Next Wednesday Sandie Cox ARPS DPAGB brings us her talk, Eye of the Tiger. A journey from Delhi to Bandhavgarh Nature Reserve with images of life in India and the animals of the park. Sandie is a member of North West Bristol Camera Club and is one of the two WCPF Members' Exhibition Joint Secretaries, she is also the WCPF representative to the PAGB.

The next studio group evening will be on Tuesday 15th March, and will be suitable for all levels of photographer. The model will be Imogen Macrae who is a circus performer and who will be in steampunk/gothic costume. This event will be limited to 5 photographers on a first come first served basis. The cost of the evening will be £15 per photographer, which will include a contribution towards the studio equipment fund. If the poll is already full, please sign up anyway and a further session will be arranged. When you sign up, could you please add your email address and mobile telephone number so Nick can confirm your place and advise you should there be any last minute changes.

To sign up, please click on this link and fill in your details

I recently reported that BPS came joint 2nd in this year's WCPF DPIC competition. Sadly, because WCPF are only allowed to send two clubs to the national final in July, they have selected Exmouth Photo Group to represent them, along with Taunton based f8 Group. Exmouth have been chosen over BPS because they gained more awards on the day.

Last Wednesday was Round 3 of the Print Competition which was judged by David Lingham from South Wales. The results are shown below:

 

INTERMEDIATE
Name	Title	Result
Mike Fox	Italian Panorama	1st
Mike Symes	The Wind & the Rain Against My Window Pane	2nd
Robert Eschle	Venus Verum	3rd
Robert Eschle	On a Sea of Black	HC
Mike Fox	Sunlit Trees	HC
Joan Symes	Me and My Shadow	HC
ADVANCED
Tony Gill	Nude	1st
Joanne Searle	The Last Light of the Day	2nd
Barry Mead	The Jester's Bells	3rd
Gordon Bunney	Ascending	HC
Margaret Collis	Fire Devil	HC
Ann Mead	Hoverflies Helophilus	HC
David Southwell	Little Egret, Big Fish	HC
Gordon Stirrat	Stairway, Mystras	HC

PHOTOGRAPHER	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
Intermediate
Terry Hilton	9	8			17
Mike Fox	1	2	5		8
Robert Eschle	1	1	3		5
Mike Symes			3		3
Joan Symes	1	1	1		3
Vicky Harrison		2			2
Howard Thomas	1	1			2
David Grierson	1				1
Advanced
Barry Mead	3	2	2		7
David Southwell	2	4	1		7
Tony Gill	2		4		6
Ann Mead	5		1		6
Joanne Searle		2	3		5
Mike Bigger	3				3
Gordon Bunney	1	1	1		3
Margaret Collis	1	1	1		3
Andrew Gillingham	1	2			3
Ron Harrison	1	2			3
Beryl Heaton		3			3
Derwood Pamphilon	2	1			3
Gordon Stirrat	1	1	1		3
David Alderson	2				2
John Hudson	1	1			2
Patsy Southwell	1	1			2
Keith Wood	1	1			2
Mike Bews	1				1
Bob Faris	1				1
Bob Micklethwaite	1				1
Gordon Thomas	1				1
Andrew Wood		1			1

We welcome Geoffrey Nash who has joined BPS this month and hope that he enjoys his membership.

The Photography Show takes place at NEC Birmingham from 19-22 March. The organisers have confirmed the line-up for The Live Stage and Behind the Lens, both of which are included in the entry price. The exhibitor line-up includes Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus, Fujifilm, Sony, Leica, Manfrotto, Blackmagic, Epson, Ricoh Imaging, Serif and many more.
The Live Stage will host a range of experts, demonstrating techniques for taking unique images.
Behind the Lens will see a range of professionals lead sessions covering everything from wildlife to travel to landscape and more.
Book your tickets here and remember to use promotion code PAGBTPS16 to claim a special PAGB discount. (Choose your tickets and enter the promotion code just before you pay).

24 Hours in Bristol 2016 – Midday Saturday 16th to midday Sunday 17th April. One day in the life of one extraordinary city, captured hour by hour …. for ever..
Now in it’s fourth year Bristol’s unique photographic competition challenges both professional and amateur photographers to capture the essence of one day in the life in Britain’s most vibrant and photogenic city.
In an interesting twist on other photographic competitions, entrants are randomly allocated a specific hour of the day or night during which they must take at least one entry photograph. This gives entrants an added challenge and ensures excellent hour-by-hour coverage of one day in the city.
For more information and to enter this year’s competition visit their website.

I have left this link in the newsletter for any members who need some sort of explanation to the world of photographic acronyms. If you aren't sure what MPAGB, EFIAP/s and many more such seemingly random collections of letters mean, just click here to download the list.

Recent speaker, Nick Jenkins, has been contacted by Greggs bakery at Filton to say that a set of keys with a Free-Spirit tag were left there last week. If you think these may be yours, just pop along to the shop to retrieve them.

Charlie Waite - 4th March until 3rd April at the Beaumont Gallery (Beaumont  Business Centre, Woodlands Road, Mere, Wiltshire, BA12 6BT). The gallery is open 10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday, but it may be best to check that they are open before you travel (Tel: 07910 736563). Full details on their website

 

Steve McCurry - 24 February 19 March at Beetles + Huxley Gallery in London. This is an exhibition showing a cross-section of works from McCurry's long career, the exhibition will be an opportunity to view his most iconic images in London this February. Having travelled the globe for over thirty years, McCurry is a veteran photojournalist who has photographed warzones, burning oil fields, refugee camps, ship breaking yards and monsoons all over the globe. For full details, please click here.

 

Lacock Abbey - ‘Iceland, an Uneasy Calm’ is a series of photographs taken in Iceland over the last eight years by Tim Rudman who is acknowledged as one of the very finest landscape photographers working today. This stunning collection will be exhibited at the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, Britain’s birthplace of photography, until  10 July. Click here for more details.

 

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.

 

 

 

If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Carol, either by email: membership@bristolphoto.org.uk or by telephone: 0117 924 1338