Issue 418                   

                                                16 January 2021
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Hello, Firstname
 
Wednesday 20 January
 
Next week's speaker is Alison Taylor ARPS who will be presenting her talk called Coastal Photography                                     
Alison's favourite locations are on the North East coast between Northumberland and Spurn Head although she also loves visiting the Outer Hebrides once a year.  She likes to look for shapes formed on the shoreline by the sea and the sand and is fascinated by waves. They are relentless but also every one of them is unique.  Using different camera techniques it is possible to capture every mood of the sea in a way that often isn’t visible to the naked eye.  That is what makes coastal photography so addictive.
To get a taste of what Alison's photography is like, visit her website here.
 
The talk starts at 19:30hrs but will be open from 19:15hrs.
 
Zoom meeting details:
  • Join Zoom Meeting by following this  LINK          
  • Meeting ID:  862 2043 3458
  • Passcode: 563717
 
ZOOM REMINDERS - IMPORTANT NEWS
I know that the highlight of your week is reading the wonderful words from yours truly, but would you please note, that owing to the pressure of Salon work, the weekly Zoom meeting reminders, normally sent out on Tuesdays, will stop for the foreseeable future. You are going to have to save your weekly edition of the full newsletter until at least the following Wednesday for the meeting links. Failing that, the links are always in the Members' section of the BPS website. 
 
To gain access to the Members' section, you will need the log in details that you created when the new website was launched - I'm sure that you can all remeber those! If you can't remember these, please contact the Webmaster (Matt) at webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk.
 
You didn't need reminding to turn up at Unit 13 on a Wednesday - so you shouldn't need reminding to log in to Zoom each week.
 
WCPF DPIC Competition
DPIC 2021
 
This event will be held on Sunday 7 February and judged remotely by Brian Swinyard ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/b, Graham Walton DPAGB, Rod Wheelans MPAGB HonPAGB MFIAP FIPF
 
All WCPF members will be able to view the event via Zoom. Full details and a timetable will be posted as soon as possible.
 
Here’s our entry.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.  Fingers crossed! 
 
Mike (Martin)
 
 
 
Steve Field Outfoxes The Competition
Steve Field has just earned himself a few quid with this snap taken in his back garden!
 
 
 
Photography Show
Following on from September’s Virtual Festival, there will be another ‘Photography Show’ online event on 6 & 7 March 2021 with a refreshed format. Visitors can expect an extensive programme of exclusive tutorials and masterclasses; plus product demos and interactive advice clinics hosted by kit specialists and big brands. The show will also feature exclusive deals and offer the chance to purchase kit and accessories from a range of outlets. Register your interest here
 
Downloads
Download issue 274 of PAGB eNews here.
 
Download the issue 84 of Photography News here.
 
WCPF News
WCPF Members' Exhibition
 
The 2021 WCPF Members' Exhibition (MX) is now open for entries it will close on Saturday 6 March. 
 
Terms and Conditions
The entry classes are restricted to 4 PDI classes (Open, Nature, Creative, Photo Travel) due to social distancing restrictions. If it becomes possible to judge prints, the 2020 print entry will be used. The class definitions will be available on the entry website.  
 
Carry-over from the 2020 Entry
As the 2020 exhibition did not take place, by default all entries and entry fees will be carried forward to the 2021 exhibition. Once the entry system opens, entries in the PDI classes can be changed with no further entry fee. Additional PDI images and/or classes can be entered with the payment of the appropriate entry fee.
 
Awards
The exhibition has PAGB Patronage and PAGB Gold, Silver and Bronze medals plus Selector Ribbons will be awarded in each class.  Highly commended certificates  will also be awarded in each class.
The ‘Margaret Aven’ trophy for the entrant who gains the most acceptances across all 4 classes, and ‘Best Wildlife’ trophy in the Nature classe will also be awarded again this year.
 
Selectors
  •   Richard Spiers DPAGB APGAB BPE2
  •   Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP ABPE
  •   David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/g BPE5
 
We hope that members of WCPF clubs will continue to support the exhibition and submit their entries in good time.
 
For full details, click here.
 
