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Next week we are back to a "live" speaker, when Simon Stafford ARPS will be visiting us with his talk on wildlife and nature.
From a young age, Simon developed a passion and fascination for the natural world, devoting much of his time to observing and learning about the wildlife near his family’s home in rural Kent. His interest in photography began some years later while at university; completely self-taught, he talked his way into the role of photographer for the university's weekly newspaper and has been taking photographs ever since.
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During his career he has photographed a broad range of subjects; however, for the past twenty years he has concentrated on photographing wildlife and nature. His pictures have been published in newspapers, books and magazines, including most of the UK photographic press periodicals; he is also the Technical Editor of Nikon Owner magazine.
Simon is not only a photographer, but also the author of over twenty-five books on the Nikon camera system. An experienced tutor who presents a wide range of photography seminars and workshops, he has led landscape, travel, and wildlife photography tours in the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia.
He was awarded as the Overall Winner - Mammals category, in the Natural History Museum/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 competition and has been shortlisted in the same competition on numerous other occasions.
Below are a few images to give you an idea of what we might expect. However, if you'd like to see more, just go to his website -
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| 6 Nov |
Simon Stafford |
Nature |
| 11 Nov |
Ashwin Chauhan |
DI Group Practical Evening |
| 13 Nov |
Salli Gainsford |
Fine Art / Creative |
| 20 Nov |
Barbara Jenkin |
Creative |
| 27 Nov |
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PDI Competition - Round 2 |
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Do You Fancy Becoming A Judge? |
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A JUDGE OR ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE JUDGING PROCESS?
LEARN THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS BY ATTENDING THE NEXT WCPF JUDGING SEMINAR
Date: Saturday 26 April 2025.
Venue: Wicklea Academy, Wick Road, St Anne’s, Bristol, BS4 4HR. Hosted by Reflex Camera Club.
Time: 9.30am for a prompt start at 10.00am: estimated finishing time is no later than 5.00pm.
Catering: Please bring your own food. Breaks for complimentary teas and coffees will be scheduled.
Costs: The course is provided by the WCPF at a subsidised price of £15 per head
Tutors: Members of the WCPF Judging Panel.
Course Content:
1. The Requirements of a Judge.
2. Looking at Images, an approach to judging.
3. Introduction to Judging, practical sessions to give individual experience of the judging process.
4. Assessment of those wishing to join the WCPF list as a Newly Qualified Judge.
The seminar is open to all and there is absolutely no obligation to become a judge. Judges require a unique skill set and part of the day is discovering if you have what is required. Attending the Seminar is the first step in the process and the judging panel provide mentoring for those who want to proceed further.
Applications: We try to do as much administration as possible via the internet, if you are interested in attending an application form can be obtained from me dijohn.tilsley@gmail.com . The return of this complete with a payment of £15 will secure you a place.
Application is on a first come first served basis and the seminar is limited to 24 people.
If you don't have access to the internet, application can be made by post to John Tilsley, 2 Grove Barn Martinstown, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JP. 01305 889495.
John Tilsley
WCPF
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Looking ahead to the December DI meeting I have set a second challenge this year to take one or more images from the six or seven provided and to edit them as best as you can, in whatever way you feel happy with and with whatever software is available to you. It is open to all members – experienced and any skill level. The intention is to challenge yourself and demonstrate what is achievable and inspire others. The deadline is 7 December to give you plenty of time to play with the images contained in a folder which may be downloaded following the link below:
It should take you to the BPS OneDrive page where you should see the DI Challenge Dec 24 folder with a download tab along the top. Click on this tab, this will download the folder to a location of your choosing. Once downloaded to your computer you may need to unzip it. The folder includes a pdf file containing brief instructions on the challenge. Please send your edited images to me by the deadline and I will hand them over to Rachel, who has kindly agreed to present them at the December DI meeting.
You will hear more from Rachel about the December meeting in the newsletter as usual. Look forward to seeing your work.
Following the link should take you to a page similar to that which is shown below:
Ashwin Chauhan
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Projected Image Competition - Round 2 - Closing Date |
The closing date for Round 2 of the PDI competition is next Wednesday, 6 November.
Will members who plan to enter, please ensure that their entries correctly follow the rules and file naming convention, all of which can be found here: https://portal.bristolphoto.org.uk/competitions-rules-info/. Full details of all competition rules were also included in last week's newsletter. Additionally, please note that all images MUST be sent as attachments and not as inline images within an email as these cannot be processed. It might be easier for some to zip their image files before adding to the email.
This round's prescribed topic is Imperfect, and the judge is our own Sandie Cox ARPS, EFIAP/b, DPAGB
Rob Stephenson
PDI Competition Secretary
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PAGB Interclub Print Competition |
Saturday, 19 October, saw Mike and Ralph travel up to Blackburn for the 27th Annual PAGB Inter-Club Print Battle.
We qualified by winning the WCPF inter club print battle earlier this year.
