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Next Wednesday we have Round 2 of the Print Competition, which is being judged by Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP. Eddy is a member of Calne Camera Club and is Past President of WCPF, and is still very active in WCPF, organising the Knightshayes and Kingswood Salver competitions.
Presumably he will be mongoose-less on the night!
One of Eddy's successful images:
"Sir Bradley Wiggins Team GB"
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Christmas Social & Auction
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This year's Christmas Social is on 20 December. This year there will be an extra attraction - an auction of photographic equipment.
The sale will take the form of an auction (older members will remember the annual auction that used to be held in August each year), with all proceeds going to St Peter's Hospice.
I'm sure that you all have a plethora of redundant kit that is clogging up the bottom of a cupboard somewhere, so this is just the opportunity to make space for the next attack of technology update! Just bring the stuff along on the night and we will endeavour to sell it and hopefully I will have found a willing volunteer to act as auctioneer on the night.
The aucton will be run along the lines of a conventional auction with BPS taking a 25% commission on all sales, unless the owner has specified that all the proceeds go to St Peter's. Please let us know of any reserve prices when you bring the items along.. |
The next meeting of the Digital Group meeting takes place on 11 December and all members, new or well established, beginners or experts are all welcome. The evening will take the usual format of informal discussion and presentation of images brought in by you, the audience!
Images can be either prints or jpegs (on USB memory sticks only in a folder of your name, please) and can be just to show off what you have been doing lately or to show for discussion because you have a problem or process you would like help on. |
The next meeting of BTW Group will be on 22 January (7.30pm) when Pete McCloskey will host an evening based on improving your prints before they are entered into the club's Print Competitions. Each BTW member will be able to have 2/3 prints analysed by Pete, whose constructive comments will help to produce better prints
If you require further information about the above, or anything about BTW, please contact the BTW group leader, David Grierson - email .
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Here we see BTW members
Steve Bridgen and David Grierson, at the last BTW meeting, totally engrossed in what Mark Gilbert is telling them about how to use their flashguns. Whether they took it all in, though, is another matter!
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The WCPF Interclub Digital Projected Image Competition (DPIC) is being held at Exeter on 18 February. Tickets are now on sale and can be found on-line by following this link.
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Clevedon Marine Lake - A Repeat Plea |
Millie Spaven has been approached by her friend Linda Knott whose late husband was one of the founders of MARLENS, the group responsible for getting the Clevedon Marine Lake restored and turned back into a full functional facility on Clevedon’s seafront. Linda needs a few photos to submit to the local paper along with her article about the event. It would be nice if some members from BPS could come along, do some night time photography and give a couple of their images to Linda for her article. Anyone who can come please let Millie know. Details as follows.
On 9 December, at 4.00p.m. there will a lantern parade lead by a Samba band, starting from Clevedon Pier, progressing along the sea front and finishing at the Marine Lake where the model boat club will be sailing their boats lit with candles. If you can help, please contact Millie at millie.spaven@blueyonder.co.uk
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Bristol Salon of Photography |
Now is the time send in your entry to the 2018 Bristol Salon and
give yourself the chance of some glory on the international photography
scene.
For those of you who aren't too sure what the Bristol Salon is: it is an
international photographic exhibition that has been running since the mid-1940s and is the largest exhibition of its type in the UK attracting entries
from nearly 70 different countries. Entrants may submit up to 16 images across 4
sections (Open, Monochrome, Photo Travel and Nature) which are put before a
panel of selectors who pick the top 20% to 30% or so to be accepted. Entry
for BPS members is free as long as we receive your entry before 20 January,
after that you will have to pay the full fee. This might seem like a long way
off, but with Christmas and the New Year coming up you'll soon find that the
closing date is upon you, so beat the rush and get your entry in now!
To help you with your entry there is a small tutorial that can be downloaded
by following this link.
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.
Here's hoping that we see a rush of entries, but in the meantime if you have
any queries, feel free to email me at chairman@bristolsalon.co.uk
Full details can found on the BPS website
All the best
Pete Howell & the Salon Team
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Download the latest issue (50) of Photography News by following this link.
