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Next Wednesday our speaker will be Rohan Reilly from Cork, who will be presenting his talk called The Delicate Art of Monochrome, which is an insight into his work, focusing on the use of weather, sense of composition, selection of subject matter and the steps in processing the images for print.
You can read more about Rohan and view his galleries by visiting his website at www.rohanreilly.com |
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The monthly meeting of the DI Group will be held next Monday. Your leader, Ashwin, will be away sunning himself in India, however he has left the evening in the capable hands of Mike Bigger and Lee Spencer Fleet. The evening will take the usual format of informal discussion and presentation of pictures brought in by you, the audience!
Images can be either prints or jpegs (on USB memory sticks only, please) and can be just to show off what you have been doing lately or to show for discussion because you have a problem or process you would like help on.
There's no need to worry about the biscuits just because Ashwin is away, he's entrusted the combination to the "biscuit safe" to Mike and Lee |
Monday week, 16 October, is the next meeting of the Print Group. This group is open to members who are producing prints and are either already on the road towards photographic distinctions or who are thinking about joining that road, or just want to improve their printing. This is an informal group led by Pete McCloskey and Graham Reeves who will be able to offer advice and assistance to help you reach those targets. |
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We have, for sometime, experienced problems with sending the newsletter to some email addresses, notably those provided by BT. The address from which the newsletter is sent has now been changed in an attempt to get around BT's vicious spam-traps, so if you haven't been receiving your newsletters, but miraculously started to receive it last week, could you please let me know. This iwill gve me some idea as to whether the switch of sending address has worked - bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk |
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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The PAGB Masters
of Print Competition is held each October, followed by a public
Exhibition. Individual Photographers who are members of affiliated Clubs may
enter directly, without any pre-qualification. Photographers may enter prints
in any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories and awards
are made to individual prints. Prints are then selected for the Exhibition.
There is a large number of big prizes to be won, so if you do prints, now is
your chance for glory! For full entry details and a list of the magnificent
prizes on offer, please follow this link. If you would like to enter, but are concerned about the
logistics or cost of sending your prints, Mike Hall and John
Chamberlin are going to the PAGB Interclub Print Competition at Blackburn
on 29 October and they have said that they are happy to take your
entry with them.
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 Issue 192 of the PAGB e-News here. This issue contains more information about the "Masters of Print Competition"; see elsewhere in this newsletter about how to send your prints. |
| This Sunday |
Hoggin the Bridge, this is an annual event, when with some 3 to 4 thousand motor bikes meet at the old Aust motorway services and travel across the Old Severn Bridge to Caldicot. The parade ride will begin at 11.00 a.m by "Hoggin" the Severn Bridge then follow the usual route through several local towns and villages and will finish at Caldicot Castle. The parade will begin at 11am and finish up at Caldicot where you will be treated to bands, loads of traders and stalls, and a great range of food outlets. Visit the official website here.
Thanks to Mike Bigger for this
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The circus is coming to town! Moscow State Circus will be on Durdham Down from 4 to 15 October with a special "Circus of Horrors" on 14 Oct. Full details here. John Hudson tells me that they are very amenable to photographers, with the one proviso that there is no flash used. He also says that you should try to get seats opposite the artistes entrance (either side of the public entrance), try to get half way up the raked seating for the best view.
Thanks to John Hudson & Keith Wood |
| 19 Oct |
Open day at Calumet/Wex (opposite Unit13). Demonstrations, free sensor cleaning, prize draws and plenty of "Open Day Special" prices. For full details, click here |
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21 Oct
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will
premiere at the M Shed at the same time as the national opening at the
Natural History Museum in London, it will run from 21 October 2017-
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April 2018. |
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27 Oct
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Between 18:00 and 21:00 pm, RPS Western Region member Philip Field ARPS will be hosting a Maasai print exhibition in conjunction with Bristol based charity African Initiatives, at HOURS gallery (10 Colston Yard. Colston Street. Bristol BS1 5BD). For further details, click hereThanks to Danny Heaton
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11 Nov
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Devizes Camera Club is holding An Evening With
Charlie Waite. Charlie is one of the world's leading landscape
photographers. The event is at Wiltshire Music Centre at Bradford on Avon.
Full details can be found by following this link.
I'm told that tickets are selling fast, so you are advised to book now if
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| 12 Nov |
"An Audience with Terry Donnelly" at Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot. Full details here. |
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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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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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