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Issue 411
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12 November 2020 |
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To: Firstname Lastname
Your BPS Membership No:
Your BPS Membership renewal date:
Hello, Firstname |
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Next Wednesday, 18 November, we are pleased to welcome Ashley Franklin ARPS ABPPA APAGB BPE1* to our screens when he will present his talk: From Pursuit to Passion to Profession.
How did Ashley the amateur snapper become Ashley Franklin Photography offering a wide spectrum of professional services? In Part 1, see how the pursuit quickly became a passion as Ashley made his way
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through the camera club world and, in Part 2, how he ventured into the commercial sphere. Ashley would not have become a pro without the stimulation and inspiration he picked up as a member of Derby City Photographic, so this presentation is a celebration of the camera club ideal as well as a journey into the world of a professional practitioner with all its perils, pitfalls, triumphs and rewards. |
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Some examples of Ashley's commercial work
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The talk starts at 19:30hrs but will be open from 19:15hrs.
Zoom meeting details;
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Join Zoom Meeting, follow this LINK
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Meeting ID: 817 3699 3087
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The following is hot from the Competition Secretaries' Office:
Projected Image Competition Round 2 - images culled.
Please note that entries for the PI2 competition to be judged on 25 November have been reduced. The entry is oversubscribed with 110 images being entered, so some images have been discarded from the advanced class. If you entered the prescribed Monochrome competition, your image 2 from the Advanced Open competition has been culled. The effect of this is that Advanced group members have a maximum of two entries remaining in the competitions that evening. The culled images remain available for members to enter in future competitions.
Nottheprint Projected Image Competition Round 2
The deadline for entries for this competition is next Wednesday the 18 November. It is being run as if it were a PI competition.
It may be worth a reminder that the prescribed subject for Advanced entrants is A Line From A Poem.
You may want to use your image directly to illustrate the line. So, “Zebra crossing puddles in dips of the dark stripes” from Adrian Mitchell’s poem “Watch Your Step – I’m Drenched” may well be a picture of puddles on a zebra crossing.
Alternatively, your chosen line may invite a less literal image. “Life, what is it but a dream?” from Lewis Carroll’s “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky” doesn’t have to include either a boat or a sunny sky.
Indeed, it’s quite permissible to take a line quite out of its context. As your photo title, it doesn’t have to refer back to the whole poem it’s from. If, say, you use Wordsworth’s “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!” as your title, it needn’t have anything to do with Westminster Bridge or a river. It could be used for a picture of a sweetly sleeping elephant.
Whatever you choose, when you send in your image, please title it in this format, including the poet’s name: 03_Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! William Wordsworth_666Z. |
It is with great sorrow that we have to announce the sad passing of Dr Michael Symes. Michael had been a member of the Society since 1987, and, despite living near Dursley, he and his wife Joan regularly attended our Wednesday meetings. He bore a multitude of health and mobility problems over the years with great faith and fortitude. Michael was taken seriously ill whilst visiting friends in Winchester five weeks ago. He remained in Winchester hospital until he was transferred to Andover Hospice last week where he died on the morning of Wednesday 11 November. Michael was one of nature’s gentlemen and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts go out to Joan at this sad time.
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THIS WEEKEND
WCPF - Kingswood Salver: Live Judging |
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You will have seen the item by Mike Martin recently when he mentioned the Kingswood Salver competition (for WCPF clubs). The judging takes place on this Saturday 14 Nov, with a talk by Leigh Woolford in the afternoon, details as follows:
WCPF invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting – note pre-booking is not required
Judge and Speaker - Leigh Woolford DPAGB FWPF EFIAP BPE3
Saturday Nov 14 from 10.15 AM for 10.30 AM start of Judging
Leigh’s Afternoon Talk 2.00 PM start - Title “A Search for Focus”
Join Zoom Meeting – applies to both morning Judging and afternoon Talk - LinkMeeting ID: 829 3355 7464
Passcode: 817978
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Your Club Need You! External Competitions |
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There are a host of competitions coming up shortly. Details / eligibility are given below – Mike says thanks to those who have already images – more needed (for further info, or to send images to be considered – contact Mike on mike_martin@blueyonder.co.uk
FIAP World Cup for Clubs
CLOSING DATE – beginning of DECEMBER!!!
General rules:
- Max 2 images per author (only
one overseas member may participate!)
- Can only represent one club!
Club to submit 20 PDIs (2400px minimum / 3600px max on longest edge ) – open theme.
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GB Cup and Trophy
General rules
- You can only represent one club in a entry year... shouldn’t be an issue as long as you only represent BPS in 2021...
- Only one member may reside more than 30 miles from the club-rooms. If you think this may apply to you let Mike know when expressing interest.
- As expected – images (or similar) cannot have been entered in the competition previously.
- No more that 4 images per photographer in each. No maximum number of images (so everyone can participate if you want J ). Only the 12 highest scoring images count unless there is a tie.
- Deadline is in January 2021 – but we should aim to finalise out entry during December...
GBTrophy – Open (prints)
GB Trophy – Nature (prints)
There is no fee for entering these. Prints should be A4 unmounted. Given the current situation, Mike is happy to print and send off if you’re happy to entrust your images to him.
GB Cup (PDI) – Open
GB Cup (PDI) – Nature
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Webinars are by the following photographers: Guy Edwardes, Chris Gomersall, Nelis Walmarans and Andy & Sarah Skinner. Some of the webinars are free and others have a small fee; full details are on the website.
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Download issue 270 of the PAGB eNews by clicking here
You can also download an additional issue, 270 Extra - This a special tribute edition marking the life of Ian Platt who died recently.
To read issue 82 of Photography News - click here
Download the latest issue of the FIAP News here.
To read past issues of the PAGB newsletters download here….
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Make Money For BPS Every Time You Shop On Amazon! |
Now we're all in lockdown again, the thought of on-line Christmas shopping must be looming large in many members' minds. It's worth remembering that if you so wish, each and every one of you can support BPS with every purchase you make on Amazon by using Amazon Smile. Click on the link below – then it’s self-explanatory.
Shopping using Smile is no different to your normal Amazon shopping and costs you nothing, it's just that you need to tell it that you wish to use Smile and then we get some pennies!
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Printer for SaIe
I still have Mike Bigger's Epson R3000 printer. It worked a treat when Mike was using it and it seems a shame to throw it away. If anyone would like to have it, along with an assortment of half a dozen spare inks, please let me know, and preferably make me an offer. Any money will go to the Above & Beyond charity - to see more about the charity, visit their webpage by clicking here.
Bob Faris is having a clear out and is offering the following for sale:
Sunpak GT32 Flash Gun with camera cable and power cable
Sunpak Flash Gun Slave Unit (with case)
Hoya HMC Filter 72mm UV(O) (Boxed)
If you are interested in any of these three items, please make an offer to me, Pete Howell, at bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk - all proceeds are to go to BPS funds.
John Hudson is offering the following, FREE to a good home: Canon EOS - Remote shutter cable, single or continuous shooting - pay postage or collect.
Please contact John - 07973 118959 ring or text
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).
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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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If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Matt by email: webmaster@bristolphoto.org.uk
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Bristol Photographic Society,
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