Next Wednesday, 25 Jan, we have a presentation by well known natural history photographer, Liz Cutting ARPS DPAGB BPE4*, who's talk is called "A Wildlife Tour of East Anglia". The following is taken from her website:

 

 

You can see more of Liz's pictures by visiting her website at www.lizcuttingphotos.com

 

Lesser Redpoll

DPIC - External Competitions

As a Western Counties Photographic Federation affiliated club, we always send an entry to the WCPF Digital Image Competition – Known as DPIC, which is held annually at Exeter. The competition is held between all WCPF affiliated clubs on Sunday February 5th at the Corn Exchange, Exeter. Details for getting ticket details for DPIC are on the WCPF website.

Basis for Selection.
During the year any pictures which gain a Highly Commended or higher in the bi-monthly and Annual exhibitions are held back and kept in our image bank. These pictures are then used to select our entry of 18 pictures for DPIC. This year our selection was made in the clubrooms by experienced BPS photographers, namely John Chamberlin, Barry Mead, Peter Smith, Pete Howell and Peter McCloskey.

Records are kept of all our competition entries so that we make sure that images previously used are not resubmitted.

If we are placed 1st or 2nd we go forward to the PAGB interclub finals which are held at Warwick in July. As we just failed to qualify last year, we will have more pictures to select from this year, if we are successful at Exeter; this is because you cannot use images that have been used before which means we have pictures from previous year that will therefore be eligible.

The finals at Warwick are a good day out as you see a lot of successful pictures and old friends.

As the Western Counties is part of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain, we also enter the PAGB Cup, which is held at this time of year and is open to all clubs who are members of the Photographic Alliance. Our entry is based on the work we selected for DPIC. They have 2 categories Open and Nature,

Midnight Saturday is your last chance to enter the Bristol Salon (for free) if you haven't already done so. Details have been in the last few editions of the newsletter, so I won't repeat them again, however you can find full details, plus help with entering, by visiting the club website.

 

When entering, be sure to tick the box on the first page of the entry system to say that you are a BPS member and fill in your BPS membership number which you will find at the top of this newsletter; when you get to the payment page at the end, click ALREADY PAID.
 
BPS members (of all grades an abilities) usually do pretty well in the Salon, so here's hoping that we see a rush of entries. In the meantime if you have any queries, feel free to email me at chairman@bristolsalon.co.uk

 

Pete Howell

Salon Chairman

WCPF Members' Exhibition

The WCPF Members' Exhibition opens for entry on 18 January with a closing date of 4 March. This is a competition for individuals who are members of WCPF member clubs. There are 3 print sections, Monochrome, Colour and Nature. In the Projected Image class, there are 3 sections - General, Nature and Creative. The entries are judged and the selected images will be exhibited later in the year at Bovey Tracey Golf Club followed by a two-day exhibition at the BPS clubrooms.
More details on the WCPF website
The closing date coincides with WCPF Council meeting on 4 March and our representative, Danny Heaton, will be able to take your entries with him. If you have any queries you can contact Danny by email danny.heaton@btopenworld.com or you can collar him at any meeting.

Dates For Your Diary

5 February	WCPF DPIC at the Corn Exchange, Exeter. Tickets on sale now.  Price (£6.00 + booking fee) from the Corn Exchange.
5 February Closing date	The WCPF Knightshayes Trophy is nearly upon us and members are invited to enter. The competition is organised by the WCPF and members may enter up to two prints (mounted on 50 x 40 cm card) on the subject "Diffraction". The closing date is 5 February when prints should be handed in at DPIC in Exeter. Some BPS members will be going to DPIC (see above item) so it should be fairly easy to organise for the prints to be taken down. More details can be found here.
Until 5 Mar	Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016: at M Shed. The world-renowned wildlife photography competition from the Natural History Museum returns to M Shed with 100 stunning images; from balletic whales to lizard-chasing parakeets, urban visitors to fantastical landscapes, this year’s selection is strong on visual drama and narrative. Full details here.   Many thanks to Maureen Gillet for letting me know that there will be a "free admission" day for the Exhibition; this will be Wednesday 11 January. Normal entry £5/Concession £4.

John Hudson only entered one international exhibition last year (barring Bristol) in December 2016. This was the 1st International Salon of Photography, Ohrid, where he was awarded a Gold Medal for his image of a Pallid Bat Over Water.

 

Also successful on the international scene were Keith Wood, Val Duncan and Mike Bews who all entered the 5th Miroc Digital Circuit 2016 which covered Serbia, Russia, South Africa and Austria. Between them they gained 91 acceptances with Keith getting 33 (including 1 award), Val 46 (including 3 awards) and Mike 12 - well done to all 3.

 

 

Olympus E-620 + 28-108mm f2.8-3.5 Pro-Zoom lens and HLD-5 Power Grip (inl 4 batteries). Never used. Bargain price of £250

Contact Harold Hurford - 01934 852878

 

 

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