Projected Image Competition - Round 3

PSA Interclub Photo Travel Competition

BPS have recently entered the PSA's Photo Travel Division (PTD) Interclub Competition which is open to all PSA-member clubs. The competition is held over three rounds and is split into two groups, with each club being able to enter 6 images by 6 different members. Of the 22 clubs in our group, BPS came in a creditable 8th place with a score of 69 points (the winners had 75) in Round 1; as there are still another two rounds to go there is still plenty of time to catch up. Two of our images, by Sue O'Connell and Rob Gillet, were awarded HCs. Sue's image, Parking, was previously shown in the edition 217 of the newsletter, Rob's is reproduced below:

 

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Dates For Your Diary

20 January	David Kjaer will be giving a digital image presentation talk entitled Highlands and Islands – Scottish Wildlife, at Kingswood Photographic Society on Friday 20 January (7.30pm). As the title suggests the talk covers Scotland's Highlands and Islands and will be looking at the birdlife and habitat plus a few mammals to be found in Speyside and Deeside as well as on Islands like the Bass Rock, Craigleath, Handa, Hebrides and Skye. For further information about David Kjaer and to see some of his images, you can visit his website at www.davidkjaer.com. BPS members are warmly invited to this presentation: the cost for this evening is £3.00 and will be at their usual meeting place, St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol BS30 5JJ.
5 February	WCPF DPIC at the Corn Exchange, Exeter. Tickets on sale now.  Price (£6.00 + booking fee) from the Corn Exchange.
5 February Closing date	The WCPF Knightshayes Trophy is nearly upon us and members are invited to enter. The competition is organised by the WCPF and members may enter up to two prints (mounted on 50 x 40 cm card) on the subject "Diffraction". The closing date is 5 February when prints should be handed in at DPIC in Exeter. Some BPS members will be going to DPIC (see above item) so it should be fairly easy to organise for the prints to be taken down. More details can be found here.
Until 5 Mar	Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016: at M Shed. The world-renowned wildlife photography competition from the Natural History Museum returns to M Shed with 100 stunning images; from balletic whales to lizard-chasing parakeets, urban visitors to fantastical landscapes, this year’s selection is strong on visual drama and narrative. Full details here.   Many thanks to Maureen Gillet for letting me know that there will be a "free admission" day for the Exhibition; this will be Wednesday 11 January. Normal entry £5/Concession £4.

Just a few weeks left until the closing date for free entry to the 2017 Bristol Salon when you can give yourself the chance of some glory on the international photography scene. This is a chance for members to dip their toes into the murky waters of the international competition world without having to fork out hard earned money to enter. Having seen the standard of images being produced by some of our newer members in recent club competitions it has got to be worth having a go. 
The salon is an international photographic exhibition of World standing that has been running since the mid-1940s, it is the largest exhibition of its type in the UK attracting entries from nearly 70 different countries. Entrants submit up to 16 images across 4 sections (Open, Monochrome, Photo Travel and Nature) which are put before a panel of selectors who pick the top 20% to 30% or so to be accepted. Entry for BPS members is free provided we receive your entry before 21 January, after that you will have to pay the full fee. This might seem like a long way off, but time flies and you'll soon find that the closing date is upon you, so beat the rush and get your entry in now!
 
To help you with your entry there is a small tutorial that can be downloaded by following this link. When entering, be sure to tick the box on the first page of the entry system to say that you are a BPS member and fill in your BPS membership number which you will find at the top of this newsletter; when you get to the payment page at the end, click ALREADY PAID.
 
Here's hoping that we see a rush of entries, but in the meantime if you have any queries, feel free to email me at chairman@bristolsalon.co.uk
 
Full details can found on the BPS website http://www.bristolphoto.org.uk/.
 
All the best
 
Pete Howell & the Salon Team

Below are two of the images from studio sessions which have done very well, each of which got two Gold Medals as well as other awards.

 

 

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