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Next Wednesday is Print Competition Round 2, which is being judged by Roger Matthews from Stroud, the prescribed topic is Flat Lay or Tabletop.
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Christmas Social |
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Closing Date - PDI Comp R3 |
Theme: A Line from a Poem |
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John Chamberlin |
Thro' the Lens |
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Leigh Woolford |
Mostly Motor Racing |
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PDI Competition R3 |
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The next Digital Imaging Group Meeting will be on Monday 8 December at 7.30pm.
Meetings are informal and take place at the clubhouse and via zoom.
This month we are going to do something a little bit different. Ralph Snook has offered to undertake a critique with a difference, using AI.
There is still time to submit your images for scrutiny by AI and see how it compares with human judges……They can be images that have already been judged in one of the rounds or if you have an image that you are thinking of entering and want to see what advice AI has to offer then please send up to 5 images to me at dig@bristolphoto.org.uk by 5.00pm this Sunday 30 November. This will give Ralph plenty of time to prepare. Please resize your images to the usual competition size.
As it is Christmas we will finish a little early to enjoy mince pies and coffee.
I look forward to seeing you.
Rachel Domleo
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Advanced Warning - PDI Comp R3 |
The closing date for the next round of the PDI Competition is 7 January, when the prescribed topic will be A Line from a Poem. The judge is Steve Field EFIAP/b ARPS BPE3* AWPF AIPF ADPS.
A few words to aid you in producing an image to suit the prescribed topic:
You may want to use your image to illustrate the line directly. So, “Zebra crossing puddles in dips of the dark stripes” from Adrian Mitchell’s poem “Watch Your Step – I’m Drenched” may well be a picture of puddles on a zebra crossing.
Alternatively, your chosen line may invite a less literal image. “Life, what is it but a dream?” from Lewis Carroll’s “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky” doesn’t have to include either a boat or a sunny sky.
Indeed, it’s perfectly permissible to take a line quite out of its context. As your photo title, it doesn’t have to refer to the whole poem it’s from. If, say, you use Wordsworth’s “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!” as your title, it needn’t have anything to do with Westminster Bridge or a river. It could be used for a picture of a sweetly sleeping elephant.
Whatever you choose, when you upload your image, please title it in this format, including the poet’s name: Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! Wordsworth.
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Apologies to everyone who was booked on or planned to attend Monday’s photoshoot with Joe Martin – unfortunately he was ill – I’m hoping to re-schedule for Monday 8 December – watch for more details.
Monday 8 December
- Rescheduled morning and afternoon photoshoots with Joe Martin????
Monday 15 December MORNING ONLY
- Photoshoot with Leighton Williams and Abdulah; £10 per person. There will NOT be an afternoon session as previously hoped for.
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Amateur Photographer of the Year |
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ROUND 8 - MOVEMENT
There is still time to get your entry in for Round 8 of the APOY competition, the subject this round is Movement.
The closing date is 8 December.
We have many excellent photographers producing fantastic nature images – so why not enter ONE, entirely free using the entry code APOY84118708
Go to https://amateurphotographer.com/apoy/ for full details. |
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Stardom for Rachel!
Round 9 opens on 8 December and this week's AP carried the article shown below, which is about this upcoming round, well done Rachel Domleo:
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Below are the themes and dates of the remaining rounds:
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NEW to this section, why not download the latest edition of FIAP News - click HERE
NEW Download Issue 394 PAGB eNews HERE
Download Issue 124 of Photography News HERE.
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79th National Open Exhibition
Closing: 2 January 2026
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
Scapes
3 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
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Closing: 1 February 2026
3 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
3 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
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Closing - 1 February
3 PDI Sections:
Open Colour
Monochrome
Nature
3 Print Sections:
Open Colour
Monochrome
Nature
Entry is free* to BPS members
* Not available to distance members, temporary members or photography course members.
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Closing - 1 February
5 PDI Sections:
Open Colour
Monochrome
Nature
Creative
Scapes
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Well done to Steve Field for adding another set of letters to the ever growing list after his name - he recently gained his Associateship of the Disabled Photographers' Society - the full tally of letters after his name is now EFIAP/b ARPS BPE3* AWPF AIPF ADPS!
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Salon acceptances: 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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