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Our speaker next week is Paul Gallagher FRPS, who will be presenting his talk entitled East & West.
The talk will be presented over Zoom for both those in the clubrooms and at home. Paul describes his talk thus:
Over the past 7 years I have dedicated a lot of time exploring the landscapes of America, Japan and China. Working in the abandoned towns and farms on the open plains of the Dakotas and Montana in the USA was an eye-opening experience and one that takes you back in time in these bleak environments.
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The opposite to this was my experience of the bitter cold elemental landscapes of winter in Hokkaido, Japan, and the exploring the vastness and grandeur of the granite spires of Yellow Mountain in China. The three environments could not be more different, but as a photographer, they left me spellbound”. For the second half of my lecture I will demonstrate the power of the basic sliders in Lightroom and how these with simple brushes can transform the most challenging images.
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Here are a few images from the talk: |
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- Wednesday 6 May @ 19.30hrs
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| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| 11 May |
Distinctions Advisory Group |
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| 13 May |
Steve Taylor |
Boots and Cameras in the Far South |
| 20 May |
Annual PDI Competition |
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| 27 May |
Michael O'Sullivan |
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| 27 May |
Annual Print Competition |
Closing Date |
| 3 June |
Nicholas Posner |
40 Years of Celebrating Portraiture |
| 8 June |
DI Group |
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| 10 June |
Gareth Martin |
Prints |
You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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The next Digital Imaging Group Meeting will be on Monday 8 June at 7.30pm.
Meetings are informal and take place at the clubhouse and via zoom.
This is an early call for images as I am on holiday from May 21st for 2 weeks so would like to collate the image slideshow before I leave.
If you would like to share your images at the June meeting, please send them to me at dig@bristolphoto.org.uk ideally by Friday 15 May or the very latest Sun 17th. Please number your images in the order you would like them to be viewed and resize to the usual competition size, not essential but helps to keep the files to a manageable size. If you could please restrict the number of images to a maximum of 30 this will ensure that we enjoy a wide variety of subjects.
Many thanks to all those who contributed to the April meeting, we were treated an inspiring variety of images see below some of the pictures we enjoyed.
These meetings are a great opportunity for all members to share images outside the competition environment. The aim of these evenings is to share knowledge, projects, expertise, ideas and to obtain feedback and inspiration. So think about what techniques or tips you can share for the benefit of others, or what you might want help/feedback on.
DIG is the perfect environment for newer and less experienced members to pick up hints and tips or receive specific feedback to improve their photography and editing skills. BPS has many experienced members with diverse interests and styles who would be happy to help. If you are unsure whom to approach, just ask and someone will help or point you in the right direction.
If you have a more detailed topic/technique to share, then let me know and we can schedule a longer more focused session, or feature this on one of the intervening practical evenings.
I look forward to receiving your images.
Rachel Domleo.
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Distinctions Advisory Meeting |
The next meeting will be held on Monday 11 May at the Clubrooms and is open to ALL members.
For those of you who are unaware of the distinctions available, there are basically two types:
- Those where you have to produce a panel or set of pictures.
This is the case for the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), The Photographic Alliance (PAGB) and the Welsh Federation (WPF). For the RPS and WPF the work has to form a panel. For the PAGB, the work does not have to be related, and the pictures are assessed separately.
For the RPS awards you have to be a member of the RPS. This costs £130 per year (£98 if you are over £65). The RPS has different categories of awards, and we can advise on these. This is why the PAGB awards are so popular as you only pay an entry fee.
- Those where distinctions are awarded for the number of pictures accepted in approve National and international exhibitions.
These exhibitions are approved by the PAGB for national exhibitions, Federation de L’Art Photographic (FIAP) and The Photographic Society of America (PSA), for International Exhibitions These days FIAP mostly dominate the Internationals, and their awards are very popular.
BPS Advice Meetings
Andrew Marker, Ralph Snook and I offer advice as to how approach an entry for these distinctions. We do not expect you to have a fully worked out entry and like to see work in progress.
We are also able to offer more detailed advice on pictures than is provided by our Club competitions, as judges' advice is limited by the large entry and limited time available.
So, if you want opinions on pictures, bring them along.
If you wish to show DPIs, please let me know.
Peter McCloskey FRPS
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BTW Urban Photography Workshop with Roger Bracewell
Following Roger's visit to Bristol photographic society a few weeks ago seven stalwart club members joined him for a 3½ hour workshop in Bristol on Sunday 26 April. We met at Temple Meads railway station and embarked on the slow meandering walk along the river from Temple Quay to King Street. Roger encouraged us to look at sites and locations with fresh eyes embodying the principles that he had talked about during his presentation. We were all given an assignment and summary sheet to remind us and prompt us of what to look out for. The weather was very kind, and the time passed very quickly. Most of us felt that we could have spent several more hours gathering shots. Roger was always at hand to give us his thoughts and to clarify what he we should be focusing on. We all agreed to forward to Roger 8 images covering the four categories of urban photography in our assignment and then meet again for a critique and a sharing of images and learning points. For some of us this was a first time to explore this genre of photography and hopefully it will provide some images for future competitions.
Mike Hall
BTW Organiser
Below is a rogues' gallery of those who joined Mike for the workshop.
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Monday 4 May - Bank Holiday, no meeting
Monday 11 May - 10am to 1pm. General session with further details in next week's newsletter.
Mike Martin
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PSA Round 3 - Print Competitions |
After the stress of our prints ‘apparently’ not being delivered in time (the tracking still says they are held at customs in NY despite having been delivered) the competition was judged yesterday (25 April).
Particular congratulations go to the following who received awards (certificates below) and everyone who contributed to all three rounds and our final club ranking:
Large Colour – Round 3 result = FIRST
- 2nd - Gerry Gill for "Green Breasted Mango"
- HM - Richard Kay for "Storm Force Nine"
Large Mono – Round 3 result = THIRD
- 3rd – Urmila Kerslake for “In Safe Hands”
Small Mono – Round 3 result = FIRST
- 2nd – Peter Brisley for "Sadhu Haridwar"
- HM – John Chamberlin for "Contemplation"
Small Colour – Round 3 result = 7th
No awards..... guess we cannot have everything.
Creative / Altered Reality – Round 3 result = FIRST
- 2nd - Steve Field for "Victory at Trafalgar"
- 3rd - Simon Caplan for "The Last Leaves"
YEAR END RANKING (All three rounds combined)
- Large Colour – Club Ranking = FIRST on 283 winning by 1 point!
- Large Mono – Club Ranking = 7th on 263 points
- Small Colour – Club Ranking = Joint 5th on 265 points behind the winners on 276
- Small Mono – Club Ranking = Joint FIRST on 287 points
- Creative / Altered Reality – Club Ranking = SECOND on 275 points behind Evolve Group on 286!
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NEW Download Issue 403 PAGB eNews HERE
NEW Download Issue 403 Extra PAGB eNews HERE. This contains details of the PAGB GB Cup and GB Trophy
Download Issue 126 of Photography News HERE.
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Closing - 22 June
3 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
3 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Nature
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Closing - 29 May
2 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
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Final results from the Cheltenham International Salon are now in, with BPS members doing well:
| PHOTOGRAPHER |
ACCEPTED |
AWARDS |
| David Alderson |
1 |
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| Simon Caplan |
8 |
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| Rachel Domleo |
10 |
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| Jay Hallsworth |
8 |
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| Pete McCloskey |
4 |
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| Barry Mead |
3 |
1 |
| Paul Moran |
1 |
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| Sue O'Connell |
2 |
1 |
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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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The distinctions we have on record are those
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