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The 2017-18 competition season kicks off next Wednesday with Round 1 of the Projected Image Competition. We will be getting double the value for this round when the judging will be a joint affair between BPS couple, Sue O'Connell ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE4* and Peter Brisley ARPS DPAGB - it will be interesting to see how this all works and whether there will be marital harmony when it comes to picking the winners! |
Beyond The Wall - All Welcome
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Don't forget, all are welcome at the first meeting of the Beyond The Wall Group (BTW), which will be at the Club Room next Monday, 25 September, at 7 30 pm until 9 30 pm.
It will be presented by Mark Gilbert and the subject is Basic Lighting, and will cover:
- Basics of Light - hard and soft
light, inverse square law
- Understanding flash
- Using ambient light instead of
flash
- Setting up and using studio
lighting including flash metering and camera settings
- Using flash guns and
speedlights off camera and setting up a home studio
The objective is for attendees to understand how to use and set up flash lighting in a studio setting. If you want more details about the evening, please contact Mark by clicking here or for more details of the BTW group, contact David Grierson by email. |
BPS Members Travel To Belfast
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Following on from the talk Ross Mckelvey gave at BPS earlier in the Summer, a small group of BPS members travelled to Belfast this week for a studio workshop organised by Ross. Below is a picture of some of the intrepid travellers at work:
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Further to the following item that has appeared in the last few issues of the newsletter, we still don't really have enough prints to form a decent sized pool from which to select our entry for this PAGB competition. There is a definite lack of prints that have won awards (places or HCs) over the last year or so, which is disappointing; It would be really great if we could see some, or all, of these! If you have any hidden gems that have not seen the light of day before, they would also be gratefully received. You have until 4 October to pop your prints into the box at the front.
BPS has agreed to be one of the two clubs to represent the WCPF at this year’s PAGB Inter-club Print Championship, full details can be found here. The event takes place on 29 October at Blackburn and two clubs from each Federation plus last year’s top eight will take part. For the first round we have to submit 12 pictures. These must include a minimum of five monochrome, five colour, but not more than three Natural History prints. They must be from a minimum of five photographers with no member having more than four prints in the entry. The top eight clubs in the first round will go through to the final, which will require 15 pictures. We are therefore asking members for prints so that we can form an image bank, from which our final entry can be selected. If you would like to submit work, please hand to Peter McCloskey or Danny Heaton. |
Calumet will be holding more Wild Arena Macro sessions on 28 September. There are still spaces available for the morning session. Because of our specIal relationship with Calumet, they are offering a 20% discount on the advertised price; more details can be found by following this link.If you would like to book place, please email info@wildarena.com, where your booking can be taken and you discount applied. When emailing, please make sure that you mention that you are from Bristol Photographic Society to qualify for the discount. |
PAGB Masters of Print Competition
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The PAGB Masters of Print Competition is held each October, followed by a public Exhibition. Individual Photographers who are members of affiliated Clubs may enter directly, without any pre-qualification. Photographers may enter prints in any combination of the Monochrome, Colour and Nature Categories and awards are made to individual prints. Prints are then selected for the Exhibition. There is a large number of big prizes to be won, so if you do prints, now is your chance for glory! For full entry details and a list of the magnificent prizes on offer, please follow this link. |
Download Issue 191 of the PAGB e-News here. This issue contains the latest information about the "Masters of Print Competition", the PAGB Interclub Competition, the FIAP World Cup and much more.
Click here to download issue 48 of Photography News |
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This weekend
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Berkeley VW Show at Berkeley Castle. Classic VW motors in the shadow of Berkeley Castle. Full details here. |
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30 Sept
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The popular ' 24 Hours in Bristol' photo-marathon competition, which sees
10,000 photographs taken in a single day, returns at the end of
September with an exciting new format – all entries must be taken on
Smartphones or tablets only. The annual competition to record a day in the life of the city will take
place over a 24 hour period from 12.00pm on Saturday 30 September to
12.00pm on Sunday 1 October. Anyone with a smartphone or tablet can take
part by pre-registering at www.24hoursinbristol.co.uk to be eligible for £5,000 of prizes. Entrants upload their images onto the event website for judging and the
winning and highly commended photos will be displayed in a public
exhibition in November. For more information, visit their website. |
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30 Sept
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Docks Heritage Weekend. Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October, 11am-5pm – A celebration of Bristol’s maritime past with events for all ages at M Shed, Underfall Yard and, for the first year ever, SS Great Britain. This year, the Docks Heritage Weekend celebrations will focus on celebrating the 40th anniversary of Portbury and the 140th anniversary of Avonmouth Dock. There are a limited number of places on coach tours to Avonmouth and Portbury (leaving from M Shed), which must be booked in advance. Website.
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will
premiere at the M Shed at the same time as the national opening at the
Natural History Museum in London, it will run from 21 October 2017-
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April 2018. |
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11 Nov
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Devizes Camera Club is holding An Evening With
Charlie Waite. Charlie is one of the world's leading landscape
photographers. The event is at Wiltshire Music Centre at Bradford on Avon.
Full details can be found by following this link.
I'm told that tickets are selling fast, so you are advised to book now if
you are interested. |
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12 Nov
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"An Audience with Terry Donnelly" at Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot. Full details here. |
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ITS NOT PARTICULARLY EASY FINDING "DATES FOR YOUR DIARY", SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF MEMBERS COULD LET ME KNOW OF ANY EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS OR PICTURE LOCATIONS THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST. DATES AND WEB LINKS WOULD HELP
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Following on from Greg Duncan's talk to the club on 3D photography and his claim that 3D is his main interest, the recent results of the PSA 3D International support this view. Whereas some people might be happy to replicate his 67% acceptance rate, his accepted images achieved a 62% Award Rate with 4 HMs, 2 Bronze, 3 Silvers and 1 Gold.
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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If you have something photographic that you want to sell, let me have the details and I will circulate them to a captive audience of photographers through the Newsletter - send to the usual address.
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Would all members please note: before you plan your shoot and book your model, you should check whether the studio/clubroom will be free. This can be done easily and at any time by viewing the Clubroom Bookings calendar in the Members' Area of the BPS Website. Bookings can (and must) be made by contacting Mike Bigger at bookings@bristolphoto.org.uk.
Log in details to the Members' Area are at the end of this newsletter.
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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 download the list.
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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, if they are wrong, please let Carol
know.
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If you have anything you think other members would like to know about, such as special events, exhibitions, photographic hints and tricks, etc. please let me know at newsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICTAION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING
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If you have any problems getting into the Members' Area, please contact Carol, either by email: membership@bristolphoto.org.uk or by telephone: 0117 924 1338 |
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