BPS Newsletter - Issue 191 22 June 2016 |
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Next Wednesday, 22 June, we should have been seeing pictures by Mark Smith; unfortunately Mark can't make it so we are instead going to be treated to a double bill of images by our own Derwood Pamphilon, LRPS DPAGB AFIAP and John Hudson, LRPS DPAGB. In 'An evening with Derwood and John', John will be talking about the trials and tribulations of both getting access to and doing performance photography, covering dance, other theatre and circus. All of this with the addition of the occasional hummingbird thrown in for good measure! Derwood will also be talking about dance, studio work, art nude and nude in the environment.
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Women Should Be In The Kitchen .........
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.......... or so it would seem; the mid evening tea/coffee break appears to have become almost exclusively the realm of the ladies of the club. This is something that needs to change as we could well have a rebellion on our hands (there have been mutterings of strike action heard coming from the kitchen) unless a few more chaps volunteer to step into the breach and help with this none too onerous task. If you can help, have a quick word with Gill at the beginning of the meeting and offer your services - it won't hurt half as much as you expect!
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The Studio Group Competition will be for images taken during any of the studio group meetings that have taken place between 1 June 2015 and 3 May 2016. Any member who has attended these sessions can submit up to four images which they should rank in order of their preference for being entered in the competition. The images should be sent in an email with Studio Competition in the subject line to: competitions@bristolphoto.org.uk by midnight on 24 June and should follow the normal rules for projected image competitions i.e.: 1. If you do not receive a Submission Report, this may mean your images have not been received. 2. Submissions can only be made by email and are not accepted on the night and cannot be made by CD, flash drive or memory stick. 3. Please be aware that the images are handled automatically once loaded into the competition software and the software will reject incorrect images (too large or wrong naming pattern) 4. Images must not be greater than 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high - Note that Portrait format images must not be more than 1050 pixels high. 5. Save the images as a JPG using the highest quality. (Other file types such as TIFF or PSD will not be accepted). 6. The projector uses the sRGB colour space and hence you should save the images using the sRGB colour profile. Other profiles (such as Adobe98 or ProPhoto) may result in incorrect display of the image. 7. Name each file you enter in the following pattern. Eg:- 01_Alexandrea_296S.jpg • 01, 02, 03, etc. to show order of preference. • Underscore (not a hyphen) • Title of the image (which can contain spaces and hyphens but must not contain underscore) • Underscore (not a hyphen) • Your Membership Number (shown on this newsletter) followed without a space by the letter S
The images will be shown randomly in pairs at the following AGM on the 6th July 2016 and all present will vote on them on a knockout basis until we have an overall winner who will be presented with the Studio Trophy.
If you’ve enjoyed a studio group meeting please support this new competition, it's a great chance both for the experienced members and for those new to competitions to try their hand. |
There are still some cups that haven't been returned. Would all holders of cups for the 2014-2015 season please return them to the clubrooms as soon as possible, so that they can be engraved before being presented at the AGM. Please make sure that they are polished before being returned. |
Former member, Derek Dorsett, who died recently, has left a number of photographic items which will be available to pick up from the "Other Room" upstairs at the club next Wednesday from 6.45pm. His wife just asks that you make a voluntary contribution if you would like an item (some items will have a guide price). Any money will go to the British Heart Foundation.
The items available include the following:
Various opened boxes of A3 printing paper, Lastolite reflector, Cables, Filters, Flashguns, Spirit Level, Clamp, Projector stand, Monopod, Tripods, Camera bags, Sleeves for A3 prints, Matt cutter and rubber mat, Airbrushing kit, Minolta Film camera and bellows, Canon Video camera and Portaflash units.
All items are available as seen. |
Bristol Folk House Darkroom
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Rather late in the day, we have received the following from the Folk House:
Hi All,
On Saturday 18 June, The Bristol Folk House Darkroom will be opening its doors to invite anyone that has any interest in Traditional Photography techniques to come and get involved in the open event we have on offer.
For those of you that haven't managed to visit the darkroom as yet, come and take a look around. get involved in a few of the taster sessions on offer and watch a few demonstrations of various printing techniques that will be offered as courses and workshops later in the year.
El Busta will be here on the day with his Travelling Photobooth and the Folk House also has its annual summer flea market to browse around.
Please email me if you are thinking of coming along for the open event, just so we have an idea of the numbers.
Hope to see you all there.
Wendy
Wendy Leocque
Darkroom Manager/Technician
Bristol Folk House
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Contrasting Landscapes featuring images by our own John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP is being held this month at the RPS headquarters, Fenton House, in Bath.
The City of Bristol College are holding their Graduation Show at the Centre Space Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, BS1 from 17 to 23 June.
Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the 20th Century - An exhibition being held at the V&A in London and on now until Sunday, 3 July. Paul Strand was one of the greatest and most influential photographers of the 20th century whose images have defined the way fine art and documentary photography is understood and practised today. For full details, please click here.
Thanks to Keith Wood for this
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To download issue 33 of Photography News, please follow this link. |
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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Please don't forget that if you change your address 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 - please email all changes to membership@bristolphoto.org.ukThe distinctions we have on record are those shown at the top of this newsletter, if they are wrong, please let Carol know. |
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. |
Ghillie suit from the K3M1 outdoor collection, size medium, comprises trousers,
top and balaclava, price £25.
Ranger 5 camouflage
rucksack from Napier of London, 40l capacity, £20.
For further details please
contact Nick Ball on nick@acuma.tv or call
07836571068.
Mike Bigger has the following for sale:
- 58mm Hoya Skylight 1B Filter
- 58mm Hoya HMC Skylight 1B Filter
- 62mm Hama UV Filter
- 82mm Glob Slim Circular Polarising Filter
- 77mm Hoya Variable Density (3-400) Filter
Regarding the four filters, offers please to Mike
- Lowepro Classified 250 AWS Camera Bag
The Lowepro bag was £120.00 new and has only been used a few times, the sale price is £40.00Contact Mike at any Wednesday meeting or via mike.bigger@talktalk.net or 07710 019971
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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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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as exhibitions, special events etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
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