Next Wednesday our speaker will be Tony Gervis FRPS who will be presenting his talk called Visions of America. Tony has visited America every year for the past 40+years, travelling and photographing 120 national/state parks, and during the past 10 years he has also visited 5 of their top 10 rodeos.

 

Monument Valley

To see more of Tony's images, visit his website at www.tonygervis.com

Annual Projected Image Competition

Next Wednesday is also the closing date for the 2017 Annual Projected Image Competition. Entries, as usual, to competitions@bristolphoto.org.uk. The rules and all the information needed to complete your entry can be found in your members handbook on pages 22 to 28 (or by following this link to the relevant page on the BPS website). Please make sure that your image files are named in accordance with the instructions on page 27 of the handbook.

Print Competition - Round 4

Print Competition Secretary, David Alderson, has asked me to publish the following corrections to the Print Competition League Table that was shown in last week's newsletter:

In Advanced, Gordon Stirrat should be credited with 2 points in Round 3 (3rd place, not HC).  This brings his overall total to 4.

In Intermediate, Daniel Mills should be credited with 3 points in Round 3 ( HC + 3rd place mistakenly credited to Joan Symes).  This brings his overall total to 10 and brings him into 3rd place ahead of Robert Eschle.

 

David would like to aplogise for these errors and for any undue distress caused to the members concerned - counselling will be available to those affected!

House Rules!

 

Would members please remember that mobile phones should be switched to silent during meetings (or preferably switched off) and that texting, checking messages or otherwise playing with your phone should be resisted, especially during projected image evenings - the brightly lit phone screens can be very distracting and annoying to those nearby.

 

 

One For The Album

Gordon Stirrat's daughter, Carolyn, who lives in New Jersey, visited the recent showing of the Bristol Salon (whilst home to see dad). On her return to the States she saw the following sight from her apartment overlooking the Hudson River towards the Manhattan skyline and thought BPS members might like to share in its glory, which she captured on her iPhone.

 

 

RPS - Cyprus

I have received the following from John Hudson:

 

Dates For Your Diary

3 Mar – 11 Jun	Roger Mayne - The Photographers' Gallery. This major exhibition is the first since 1999 to show the iconic work of British photographer Roger Mayne (1929-2014). It includes his pioneering photographs of 1950s and early 1960s community life in London’s Southam Street. www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk Thanks to Dave Lawlan for this.
29 April - 13 May	Bristol Savages are holding an exhibition of their work. Entry to the exhibition is free and is open to all members of the public. No bookings or reservations necessary just turn up. The work in the exhibition is available for purchase but there is no pressure to buy and they are happy for visitors to just browse. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday 29 April and runs until Saturday 13 May. Open 10am close 4:45pm The exhibition is held in the Savages Wigwam which is worth a visit in itself. Entry is through the garden of the Red Lodge in Lodge Street, off Park Row
29 April - 14 May	WCPF Members' Exhibition. Accepted prints & images in this year's exhibition will be on display at Bovey Tracey Golf Club, weekdays 10am to 4.30pm and Sundays 11am to 4.30pm. More details at www.wcpf.org.uk
3 or 4 May and 7 or 8 July.	Margaret Salisbury, FRPS, MFIAP, AWPF, FSITTP, FSINWP, APAGB (for the Fotospeed Academy) is running distinctions workshops at Lacock Abbey on or May 3 or 4 and July 7 or 8. These day-long workshops are for those aiming to achieve Distinction and Awards or Exhibition Acceptances. Margaret will share her expertise on the following: The criteria, methods, levels and requirements that need to be considered when applying for Distinctions and Awards (such as RPS, PAGB, FIAP, IPF, DPS, SWPP, BPE) Individual help and assessment of your prints Presentation and printing with John Herlinger of Fotospeed Choosing images to be included and advice on reaching the standard required On-going mentoring and practical help. For further information, contact Margaret Salisbury, Tel: 01745 855 934 or email: dragonpix56@gmail.com. Alternatively or to book a place you can ring Julia at Fotospeed 01249714555 or email Julia@fotospeed.net or go on the Website www.fotospeed.com Academy.
5 May	Kingswood Photographic Society welcomes Tom Dodd FRPS, FIPF, DPAGB, as their speaker on Friday 5 May. Tom will be giving a B&W and Colour print talk entitled More than Mountains which contains a wide spectrum of subject matter including Landscape, People, Nature and Travel. KPS meet on Friday evenings from 7.30 to around 9.30 at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol BS30 5JJ.  Visitors are most welcome and the cost for this evening is £3.00. www.kingswoodps.co.uk
20-21 May	After the WCPF Members' Exhibition closes at Bovey Tracey, it will move to the BPS HQ at Unit 13. Open on both days between 10am and 4.30pm.
10 June	One day workshop with Gavin Hoey at Exmouth Photo Group. Full details can be found by following this link. The workshops are aimed squarely at the intermediate photographers of this world and will be including many of the following topics: Simple photography ideas that can be reproduced at home Photographing objects with flash and building an image in Photoshop Endless Photoshop tricks and tips Audience participation with some fun photo challenges
23 September	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 vist their website.
11 November	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 tickest are selling fast, so you are advised to book now if you are interested.

 

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.

Download the latest edition of Photography News by following this link. This issue contains the final results of Camera Club of the Year competition as well as articles on the latest camera gear. There is also an article on one of this year's Salon judges, Leigh Woolford.

Another addition to the society's roll of honour - Peter Brisley can now add DPAGB to his list of distinctions - well done.

 

 

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.

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.

 

 

If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Carol, either by email: membership@bristolphoto.org.uk or by telephone: 0117 924 1338