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We have the first of the major annual competitions next week, when Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP APAGB will be judging the Annual Projected Image Competition. This promises to be a great evening, with a bumper entry of images.
To get a foretaste of the types of images that excite Eddy, please visit his website at:
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Login details:
- Wednesday 20May @ 19.30hrs
- Log in: Click HERE
- Meeting ID: 824 7329 3662
- Password: 253500
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 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 |
| 17 June |
Annual Print Competition |
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| 24 June |
Creative Competition |
Closing Date |
| 24 June |
BPS Outing |
An evening out with your camera! |
You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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A38 - Gloucester Road: Closed |
If you travel to club along the A38/Gloucester Road through Horfield to get to club, please note details of the following road closure, taken from the Bristol Council website:
The A38 Gloucester Road in Horfield is scheduled to be closed from Monday, May 18, 2026, to Friday, May 29, 2026.
Details of the Closure:
- Location: Between the junction with Dorian Road (Horfield Sports Centre) and just before Wessex Avenue (Crafty Cow pub) in Horfield.
- Reason: Essential gas upgrade works by Wales & West Utilities.
- Impact: This is a 24/7 closure during this period, not just at night.
- Diversions: Traffic will be diverted, alternatives either via Southmead Road or Filton Avenue.
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The next Digital Imaging Group Meeting will be on Monday 8 June at 7.30pm.
This is an early call for images as I am on holiday from 21 May 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 17 May. Any images sent later than this will not be picked up until I get back.
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.
I look forward to receiving your images.
Meetings are informal and take place at the clubhouse and via zoom.
Rachel Domleo.
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The closing date for
the Annual Print
Competition is Wednesday,
27 May. There will be a box for your entries on the stage in Unit
13.
The competition will
be judged this year by Sue Sibley FIPF ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* from Southampton.
You may submit up to 4
prints and can use images already used in the bi-monthly competitions. But do
not use images which you have already submitted for this year’s Annual PDI
competition or which have gained awards in previous Annual Print
competitions.
If you want to put any
of your prints in for the open Nature section, tick the appropriate box on
the print label.
In addition to the
usual awards at each level, the judge will select the Best Travel, People,
Action, Landscape and Monochrome pictures from the whole entry (i.e. all
levels).
Please number your
entries in your preferred order, as some images may be culled if the total
entry is excessive.
IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to upload digital copies of your prints if
you have not done so already for previous competitions. These should be the
same size as for the PDI competitions – 1600 x 1200 – but there will be no
need to give any other information than your name and the actual title of
each image. Do, please, give the actual image titles, not just the
image codes. Here is the upload link: www.bristolphoto.org.uk/printsupload
We look forward to
seeing your prints!
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The results for Round 3 of the PSA digital competition are in:
Mono
Congratulations to Rachel Domleo and Mike Martin for their awarded images.
In the final club rankings, BPS ended 3rd in the top tier on 335 points, 27 points behind the leaders which sounds a lot but given each image could be awarded up to 27 points is only 1.5 points per image. We finished ahead of Keswick, Edinburgh and Synergy to be the top ranked UK club.
Open Colour
BPS finished 2nd on 386 points, 14 points behind the winners on 400. We should move up to group A next season.
Congratulations to Barry Mead and Simon Caplan on their awards
Nature
BPS finished a disappointing 20th just above the relegation zone in the top tier for this competition.
Year End, Individual Awards
The merit images from all three rounds now go forward to the year-end re-judging for the individual awards to be held in June/July.
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Those of you who have attended Wednesday meetings over the last couple of weeks may have noticed some shiny new studio lights hanging out of the ceiling in the studio area - this is because Mike Martin and Steve Field have been out spending some of the Society's hard earned shekels and have replaced the lights that have been in place since we moved into Unit 13 back in 2015, and were beginning to show signs of age and in some cases failing.
The next couple of meetings will be centred around members getting familiar with the new equipment:
Monday 18 May – 10am-1pm.... Familiarisation with the new studio equipment
Monday 25 May – Spring Bank Holiday – No Meeting
Mike Martin
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Download Issue 404 PAGB eNews HERE
Download Issue 405 Extra PAGB eNews HERE. This edition is a tribute to Hugh Milsom FRPS MFIAP EFIAP/d2 who died recently.
NEW Download Issue 127 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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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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