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Next week sees the President's Cup & Garmston Bowl competitions, which this year is being judged by Peter Ottley LRPS CPAGB from Weston-Super-Mare. Peter is Chairman of Bleadon Photographic Group.
President’s Cup is a PDI panel competition, open to any member without any distinctions or photographic qualifications above the level of LRPS or equivalent. This is intended to encourage less experienced members to get involved. Each entry consists of a panel of three PDI images on a related theme.
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Garmston Bowl is a print panel competition open to all. Each entry consists of a panel of five Print images on a related theme.
You can get some idea as to what type of images please Peter by browsing his website, just follow this link: www.peterophotography.com |
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 1 July |
Creative Competition Prints |
Closing Date for Prints (PDI copies should already be in)
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| 1 July |
President's Cup, Garmston Bowl |
Judge: Peter Ottley CPAGB LRPS |
| 8 July |
ZOOM - Roger Hance |
Nature in Macro |
| 13 July |
DI Group |
Practical Evening |
| 15 July |
Creative Competition |
Judge - Phil Cooling FRPS |
| 22 July |
AGM & Members Evening |
Urmila Kerslake and John Cato |
| 29 July |
Mark Humphries |
Getting Creative with Wildlife Photography |
| 5 Aug |
Chris Ryan |
South Africa |
You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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By now, your PDI entries, together with PDI copies of your prints, should have been submitted by the close of play, Wednesday 24 June. However, the actual prints can be brought to the clubrooms next Wednesday and placed in the appropriate box on the front.
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Monday 29 June: Portrait sessions – Coni (last visit as Maleficent) will be returning, this time in the guise of Catwoman. Feel free to bring accessories. Think creatively  .
- 10am - 1pm – All welcome - £10 per person.
- 1.15pm – 4.15pm – Limited to 5 people, £20 per person. FULLY BOOKED. If you want to be added to a reserve list, contact mike_martin@blueyonder.co.uk
Monday 6 July: Portrait session – New male model – theme to be confirmed. However, Simon is an outdoorsy chap according to his profile, so hope to work with that.
For any queries or bookings, please contact Mike Martin:
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Amateur Photographer of the Year 2026 |
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The 2026 APOY Round 3 - Animal Kingdom, is now open for entries until Monday, 20 July.
To enter, just visit: www.amateurphotographer.com/apoy and quote the FREE entry code APOY29068443 Just remember to select Bristol PS when you register your first entry.
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Here is the timetable for the rest of the competition:
In view of the strength in numbers that we have in this category, there should be a massive entry from BPS members - if you haven't entered before, just remember to select BPS when you register your first entry. Let's hope that we see BPS leaping up the league table!
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If you are thinking of having a go at a Welsh Photographic Federation distinction, click on the ad below to send an email.
Full details of WPF distinctions can be found by following this LINK.
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LCE Photo Show - 12 September |
Wex Roadshow - Thursday 23 July |
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BPS will be playing host to WEX and their annual Roadshow on 23 July. They are planning a series of 30-45 minutes talks on the hour, by a number of well-known photography brand ambassadors or speakers as well as a couple of organised Street walks in the local area. An outline of the day is available on their website though tickets aren’t yet available.
NOTE: Due to the number of speakers, etc, there will be NO parking available at Unit 13 so bear that in mind if you intend booking one or more sessions when tickets become available.
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NEW Download Issue 407 PAGB eNews HERE
Download Issue 127 of Photography News HERE.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION*
Closing: 27 September
3 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
3 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
* Free entry for BPS members (Not available to distance members)
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Closing - 2 August
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Scapes
Nature
1 Print Sections
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Closing - 19 July
5 PDI Sections
Pictorial Colour
Pictorial Mono
Nature
Creative
Scapes
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One of the most difficult exhibitions in the UK to get prints accepted in is the Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition, which attracts thousands of entries from photographers across the globe, but accepts less than 200 prints in total. It's a pretty major success, therefore, for Derwood Pamphilon to have gained 4 acceptances this year, including a GPU HM award for his print, Eloise - reproduced below:
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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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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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