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About Nick

Nick has been a photographer, under the Nom de plume of Freespirit Images - mainly around seascapes, landscapes, flora, fauna etc. 
He runs two photo businesses - one being Freespirit Images the other aimed more at commercial and industrial photography - such as architecture, construction etc.
He runs 1:1 and small group workshops around the UK and has been a group leader for 'Light & Land' as well as HF Holidays both around Europe and the UK.
Outdoor photography is his main passion and he very much tries to spread that impression amongst all and sundry!!
He is an ARPS and AWPF  - and, put simply, loves what he does and helping others. A lot of his published work is around landscapes and the great outdoors, and he does try to focus hard on the area in front of him and passing his thoughts and ideas on to everyone.

 

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A selection of images from Nick's talk to whet your appetite:

 

 

At the last Council Meeting the matter of the continued use of Hybrid/Zoom meeting at BPS was discussed at length. The need for these meetings i.e., to protect the health of those BPS Members that are ‘vulnerable’ and who need to minimise/avoid contact with any source of infection is well understood and accepted.

 

Covid case numbers are falling across the country but still remain high enough to present a risk to those who are vulnerable and/or shielding. Against this background the conclusions that Council came to were:

• We would continue with the current position of making all meetings available both at Unit 13 and over Zoom.
• We would remove the need for members to book a place for meetings at Unit 13, essentially also removing the cap on numbers who can attend. This has already been implemented as covered in a recent newsletter. Members are asked to sign in so we have a register of attendees in case we need to contact them if a positive Covid test is recorded by an attendee.
• There will be no Zoom membership to supplement the current full or distance membership options.
• The continuance of the meetings will be an agenda item on all future Council Meetings, where we will review the position each time.

 

The use of Zoom/Hybrid meetings over the last 2 years has allowed BPS to maintain the high standard of presentations in our programme, and in fact has allowed us to receive occasional presentations from much further afield. For that we can only be thankful that it was available, we had the resource, and we had the members (Matt in particular) who could through hard work make it work ‘properly’.

 

Our current situation sees us having a good attendance each week at Unit 13, where the social side of the meetings is thriving in the same way we all remember pre Covid. At the same time, we have a similar attendance on Zoom, where again there is the social interaction pre meeting and in the break. Unfortunately, these 2 groups are separate and little if any interaction takes place between them. Although this cannot be avoided at the moment, it is something to take into account going forward, especially regarding new members who currently tend to see and know one of the groups, and not both.

 

The country is slowly returning to a more ‘normal’ pattern of behaviour regarding Covid. We are not there yet but hopefully before too long Covid will become more like Flu and we can then take an informed decision on our continued use of Hybrid/Zoom meetings.

 

Ralph Snook

BPS Chairman

E: chairman@bristolphoto.org.uk

 

Following the report on the PSA Interclub Competition in Issue 486, we have now received the missing results, i.e. the Nature PDI - Group C. 

 

The overall Standing - FIRST with a score of 217 - second place score was 208, so a comprehensive victory! That gives BPS a pretty impressive final overall tally:

• Two third places
• SIX FIRST PLACES 

Results for Round 3 – ALL our entries received awards!

 

 

Graham Pears Waxwing with Rowan Berry	Margaret Chambers Wood Stork Dispute
Mary Pears Fieldfare	Ralph Snook Cheetah and Six Cubs
Richard Kay White Morph Arctic Fox	Sandie Cox Grey Wolf Resting

 

 

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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