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Next Wednesday sees the final round of the 2025-2026 Projected Image Competition, which is being judged by Steve Hallam LRPS, who hails from Bristol and is a member of Hanham CC.
Unfortunately, I can find nothing about Steve on the web, so next Wednesday will just have to be a surprise to all!
This is the round when the overall winners of the four-round series will be announced, so an evening not to be missed.
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- Wednesday 25 March @ 19.30hrs
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- Meeting ID: 853 0043 3815
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| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| 1 April |
Bristol Salon |
AV Presentation |
| 1 April |
Closing Date |
Print Competition Round 4 |
| 8 April |
John Tilsley |
Candid Portraiture & Street Photography |
| 13 April |
DI Group |
Image Sharing Evening |
| 15 April |
Paul Beriff |
Wrong Place Right Time |
| 22 April |
Print Competition |
Round 4 |
| 29 April |
Ian Hargreaves |
Into Darkness |
You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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Print Competition - Round 4 |
The closing date is Wednesday, 1 April and there is a box for entries on the stage in Unit 13. The judge will be Peter Orr and the optional prescribed topic is Abstract. To read about the judge, visit his website at https://www.peterorrphotography.com/.
Please remember to upload digital copies of your prints via PhotoEntry. If you have any problems or queries, please contact David Alderson.
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To complement the Monday weekly sessions, I’ve arranged for the wonderful Kornelia to model for us EVERY Tuesday evening through March for me plus TWO people, this is to give a much better opportunity to grab some unique images.
Please feel free to book yourself on ONE of the sessions so that as many members can participate as possible (you can of course request a reserve place on another session). Book with mike_martin@blueyonder.co.uk
I’m also pleased to say that the fake underwater session has been re-scheduled for the end of March.
All the planned dates are below (subject to change):
| Date |
Time |
No & Cost |
Theme |
| Monday 23 March |
10am to 1pm |
Open to all.
No cost. |
Tabletop, photographing 'little people', mini/Lego figures. Bring tripods, torches, lightpads, figures etc.
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| TWOsday 24 March |
7:30pm to 9:30pm |
£25 per person,
Limited to 2 people, booking essential |
Kornelia – Suits you. Funky shapes with DJ.
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| Monday 30 March |
10am to
1pm
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Open to all.
£10 per person |
Michelle – fake underwater
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| 1:30pm to 4:30pm |
£20 per person, limit 5 people, booking essential |
| TWOsday 31 March |
7:30pm to 9:30pm |
£25 per person,
Limited to 2 people, booking essential
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Mike Martin
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NEW Download Issue 401 PAGB eNews HERE .
NEW Download Issue 126 of Photography News HERE.
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BPS have been approached by software company, DxO, offering club members a 15% discount on their range of products. These products are aimed, in part, at photographers such as BPS members who process their images using software such as Photoshop and Lightroom, and who would like to use software that doesn’t have a rolling subscription, ie the DxO programmes are purchased for a one-off outlay. I’ve described three of the range, below
PHOTOLAB 9
It’s like an alternative to tools such as Adobe Lightroom or Capture One, designed for photographers who want very high image quality and detailed control.
Here are its core functions:
1. RAW photo editing
- Works
best with RAW files from cameras
- Lets
you adjust exposure, colour, contrast, etc. non-destructively (your
original file stays untouched)
2. Automatic corrections (its big strength)
- Fixes
lens and camera issues automatically:
- distortion
- vignetting
(dark corners)
- chromatic
aberration
- Uses a
huge database of camera + lens profiles built from lab testing
3. Noise reduction (very famous feature)
- Uses
AI tools like DeepPRIME to remove grain/noise
- Especially
useful for low-light or high-ISO photos
4. Local adjustments
- You
can edit specific parts of an image (like just the sky or a face)
- Includes
AI masking and selective editing tools
5. Colour and detail control
- Fine-tune
colours, tones, sharpness, and contrast
- Designed
for high-end image quality output
NIK COLLECTION 8
It’s a bundle of advanced editing tools (plugins) that add powerful creative effects and controls to your photos.
It includes 7 main plugins, each focused on a different task:
- Color
Efex → colour
filters & creative effects
- Silver
Efex →
black-and-white photography (very popular)
- Analog
Efex →
vintage/film camera looks
- HDR
Efex → HDR image
creation
- Viveza → colour & light adjustments
- Dfine → noise reduction
- Sharpener → sharpening details
PURERAW 6
DxO PureRAW 6 is a photo-processing software that improves the quality of RAW images before you edit them in tools like Lightroom or Photoshop.
PureRAW 6 focuses on image quality enhancement, especially:
- Noise
reduction (very strong)
Uses AI (DeepPRIME XD3) to remove grain while keeping detail
- Sharpening
& detail recovery
Extracts fine detail from RAW sensor data
- Lens
corrections
Fixes distortion, vignetting, and softness based on lab-tested profiles
- Demosaicing
Converts RAW sensor data into a high-quality image (technical but
important step)
There are other programmes in the range, and all can be seen by visiting their website: https://www.dxo.com/
If you decide you’d like to take advantage of the 15% discount, just quote BPS at the checkout – you will then receive your discount and as an added bonus, BPS will receive a 5% commission on your sale – a win/win situation.
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2 Print Sections
Open Colour
Open Mono
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Click here for website
Closing: 29 March
5 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Monochrome
Creative
Nature
World in Focus
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NEATH UK SALON 2026
Closing: 20 April
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Monochrome
Creative
Nature
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Robin Hood Exhibition
Closing: 26 April
6 PDI Sections:
Open Colour
Open Monochrome
Scapes
People
Creative
Nature
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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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