Next Wednesday we are being treated to a presentation called Mizaru, Iwazaru, Kikezaru by Wendy Conway DPAGB EFIAP/g from the Forest of Dean. Whilst this may well sound like a spell from Harry Potter, it is in fact a journey to the End of the World or to be precise the Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan!  Wendy & her partner, Terry Wall, visited this part of the world and the talk will take us on a journey, starting in the Nagano Alps where they spent three days watching the wild Japanese Macaques in remote Jiguokudani also known as Hell's Valley. Sleeping in the forest at night they visit the park daily to bathe in the volcanic hot spring pools thus escaping the winter snow. They (that's Wendy & Terry, not the monkies) then flew to Hokkaido to see the revered Japanese Tancho, the Red-crowned Crane and then spent four days out on the pack ice with the magnificent Steller's Sea-eagles.  An entirely different perspective on life with stunning scenery too.

Wendy's website (shared with Terry) can be found at www.terry-wall.com

 

Steller's Eagle eating fish

PAGB eNews - Issue 181

To download Issue 181 of the PAGB eNews, please follow this link.

 

Dates For Your Diary

1-31 March	Batsford Arboretum, Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos GL56 9AB - It is the start of blossom time at Batsford Arboretum. March is the perfect time to see a host of golden daffodils in all their spring glory! Wander through swathes of yellow and enjoy the spring sunshine from beneath the glorious tree canopy. The Arboretum is starting to show signs of life again after the winter, including the early flowering blowsy magnolias. Details here.
3 Mar – 11 Jun	Roger Mayne - The Photographers' Gallery. This major exhibition is the first since 1999 to show the iconic work of British photographer Roger Mayne (1929-2014). It includes his pioneering photographs of 1950s and early 1960s community life in London’s Southam Street. www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk Thanks to Dave Lawlan for this.
1 April	WCPF AV 2017 on Saturday 1 April. More details on the WCPF website.
8-9 April	Severn Valley Railway - Diesel Gala when you can see Class 20 locomotive D8059 from the Severn Valley Railway for this special weekend of intensive trains. Full details here.
9 April	Bristol Salon 2017 - Public presentation. This will be held at the clubrooms at 3pm on Sunday 9 April. If you missed this week's presentation on Wednesday, this will be your chance to catch up, or if you thought it was so good that you want to see it again, or you want to bring along your loved ones (or partners), then this is your opportunity.
9 April	Frome Camera Fair. Frome Wessex Camera Club holds Camera Fairs twice a year, in April and October. The venue is in the centre of Frome at the Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, BA11 1BE. There is ample free parking. Click here for a location map. The fair provides a great opportunity for photography enthusiasts to buy, sell and exchange cameras and other equipment and are always well attended by both traders and buyers. Full details (buying or selling), click here.
29 April - 14 May	WCPF Members' Exhibition. Accepted prints & images in this year's exhibition will be on display at Bovey Tracey Golf Club, weekdays 10am to 4.30pm and Sundays 11am to 4.30pm. More details at www.wcpf.org.uk
20-21 May	After the WCPF Members' Exhibition closes at Bovey Tracey, it will move to the BPS HQ at Unit 13. Open on both days between 10am and 4.30pm.

 

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.

Barry Mead had 6 acceptances in the recently judged WCPF Members' Exhibition (see "Dates for your Diary", above). Not content with getting 6 acceptances, 4 of those also gained awards - is there no stopping this man! 

I know other members submitted entries to the exhibition, but Barry is the only one to report success; so if you too were successful, please let me know and I'll tell the world.

 

 

 

 

 

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