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Next week is a "double header", with the session before the tea-break being taken up with a presentation by one of our newer members and the session after tea seeing the return of an old fixture at BPS, the Ladies vs Gents Battle.
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Our evening opens with a presentation by Gari Jenkins who joined BPS at the beginning of this year. Gari's presentation is called Street Photography - My Journey.
Gari will be talking to us about Street Photography - a genre of photography that captures candid, everyday life in public places. With little or no planning, chance encounters and random subject matter, it can be quite challenging and very unpredictable. He hopes to take you on his journey with all its frustrations, confrontations, lessons........ and the occasional flashes of adequacy that keep him going. Hopefully you will find it interesting.
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Below are a few images to whet your appetite:
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PART 2
Next week sees the return of the Ladies vs Gents Battle, and despite me advertising the event in previous issues as a friendly, light-hearted Open projected image competition, I suspect it will be anything but light-hearted, with our judge, John Chamberlin, doing his best to stop the two sides swapping punches as they battle it out tooth and nail to see who takes top honours on the night! The team captains for are Carole Brown for the Ladies and Barry Mead for the Gents - may the best team win (well, by that I mean - may the Gents win! ed)
There is still time for members to enter images, entry closes tomorrow, Friday, 7 Nov at midnight.
Each entrant can enter 2 images, please name the images as follows:
01 (or 02)_image title_membership number.jpeg
Example: 01_My Dog_296.jpeg
Your BPS membership number can be found at top of this newsletter.
Image size 1600 x 1200 pixels. Colour space sRGB
Upload your images to the relevant link below:
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Login details:
- Wednesday 12 November @ 19.30hrs
- Log in: Click HERE
- Meeting ID: 832 7647 8141
- Password: 020076
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| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| 19 November |
PDI Competition |
Round 2 |
| 26 November |
Tim Pile |
Figure |
| 3 December |
Jay Hallsworth |
How I Edit My Photos |
| 8 December |
DI Group |
Hybrid meeting |
| 10 December |
Print Competition |
Round 2 |
| 17 December |
Christmas Social |
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The next meeting of the DI Group is Monday 11 November, when Mike Martin and Steve Field will be hosting a practical evening.
In Rachel’s absence Mike and Steve will be looking at all things colour management and printing.
- The image on your screen not matching the print or projected image – learn why this may be the case and how to fix it.
- Not sure what paper to use – have a look at Mike’s Fotospeed swatches
- Don’t know how to mount an image – see how it is done; what mounts work and which kill your image.
For obvious reasons, this will not be a Zoomed meeting.
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Print Competition - Round 2 |
CLOSING DATE - WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER
The closing date for the second round of this season’s print competition is Wednesday, 19, November and there is a box awaiting your entries on the stage in Unit 13.
You may submit a maximum of 2 images and one of your 2 images may be submitted for the optional Prescribed topic challenge.
The judge for Round 2 will be Roger Matthews from Stroud and the optional Prescribed topic is Flat Lay or Tabletop.
Labels
You can download labels for your prints from the Members’ Portal on the BPS website. Go to Competition Closing Dates and find the download links at the foot of the list.
Entering via PhotoEntry
To enter you will need to log in to your PhotoEntry account. You should already have received email instructions to do so (check your Junk mailbox in case it found its way there).
If you cannot find your invitation email, you can reset your password directly using the Login>ForgottenPassword link on the PhotoEntry website: https://photoentry.uk. Your user id will be in the format bps0000 where 0000 is your membership number prefixed with zeros to make it four digits (Example: if your membership number is 123, your user id will be bps0123).
Once you have logged in to PhotoEntry, you can upload, title and prioritise your entries for the competition. Instructions can be found by following this link: https://photoentry.uk/faq/faq.html
Regards
David Alderson
Print Competitions Secretary
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PDI Competition - Round 2 - Important Information |
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PDI Competition Culling
Competitions need to fit into a Wednesday evening, allowing time for the judge to give each entrant sufficient feedback and also allowing enough time for a tea break. Typically, this means about one minute per image but sometimes we have too many images to allow this, so we have to reduce the number. Ideally, we would have about 80 images for PDI competitions, however we frequently have 90 plus images, and the competitions end up being rushed. For Round 2, we have had a total of 104 so in consultation with the judge the entry was culled.
