Issue 289                                                                                                             25 May 2018
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Wednesday 30 May
 
Next Wednesday we welcome back Sue Sibley ARPS AFIAP DPAGB from Southampton. Sue recently brought us prints from the Southampton International Exhibition; this time she will be showing her own work in a talk called Her Own Stuff. This is ‘Sue's journey so far’ (it's a short one compared to most). It is all in Prints and is all about encouraging people, showing how she's improved through being amember of Southampton CC, and why she thinks Camera clubs are the best way to learn new skills and techniques and, of course, moving on to doing 
some of the different distinctions on offer. Sue will show her ARPS and PAGB panels as well as some of the pictures that have helped her gain EFIAP and BPE2*. In Sue's words "I’m not a blow my own trumpet type of person so I won’t list awards or anything like that! I just like to entertain people with a similar passion for Photographic Art. I like to keep the evening light hearted and full of enthusiasm but I’m sure you get that idea from my SIE Print Show. I thought it would be nice for your members to know a bit more about me other than just the person who comes every year to show the SIE Prints."  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some of Sue's images. To see more of Sue's work and to read a bit more about her, why not visit her website.

Programme Change
Would members please note that there is a change to the advertised programme. On June 13 we were due to welcome Kathryn Scorah. Unfortuately, she is unable to make it, so we have an alternative evening provided by Keith Wood and Barry Mead. More details closer the date.

Wednesday 30 May
This year's Annual Projected Image Competition was held last Wednesday and was judged by Leo Rich ARPS, EFIAP/g, DPAGB, BPE3*, Hon PAGB from Southampton. The results are shown below:
 
CLUB
Andrew Jones The Road To Glory 1st
Andrew Jones Valley Blanche Traverse 2nd Best Landscape
Nigel Owen British Super Bike Donnington Park 3rd 
Andrew Jones Holy Man HC 
Andrew Tandy Bathtime HC 
Nigel Owen Weston Beach Race HC 
INTERMEDIATE
Stephen Lyttelton Blue Hour Severn Bridge 1st
Mike Fox Towards The Storm 2nd
Steve Field Summer Fruits 3nd
Mark Gilbert Angular Repose HC 
Mark Gilbert Muddy Rider HC 
Steve Field Cross Back Spider HC 
NATURE
Graham Pears Jackdaw Over Pasture 1st 
Ann Mead Araneus Spinning And Weaving Silk 2n 
Mary Pears Brown Hares Mating 3rd
Graham Pears Sparrowhawk In Snow HC 
Keith Wood Anhinga HC 
Mary Pears Great Crested Grebe Weed Dance HC 
Trevor Doleman Banded Demoiselle HC 
ADVANCED
Gordon Stirrat Death Camp 2 1st Best Overall
Barry Mead Gerald 2nd 
Jeff Hargreaves Diede Groot Champion 3rd  Best Action
Barry Mead Time Traveller HC  Best Creative
Beryl Heaton Shell In The Sand HC 
Derwood Pamphilon Stonework With Nude HC 
Gerry Gill A Time Square Gentleman HC 
Gordon Stirrat #wherefore Art Thou Romeo HC 
Jeff Hargreaves Anna-rose In The Air HC 
Jeff Hargreaves The Race Goes On HC 
John Hudson Jacob Balletic Jump HC 
Peter Smith Polo Stretch HC 
Steve Taylor First Light Kinabalu HC 
Steve Taylor Holiday Job HC 
Sue O'Connell Togetherness HC 
Joanne Searle Watching
Best Monochrome
Peter McCloskey Inle Fishermen Sharing A Smoke
Best People
Peter McCloskey Mumbai Street
Best Travel

The Winning Images
 
Club 
 
 
 
The Road To Glory
 
by
 
Andrew Jones
 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate
 
Blue Hour Severn Bridge
 
by
 
Stephen Lyttelton
 
 
 
  
 
Nature
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jackdaw Over Pasture
 
by 
 
Graham Pears
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advanced
 
 
 
Death Camp 2
 
by 
 
Gordon Stirrat
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Best Landscape
 
 
 
 
Valley Blanche Traverse
 
by
 
Andrew Jones
 
 
 
 
 
Best Action
 
 
 
 
Diede Groot Champion
 
by 
 
Jeff Hargreaves
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Best Creative
 
 
 
 
Time Traveller
 
by
 
Barry Mead
 
 
 
 
 
 
Best Monochrome
 
 
 
Watching
 
by
 
Joanne Searle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Best People
 
 
 
Inle Fishermen Sharing A Smoke
 
by
 
Pete McCloskey
 
 
 
 
 
Best Travel
 
 
 
Mumbai Street
 
by
 
Pete McCloskey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

GDPR 
The following is from the Membership Secretary:
Thank you to the 95 members who replied so promptly to the email about Data Protection. If you haven't already done so, would you please respond as quickly as possible. Two or three people so far have been unable to use the red button to open the email addressed to me, so if this applies to you, please just reply to me at membership@bristolphoto.org.uk to confirm receipt. 
Please let me know if you have not received the email (and it isn't in your junk folder).

