BPS Newsletter - Issue 216 14 December 2016 |
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Next Wednesday, 14 December, is Round 2 of the Print Competition, which is being judged by Peter Young CPAGB APAGB AFIAP. Peter is well known on the exhibition circuit (both national and international) and is Chairman of the Welsh International Salon. He is not averse to the odd pun and the evening may well be peppered with puns and humour. An evening that should be well worth attending.
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Digital Imaging Group - 12 December
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Next Monday, 12 December (7.30pm), is the monthly meeting of the DI Group when, as usual, all members are welcome. Please bring along images to show, either prints or projected (jpegs on USB flash drives only please). This is an evening when you can show your latest images to the assembled masses, either just to show what you've been doing (or show off your latest exotic holiday location) or to seek help with problems you may have encountered. You might also like to show everyone a new technique or trick that you've learnt. And of course, the chocolate biscuits are just great!
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Advanced warning of the social event of the year! The 2016 BPS Christmas Social will be on the following Wednesday, 21 December. The Membership Secretary has asked me to publish the following words:
It's almost that time of year again, when the great and the good convene for chat, food and (probably) a drink or two. No doubt all the 'old hands' will be there, but, if previous years are anything to go by, very few of the newer members will join us (and we have had 19 join since last Christmas). It does give people a chance to chat for more than a few minutes during the Wednesday coffee breaks, or at the end of a meeting, when the designated 'locker-up' is pointedly looking at the clock. It's also quite good if you want to pick someone's brains or just have a good old gossip.
Why not come along? You may enjoy it and all it will cost you is a single plate of food or the equivalent in nibbles, biscuits etc or drink. Everything is shared, so there's no need to bring a turkey and all the trimmings or a case of champagne.
I promise not to make everyone wear their badges, so do come along if you can.
Carol
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This week's Trumpet Blowers' section is a little too large to be covered by the heading of just a Trumpet, hence the Brass Section's Corner.
Greg Duncan (yes, that man again!) has this time been cleaning up the gongs in the world of stereo photography. Firstly he gained the Sydney Stereo Camera Club Image of the Year followed shortly after by winning the PSA 3DD Photo of the Year with his image, Saxophone Busker. Follow this link to see read an article by Greg in which he explains how to view the image and where you can also read several other interesting articles on 3D/Stereo.
Greg has unfortunately had to retire one of his 3D images - not because there is anything wrong with it but because it has now been accepted in every 3D international salon and has nowhere else to go. He has also just picked up the Gold Medal in the Hollywood Stereo Exhibition for a 3D picture of Dalmation Pelicans.
Andy Hoang (Calumet Manager and recently joined member of BPS) has been doing rather well in the fashion magazine world. Andy won first place in the Fashion Category of the 2016 Pixel Magazine's Photography Competition. Below is an extract from Andy's blog describing the shoot, together with the winning image.
‘I was kindly given permission to shoot at the Portishead Lido and we were lucky to have clear skies and a beaming sun on the day. This was the first look out of 6 for the fashion editorial we had planned for our magazine cover shoot. I took the shot with the trusted Canon 5D III and 24-70mm F2.8L II USM lens. The key light was the sun, with the clear skies it gave quite a harsh look and made the models black skin shine. I used a Profoto B1 with OCF white beauty dish as a fill light to give it more pop. I wanted to show her strength and beauty so decided to shoot low and up to emphasise her height (she was already 6ft!) The end result was more than I could hope for, and we even got a sense of movement with the garment to give it that extra dimension.’
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Projected Image Competition - Round 2 - Correction
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Last week I got the league table slightly wrong, so here is the corrected version which includes an updated total for Barnaby Dowling and the removal of Cenk Agar from the Basic section as he has moved up to the Intermediate section after Round 1.
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Projected Image Competition |
| Year 2016-2017 -
Points League Table |
| 1st = 4; 2nd =
3; 3rd = 2; HC = 1 |
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Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 4 |
TOTAL |
| ADVANCED |
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| Richard
Kay |
1+1 |
4+1+1 |
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8 |
| Mike Hall |
4+1 |
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5 |
| Barry
Mead |
1+1 |
1+1+1 |
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5 |
| Derwood
Pamphilon |
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3+2 |
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5 |
| Ashwin
Chauhan |
3 |
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3 |
| Nick Ball |
1+1 |
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2 |
| Jeff
Hargreaves |
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1+1 |
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2 |
| Mary
Pears |
1+1 |
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2 |
| Joanne
Searle |
2 |
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2 |
| Terry
Hilton |
1 |
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1 |
| John
Hudson |
1 |
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1 |
| Gordon Stirrat |
1 |
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1 |
| Steve Taylor |
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1 |
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1 |
| Keith
Wood |
1 |
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1 |
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| INTERMEDIATE |
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| Graham
Pears |
4+2+1 |
3+2 |
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12 |
| Derek
Ripper |
3+1+1 |
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5 |
| Tim Woolf |
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4+1 |
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5 |
| Steve Field |
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2+1 |
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3 |
| Barnaby
Dowling |
1+1 |
1 |
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3 |
| Cenk Agar |
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1 |
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1 |
| Frank Stait |
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1 |
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1 |
| Charlie West |
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1 |
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1 |
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| 12 Nov - 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.
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.
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| 5 February |
WCPF DPIC at the Corn Exchange, Exeter. Tickets on sale now. Price (£6.00 + booking fee) from the Corn Exchange.
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| 5 February |
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. |
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Bristol International Salon of Photography 2017
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Now is the time send in your entry to the 2017 Bristol Salon and give yourself
the chance of some glory on the international photography scene. For
those of you who aren't too sure what the Bristol Salon is: it is an
international photographic exhibition that has been running since the mid 1940s
and 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 as long as 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 with Christmas and the New Year coming up 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 |
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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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
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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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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. |
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.ukThe distinctions we have on record are those shown at the top of this newsletter, if they are wrong, please let Carol know. |
If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as exhibitions, special events etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
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