The process for doing this is documented in the competition rules, whereby the second image for each entrant is removed which was applied across all classes. The fact that BPS also includes an open Prescribed competition on the same night seriously complicates things and as a consequence, Prescribed images could not be culled by the system which is of course unfair.
We will now explore how this situation this can be avoided in the future, whilst keeping the process manageable and allowing the greatest opportunity to enter competitions at all levels.
Regards
Rob Stephenson
PDI Competitions Secretary
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Advance dates for your diary: Content may be subject to change. Monday 10, November: 10am–1pm
- Mixing light painting and people.
Monday 17, November: 10am-1pm
- Topic to be confirmed but unless anyone has a better idea we’ll practice using coloured gels and Mike’s ‘light blaster’ to create some creative portraits.
Monday 24, November
- 10am-1pm - Joe Martin will be returning with more of his Cosplay costumes – all welcome - £10 per person.
- 1:30pm-4:30pm (to be confirmed) – Joe Martin will stay on for a second session, Limited to 5 people, £20 per person, booking essential.
Monday 1, December: 10am-1pm
- theme to be confirmed – any requests / ideas to Mike.
Monday 8, December: 10am -1pm
- theme to be confirmed – any requests / ideas to Mike.
Monday 15, December – LAST SESSION OF 20205
- 10am-1pm - Leighton Williams and Abdullah; two male models – all welcome - £10 per person.
- 1:30pm-4:30pm (to be confirmed) – Leighton Williams and Abdullah will stay on for a second session, Limited to 5 people, £20 per person, booking essential.
Monday 5, January 2026 – First session of 2026.
- 10am-1pm - a look back at 2025. Let Mike have your best images from studio sessions or inspired by studio sessions in 2025. An opportunity to share your images and inspire others. Everyone welcome.
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If you're fed up with handing your hard-earned shekels to the big-wigs at Adobe just to be able to use Photoshop, there is an alternative - Affinity.
This month they have re-launched their software, at the amazingly low price of £0, in other words its totally FREE.
Have a look at this video to learn more:
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Bristol PS has enjoyed success in this national competition over the last three years. Three members have entered a total of 20 images – these were safely delivered at the PAGB Inter Club battle in Blackburn last month.
BUT, we can do better...........
There is still time to enter – on-line copies have to be entered by 24 November, and prints received by 1 December. Given Christmas postal volumes it would be prudent to get entries in sooner.
So if you fancy having a go, there will be a box at the front to receive any additional entries handed in on Mondays or Wednesdays up to 19 November.
If you have new work, and have not yet entered – please support Bristol PS.
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Amateur Photographer of the Year |
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ROUND 7 - ANIMAL KINGDOM
There is still time to get your entry in for Round 7 of the APOY competition, the subject this round is Animal Kingdom.
The closing date is 10 November.
We have many excellent photographers producing fantastic nature images – so why not enter ONE, entirely free using the entry code APOY56011187
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Bristol PS is currently ranked 4th behind Mid Somerset Camera Club – we really should be beating them.
Below are the themes and dates of the remaining rounds: |
NEW - Download Issue 392 PAGB eNews HERE
Download Issue 123 of Photography News HERE.
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BLACK FRIDAY DEALS!
Although you are all kitted out as far as camera bags are concerned, you may know someone who wishes to upgrade from a Tesco bag for life (other bags are available). For some strange reason, I’ve accumulated three Lowepros and a Tamrac, all in excellent condition. Any takers? £20 each for the Lowepros and £15 for the Tamrac. Ideal Christmas present for the would-be photographer in your life. Email me on membership@bristolphoto.org.uk if you’d like to inspect them. Carol
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If you have any photographic items for sale, drop me a line and I'll include them 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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