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Next Wednesday, 10 July, we welcome Ali Bacon, who will present her talk – From Lacock to Leith: Hill & Adamson and The Birth of Art Photography.
Fox Talbot’s invention of the negative-positive method dominated photography for 150 years, but his immediate successors were north of the border in Edinburgh where David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson perfected Talbot’s method and, in the space of only four years, went on to create over 3000 calotype images. Ignored for much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century,
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many of these are now regarded as outstanding examples of photographic art. Having spent several years transforming the Hill and Adamson story into a novel, author Ali Bacon will present key aspects of their work, what we know about their production processes, and how the leap from Lacock to Edinburgh – via Ali’s university town of St Andrews - came about. Copies of Ali’s book In the Blink of an Eye are available from www.linen-press.com and will be on sale on the night.
Read more about Ali by following this link.
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If you were at the Creative Imaging competition last Wednesday you would have surely thought that, with a little bit of imagination and some dedication in getting most out of your software, there must be a lot more you can do with your images.
All BPS members are invited to join the DI group meeting on Monday 8 July where you will be able to see what others have been doing with their images. The meeting is of an informal nature and you are welcome to bring your images, either as prints or as JPG files (sRGB colour space and of any size on a memory stick and in a folder of you name). If you have any questions or want advice from other members on any of your images please bring them too or just sit and watch the proceedings.
Last April we had four hands-on workshops, the best way to learn or improve your skills and I am hoping to follow on those workshops with a studio session with creative imaging in mind. Look forward to seeing you and your images if you like to bring them along.
Ashwin
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Bristol Photographic Society - Annual General Meeting |
The Annual BPS AGM took place last Wednesday, 3 July. Members elected the following members to be officers of the Society's Council of Management:
| President |
Barry Mead, FRPS EFIAP/d3 MPAGB
APAGB
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| Chairman |
Barry Mead, FRPS EFIAP/d3 MPAGB APAGB
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| Secretary |
Nick Ball, ARPS |
| Treasurer |
Graham Pears |
| PDI
Competition Secretary |
Ken Clarke |
| Print
Competition Secretary |
David Alderson, LRPS AFIAP |
| Membership
& Bristol Salon Secretary |
Carol Sykes |
| External
Competition Secretary |
Peter McCloskey, FRPS APAGB |
| Programme
Secretary |
Mike Hall |
| Studio
Group |
Nick Ball, ARPS |
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Salon
Chairman, Projectionist,
Newsletter Editor & Property
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Pete Howell |
| Beyond
the Wall Group |
TBA |
| Digital
Imaging Group |
Ashwin Chauhan, ARPS EFIAP |
| Photography
Course (Acting) |
Jeff Hargreaves, EFIAP
DPAGB |
| Webmaster |
Matt de-Beger |
| WCPF
Representative |
Danny Heaton, LRPS CPAGB
EFIAP |
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Clubroom
& Studio Bookings, Librarian
& Property
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Mike Bigger, LRPS |
| Clubroom
Steward |
Vicky Harrison |
Jeff Hargreaves thanked Peter Smith, who retired as Treasurer at the AGM and in recognition of his very many years of unstinted service to BPS Peter was awarded an Honorary Life Membership of the Society.
Thanks were also given to Jeff Hargreaves, who stepped down as Chairman after his 3 year stint, he is replaced as Chairman by Barry Mead.
Two new members were welcomed to Council:
- Webmaster: Matt de-Beger
- Treasurer: Graham Pears
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Creative Image Competition |
Following the AGM, the inaugural Creative Image Competition for the Bob Faris Trophy was held and judged by Colin Harrison FRPS EFIAP/d3 FIPF FBPE MFIAP MPAGB MPSA AWPF APAGB.
The results were as follows:
Projected Images:
| Mike Martin |
The Juggler |
1st |
| Mike Martin |
Face off |
2nd |
| Gerry Gill |
Photography should be fun |
3rd |
| Bruce Gibbs |
Dinosaurs in the Bluebell woods |
HC |
| Bruce Gibbs |
Primate Car Rally |
HC |
Prints:
| Barry
Mead |
Mad Hatter |
1st |
| Ann Mead |
Vogue Nonsense |
2nd |
| Barry
Mead |
Wheels Of Time |
3rd |
| Barry
Mead |
Dragon lady |
HC |
| David
Alderson |
Airmail |
HC |
The overall winner of the Bob Faris Trophy was Barry Mead, with his print - Mad Hatter.