The competition is run over two rounds – round 1 is for a pre-selected entry of 12 images with the top 8 clubs then battling it out in the final and the remaining clubs fighting over the Plate trophy. The competition is like Sudoku; there are strict rules over the mix of images permitted, including minimum numbers of Mono and Colour, maximum numbers of Nature and limits on the number of images per person as well as restrictions on the number of images you can re-use from round 1. You do, however, get the opportunity to amend your selection in response to what seems to be catching the three judges’ attention!
Scoring in Round 1 was high, sadly not for all of our images, and we ended up a disappointing 25th, one place and one mark above Dorchester, our arch rivals in the WCPF.
In the plate competition we fared much better – keeping a tally on the scores, we ended on 107 points (8 above Dorchester) and with an average of over 13 per image, we dared to hope we might win the plate! Sadly, we ended in 4th, with Colchester and Poulton le Fylde tied in 2nd with 109 and Wreakin Arts the overall winners with 113.
Disappointment didn’t end there – in the raffle, the top prize of a new printer went to the person buying the ticket after Mike!
All in all, a great day, some great images and so close to glory. A huge thank you to everyone whose images were used and to those that provided images for the pool from which our entry was selected – we couldn’t have done it without you.
Round 1 only (9 of our 12 images in Round 1 were swapped out in the Plate competition)
Round 1 and Plate (Three of our Round 1 images were retained and reused in the Plate competition – Proved to be an excellent choice as all three scored a maximum 15 in the plate competition, Richard having also scored 15 in Round 1 as well – well done all three authors)
Five new images were entered in Round 3, to make up our plate entry of 8.
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As you can see, the competition is already open with the key details being:
- Entry fee - £15 for an entry of up to 5 prints – these can be entered into one or more of the following categories – Mono, Colour, Nature.
- The competition is for new work, not previously accepted into International or BPE salons, any PAGB competition, OTHER THAN the 2024 Inter-Club PDI or 2024 Inter Club Print competition which are eligible.
- Prints must be un-mounted and on a full sheet of A3 paper (image can be any size on the sheet). Prints are not returned.
- Prints must be received by 3rd December – if anyone wishes to avoid the cost of postage, there is a box at the front of the stage in Unit 13. Prints can be dropped off any Wednesday evening at normal club meetings or Mondays between 11am-2pm whilst PWD are meeting on or before MONDAY 25th NOVEMBER
- You must also upload PDI copies (max 2400px along the longest edge) via the On-Line entry system (CMS) by the earlier date of 1st December 2024.
- Full details are available here - PAGB Masters of Print – The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain along with a link to the CMS system.
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Further to last week's item on Herbert Shergold, you might like to know that there are other events taking place as part of the Bristol Photo Festival, with exhibitions taking place at the Arnolfini Gallery, The RPS, Serchia Gallery, Bristol Museum and the Georgian House. Full details of exhibitions and venues can be found by visiting the festival website: bristolphotofestival.org
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Amateur Photographer of the Year |
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Round 8 of the Amateur Photographer of the Year - APOY 2024 is upon us and the theme for this round is Dusk to Dawn - entry is open and closes 4 November.
Free entry code: APOY46375798
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Edinburgh International PDI Salon
Closing - 10 November I week to go!
4 PDI Sections:
- Open Mono
- Open Colour
- Nature
- Scapes
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Smethwick International Exhibition
Closing - 4 November Closing Monday
3 PDI Sections:
- Open Colour
- Monochrome
- Nature
3 Print Sections:
- Open Colour
- Monochrome
- Nature
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Southport National Exhibition
Closing - 3 January
4 PDI Sections:
- Open Colour
- Monochrome
- Nature
- Scapes
3 Print Sections:
- Open Colour
- Monochrome
- Nature
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NEW - Download Issue 367 PAGB eNews HERE. Includes report on PAGB Interclub Print Competition and loads more. Full results HERE
Download Issue 117 of Photography News HERE.
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Well done to Simon Caplan, who sent me the following:
Just to let you know that I have just had two images shortlisted in the finals of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2024 contest (www.cupoty.com)
In the Intimate Landscape section one of my urban abstracts entitled ‘Veins’ has been shortlisted. It is a macro shot of the tiny cracks in the coating on a shipping container next to Bristol Harbour. It was taken with my Sony A6500 camera and Zeiss Touit 50mm Macro lens.
In the Studio Art section one the abstracts from my ongoing series ‘A Tissue of Sighs’ entitled ‘Floating #4’ was shortlisted. It was created by shooting tissue paper on a light pad. It was part of the five-image panel which I entered (unsuccessfully) for the Presidents’ Cup earlier this year and recently presented to the DIG Group.
Given the quality of the other competition entries (and the photographers behind some of them), I thoroughly expect to do nothing further in the competition so feel it worth celebrating simply being shortlisted |
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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Please make sure that you provide contact details, price and full
description of the sale items (pictures always help).
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