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Issue 596
 
  15 Aug 2024
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What's in this issue:
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Wednesday 21 August
Next week we have a change from the scheduled programme, when we will be showing images from the 2024 WCPF Inter-Club Competition.

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  • Wednesday 21 August @ 19.30hrs
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  • Meeting ID: 824 8207 4663
  • Password: 325757
 
BPS AGM - Minutes
You can download the minutes of the 2024 BPS AGM, held in July, by following this link.
 
 
August Meetings
Date
Speaker Talk Title
21 August WCPF inter Club Competition  
28 August Club Outing Arnos Vale Cemetery
 
 
Amateur Photographer Of The Year
APOY Round 6 - People
 
A "people" shot can be in the street, at home or in the studio, It can be collaboration between subject and photographer, revealing something about both, or a candid shot capturing a moment in time. When choosing to shoot in a more formal style, remember not to over-complicate the pose or lighting - simplicity makes a more polished and memorable image. Character is also a vital element; viewers want to have an idea of the sitter's personality and life experience, and this can be conveyed via clothing and expression, and even light.

APOY Prizes: Winner of each round receives a voucher for £500 to spend at Camera Centre UK + a one-year subscription to Adobe's All Apps plan worth £660. Runner up will receive a one-year subscription to Adobe's Photography Plan worth £120. There is a big prize for the camera club with highest number of points after all 10 rounds of a £1500 ViewSonic projector and a ViewSonic monitor worth £1000 will go to the club member who contributed most points to the winning club's final points tally.
 
BPE Exhibitions To Enter
Great Western Photography Exhibition
Open - NOW
Closing - 2 October
 
3 PDI Sections:
  1. Open Colour 
  2. Monochrome
  3. Nature 
3 Print Sections:
  1. Open Colour 
  2. Monochrome
  3. Nature 
Free entry for BPS members
 
Click on image for further details:

 
Dingwall National Projected Image Exhibition
Open - NOW
Closing - 22 September
4 PDI Sections:
  1. Open Colour 
  2. Nature 
  3. Landscape 
  4. Monochrome
Click on image for further details
 
 
Midland Monochrome
Closing - CLOSING SOON 1 September
3 Monochrome Print Sections
  1. Open
  2. Portraits and Figure Studies
  3. Scapes (Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape)
Click on image for further details
 
 
30th Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition
Open - NOW
Closing - 29 September
4 PDI Sections
  1. Open Colour
  2. Monochrome
  3. Scapes 
  4. Nature
Click on image for further details
 
 
WPF - Convention
Click on flyer for more information:
 
 
 
Downloads
NEW - Download Issue 362 PAGB eNews HERE.
 
Download Issue 116 of Photography News HERE.
 
 
Trumpet Blowers' Corner
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.
 
 
Marketplace
If you have any photographic items for sale, drop me a line and I'll include it in the next newsletter. Please make sure that you provide contact details, price and full description of the sale items (pictures always help).
 
 
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Photographic Acronyms
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 see the list.
 
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