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Issue 323
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8 February 2019
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To: Firstname Lastname
Your BPS Membership No:
Hello Firstname
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Next Wednesday we were due to be having a talk from Steve Le Prevost, unfortunately he has had to withdraw because of family illness. However, we are pleased to welcome (and thank) BPS member Mike Martin who is stepping in at very short notice to present his talk called Shooting People and Other Stuff
Mike will illustrate his journey into both creative and portrait photography. He will show how he finds subjects, learnt his craft and developed his skills plus probably a few other bits and pieces through some of his prints. In the second half he’ll show some before and after images demonstrating some of the techniques he uses and hopefully inspire a few people to give it a go.
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Here are a few of Mike's images to whet your appetite.
Why not have a look at his website to see what really makes him tick.
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All members are welcome to the next DI meeting on Monday 11 February when we will have presentations brought by you to show what you have been doing or ask for advice or help from others or just sit and watch. You may bring your images as prints or digital files (on a memory stick in jpg format, of any size, sRGB colour profile, and in a folder of your name please).
Lightroom Extra
A special evening of a technical presentation on Lightroom topics by Andrew Whettam was held last Tuesday and was well attended by many members. Andrew passed on a lot of very useful information mainly on the Develop module with practical demonstrations together with a couple of short videos. It all went very smoothly as the projector, PC and, dare I say, the members behaved very well. A few members requested copies of the links to the videos and if you click on the links below you should be able to download three web pages (without having to join Dropbox).
The three sets of links are:
- Andrew's Lightroom video links
- Tutorials - Adobe Lightroom
- Tutorials - Adobe Photoshop
Follow this link to download of a pdf containing all the tutorial links.
Look forward to seeing you next Monday.
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Next weekend, 15, 16 & 17 February will see the culmination of the best part of 12 months' work, when the 2019 Bristol Salon will be judged. Members are welcome to visit the judging to see some of the world's top images projected and whittled down to the best 25% or so that will make up the exhibition. If you would like to come along, could you please note the following daily times when we will be open to visitors: 10am - 12am, 2pm - 4pm. If you would like to see a particular section, these are being held on the following days:
- Open - Friday & Saturday morning
- Monochrome - Saturday afternoon & Sunday
- Nature - Saturday
- Photo Travel - Sunday
We look forward to seeing you there. |
BPS took part in the recent PAGB GB Cups for Nature and Open images, held on 19 January at Pontefract. The results were a little disappointing as we were =33rd overall out of 86 clubs in the Nature section and =36th in the Open section out of 68 clubs. The outstanding image for BPS was Boxing Hares by Mary Pears who scored 14 points, out of a possible 15.
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RHS Photographic Competition 2019 |
The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) are holding their 2019 Photography Competition, entries close on 1 March with a choice of nine categories to choose from. It's free to enter and there are loads of prizes, including £5k for the overall winner.
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MEMBERS' EXHIBITION
Please note, the closing date for the annual WCPF Members' Exhibition is drawing near, 4 March. This is an exhibition that is open to all members of WCPF affiliated clubs (BPS is one of those) and is for both prints and PDIs. For full information, visit the WCPF website.
I have received the following note from Danny Heaton:
WCPF Members Exhibition
I know some of you have already entered and wondering how to get your prints to the organisers.
If you let me have them by Wednesday 27 February, I will make sure the prints get there.
Danny Heaton
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Read the latest edition of Photography News here.
Download the latest edition of PAGB eNews by clicking here.
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Don McCullin currently has an exhibition at the Tate Britain in London and is a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary British photographer. Click on the picture for more information. There was an extremely good programme on him on TV this week, if you missed it you might be able to catch up by clicking this link.
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This might be worth a visit
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Just a bit older than the two above, Leonardo Da Vinci has an exhibition at the City Museum & Art Gallery. To mark the 500th anniversary of his death, they are displaying twelve of his finest drawings as part of #Leonardo500 – a national celebration of one of history’s greatest geniuses. Full details here. |
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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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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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.uk
The distinctions we have on record are those shown at the top of this newsletter, if they are wrong, please let Carol know.
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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.
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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as special events, exhibitions, photographic hints and tricks, etc. please let me know at bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICTAION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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Missed a Copy of the Newsletter?
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To view past editions of this Newsletter, please click on the following link and then select the date(s) you are looking for - BPS Newsletter Archive
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BPS Website - Members' Area "Log in"
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To enter the Members' Area of the BPS website you will need the following:
User Name - chatroom Password - pixels
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
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Bristol Photographic Society,
Unit 13, Montpelier Central, Station Rd, Bristol, BS6 5EE
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