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The upcoming rail strike has forced our scheduled speaker for next Wednesday to postpone her talk until February of next year. However, our Programme Secretary, Steve Field, has stepped into the breach at the last moment and will be presenting a talk entitled Cruising Norway’s Back (Inside) Passage. Here's what Steve says of his talk:
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In January 2017 I had an offer of a cruise from Southampton to the North of Norway calling in at a number of ports. Too good to miss. The route took us via the “Back” or Inside Passage between the mainland and the hundreds of islands to the West up to and inside the Arctic Circle.
Being January I was prepared for “Arctic” conditions and the possibility of seeing the Aurora Borealis but, nothing is ever a certainty.
This talk records the journey, warts and all, and hopefully gives the viewer a taste of the Norwegian “experience”. |
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- Wednesday 18 June @ 19:30hrs
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- Meeting ID: 846 6168 2226
- Password: 340519
Lost the log in details? Don't forget that the meeting login details are always in the Members' area of the BPS website. |
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Next Wednesday is the closing date for the Annual Creative Competition when the Bob Faris Trophy will be presented. This competition is open to all members and is for up to 3 images which can be either prints or projected images. Prints will require the photographer's BPS Membership number and print title on the back, no other information should be visible.
The judge will be previous winner and club member, Rachel Domleo.
Below is an extract from the BPS Competition Rules:
For this competition, a submitted image must have originated as a photographic image or images, produced either in camera or by post processing. All images must be original and may not incorporate elements produced by anyone else. Artwork or computer graphics generated by the entrant may be incorporated so long as the original photographic content predominates. Digital skills should be seen as the tools to compose photographic images into one new single image. The final composition will show the photographer’s artistic interpretation.
- This is an Open competition, with no levels of entry.
- Images may have been entered into any previous club competition and may be entered into any subsequent bi-monthly or annual competition, other than this one.
- The Trophy winner will not be eligible to enter the next two Creative Competitions.
- Each entrant may submit up to three images. These may be all PDI, all Print or any combination of the two.
- The judge will select a Best PDI, a Best Print and award the trophy to one of these two.
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The results of last Wednesday's Annual Print Competition will be published in next week's newsletter. |
PAGB Interclub PDI Competition at Warwick |
Saturday 16 July - PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship at Warwick University
The above competition is one of the most keenly fought events in the calendar.
The TOP TWO clubs from each regional federation competition win the right to represent themselves, their members and their region in this annual national battle.
In the 2021 national competition we competed against 50+ other clubs from across GB, eventually finishing 8th, with our own Sue O’Connell receiving a Silver Medal!
That final position, ie 8th, guaranteed us qualification at this year’s championship, but not being complacent we underlined our right to be there with our win in DPIC at the beginning of this year.
Tickets for this year’s battle are available now via the PAGB website – costing £12:50.
Come and join us in the audience and lend us your support. We’ve earned our place, let’s see if we can better last year’s outcome.
Irrespective of where we finish, it will be a great day filled with the very best images from the very best photographers in the country.
Tickets are available here:
Click CES Login - if you haven’t previously registered or have forgotten your password, follow the instructions further down the page. Enter your details on the pop-up window shown below: 
On the next page, select services then Event Tickets:
Complete the payment details on the next page. [Payment by PayPal only - you do not need a PayPal account; you can pay through the PayPal site using any current credit or debit card - just follow the instructions].
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Well done to two BPS members who have recently gained distinctions. Firstly, congrats to Vicky Harrison who can now call herself Vicky Harrison LRPS, having been awarded her LRPS at the assessment day held at the RPS this week.
Vicky's successful panel can be seen below:
More success has been gained by BPS member Andrew Whettam who was awarded his CPAGB distinction at the recent PAGB adjudication day, well done Andrew, his successful images can be seen in the latest edition of the PAGB eNews - see Downloads below. |
NEW - Download Issue 309 of PAGB eNews HERE. This edition includes BPS member Andrew Whettam's sucessful CPAGB submission.
Download the latest issue, 99, of Photography News HERE
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The Photography Show Registration Now Open
As the destination for anyone whose business is photography, video or content production, The Photography Show & The Video Show, from the 17 – 20 September, will offer four days packed with kit, inspiration and creativity.
PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit - Once again the PAGB will have a team at the Show to help you with your potential submission for an Award for Photographic Merit, CPAGB, DPAGB or MPAGB. Bring along your Prints or PDI for expert advice which can greatly increase your chances of success! For more information and to book an appointment - e-news@thepagb.org.uk
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Salon acceptances: BPS photographers are now achieving large numbers of salon acceptances and constraints on time and space mean we can't include them all. So please only advise of awards or other milestones.
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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Pete McCloskey has recently deceased member, Gordon Thomas' Durst M605 enlarger for sale.
If you are interested in acquiring this gem, please contact Pete at pmccloskey11@btinternet.com, and make him an offer he can't refuse!
At present similar enlargers are going for between £200 and £300 on eBay. Any moneys accrued through the sale of the enlarger will be donated to a medical charity by Gordon's partner, Margaret Collis.
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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). |
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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To view past editions of this Newsletter, please click on the following link and then select the date(s) you are looking for - BPS Newsletter Archive
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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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