BPS Newsletter - Issue 248 9 Aug 2017
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Next Wednesday our speaker will be Tony Worobiec FRPS, who will be presenting his talk entitled "Fragments of an American Dream".
This is a personal project which documents the abandonment on the High Plains of America. This has recently been published as a book by RHE Media, and is the sequel to the Highly successful "Ghosts in the Wilderness".
Tony is a prolific photographer and book publisher; if you want to see examples of his work or read more about him, you can visit his website at www.tonyworobiec.com |
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There are still some places left on this year’s Photography Course, so if you’re thinking about joining but are still procrastinating about whether to join or not, now is the time – full details can be found on the Society website – click here.
Please 'share' the post with your Facebook friends and contacts in the usual way - You can also 'pin' the post to the top of your own Timeline. If members can help in the advertising campaign using word of mouth and the Internet - It will be much appreciated.''
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Ron Lane - BPS's Oldest Member Has Passed Away
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Some of our older members will remember Ron Lane. Ron celebrated his 100th birthday in January of this year, however he became ill shortly afterwards and unfortunately passed away on March 11. Ron was an Honorary Life Member and for many years was the Society's Treasurer, he was President from 1981 to 1986. He moved to Fareham some fifteen years ago to be closer to his daughter and family, where he died. |
BPS Secretary To Take The Plunge!
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Does anyone know of a private swimming pool that could be available for photography?
John Hudson wants to reproduce some of the images from “A Bigger Splash” by David Hockney, see image on the left.
If you can help, please let John know; you can email him at jhnhd1@aol.com
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Day In The Life - Bristol
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Cartridge World are working with an award-winning photographer called Mark Waugh and are calling on keen amateur and professional photographers from the (Bristol) surrounding areas to take part in a free photography workshop with him and then head out into the streets to capture as much of the city as possible in 24 hours.
Afterwards, the images will all be transformed into a piece of art that will be displayed in the city.
It's a really exciting project and Cartridge World would love to know if this is something you might want to be involved in. Here's the link to find out more and direct readers to sign up. |
How To Shoot Summer Pictures
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A not to be missed opportunity for a small group interested in plant and garden photography to spend a day working with a professional photographer. Join a guided walk around the Bristol University Botanic Garden to identify Summer highlights, followed by the opportunity to capture your own images with guidance from the tutor. The day will conclude with an informal, friendly discussion of your selected images and a chance to ask questions.
Anyone wishing to improve their digital outdoor photography should benefit from this day. An understanding of the basics of photography would be an advantage. You will need to know the basic functions of your camera.
Date: 19 August, 10.00am to 4.00pm
Cost: £50.00 per person which also includes a light lunch.
How to enrol
Please note that they accept enrolments online only.
To enrol on a course visit the University online shop and register your details. You will be asked to add registration to your basket, but you will not be charged for registering.
Prior enrolment is essential on all courses. Enrolments for all courses will close 2 days prior to the start of the course.
Thanks to Sean D'Rozario for this
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Following the article about Nik Software in Issue 243 of the newsletter the article mentioned Google's acquisition of Nik Software and the fact that they are now offering free download of the entire suite of programmes. The down side of this is that Google have announced that there will be no further development to the software. This suite of programs is much used by many photographers and as a result, a petition has been started to try to persuade Google to continue to develop the software or to allow other developers to continue to update it. The petition now stands at over 14,000 names, but many more are needed before it is submitted.
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Download issue 188 of the PAGB e-News here with all the news from around the Clubs and Federations and a preview of an exciting new competition.
Download issue of the PAGB e-News Issue 188 Extra here - this is a special issue giving access to a gallery of dozens of samples of pictures successful at CPAGB in 2016 and 2017
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10-13 Aug
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The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is Europe’s largest annual
meeting of hot air balloons, attracting over 130 hot air balloons from
across the globe. The Fiesta truly is a sight that can only be seen in
Bristol. Full details click here.
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12-13 Aug
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The return of Thundercat racing to Clevedon. This is a great free event for those who fancy photographing high speed powerboats as they race around a course set with the pier at its heart. If you're feeling flush, you can pay to go on the pier and watch all the action from the pier itself. Follow this link for more information. |
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12-13 Aug
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Amman Valley Trotting Club in South Wales - A special weekend of motor cycle Dirt Track Racing will be held at Amman Valley again this year, a small group of club members travelled down the M4 last year for a successful day of sports photography. It's free to get in and there's a packed programme of races on both days. Click here for more details.
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The excellent LCE (London Camera Exchange) Baldwin Street are holding a photography event at Leigh Court (Grade II listed building in Abbots Leigh, Bristol). It comes under the heading of Bristol Leica Group but we are assured it is NOT restricted to Leica photographers. Wth 6 models plus access to the entire grounds and every single room for the whole day it is quite a big deal!! Cost just £20 for the day but places are limited to around 15. Only proviso is that models get use of images for their portfolios. Our understanding is that copyright stays with photographer (but please check this). Check out the Bristol Leica Photography Group on Facebook and if interested call Tom (LCE) on 01179 29 1935 to reserve a place.
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Sept
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Clifton Cameras & Swarovski are holding a nature walk at
Frampton on Severn and digiscoping classes in the Forest of Dean during
September. You can find details of these and other events organised by
Clifton Cameras by visiting their website - click here. Thanks to Mark Gilbert for this.
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10 Sept
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Fotospeed are delighted to bring together 4 world-renowned photographers for a day of talks Sunday 10 September at the EDGE, University of Bath Following on from the success of 2016 Fotospeed are thrilled to host FotoFest 2017 at a new state of the art location. You will have the opportunity to hear talks from 4 amazingly talented photographers, Martin Hartley, Paul Sanders, Ben Hall and Colin Prior. You will also have access to the market place featuring industry leading brands and take advantage of some very special offers. The market place is open and free to anyone who wishes to visit with or without a ticket for the talks. This year we will be holding FotoFest in The Edge building at Bath University. As the event is on a Sunday, parking is free and there is plenty of it. We are also including complimentary tea and coffee for all those who attend the talks. Full details here.
If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact one of the team.
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23 Sept
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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 visit their website.
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11 Nov
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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 tickets are selling fast, so you are advised to book now if
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21 Oct
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will
premiere at the M Shed at the same time as the national opening at the
Natural History Museum in London, it will run from 21 October 2017- 08
April 2018.
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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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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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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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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, etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
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