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Next Wednesday we welcome to BPS, Bob Bishop LRPS EFIAP BPE3* who will be presenting his talk called Have Camera Will Travel. Bob says of his talk:
"I have been in and out of photography since I was a teenager, being restricted by work and family commitments as the years went by.
My Photography was totally reignited when I retired just after the start of this century. Suddenly I had the time to progress my hobby a bit more seriously. Landscape photography has always been my first love, but now I also enjoy event photography, people, street and travel.
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The talk will include a mixture of all these and the travel aspect will include a trip to Burma, in particular its people.So, from the often busy scene with event photography, to the
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genres in between, I have considerable variety in what I love to
photograph. Each have their challenges which keeps me on my toes!
The images I show will be a mixture of mono and colour and time
will be spent on one or two images here and there to explain how I
arrived at the final image. I will also display prints of some of the
images in the talk."
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Above is one of Bob's pictures that we'll see on the evening. Below is an image that Bob describes as a "grab shot" - all will be revealed on the night! |
Next week, Jim Marsden joins that very exclusive group within BPS - The Nonagenarians. To mark the occasion, there will be a celebration of the event during the interval at next Wednesday's meeting, with a few special refreshments.
May I take this opportunity, on behalf of all at BPS, to offer Jim our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes at having reached this major milestone - Happy Birthday, Jim |
Print Competition - Round 2
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Next week is also the closing date for Print Competition Round 2. The prescribed category for your third print this time is Work, although this is a word that is alien to some of you, I'm sure that you can add your own spin to the subject. Full details of entry rules on pages 24 onwards in your Members' handbook, but if you have any queries, I'm sure that the Competition Secretary, David Alderson, will be able to answer them for you, his email address is: printcompetitions@bristolphoto.org.ukThe judge for this round is Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP from Calne |
The next studio meeting will be the first of the new style of meetings aimed at members who are advanced photographers who are familiar with the studio and have attended a previous studio group meeting. Members have requested this type of meeting so that there will be more time to create individual images than during the group sessions.
There will be a series of 1 hour sessions available during the day, in this case Monday 4th December which can be booked by one or two members, the cost of each session will be £25. Nick will have set up the studio as per the studio manual and the plan is that the photographers will adjust the lighting setup and background etc. to get the images they want. For the first session the model will be Sophie, a dancer who will bring a wide range of dance costumes, so each session can be different. Nick will be present during each session and will available to help as required.
The cost of each session will be £25 and members are asked to arrive promptly no more than 10 minutes before their session.
To book a session on Monday 4th December, please click here, only 1 member can book each session and if you are going to share a session with another photographer please add this in the comments section either at the time of booking or later, please also leave a phone number in the comment section so Nick can contact you in the event of any problems. |
Following on from last week's notice asking members not to park in front of Unit5 on a Wednesday evening, we will be approaching all the tenants/occupiers of the estate to get an update on where we can and cannot park. This is necessary because occupiers of the units do change, with several having moved out and new ones replacing them since we moved in. I will publish a revised parking plan as soon as this has been done. |
The next couple of meetings of BTW Group will be on:
4 December in the club studio, when Mark Gilbert will continue his series of lighting presentations, this time concentrating on using Speedlites.
22 January, 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 you produce better prints.
Both meetings commence at 7.30pm
If you require further information, please contact the BTW group leader, David Grierson - email . |
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Members of Beyond the Wall Group on their walk on The Downs last Sunday morning
Photo: Mike Hall |
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 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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PSA Interclub Travel Competition |
BPS enter the DPIC and the GB Cup competitions with pictures selected from the HCs and awards from our internal competitions, however we also enter an inter-club competition organised by our member Greg Duncan on behalf of the PSA, (Photographic Society of America). The problem is that we do not have enough Travel pictures getting awards in our competitions for us to make up an entry. Travel pictures should depict a way of life or a time and place. If members have any good suitable pictures, could they let our External Competitions Secretary, Pete McCloskey, have copies for our image bank. Please e-mail to pmccloskey11@btinternet.com in the format of our competitions. If you have any questions regarding this, I'm sure that Pete will be only too pleased to answer them. |
Would members who are using the clubrooms or studio please note that when replacing the chairs, the chairs should be:
- In rows of 12 (6 either side of the central walkway).
- 5 Rows of black at the front.
- The remaining rows using the red chairs.
- Chairs are kept within the darker blue floor tiles.
- A walkway should be maintained between the side walls and the seating and also between the computer desk and that back row of seats. This is to facilitate easier exit in the case of an emergency.
- There is a sack truck in the cupboard under the stairs to make moving the stacks of chairs easier.
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Following on from our speaker's high praise of The Photographer's Ephemeris, please find the download links applicable to the various platforms you may use:
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The RHS Photographic Competition 2018 is open for entries from all and is free to enter. There is a prize of £5,000 to the overall winner and nine categories to enter from Pure Plants and Abstract to celebrating Gardens and Urban Gardening. Full details can be found at rhs.org.uk/photocomp
International Landscape Photographer of the Year - entries are
invited for this competition, the closing date is 19 November. Full entry
details can be found here.
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Download the latest issue (49) of Photography News by following this link.
Download Issue 194 of the PAGB e-News here. This issue contains more information about the PAGB Interclub Print Competition. |
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Clifton Cameras have a raft of events coming up in the near future, from Nature to Studio, Motor Sport to Printing. If you are interested, or want to read more, just follow this link to their website. |
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Friday 17 November, Kingswood PS welcome Christine Widdall MPAGB, EFIAP, FBPE who will be giving an illustrated talk entitled Portfolio. Christine is a photographer based in the North West of England and many of her photographs are made around the lovely area of Saddleworth, especially its hills and waterways.
Christine’s aim is to try to capture places, people and moments in time and make them as beautiful and interesting as possible. Some are ‘competition’ pictures, others just an expression of her enjoyment of a day, an area or a subject.
Initially a hobby, photography has now become a major part of her life, as an exhibitor and judge and in 2011 she was accepted as one of 20 lecturers in the UK who are supported by PermaJet. For further information about Christine, visit her website |
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Hanham Photographic Society are holding their annual exhibition on 25 November at Hanham Methodist Church. The exhibition is open from 10am to 3.30pm in the main church. The church is holding a Christmas Fair in the morning until 12.30pm but they will be still open until 3.30pm. Visit their website at www.hanhamphoto.org.uk |
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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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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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In this section works two weeks ago Jason Eastham advertised his Canon camera for sale and within 24 hours of it appearing in print he had received 6 enquiries, and it sold - so if you have something to sell THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO IT!
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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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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 newsletter@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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