If anything is unclear or there are any questions then please get in touch with the Exhibition Secretary by email at mpix.wcpf@gmail.com
 
 
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Zoom Council Meeting, Knightshayes Trophy and Afternoon Lecture
Saturday 6 March, 2021
Schedule for the Day
10.00 am Council Meeting open to all WCPF Club Members followed by the
Knightshayes Trophy Competition judged by Nick Bodle, President of the WCPF                         Set subject  “Togetherness” to win the Superb Knightshayes Trophy for a year
 
2.00 pm Chris Palmer FRPS DPAGB APAGB EFIAP 
Talk “The Eloquent Landscape
 
Zoom Meeting Admission
Full login instructions will be sent to all Club Reps and competition entrants two weeks
 before the event. There will be no charge for the Judging or the Afternoon Lecture
 
Competition Entry requirements for Knightshayes Trophy
WCPF Club members, may enter up to TWO DIGITAL IMAGES on “Togetherness”
JPEG format, up to 1200 x 1600 pixels, files to be titled as follows –
1_Title up to 30 characters_Photographers Name inc distinctions_Club
2_Title up to 30 characters_Photographers Name inc distinctions_Club
Entries to be e-mailed as attachments to - knightshayes.wcpf@gmail.com
by closing date Saturday 13th February 2021. NO FEE FOR ENTERING IMAGES
            Queries - Contact Pam and Eddy Lane Knightshayes Trophy Competition Secretaries 
2.00 pm Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB Afternoon Speaker
Talk “The Eloquent Landscape”
The title indicates that I’ll be talking about my pictures, but in addition I like to think that my images ‘talk’, or communicate with the viewer.  Emphasising my own philosophy of getting an image right when I shoot it, I’ll discuss camera craft, the importance of light, and the way I photograph when out on location - I will be relating the actual taking experiences.  Although predominantly landscape, I will also include urban, and monochrome photography, mostly captured in the UK and Ireland, although not entirely.
I take pictures for me, (not any judge), and to satisfy my own creative desires, increasingly shooting thematically in sets of images, rather than gathering individual competition images.
Chris’s Background
Chris confesses to being a “photo-holic”, embracing all aspects of photography, but regards himself primarily as a pictorialist, and loves working in the landscape.  He particularly enjoys the thrill of discovery out on location, whether in the countryside, on a beach, in a town, or city. A busy national PAGB judge and popular lecturer, Chris has visited many different Camera Clubs, and judged regional, national and international exhibitions.  He is a Fellow of the RPS and serves on the Visual Art Panel as Deputy Chair, and also provides advice at RPS distinction advisory days.
He holds a Distinction of the PAGB and has received an APAGB award for his services to photography.  Chris has had success and gained awards in international exhibitions when working for his AFIAP & subsequent EFIAP qualifications. Chris is a member of Amersham Photographic Society, and is delighted to be a member of the prestigious London Salon.
 
 
Trumpet Blowers' Corner
John Hudson has just received a gold medal from the Golden Peacock Circuit 2020 - well done. 
For those interested in seeing the competition he was up against, just take a look at the exhibition website.
 
 
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.
 

 
Outdoor Photography Course
 
Our own Katja Fisch (Kate Fish) has launched her first online photography course entitled “Landscape on your Doorstep”.
Some people will already know Katja's stunning landscape pictures from BPS club competitions and the Bristol Salon.  She has been running a successful course in her native Germany, and is now offering the  course to us here in Great Britain.  Katja brings a fresh and inspirational view to what can be achieved in landscape photography.
Katja has provided BPS with a special deal to help "kick start" her launch, it will not last forever, check out her offer by clicking here
 
Make Money For BPS Every Time You Shop On Amazon!
Now we're all in Tier 3 lockdown again, the thought of on-line shopping must be looming large in many members' minds. It's worth remembering that if you so wish, each and every one of you can support BPS with every purchase you make on Amazon by using Amazon Smile. Click on the link below – then it’s self-explanatory.
Shopping using Smile is no different to your normal Amazon shopping and costs you nothing, it's just that you need to tell it that you wish to use Smile and then we get some pennies!
 
For Sale
That Pandora's Box, also known as Bob Faris' office has opened up again, this time with a set of Canon bellows. Anyone interested in making an offer for these (proceeds to club funds), please email me at bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto,org,uk 
25 Canon Auto Bellows (in original  box) with Macro Auto Ring, Macro Photo adapter MA-52 and Double Cable Release
 
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).
 
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.
 
Missed a Copy of the Newsletter?
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
 
BPS Website - Members' Portal "Log in"
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If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Matt by email: webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk  
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