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Next Wednesday, 23 April, is the final round of the 2024-25 Print Competition.
The scheduled judge, Graham Walton, has had to withdraw for health reasons and our own Jay Hallsworth LRPS EFIAP DPAGB BPE3* EPSA has agreed to step into the breach to save the moment.
Jay is a prolific photographer with many national and international exhibition acceptances and awards to his name, and has recently attained the dizzy heights of becoming an international exhibition selector
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- Wednesday 23 April @ 19.30hrs
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 30 Apr |
Jane Rees |
Wildlife of the Sabah Region |
| 7 May |
Bill Ward |
North by Northwest |
| 14 May |
Les Loosemore |
Various AVs |
| 21 May |
Annual PDI Competition |
Judge: Martin Fry |
| 28 May |
Lisa Rendall |
Highway to Hell |
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During David Boag's Zoom talk at the last BPS meeting, at the end of the evening he talked about online tutorials. If you would like the tutorial link that David gave in the meeting, this is a special link to his web site that will enable you to purchase the tutorial at the reduced price - http://naturalfocus.co.uk/focus-on-nature-clubs If you prefer not to use PayPal then email David at david@NaturalFocus.co.uk for bank details, etc.
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Don't forget that Wednesday, 30 April is the closing date for the 2025 Annual Projected Image Competition. Entries should be sent by midnight on the 30th to competitions@bristolphoto.org.uk. The judge will be Martin Fry FRPS.
The rules for the competition are reproduced below:
Annual Projected Digital Image Competition
This competition consists of the usual Club, Intermediate and Advanced levels. In addition, there is a Nature section which does not distinguish between Club, Intermediate and Advanced entrants but is open to all. Anyone wishing to enter the Nature section must indicate the entries with the appropriate identification, letter Y, in place of the level letter.
Members may submit a maximum of 4 PDI images into each entered section. These must be numbered in the entrant’s preferred order, as some images may be excluded if the total entry is excessive.
In addition to the usual awards at each level, the judge is asked to select the Best Travel, People, Action, Landscape and Monochrome pictures from the whole entry (i.e. all levels). One or more of the Best Travel etc awards may well go to an image that gains another award. A trophy will be presented for the best image in each competition at the AGM. The trophy will be awarded for one of the 1st place images.
Any queries to:
Rob Stephenson
PDI Competition Secretary
E: competitions@bristolphoto.org.uk
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If you have any of these trophies you were awarded last year, they now need to be returned. Please bring them in next week and hand them to Jeff Hargreaves.
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Competition
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Winner
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The Hewitt Cup
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Bi- month PDI Competition
Club Class
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Jon Richer
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Avonia Trophy
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Bi- month PDI Competition
Intermediate
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Jon Jancer
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BPS R J R Fry Comp.
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Bi- month Print Competition
Club Class
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Paul Fennell
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BPS Print Competition
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Bi- month Print Competition
Intermediate
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Jon Jancer
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H Salanson trophy
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Best PDI Annual
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Pam Serren
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Annual slide comp.
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Annual PDI Nature
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Richard Kay
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Roderick J Fry trophy
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Best Image Annual Print (All levels)
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Richard Kay
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E G Watts Memorial
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Best Print Annual
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Jay Hallsworth
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R J Fry comp. (Animal
Studies)
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Annual Print Nature
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Richard Kay
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Garmston Bowl
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Panel five Prints
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Paul Moran
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Presidents Cup (Limited entry)
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Panel of three PDI’s
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Paul MacLeod
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Bob Faris Creative trophy
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Overall best image
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Barry Mead
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As some of you will know a defibrillator will be installed outside of Unit 13 in the coming weeks. It is not exclusively for BPS but will be available to all units on the estate. It’s one thing having the defibrillator there, it is another to have people in BPS that know how to use it, and also to administer CPR if needed.
To this end we are arranging for a training session to take place at Unit 13 on Wednesday 21 May at 6pm. The training will be a combination of verbal training and practical and will last for approximately 1 hour. More information on the training content will be supplied next week but this is a heads up so that you can plan your attendance.
We hope that you will be interested and attend the training session, the more members we have who can step up if it becomes necessary the better. Please let me know if you are interested, as the trainer would like approximate numbers beforehand.
Ralph Snook
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Don’t forget to book your tickets for the upcoming Bob Faris Memorial Event, to be held on 25 May at the BAWA Leisure Centre, Filton, Bristol. The stars of the day will be renowned photographers Charlie Waite and Steven le Prevost. As well as these two amazing speakers, there will be trade stands with Fotospeed, Sigma, Clifton Cameras (hopefully), Sony and OM System, all offering generous event discounts. There will also be a raffle offering some spectacular prizes.
This promises to be a fantastic day, so why not log into the event webpage, https://bristolphoto.org.uk/bob-faris-memorial-event/, where you will find full details of the day and also the link to enable you to purchase tickets - numbers are limited, so anyone wishing to attend will need to hurry as tickets are going fast.
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We have received the following plea from the WCPF:
As you may know the WCPF Members’ Exhibition is being held at Magelake Hall - Uffculme, EX15 3DP from May 3rd through to May 15th. I am asking clubs in the area if they could steward the exhibition for a day (or half a day) during that period. The executive will cover the first and last days so there are 11 sessions that need cover. Stewarding involves starting the digital display, greeting visitors, encouraging people to vote for their favourite image and shutting down the digital display at the end of the day. I know you are not local, but I was wondering if members of Bristol Photographic Society would be willing to help?
Many thanks
Pedro Landers
WCPF Members’ Exhibition Secretary
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Following the item last week about the Studio Group, which showed an example of what they get up to - Ashwin Chauhan came up with the alternative speech bubble content of "Come fly with me ........."
Ashwin wins this week's star prize - a year's subscription to the BPS newsletter!
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AV Day with a Difference at Smethwick |
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AWPF Distinctions Workshop |
Bath PS - Annual Exhibition |
NEW - Download Issue 378 PAGB eNews HERE.
NEW - Download Issue 120 of Photography News HERE.
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INTERNATIONAL SALONS
Closing - 23 June
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour, Open Mono, Nature, Scapes
2 Print Sections
Open Colour, Open Mono
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Closing - 5 June
2 Print Sections
Open Colour, Open Mono
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BPE EXHIBITIONS
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Closing: 20 April
THIS WEEKEND
5 PDI Sections
Colour
Scapes
Creative
Monochrome
Nature
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NEATH UK SALON 2025
Closing: EXTENDED TO 23 April
4 PDI Sections
Colour
Creative
Monochrome
Nature
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Closing: 4 May
6 PDI Sections
Scapes
Open Mono
Open Colour
Nature
People
Creative
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Well done to Colin Dixon for gaining three awards in the 11th Fine Art Photography Awards. This competition received 4770 entries from around the world and is an annual competition for professional and amateur photographers, which means that Colin did pretty well! FAPA's mission is to celebrate fine art photography and to discover emerging talent from around the world.
Colin's awarded images can be seen by following these links:
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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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Please make sure that you provide contact details, price and full
description of the sale items (pictures always help).
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