Six members presented a wide range of work at the November DIG meeting to a substantial audience in the clubroom as well as on zoom.

 

Steve Bridgen took us on a nostalgic journey of steam trains with a clever use of tryptic to construct wide angle view of railway lines. His other images comprised portraits and infrared landscapes.

 

Anita Fullerton presented a synopsis of her work during the past year covering landscape, architecture and flowers photography which she does so well. The presentation was well designed to be self-explanatory with text and a combination of single and multiple images.

 

Sue Swift saw the opportunity to photograph a crashed car (not hers, I hasten to add) and went on to construct a creative composition to tell a story of how it may have happened.

 

Rachel Domleo, recently returned from a holiday, never misses any opportunity to collect images of all types. Her presentation was a lesson on observation, spotting shapes, colours, textures, light and shade besides travel images. It was great to see how she uses her creative skills to combine them as matching panels of triptychs or even fifteen images. An example of her keen observation, reproduced here, shows how she spots a small shape, skull in this case, in a wall which most of us would just glance over and then make a mental note of finding something similar to make a panel. Digital cameras give us this advantage over the old film cameras of capturing a large number of images at little or no cost.

 

 Triptych by Rachel Domleo

 

Tim Barker showed his photographs of the re-enactment of the war time Lancaster bomber and crew in a dramatic setting in low light and misty environment.  

 

Robin Mudge addressed something completely different, a one-page-zine to show your favourite photos in a printed form as a small booklet of eight images printed on A3 paper and folded down to A6 size which you can carry in your pocket. It has a completely different feel to showing them on your phone screen.

 

 One-Page-Zine by Robin Mudge

The next meeting is on Monday 11 December. It is open to all BPS members and invited to share their images with fellow members in an informal atmosphere. It is also an opportunity to get a second opinion and comments on your images from your fellow members if you wish. You are also welcome to just sit and watch the proceedings if you like.

 

For the submission of the images I would still like to maintain the current system of sending them to me before the meeting. It allows me to prepare the presentation folder in advance for a smooth presentation. When you are ready, please email your images for presentation to reach me by 6pm-ish Sunday 10 December. Images: JPG format, sRGB colour space, 1600 x 1200 pixels (same as competitions but not strict). 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 if convenient, but I am not equipped to receive by direct transfers from Google or Apple Mac systems. 

3rd (out of 24) with 60 points – top club on 70 points

Individual scores:

 

Open Mono – Round 1 (Group B) 

TOP with 75 points – next club on 73 points

Individual scores:

 

Enforcer	Barry Mead	12	HM
Bobbi and Her Hat	Colin Dixon	12	Merit
At a Stretch	Derwood Pamphilon	15	Merit
A Walk in the Woods	Mike Hall	12	HM
Three Zebras	Sandie Cox	13	Merit
Cold Blooded	Mike Martin	11

The 2024 Bristol Salon is open for entries to all members. For those of you who aren't too sure what the Bristol Salon is: it is an international photographic exhibition that has been running since 1947 and is the largest exhibition of its type in the UK attracting entries from across the world.

 

Entrants may submit up to 12 projected images and 12 prints across the three sections (Open, Monochrome & Nature) in each category. These are put before a panel of selectors who pick the top 25% or so to be accepted. Entry for BPS members is free. Please note: photography course and distance members will have to pay the full fee.

 

This is your chance to dip your toes in the murky world of international exhibitions - and it is FREE! Here's hoping that we see a rush of entries, but in the meantime if you have any queries, feel free to email Ralph at chairman@bristolsalon.co.uk

 

The closing date is 28 January.

 

Full details can be found on the Salon website https://bristolsalon.co.uk

If you think you can help, contact Andrew direct at greensquare1@googlemail.com. The added bonus could be that, along with helping these clubs, you could create your own portfolio of sports photos. It's worth noting that Andrew has confirmed that you would retain copyright of any any images taken.