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BPS Newsletter - Issue 84 9 April 2014
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To: Firstname Lastname
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Jay Charnock FRPS - Pictures on Pieces of Paper - Another Tree Bites the Dust. This will be a loosely structured ramble through her prints. Jay is deeply involved in the RPS Visual Art Group.
To get an idea of Jay's work, take a look at her RPS Fellowship panel by following this link. |
Important Message From The Chairman
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The following is an announcement from Neil McCoubrey
My wife and I had long planned to move back to Scotland once the kids left home. We hadn't imagined it would happen quite so soon but family matters mean we have decided we need to go this summer rather than later. So, I will have to step down as Chairman of BPS, but thankfully Millie is both willing and able to take over. Thanks to Millie and thanks to you all for your support and encouragement, photographic and otherwise. BPS is an excellent photographic society and I have been proud to be part of it.
Despite my move to Scotland, I will remain a BPS member. Every 6-8 weeks I will be back in Bristol for a few days and I look forward to attending future meetings and entering the DPI competitions. I will then be sitting "Beyond the Wall" again!
Now to practical matters. My leaving and Millie's move to Chairman will leave a big hole in the running of the annual Photography Course. The course raises £6000 a year for BPS which is equivalent to a £50 subsidy to each and every member. So it is a valuable resource and BPS urgently needs help to take over its operations. As the course runs for 11 consecutive Tuesdays plus 3 Saturdays from September each year it would be a very big commitment for just one person. However Millie and I have found it works well as a "job-share". By the way, this role is wholly organisational and logistical rather than photographic. So are there 1 or 2 BPS members out there willing to take on this responsibility?
New for this year, the course also requires 3 or 4 tutors to lead groups in practical Photoshop Elements training. There would be roughly 30 students in groups of 5 to be trained over 2 nights (3 groups per night). Obviously reasonable experience of Photoshop Elements (or CS - they are very similar) is required. Is anyone up for this?
Finally, the Photographic Course would welcome more volunteers to help run the weekly tutor groups and help out on the 3 Field trips.
Thanks
Neil
If you would like more information about the photography course, please see Millie at any Wednesday meeting or email her at photocourse@bristolphoto.org.uk; she will be only too pleased to let you know what is involved. |
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Monday 7 April is the next meeting of the DI Group. Usual time, 7.30 at the clubrooms, and all are welcome. The following comes from Ashwin:
DI Challenge
I have had a couple of responses to the challenge I set last month and would love to see more of your work at the DI meeting. There is still time to take up the challenge to improve/manipulate one or more of the images which can be found by clicking on the following Dropbox link
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jisy3xgagltg3e0/nMc2N5Zi1p
If you prefer to show or discuss your own work please bring it along either in print format or on a flash drive in jpg format. DI meetings are informal and all members are very welcome.
Ashwin
a.chauhan@blueyonder.co.uk
Tel: 01275 833568
As an added bonus, Danny Heaton will highlight a few points made by Bob Moore, FRPS, at the recent RPS DIG meeting on 'Printing Perfectly'.
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Print Competition - Round 4
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Don't forget, closing date for Round 4 of the Print Competition is 9 April. Queries, as usual, to David Southwell - david@vizion2000.net |
Figuratively Speaking - an exhibition of sculpture, painting and photography at the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster featuring the photographs of BPS member, Derwood Damphilon. The exhibition is open from 5 April to 3 May (Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm) and is free to enter. More details can be found on their website.
The Photographic Angle’s new exhibition opening in Tower Wharf, Bristol from 19th to 23rd April 2014 on the theme “ Footprints”. Footprints is an exhibition that consists of photographs that have previously been entered into one of our four bi-monthly photographic competitions, each based on an environmental theme. Entry is free and the exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 3pm. More details can be found buy following this link.
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There's an exhibition by local documentary photographer, David Jones, at the Duchess Cafe in Totterdown: details by clicking here. There's the added bonus that there will always be tea and cake available (to purchase) once your visual senses have been satisfied. |
SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY’S AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION LAUNCHED
Exhibition of previous shortlisted entries on display at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Every year the Society of Biology runs an amateur photography competition for inspiring images which explore biology and the natural world. The theme for this year’s competition is ‘Home, habitat and shelter’ and entries will be accepted for the two categories – adult and under 18 – until 31st July.
This will be the 4th year that the competition has run, and the Society hopes that this year’s theme – Home, habitat and shelter – will encourage people to think creatively about the unique ways animals, plants and organisms exploit their environment in order to survive. Photographs could focus on biological research – exploring why and how organisms survive in different environments. Or it could simply capture the beauty of an animal in its natural environment: a lion prowling the savannah or an orca whale content within the coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. There are two categories for entering, each with a cash prize:
Photographer of the Year (over 18) – top prize £1,000
Young Photographer of the Year (under 18) – top prize £500
The 2014 competition is sponsored by life science company Eppendorf. Judging for the competition will take place in September and the winners will be announced at the Society’s annual award ceremony in October during Biology Week 2014.
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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.
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Items will remain in this section for one month from the date of insertion or until notification of sale, whichever is the sooner.
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(23/04) Jessops TP323 Pan & Tilt Tripod - ideal beginner's tripod. Flight friendly, weighs next to nothing!
£10 - Please see Carol at any Wednesday meeting or email
(16/04) Canon 5D, boxed plus charger, booklet & discs etc. together with Canon 28/80 IS Ultrasonic lens
£375 - Please contact Mike Bews 01934 835175
(23/04) Canon 5D Mk1 Body for sale.
£450 or best offer. Please telephone David Southwell 0117 9602113
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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If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Carol, either by email: secretary@bristolphoto.org.uk or by telephone: 0117 9241338.
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