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Next Wednesday our speaker will be coming to us through the ether when we will be treated to a talk by Warren Alani ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP, ABPE entitled Seeing is Believing. This is a monochrome talk which explores how, by limiting our colour palette, and freeing ourselves of expectations, we can learn to appreciate the finer details and little joys within the still image.
Photographs are presented here from various areas of Warren's photography, ranging from architecture, to sport, to travel, and will also include some details about his journey as a photographer.
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Warren is a photographer based in Northamptonshire. He picked up his first camera as a teenager – a Zenit ET 35mm SLR, which is where his obsession with photography began. In 2009, Warren decided to turn his pastime into something bigger. Taking the knowledge and skills he learned during his youth, he immersed himself in the new age of cutting-edge technology and turned his hobby into craft.
In just a few short years, Warren has cultivated a clear artistic direction and a distinctive style in his work. His photography particularly focuses on sports, portraiture, architecture and travel, as well as street-style snapshots taken on the spur of the moment. His acute attention to detail has earned him the recognition needed to gain the letters after his name that you see above.
His work has been featured in many prominent photography publications such as the International Digital Camera magazine and The Royal Photographic Society Travel Year Book, amongst many others. In recent years, Warren has become a highly engaged member of the photography community, and a proud member of the Smethwick Photographic Society. When he’s not chasing the perfect exposure, you can find him regularly presenting talks, workshops and lectures at photography clubs all over the U.K.
If you want to see more about Warren and his photography, click HERE.
A couple of examples of Warren's work are shown below: |
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The Grand Hall
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- Wednesday 10 May @ 19:30hrs
- Log in: Click HERE
- Meeting ID: 848 7951 9811
- Password: 651600
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DI Meeting Monday 15 May 2023 7.30 pm (NOT 8th May )
The next DI group meeting in May was originally scheduled for 8 May before it was declared to be a public holiday for the Coronation. It is now moved a week later to 15 May to allow for those planning to take a long weekend off.
The meeting is open to all BPS members. This is a gentle reminder to all members that it is an ideal opportunity to share your images with fellow members to show what you have been working on and enjoying making images. If you are preparing for club competitions (still a couple left in BPS ) or other salons you may want to get a second opinion at the DI meeting from your fellow members or you might just enjoy showing off your work and experiments in an informal atmosphere.
When you are ready please email your images for presentation to reach me by 6pm-ish Sunday 14 May. Images: JPG format, sRGB colour space, 1600 x 1200 pixels (same as competitions but not strict). If you wish to show them in a specific order, please prefix filenames with 01, 02, 03 etc. Email attachment size - max 20Mb per email, as many as necessary. You may also use WeTransfer or Dropbox if convenient, but I am not equipped to receive by direct transfers from Google or Apple Mac systems.
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Print Competition - Round 4 |
Last Wednesday saw the final Round of the 2022-23 Print Competition, which was judged by Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS, AFIAP, ABPE, APAGB. The results were as follows:
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| Lance Allen |
Joe |
1st |
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| Intermediate |
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| Suzanne
Allen |
Love Those Tattoos |
1st |
| Matt
De-Beger |
Finished Race Face Look |
2nd |
| Rob
Stephenson |
Retail Outlook |
3rd |
| Joe Jancar |
Approaching The Platform |
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| Prescribed –
In The City |
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| Rachel
Domleo |
Morning Commute |
1st |
| Steve
Field |
City Alfresco |
2nd |
| Anita
Fullerton |
Central Business District, London |
3rd |
| David
Alderson |
A View Of St. Paul’s |
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| Advanced |
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| Jay
Hallsworth |
Erica |
1st |
| David
Alderson |
Down But Not Out |
2nd |
| Richard
Kay |
Arctic Fox On The Hudson Bay |
3rd |
| Simon Caplan |
The Forager’s Return |
HC |
| Colin Dixon |
Stripes Of Beauty |
HC |
| Mike Martin |
Twist Of Lemon |
HC |
| Mike Martin |
Xenia |
HC |
| Barry Mead |
Shark Whisperer |
HC |
| Derwood
Pamphilon |
Big Red Dress 3 |
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CLUB
Joe
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Lance Allen
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INTERMEDIATE
Love Those Tattoos
by
Suzanne Allen
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PRESCRIBED
ON THE CITY
Morning Commute
by
Rachel Domleo
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ADVANCED
Erica
by
Jay Hallsworth
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R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
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| Jay
Hallsworth |
4 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
15 |
| Rachel Domleo |
5 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
| Steve Field |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
| Colin Dixon |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Barry Mead |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| David Alderson |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
| Richard Kay |
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4 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| Mike Martin |
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4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| Derwood
Pamphilon |
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2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| John Hudson |
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3 |
1 |
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4 |
| Allan Jones |
3 |
