own chamber (or study) long after they have been downloaded from my Canon derived version of the camera obscura. As Humpty Dumpty said ‘When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
Gordon Stirrat
28 October 2014
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24 Hours in Bristol - 2014
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Riding on his success in the 24 Hours in Bristol competition in 2013, Paul Smith entered this year's competition. The competition basically allots 1 hour time slots to entrants and then selects the best of each slot. Paul again came up trumps, winning the best shots in both the 12.00 to 1.00pm and 3.00 to 4.00pm slots. Paul's winning images are reproduced below. |
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12.00 to 1.00pm
Time to Reflect
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3.00 to 4.00pm
Colourful Bristol
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Photography News Magazine
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Download the latest edition of Photography News magazine here. This edition includes a photo by our own Andrew Wood on page 15
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Download issue 117 of the PAGB eNews here.
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Exhibition to Visit - Performance
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Castlemead, Lower Castle Street, Bristol, BS1 3AH
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Saturday 15th to Wednesday 19th November 2014 open daily from 10am to 3pm
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Performance is dedicated to everyone with the courage to be in the limelight. It was conceived early in 2012 as British excitement grew in anticipation of hosting the Olympics. Our sports photographers have captured some of the tension, excitement and sheer spectacle of a remarkable sporting year. Other photographers concentrated on artistic events, from dance and theatre to street performance and music.
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COST
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Entry is free – No tickets required
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WHO
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Anyone who you think may enjoy a photographic exhibition!
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WEBSITE
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John Hudson has details of a safari to Iceland in 2015 This might be of interest to those of you who have had their appetites whetted by the pictures we have seen this year at club from members who visited Iceland in the spring. The trip is being organised by a company called Trex Travel Experience in May of next year. The cost is from £1230pp and full details can be found on their website.
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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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