BPS Newsletter - Issue 161 16 October 2015 |
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Next week sees the beginning of the 2015-16 Print Competition season; this Round (1) is being judged by Gordon Jenkins APAGB.
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Ashwin has sent me the following (you will need to make a note of the Lightroom session in your diary as there will be no newsletter to remind you:
1. DI Meeting is on Monday 12 October. As usual all members
are welcome. Please bring along your images as prints or on a flash drive in jpg
format for others to admire or invite comments. Andrew Marker will be showing some
of his latest images of Yellowstone taken only last week. To make it easy to
organise viewing the images it would help if the all images you wish to show on
the flash drive are in a folder of your name. I am hoping that there will be a
short feature of technical nature during the evening.
2. Lightroom Session. The first of the extra DI evenings
devoted solely to Lightroom is planned for Monday, 2nd November 2015 at
the clubroom at 7.30pm. The speaker will be Bob Micklethwaite who is well accomplished in the use of Lightroom, a good speaker
and well organised in the delivery of his talk from my previous experience. He
would cover the overview of Lightroom (not the Book, Slideshow or Web modules)
and focus on Library, Develop and Print modules, all of which I think should
interest users of Lightroom. The list of topics to be covered is listed below.
I would apppreciate if those wishing to attend the evening please let me know
(a.chauhan@blueyonder.co.uk) as soon as possible so that I can make all the
necessary arrangements for the evening. I am also planning further small
workshop sessions on Elements and Photoshop in future and if anyone is
interested please let me know what topics they are particularly interested
in.
Many thanks.
Ashwin
Below is the proposed list of the topics to be covered:
Library mode:-
Import files-select files - screen display - export and resize dpi files
Develop mode:-
Right side of screen Raw file import - corrections
Basic panel/ exposure highlights contrast black point etc - HSL Colour BW panel - Split tone panel Detail panel - Lens corrections - Effects - Camera calibration
Left side of screen:-
Preset panel - Snapshot panel - History panel
Top right of screen:-
Histogram
Tools crop tool - spot removal - red eye - graduated filter - radial filter - adjustment brush
Print mode:-
Paper size - print size borders outlines etc - Paper profiles - save as presets
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BPS Newsletter Is Taking A Break
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Next week's newsletter will be the last edition until 20 November as I'm off on my hols. If you have anything that needs to be disseminated to the membership, please make sure that it gets to me before the close of play next Thursday, 29 October. |
To download issue 147 of the PAGB eNews please follow this link. This issue carries a report on the BPS move to Montpelier and an image from John Hudson's successful DPAGB panel.
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Macro Photography Workshop
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Wildarena, in conjunction with Calumet (Bristol) are holding Macro Introduction Sessions on 13 October at Calumet's Bristol branch. The following is from their website:
This is a great way of getting started with this fascinating area of photography. The half-day sessions will begin with an introductory presentation that aims to cover the basic questions and difficulties surrounding macro photography. We will cover a variety of topics including, the choice & use of macro lenses, keeping things in focus & the creative use of depth-of-field, managing movement in the images with shutter speeds and the correct use of other related accessories.
We will then move onto a ‘hands-on’ practical demonstration of techniques where guests will have the chance to try and capture their own images of some great close-up subjects brought along especially for the day. We will usually not only have some flowers and plants but also some fascinating smaller creatures like Stick Insects, Praying Mantis, Geckos and Tree Frogs. These subjects will be available to photograph with a choice of either continuous light and flash light, which Wild Arena will bring along and demonstrate.
The sessions are ideally suited to customers using D-SLR cameras and Wild Arena have Canon and Nikon fit macro lenses to try out on the day if you do not already own one.
With small group sizes of a maximum of 8 delegates and the convenient and comfortable setting of photography stores, these days are great value for those photographers wishing to develop their skills into macro and close-up.
The cost is £69 per person and bookings can be made by following this link.
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The University of Bristol has a number of historic gardens which can be accessed by the public through a variety of self guided or guided tours/events and talks during 2016. Please take a look at the tour options by clicking here.
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The annual WCPF Kingswood Salver competition takes place on 21 November at The Village Hall, Clyst St Mary, EX5 1BG - 10.30am for 11.00am start. This is a competition for panels of 5 prints from five photographers of 1 club. The judge is Tony Worobiec FRPS. After the competition, Tony will be giving a talk (starting at 2pm). To find out more, please click here.
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Spike Island" at the RPS HQ, Fenton House Bath till end of October -
showcases the work of club member Peter Brisley ARPS and two other RPS
members. The exhibition includes images, both monochrome and colour, of this Bristol dockside area,
home to SS Great Britain, Aardman Animation, M Shed et al.
Second Look - Autumn Exhibition - " Bristol Places" at the Paintworks, Bath Rd until 8 November. Further details on their website.
Arena Photographers are holding an exhibition an Exhibition titled “ Arena Presents” at The Grant Bradley Gallery, East Street, Bedminster from 10 October - 28 November. Membership of the Arena Group of Photographers is by invitation only and the exhibition includes work from Ted Sturgeon, John Chamberlin (BPS), Nikki Gwynn-Jones, Caroline Hyman, Vanda Ralevska, Leigh Preston, Steve Smith, Sue Brown, Harry Cundell, Tim Rudman, Paul Foley and Kathy Harcom. For further details, please click here, or to find out more about Arena, please visit their website. Below is one of the images from the exhibition (by Sue Brown)
National Portrait Gallery : Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon. For further details, click here. Until 18 October.
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Several BPS members have done well recently in UK based internationals,
John Chamberlin gained 2 awards and Barry Mead 1 award in the Northern
Counties International and Keith Wood gained 1 in the Swansea
International. |
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Engineers
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Keith Wood
Highly Commended - Swansea
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Soldier of Fortune
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Barry Mead
NCPF Ribbon - Northern Counties
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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 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.
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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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