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Next Wednesday, after a succession of speakers from across the Severn Bridge, we welcome a real live Englishman all the way from Bath - Alex Nail FRPS. Alex will be presenting his talk entitled Photographic adventures in Fisherfield, the Scottish Highlands and beyond! In it he discusses his ongoing project in Fisherfield in the NW Highlands of Scotland as well as a few locations a little further afield. He’ll cover his pre-trip planning, in-field composition, and post trip selection and editing, all with the goal of producing a book of this little known area.
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Alex is a full-time landscape photographer based in Bath with a passion for mountains and wilderness areas. He increasingly heads to remote or hard to reach locations in search of new images. His photography is largely illustrative, showing magical lighting conditions and spectacular scenery. He is a great believer in the trustworthiness of photography as an artistic medium. Whilst he edits his images they are all real, with nothing added or taken away.
He writes for UK outdoor and photography magazines both in print and online. His images have been published in a variety of different media and he has run a number of successful exhibitions. He delivers talks to camera clubs and trade shows, recently speaking at the Natural History Museum and The Outdoors Show in London. He leads regular workshops in the UK mountains and abroad. These tours are highly reflective of his own approach to photography and generally have an adventurous slant.
As well as still photography he also shoots time-lapse films with his business partner Guy Richardson. They have been fortunate to work with some of the UK's biggest organisations including Visit Britain and the Woodland Trust.
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A couple of Scottish images from Alex's website.
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For those tuning in at home, here are the Zoom details:
Meeting ID: 8873 2938 6868
Passcode: 227980 |
Please refer to previous newsletters for full instructions on booking your seat at any club meetings, below is an abbreviated version:
1 - Maximum number of attendees - 40
2 - Bookings are for ONE person only, for couples you should make separate bookings
3 - Cut-off time for booking - 15.30 on the day of a meeting
4 - Click on the following link
Please only email webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk if you have technical issues accessing the link to book. Do NOT email if there are no slots left but you are wanting to book a seat.
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Everyone is invited to join the next Digital Imaging Group meeting next Monday, 8 November at 7.30pm, still on Zoom. If you would like to show your work in an informal atmosphere or invite comments or have questions on photography please feel free to send in your images to me. I already have a question from one member about legal issues surrounding street photography which should be relevant to most of us who photograph people in public places. You may have seen the video on the link published in the bpsnewsletter 456 on the subject but it would be interesting to have your personal thoughts or experiences on it.
Please send your images to me by Sunday 7 November, 6 pm. Images: JPG format, sRGB colour space, 1600 x 1200 pixels (same as competitions but not strict), prefix filenames with 01, 02, 03 etc. if you wish to show them in that order. Email attachment size - max 20Mb per email.I look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Ashwin Chauhan
Digital Imaging Group
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Next Monday, 8 November, is the monthly meeting of teh DI Group. This will be held over Zoom and the log in details are as follows:
- Join Zoom meeting: LINK
- Meeting ID: 864 8270 1510
- Password: 252632
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BPS is one of the 31 clubs competing for this year's Kingswood Salver. See the flyer below for details, click on the flyer to log in, or us e the details shown.
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PAGB Interclub print Competition |
In issue 458, Mike Martin showed images of the prints that were due to represent BPS in the 2021 PAGB Interclub Print Competition. Well, we did pretty good, coming fifth overall out of a total of 35 clubs from across the UK. The joint winners were Smethwick PS and Catchlight CC with a score of 199, Bristol were a mere 6 points behind with a total of 193, well done to all those members who's prints were used, below are those prints and scores:
Click on this link for a full report on the competition. |
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Opening 27 November: Wildlife Photographer of the Year at M Shed
Wildlife Photographer of the Year opens this month at M Shed and tickets are now on sale. Gaze through the lens of some of the world’s best wildlife photographers and marvel at the beauty of life on Earth.
From curious underwater species to majestic soaring birds, the images shine a light on stories from around the world and highlight the fragility of our planet.
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Follow this LINK to download issue 294 of PAGB eNews, which contains pictures of Steve Field receiving the award on behalf of BPS for the most successful club in the 2020 Masters of Print competition. |
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The distinctions we have on record are those shown at the top of this newsletter, please remember, if you don't tell us we can't possibly know!
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Make Money For BPS Every Time You Shop On Amazon! |
With the thought of on-line shopping still looming large in many members' minds. It's worth remembering that if you so wish, each and every one of you can support BPS with every purchase you make on Amazon by using Amazon Smile. Click on the link below – then it’s self-explanatory.
Shopping using Smile is no different to your normal Amazon shopping and costs you nothing, it's just that you need to tell it that you wish to use Smile and then we get some pennies!
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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 see the list.
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Missed a Copy of the Newsletter?
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To view past editions of this Newsletter, please click on the following link and then select the date(s) you are looking for - BPS Newsletter Archive
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BPS Website - Members' Portal "Log in" |
To enter the Members' Portal of the BPS website you will need the following:
Username - Your Membership Number Password - Created by you
If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Matt by email: webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk
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Bristol Photographic Society,
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