PAGB Interclub DPI Competition - Warwick
BPS will be representing the WCPF at the annual PAGB Interclub Competition to be held at Warwick on Saturday 14 July at Warwick University. This event brings together the top two Clubs from each of the 15 Federations, together with the top 8 placed clubs from the 2017 Championships to compete to find the Champion Club for 2018.
Admission is from 9.30am by prepaid ticket only; these can be purchased by completing the form (download here) and sending it with the correct remittance and an SAE, to the address shown on the form. This is a great day out when you get to see some of the best images in Great Britain and at the same time get to meet members from other clubs from across the country.

Situation Vacant
Following many years of unstinting service to BPS as Clubroom Steward, Gill Peeke is finally hanging up her spurs, there is, therefore, a vacancy for the post. If you think you might be interested in filling Gill's shoes, then please have a word with any Council member on a Wednesday evening (they're the ones with the red name tags). If you would like more information about what is involved, I'm sure Gill will be only to happy to fill you in. If you are interested, but feel that Gill's shoes may be too big too fill, perhaps you might consider sharing the job with someone else. 

Studio Hire
Following this month's Council meeting, it has been decided to increase the hire fee for the studio from £30 to £35. This increase takes immediate effect, however existing bookings will be honoured at the old rate.

Beyond The Wall - Dates For Your diary
Here is some advanced notice of a couple of future events being organised by David Grierson at Beyond the Wall.

Monday 18 June: How to enter external Salons and Competitions hosted by Jeff Hargreaves 

Monday July 23rd: Producing B and W images in Lightroom. 
 
The following is from BTW leader, David Grierson:
 
YouTube: Many members have mentioned certain names who have great learning sites on YouTube. What I’d like to create is a database of these names so we can all benefit. 
A couple I use are:
  • Anthony Morganti - click here
  • Photos in colour - click here
Please email your “go to” sites to mail@dgrierson.co.uk and I’ll publish the results. 
 
Following on from the recent talk on mount cutters by Longridge, they have now written to say that members can get a discount on the cutters, however to get this discount, orders will have to be placed over the phone, quoting Bristol Photographic Society and Chris Longridge.

PAGB eNews
Download the edition 207 of PAGB eNews click on the following links:
e-news 207 - here, this is the standard issue.
e-news 207 Extra - here, this includes images and details from the most recent PAGB adjudication for the Awards of Photographic merit an includes at least one image from each successful entry.
e-news 207 Extra (Extra) - here, this contains an article on seven decades of photography by Roy Elwood MPAGB, FRPS, EFIAP, APAGB

Dates For Your Diary
26 & 28 May
 
Didcot Railway Rails on the Western Front.
A commemoration of the role of the railways in the First World War, featuring:
  • The recreation of a French station in the Transfer Shed populated by members of the Great War Society and featuring an ambulance train, displaying 5322, the steam engine that served on the Western Front between 1917 and 1919
  • A military camp display with members of the Great War Society providing first-person learning sessions to demonstrate the many and various skills which a soldier would have had to acquire to enable him to do his job, as well as the realities of everyday life
  • A ‘WWI Trail’ to encourage visitors to discover various WWI-related exhibits in the Society’s collection, along with their history, such as the real-life story of three nurses who served in our currently unrestored WWI ambulance coach
  • Access to WWI exhibits not normally available to the public, such as the articulated ‘Pollen’ wagons, designed for carrying naval gun barrels.
  • Also:
  • Black Python Bar open
  • Signalling in Operation on the Branch Line
Until 3 June
 
 North Somerset Arts are holding an exhibition until 3 June at #65 High Street, Nailsea, BS48 1AW. Further details can be found by following this link.
2 & 3 June
 
 The Bath Bedlam Fair is being held over the weekend of 2/3 June. Avant Display, Bongo Bolero, DotComedy, Dynamogène, The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band and the Street to the Point students company from Hampshire; along with many more street activities. Full details here 
9 & 10 June
 
 Dig For Victory - a 1940's Festival at the North Somerset Showground. This is one of the west's premier 1940's weekends and is well worth a visit. For more details, go to their website - digforvictoryshow
June/July
NEW
The Annual “Step Back to the 1940s” this year takes place on 30 June, 1, 7 and 8 July with Big Band Shows on 30 June & 7 July. There will be loads of events to photograph and all participants are very willing to be photographed.
Prices this year Pre book One day Rover Adult £26.10, Senior £24.30 - On the day: Adult £29.00, Senior £27.00. There are also special cheaper rates for a two day Rover.
Full details of events, prices and train timetables see The Severn Valley Railway web site
7 July
 
 Cotswold Show - Held at Cirencester Park. This is a good place for a day out, with plenty of arena activities, stalls and aircraft above! Full details here.
 
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.

Trumpet Blowers' Corner
Well done to the following BPS members who have gained FIAP distinctions:

Mike Bews - EFIAP
Sue O'Connell - EFIAP/p
Keith Wood - EFIAP/p
Barry Mead - EFIAP/d2
 
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.
 
Studio Bookings
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.
 
Items For Sale
Sigma APO 170-500mm Lens f5-6.3 Canon AF mount complete with Lens hood and case. Offers to Mike Bigger mike@mikebigger.co.uk or mobile 07710 019971
 
Please note, we can only carry adverts for items to sell, if those items actually belong to the member advertising them.
 
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.
 
Photographic Acronyms
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.
 
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, 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 bpsnewsletter@bristolphoto.org.uk
PLEASE NOTE: ALL COPY TO BE WITH THE EDITOR BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO ALLOW FOR PUBLICATION (HOPEFULLY) ON FRIDAY MORNING.
 
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