BPS Newsletter - Issue 210 2 November 2016 |
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Next Wednesday, 2 November, our speaker will be Chris Ryan ARPS from Kingston Upon Thames, who will be presenting his talk called (appropriately enough) The Work of Chris Ryan. Chris will be exploring various aspects of his work and ethos, from landscape and reportage, portraiture to horses…to sport.
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The next Studio group meeting will be on Friday 18 November. Nick has carefully listened to feedback from members and has arranged a very special day. Andy Hoang (Calumet) will bring and demonstrate the latest lighting techniques with professional model Danielle, who modelled for Damien Lovegrove at BPS a few weeks ago. Click here to see more about Danielle.
 This should be a great opportunity to get very high quality images of a highly regarded professional model. In response to feedback Nick has received, the day will be arranged into two sessions each lasting two and a half hours: members can sign up for one or both sessions, if you come to both sessions Danielle will be in different outfits in the afternoon.
The cost of the session will be £35 each or £65 for the full day.
Nick does need a minimum number of people to make this viable so if you could sign up sooner rather than later that would be great. Sign up is through the Doodle poll which can be accessed here. Please could you make sure that you add, as a comment, your phone number and email address so that Nick can send confirmations out. |
Studio Lights - Recent (Near) Conflagration
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The keener eyed amongst you will have noticed that, for the last few weeks, there has been an empty light support on the lighting gantry. This has followed an evening a couple of weeks ago when the Bristol Astronomical Society turned up for their weekly Friday meeting, only to be greeted by the acrid smell of burning plastic and clouds of smoke in the studio area and the sound of the fire alarm going off which caused the evacuation of the building. The problem was soon traced to one of the studio lights which had gone into melt-down following an internal fault!
The upshot of this little episode, which could have been much worse without the quick thinking of Pete Quin (BAS) who turned off the power to isolate
the lights and stopped what could have turned out to be rather nasty, is that we must now say that anyone who uses the studio MUST, at the end of their session, double check that ALL the lights are switched off and (to be doubly sure) that the power cables are pulled out from the back of EVERY light.
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A warm welcome to the following who have
joined BPS during the last month:
We hope that your stay will be both long and
enjoyable.
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| 8 to 13 Nov |
An exhibition called Storylines - this is an exhibition of PhotoBath members work at the 44AD gallery (Abbey St in Bath) from 8-13 November. Admission FREE. |
| 11 to 19 Nov |
An exhibition of a selection of Sebastião Salgado Prints.
Considered one of the most important documentary photographers and
photojournalists working today, he has recently completed ‘Genesis’, a
profound and ambitious eight-year project of wonderfully crafted, black
and white images. 11-19 November at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (Queen Square) Admission FREE. |
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For further information on Storylines or Sebastião Salgado Prints, click here or here. |
| 11 Nov |
Kingswood Photographic Society are holding their 67th Annual Exhibition of members’ prints and digitally projected images on Friday 11 November from 7.00pm until 9.00pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley BS30 5JJ.
The evening is an excellent opportunity to see a display of their
members’ best images. The judges, Tony Byram ARPS, DPAGB, AWPF, EFIAP,
Hilary Britland and Ralph Snook ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP, have already decided
on the awards which will be handed out at the end of the evening. |
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12 Nov
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5 Mar
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016: 12 November - 5 March 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. |
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13 to 15 Nov
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Cube Cinema are screening a new documentary film about Robert Frank at the Cube Cinema on 13 - 15 November.
It's about to play at London Film Festival but there are no plans for
any wide release so it might be the only chance to see this in Bristol.
Full details here. |
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29 Nov
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3 Dec
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Bath Photographic Society's Annual Members Exhibition is being
held at Bath Central Library, The Podium from Tuesday 29 November to
Saturday 3 Dec 2016. For further information: www.bathphotographicsociety.org.uk. |
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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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If
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
through the Newsletter - send to the usual address. |
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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