Download Issue 195 of the PAGB e-News here. This issue contains all the results from the 2017 masters of print competition. |
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Until 7 Jan
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2017 British Wildlife Photography Awards at the Nature in Art Gallery and Museum (Main A38 Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA). See all the winning images from this famous competition focusing on British fauna and flora. Stunning photographs and awe-inspiring nature.
Telephone: 01452 731422, SatNav Postcode: GL2 9PG |
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3 & 4 Feb
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The Fotospeed Academy is holding a workshop at the BPS clubrooms in February to help those who are looking to go for distinctions with the likes of RPS, FIAP, PAGB, BPA and more. The course is being run by ‘The Welsh Dragon’, AKA Margaret Salisbury. Margaret will display examples of successful and also unsuccessful panels, to highlight their strengths and weaknesses. She will offer guidance to participants looking for Distinctions or running Open/International Exhibitions, and use her own experience to encourage and assist you.
She will also explain the up to date criteria for the different associations and John Herlinger from The Fine Art Print room will also be on hand to share his knowledge on the best ways to present your work for panels. Finally, you will be asked to bring your own work with you which will be displayed and reviewed by other members in the class. BPS already runs its own print mentoring evenings, but this could well be a useful addition to those evenings. The dates are 3 & 4 February (two courses). Full details can be found by following this link. |
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Until 8 Apr
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The renowned wildlife photography competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, from the Natural History Museum is back at M Shed in the City Docks until 8 April, with 100 spectacular images. From frozen wastelands and peculiar species, to tropical paradises and fascinating animal behaviour; this year’s selection is a call to action – a plea to band together and protect our fragile planet.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases the natural world’s most astonishing and challenging sights.
For full details, please click here. |
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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
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Salon acceptances: BPS photographers are now achieving large numbers of salon acceptances and constraints on time and space mean we can't include them all. So please only advise of awards or other milestones.
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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Would all members please note: before you plan your shoot and book your model, you should check whether the studio/clubroom will be free. This can be done easily and at any time by viewing the Clubroom Bookings calendar in the Members' Area of the BPS Website. Bookings can (and must) be made by contacting Mike Bigger at bookings@bristolphoto.org.uk.
Log in details to the Members' Area are at the end of this newsletter.
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10 Jan
The following is from Jason Eastham
"Well! I have now road tested my new camera and it does everything I had hoped for, i.e. it replaces my 6D and my 7D Mk2 with one camera therefore I now have a mint 7D Mk2 body for sale. Shutter count 7594, original battery and strap still in factory wrapping (never used), boxed with everything you get from new, screen protector on from day one and 2x32Gb. compact flash cards included."
£775.00 - If you are interested, contact Jason on 07727 299114
10 Jan
John Hudson has the following for sale:
Used Manfrotto quick release plate(s) - £10.00
Used Manfrotto Tripod head (very versatile) with quick release plate
MH293D3-Q2 Head Foldable 3 Movements Series 290 - £45
3 Jan
Unused competition prize, Black Rapid RS4 camera strap for sale. The strap carries a camera or lens, made using Ripstop nylon Rapid strap and bomb-proof webbing. Sizing adjustment and zippered pocket for 2 memory cards. View YouTube demo here.
£20 - If you are interested, contact Carol Sykes on 07702 938710
3 Jan
Mike Bigger has the following for sale:
1. Canon EH20-L Camera Case for a Canon 7D - £86.00 when purchased
2. Lowepro Classified 250 AWS Camera Bag - £120.00 when purchased
3. Lowepro S&F Filter Pouch 100 £28.00 - when purchased
If you have something photographic that you want to sell, let me have the details and I will circulate them to a captive audience of photographers through the Newsletter - send to the usual address.
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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 download the list.
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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.
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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as special events, exhibitions, photographic hints and tricks, etc. please let me know at bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICTAION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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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 |
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