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Next Wednesday is one of the highlights of the BPS calendar - the Annual Outing!
After many years of drought in this department, with extensive research and consultation between heads of departments, it has been decided to visit Bristol Harbourside.
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Congregating between 7:00 and 7:30pm on Wednesday in the Great Western Car Park there is the option of going west or east (or both) to spend an evening of photographic bliss, it won’t rain as we have put our order in! The venue is fully air conditioned and hostels are aplenty but you will find difficulty in rivalling Vicky’s splendid weekly offerings. The 2m rule will be optional though the sharing of memory cards will be frowned upon. All are welcome, (even Ramesh) and it will be the first such gathering for 3 years - so lets give those tripods an airing.
Steve Field and Mike Hall
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PAGB Interclub PDI Competition |
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The following report is from Mike Martin, to whom we owe our thanks for all his hard work in putting together our entry.
Warwick – Inter Club PDI competition
A great day was held at Warwick with some excellent images all round – sadly the results weren’t quite as positive as last year L
Round 1 – Not bad, we finished on 99 in joint 11th just 6 points off the top club, though a bit crowded at the top due to the generally high marking. There were a couple of disappointing scores.
Round 2 – Trying to second guess the preferences of judges based upon round 1 is always difficult. We dropped a couple of our initial shortlist and substituted two new images into our eight... one was well received and one less so. Sadly, following the success of “Fighter” in Round 1, we entered some of our strongest portraits, all multi awarded images in round 2; they didn’t seem to be favoured seeing round 2 score 97, dropping us to 15th and 16th overall – missing out on the cut for the final.
Plate – another 8 images; we got off to a flying start with two 15s and a 14 before crashing with another 11 and a shocking undeserved 9. The round finished with another 14 and two 12s giving us 102 and 8th place... joint 1st scored 108.
Thank you to everyone who supported us on the day or in making images available – we couldn’t do it without you – and, on a different day with different judges the outcome could have been so different. Mating flies and sport seemed to do particularly well as did creative images (just not some of ours) – wonder what themes / topics will do well next time?
We’ll just have to do better next year, winning DPIC to earn our place.
So, keep taking images.
Mike
The scores:
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Plate |
| Bad Day |
Barry Mead |
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15 |
| Cuckoo in Flight |
Mary Pears |
12 |
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| Face Off |
Mike Martin |
11 |
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| Iron Maidens |
Barry Mead |
12 |
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| Fighter |
Mike Martin |
13 |
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| Five Dining |
Rachel Domleo |
12 |
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| Bee Eater Dispute |
Ralph Snook |
14 |
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15 |
| Gathering of Elders |
Sue O’Connell |
11 |
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| Frostbite |
Barry Mead |
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11 |
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| St Mary’s Lighthouse |
Andrew Whettam |
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13 |
14 |
| Madame Magritte |
Barry Mead |
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12 |
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| Nepali Potter |
David Alderson |
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12 |
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| Bejewelled |
Mike Martin |
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11 |
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| Storm Force Nine |
Richard Kay |
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13 |
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| Mother and Child |
Sue O’Connell |
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11 |
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| Keen to Learn |
David Alderson |
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12 |
| Temptation |
Mike Martin |
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11 |
| The Owl and the Pussycat |
Rachel Domleo |
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9 |
| Jay Feeding Young in Rain |
Graham Pears |
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14 |
14 |
| Tune for Disappointment |
Barry Mead |
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12 |
| Score |
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99 |
97 |
102 |
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PSA Inter-Club Print Competitions
Those of you with good memories will recall that we did rather well in the PSA competitions. The awarded images were re-judged to determine the individual awards in the End of Year competitions – and again we did rather well; a small consolation following the disappointment of Warwick. Large Colour – no awards 
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Large Mono
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Mike Martin
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Consideration
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Andrew
Whettam
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Roker
Dreamscape
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Small
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Photographer
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Sue O'Connell
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Caro Woman
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Mike Martin
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Black Look
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HM
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Sandie Cox
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Blue Ice
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HM
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Colin Dixon
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She Sees Only
Red
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Small Mono
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Photographer
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Colin Dixon
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Lady in
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Jeff
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Anna Rose
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Sue O'Connell
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Mother and
Child
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Creative /
Altered Reality
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Rachel Domleo
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Guardian of
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Colin Dixon
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Gender
Transition
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Barry Mead
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Zebra Dance
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HM
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Barry Mead
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Mad Hatter
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HM
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Rachel Domleo
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The Owl and
the Pussycat
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Andrew Whettam
Roker Dreamscape
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Barry Mead
Mad Hatter
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Barry Mead
Zebra Dance
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Colin Dixon
Gender Transition
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Colin Dixon
She Sees Only Red
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Colin Dixon
Lady in Waiting
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Jeff Hargreaves
Anna Rose
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Mike Martin
Black Look
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Rachel Domleo
The Owl and the Pussycat
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Rachel Domleo
Guardian of the Forest
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Sandie Cox
Blue Ice
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Sue O'Connell
Caro Woman and Child
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Sue O'Connell
Mother and Child
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NEW - Download Issue 311 of PAGB eNews HERE
Download the latest issue, 100, of Photography News HERE This is a double sized issue as it's the 100th.
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The Photography Show Registration Now Open
As the destination for anyone whose business is photography, video or content production, The Photography Show & The Video Show, from the 17 – 20 September, will offer four days packed with kit, inspiration and creativity.
PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit - Once again the PAGB will have a team at the Show to help you with your potential submission for an Award for Photographic Merit, CPAGB, DPAGB or MPAGB. Bring along your Prints or PDI for expert advice which can greatly increase your chances of success! For more information and to book an appointment - e-news@thepagb.org.uk
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Well done to Paul Moran who has just gained an MA in Photography at Falmouth University. Paul can be seen in the picture on the right being presented with his Gold Coin from Dawn French |
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