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1 |
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4 |
| Anita
Fullerton |
1 |
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2 |
3 |
| Joanne Searle |
2 |
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1 |
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3 |
| Ken Clarke |
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2 |
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2 |
| Sandie
Cox |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
| Simon Caplan |
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1 |
1 |
| Ashwin
Chauhan |
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1 |
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1 |
| Christine
Mallett |
1 |
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1 |
| Sue Pearmain |
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1 |
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| Intermediate |
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| Margaret
Chambers |
3 |
5 |
5 |
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13 |
| Matt de-Beger |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
| Joe Jancar |
7 |
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3 |
1 |
11 |
| Suzanne Allen |
1 |
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1 |
4 |
6 |
| Rob
Stephenson |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
4 |
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| Club |
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| Lance Allen |
6 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
19 |
| Paul Fennell |
3 |
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5 |
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8 |
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| Prescribed |
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| Rachel Domleo |
4 |
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4 |
4 |
12 |
| Steve Field |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
| David
Alderson |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Allan Jones |
3 |
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1 |
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4 |
| Mike Martin |
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3 |
1 |
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4 |
| Anita
Fullerton |
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2 |
2 |
| John Hudson |
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2 |
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2 |
| Joanne Searle |
2 |
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| Jay
Hallsworth |
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Annual Print Competition - Closing Date Next Wednesday |
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Wednesday next week (10 May) is the final submission date for entries to the Annual Projected Image Competition.
The rules can be found in full in the Members' Portal on the club website, but it is sensible to emphasise some aspects of those. There is a limit of four images allowed in your entry. The Annual Competition is popular and as a result it is sometimes necessary to cull entries. So please be sure to number your entries in preference order of them being retained in the competition, 4 being the least and 1 being the most preferred.
There is not a prescribed section to the competition but there is a Nature section. Entries to this, which is open to all levels, must use the class letter Y. Note the definition of Nature images in the competition rules.
Finally, and to answer a couple of queries put to me, images submitted to the club Bi-monthly competitions are eligible for entry to the Annual PI competition. You must not re-submit images previously submitted to the Annual PI competition in past years.
Ken Clarke
PDI Competition Secretary
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News From Across The Pond |
I've received the following from Mike Martin about the PSA Interclub PDI Competition:
Hi All,
Chuffed. The first results are in – the Open Colour PDIs .... we finished first in Division E (albeit a tie) so we shall be promoted to group D next season.
Below are the individual scores (clearly not everything was to the judge’s liking – not fans of creative nor dance it appears! Never mind.
Well done to Jay (again) and Andrew. Our awarded images (certificates attached) join those from earlier rounds to be re-judged for the end of year individual awards.
Mike
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| Twin Sisters,
Glencoe |
Andrew Whettam |
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Merit |
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| Mad Hatter |
Barry Mead |
10 |
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| Inverted Y |
Derwood Pamphilon |
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| The Girl in
the Shawl |
Jay Hallsworth |
13 |
Merit |
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| Anna Rose |
Jeffrey Hargreaves |
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Mike Martin |
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| Club - End of Year Standings |
Group E |
R 1 |
R 2 |
R 3 |
Total |
Place |
| Bristol
Photographic Society |
England |
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53 |
61 |
183 |
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| Maitland
Camera Club |
Australia |
64 |
48 |
71 |
183 |
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Definitely Your Last Chance! |
This is definitely your LAST chance to get tickets to see two of the country's greatest photographers - FREE!!!!
Click on poster below to be taken to the booking page, before the 21st, to get your tickets:
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NEW: Download Issue 331 of PAGB eNews HERE
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Midland Salon of International Photography
Closing date: 1 July
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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).
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Salon acceptances: 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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IMPORTANT: Personal Detail Changes |
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, please remember, if you don't tell us we can't possibly 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 see the list.
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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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