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Next Wednesday is Round 3 of the 2025-26 Print Competition season, which is being judged by John Tilsley ARPS DPAGB APAGB, from Dorchester.
John is a seasoned judge, having run the WCPF judging seminars for many years and is well known on the national club judging scene as well as having been on several international exhibition selection panels.
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RESULTS - Please note, the results will not be published next week as David Alderson will be away. They will, however, be published the following week. |
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Please note change 11 March
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 25 February |
Marc Pain |
Sports Photography |
| 4 March |
Roger Bracewell |
The Wonderful Everyday |
| 9 March |
Distinctions Advisory Group |
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| 11 March |
Colin Trow-Poole |
Mountains |
| 18 March |
Ross McKelvey - Zoom |
An eclectic mix |
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Someone is missing a bit of jewellery - this ring was found in the Ladies WC after last Wednesday's meeting. If it is yours, please see Carol at next week's meeting.
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This weekend sees the culmination of a year's work by Ralph Snook, when the clubrooms become the location for the selection of prints and images for the 2026 Bristol Salon.
Members are welcome to come along to see the selection, with "doors open" at about 10am on both Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday session will probably go on until 4.30/5.00ish with the finish time on Sunday being determined by how quickly the selectors have worked. If you are coming for the day, we suggest that you bring a packed lunch.
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The Photography Show is on at the NEC Birmingham from 14-17 March. Full details by following this LINK.
Tickets - Valentine's day offer - 2 for 1. Use code VAL26 when purchasing your tickets using this link. The offer is only valid until 16 Feb.
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Monday 16 February
Michelle is returning. We’ll be trying to re-create the fake underwater theme. If anyone coming has a small handheld blower please bring it along J
10am-1pm – All welcome, £10
Here are a couple of images from the last studio session:
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Woman in Grey by Sue Wilson |
Mike Martin
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After completing the annual BPS photography course in 2025, new member Pete Davis is taking a flight over Antarctica in November and is looking for any practical hints and tips for landscape photography of large white expanses of ice/snow, and/or advice for successful photos taken through aircraft windows. If any member can offer their expertise then please contact him at peter_davis@msn.com to arrange a convenient catch up either online or in person. |
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WCPF Members Exhibition 2026
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The exhibition is open to all members of WCPF affiliated clubs.
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entry classes are 3 Digital classes (Open Colour, Open Monochrome, Nature)
and 3 Print classes (Open Colour, Open Monochrome, Nature).
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cost is £10 for one class, plus £3 for each additional class.
The class definitions, fee structure and entry instructions will be available on the entry website.
PDI entries to be uploaded online, prints entries should be made online, but your prints can be left in a box on the stage at Unit 13.
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Showcasing the city at its brightest, Bristol Light Festival brings light, fun and colour to the city centre across a free, city-wide celebration.
Established in 2020, the festival showcases Bristol as the vibrant, playful and creative city that we know and love, offering artists a platform to showcase their work at locations across the city. Each edition celebrates artistic freedom and experimentation, featuring world-premiere works alongside some of the best local, national, and international talent. We invite visitors to explore the city’s popular and lesser-known paths, uncovering a new light of Bristol with every visit. Bristol Light Festival is a firm fixture on the Bristol event calendar, where 2025 saw over 200,000 visitors across 10 dazzling evenings.
Bristol Light Festival returns for its sixth edition from Thursday 19 – Saturday 28 February.
Full details can be found on their website, click here.
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Vale of Evesham
National Exhibition
Closing: 28 February
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
Natural History
Experimental/Creative
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Rushden Open Photographic Exhibition
Closing - 15 March
5 PDI Sections:
Open
Monochrome
Creative
Scapes
Nature
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Closing - 15 March
6 PDI Sections:
Open
Monochrome
Creative
People
Scapes
Nature
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Simon Caplan
Simon Caplan has had one of his abstracts selected as a finalist in the Intimate Landscapes category of this year’s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition – the premier international contest for macro and close up photography. The shot, entitled Rust Never Sleeps, was taken in Bristol Harbour’s Underfall Yard and is a detail from a rusting sheet of steel stacked in an outside storage rack near to the workshops there. Taken handheld on Simon’s Sony A6500 camera with a 50mm Zeiss Touit Macro lens, the image finished in the top ten of this category of the contest - chosen from hundreds of entries worldwide by an international panel of judges. The shot has previously appeared in the club’s own competitions, being awarded a Highly Commended by Sandie Cox when she judged Round 2 of the PDI contest in the 2024/-5 season. Another of Simon’s images made the shortlist in the same category of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year contest this time round but didn’t quite make the top ten. The image, entitled ‘Cracked’, is a detail from the perished coating of a shipping container in Exeter Quay.
It is the second year running that one of Simon’s images has made the top ten of this category in the contest – with his shot ‘The Blood in My Veins’, a detail from the cracked coating of a shipping container on Bristol Harbourside, being a finalist in 2025.
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Cracked
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Steve Field
Steve's image, Fire! has been shortlisted for the London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2026 in the Events section. Results to be announced at the Photography Show (see Photography Show article above to get your tickets!)
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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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