Barry receiving the trophy from Bob Faris
Photo - Gerry Gill
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The Juggler
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Mike Martin
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The Mad Hatter
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Barry Mead
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It's the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies
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Gerry Gill
This gets my award for the picture that made us laugh the most..... and, of course, the regal content of the righthand picture!
Pete H
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Garmston Bowl & President's Cup |
These two competitions go back several years, with the Garmston Bowl instituted before I joined the club in the late 70's. In the case of the President's Cup, this was donated by life member Jim Marsden to encourage photographers who were on the way up but hadn't been awarded distinctions. The format of this has stayed the same since its inception, a set of three projected images, formerly slides, but now digital files. At one time the Garmston Bowl was a pictorial competition for three prints. In recent years the range of subject matter has been broadened and now includes all areas of photography with five, rather than three prints presented.
Although I am a long-standing member, these days I do not usually enter club competitions although I do support the club externally. Sympathetic friends might suggest this is because I wish to give others a chance, whilst photographic opponents will argue that the competition is too tough!! On the evidence of the Garmston Bowl entry last week, that could certainly be argued. One of the consequences of my non entry in recent years has been that I have rarely attended the competition.
This year, I was able to go. The football season is over, (or is it?), and I found it both extremely enjoyable with a high standard of images being submitted. I felt that in the 'Garmston' there was a huge variety of well thought out and printed images all beautifully mounted. In my view any of six panels could have won but congratulations to Mike Martin who did. All in all, the work entered was a credit to the members and the club and should help drive standards even higher.
Similarly, the digital file competition produced a series of excellent sets, with files presented individually and then as a set. Again, images were well thought out with Graham Pears a deserved winner.
The judge was excellent, setting out how he had gone about quite a daunting process, giving succinct comments and keeping to time. He expressed his views with thought and consideration. He should be invited back at some future date. As an aside, of thirteen internal competitions this year, just one has been judged by a woman! There are certainly many good female photographers around - what about female judges?
Now a word about organisation. David Alderson and Ken Clarke did a superb job and the evening ran very smoothly. Our thanks really must go to them. When you sit on your butt and watch, it is too easy to forget the many hours of hard work others have put in, in this case David and Ken, in order to provide us with a most entertaining evening.
Finally, and this is not a criticism, I would like to see the judge be able to revise their opinion on the evening, which might be difficult for digital files but less so for prints. In the case of prints, they are viewed and judged at home but then presented in a different location, the club, under entirely different conditions. From forty years of experience of judging it does affect your views, at the margin. The judge on Wednesday wanted to give an HC to a panel he now thought looked better on our print stands than when he viewed it at home. In the case of digital files, viewing on a computer screen is clearly different to a large projected image. I won't bore you with possible solutions but they are there.
John Chamberlin FRPS
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New Competition Season: 2019-20 |
Members who enter these competitions at Advanced Level will be excited - and, we hope, inspired - to know that these are the Prescribed Category Subjects for next season:
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PI Comp 2019-20
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Print Comp 2019-20
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Round
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Machinery
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Landscape
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Round
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Distortion
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Energy
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Round
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Into
The Light
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Food
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Round
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Interiors
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Patterns
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David Alderson - Print Competition Secretary
Ken Clarke - Projected Image Competition Secretary
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BPS Member Top Of The Pile! |
BPS member, Steve Field, has achieved fame with a double page spread in this week's Amateur Photographer magazine following his victory in the UK round of the 2019 EISA Maestro competition. Founded six years ago by the European Imaging and Sound Association, this competition is set to encourage both amateur and semi-professional photographers to create a series of pictures which are connected to each other.
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NOT LONG LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKETS
WARWICK - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE - SUPPORT BPS! |
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As many will know, BPS is one of the two clubs representing the WCPF at the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Competition at Warwick University on 13 July, below is a copy of the PAGB flyer advertising the event. It would be really great if members could go along to show support for BPS at what is always a great day out. Click on the flyer to find out more and to purchase tickets.
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13/14 July - Tewkesbury Medieval Festival - Full details here.
25 July - The English Summer Season: An evening with Peter Dench.
5pm - 7pm. FREE and organised by Wex, but being held at the BPS clubrooms. Full details here.
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Read the latest edition of Photography News here.
Download the latest edition (233) of PAGB eNews by clicking here, You might also like to download eNews Extra - click here.
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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 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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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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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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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 PUBLICATION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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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' Area "Log in"
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To enter the Members' Area of the BPS website you will need the following:
User Name - chatroom Password - pixels
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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Bristol Photographic Society,
Unit 13, Montpelier Central, Station Rd, Bristol, BS6 5EE
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