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Next week is the final round of the 2025-2026 Print Competition season, when the overall "champion" will be crowned. The judge for this round is Peter Orr ARPS, who hails from Shalbourne in Wiltshire.
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- Wednesday 22 April @ 19.30hrs
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| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| 29 April |
Ian Hargreaves |
Into Darkness |
| 29 April |
Annual PDI Competition |
Closing Date |
| 6 May |
Paul Gallagher |
East & West - a Zoom presentation |
| 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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You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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Annual Projected Image Competition |
This is advanced warning that the closing date for the Annual Projected Image Competition is just around the corner - 29 April, when the judge will be Judge: Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP APAGB.
Annual Projected Digital Image Competition
This competition consists of the usual Club, Intermediate and Advanced levels. In addition, there is a Nature section which does not distinguish between Club, Intermediate and Advanced entrants but is open to all. Anyone wishing to enter the Nature section must indicate the entries with the appropriate identification, letter Y, in place of the level letter.
Members may submit a maximum of 4 PDI images into each entered section. These must be numbered in the entrant’s preferred order, as some images may be excluded if the total entry is excessive.
In addition to the usual awards at each level, the judge is asked to select the Best Travel, People, Action, Landscape and Monochrome pictures from the whole entry (i.e. all levels). One or more of the Best Travel etc awards may well go to an image that gains another award. A trophy will be presented for the best image in each competition at the AGM. The trophy will be awarded for one of the 1st place images.
A full set of BPS competition rules can be downloaded HERE.
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The GB Cup and GB Trophy were judged in March (the GB Cup is a Projected Digital Image (PDI) competition, while the GB Trophy is a Print competition), both are organized annually by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) for clubs. BPS acquitted themselves pretty well this year and our standings are shown below. Special praise goes to Richard Kay, John Chamberlin and Steve Taylor for gaining individual awards. See this week's PAGB eNews Extra download (elsewhere in this newsletter) for a full report on these competitions.
The GB Trophy 2026 Nature
Club Standings
1st Bristol Photographic Society (out of 12 clubs entered)
Individual Competition Image Awards.
Blue Morph Arctic Fox in a Snowstorm Richard Kay Silver Gordon Jenkins Award
Chinstraps on Glacier John Chamberlin
PAGB Ribbon
The GB Trophy 2026 Open
Club Standings
5th Bristol Photographic Society (out of 14 clubs entered)
GB Cup 2026 Open
Club Standings
16th Bristol Photographic Society (out of 46 clubs entered)
GB Cup 2026 Nature
Club Standings
=3rd Bristol Photographic Society (out of 54 clubs entered)
Individual Competition Image Awards.
Arctic Fox Facing a Storm Richard Kay PAGB Ribbon
Vicuna crossing Laguna Chalviri - Bolivia Steve Taylor PAGB Ribbon
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Planned dates are below (subject to change):
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Time |
No & Cost |
Theme |
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Monday
20 April
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10am-1pm |
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Portrait session with Jazz |
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Monday
27 April
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10am-1pm |
£10pp |
All welcome - £10 per person |
| 1.30pm-4.30pm |
£20pp |
Limited to 5 people - £20 per person
Jazz will return if we haven’t scared her off. Mike is still discussing what the theme will be, but one option is her interpretation of a 1900s style offering all sorts of creative opportunities. In true Blue Peter fashion here are a few Mike prepared earlier:
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Following the success/interest in the TWOsday shoots with Kornelia, Mike will be looking to organise some more in May..... watch the newsletter later this month for details.... and respond quickly to secure a place!
Mike Martin
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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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A Plea From A Member - Update |
Back in February I published a plea from Pete Davis, one of our newer members, who requested advice on an upcoming trip to Antarctica (lucky beggar!) - sadly there was no advice forthcoming. However, he has since had that same plea reproduced in Digital Camera magazine, with the following response:
Question: “I’m lucky enough to be taking a flight over Antarctica in November and have recently taken a photography course and upgraded my camera to the Nikon Z6iii to prepare for this once in a lifetime experience. I hope to take some great shots but know that snow photography can be challenging, so what would be your top tips for successful photos of large white expanses of ice and snow taken through the windows of an aircraft cruising at about 6000 feet?”
Digital Camera replies: “Two things are going to be immediate problems. Firstly, the reflections off the inside of the cabin window and secondly, the reflective nature of what you’re shooting. For the first point, either press your camera up against the window and try to shield it, or use a circular polariser to try to cut the reflections out. Secondly, as all that snow will cause underexposure, try dialling in +1EV exposure compensation. Also, the auto-focus might struggle, so turn it off and manually focus yourself."
If anyone has anything they can add to this advice, please let me know and I will forward it on to Pete.
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Don't forget the special 15% discount on DxO software. Full details can be found in last week's newsletter, issue 673 (download a copy here).
- PHOTOLAB 9
- NIK COLLECTION 8
- PURERAW 6
- FILMPACK 8
- VIEWPOINT 5
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. PLEASE NOTE, THE DISCOUNT ONLY APPLIES TO NEW CUSTOMERS
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Robin Hood Exhibition
Closing: 26 April FINAL WEEK
6 PDI Sections:
Open Colour
Open Monochrome
Scapes
People
Creative
Nature
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NEATH UK SALON 2026
Closing: 20 April LAST FEW DAYS
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Open Monochrome
Creative
Nature
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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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Due to changing my printer, I have some ink cartridges, recently purchased, for sale:
Epson, Hummingbird series:
- T0801(Black)(2)
- T0802(Cyan)(2)
- T0803(Magenta) (1)
- T0804(Yellow)(1)
- T0805(Lt Cyan)(2)
- T0806(Lt Magenta)(2)
£10.00 each or £80.00 the lot.
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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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IMPORTANT: Personal Detail Changes |
Please don't forget that if you change your
address (home or email), or gain additional photographic distinctions,
it would be appreciated if you could let the Membership Secretary know
so that she can keep her records up to date, this will also ensure that
you continue to receive your newsletters - please email all changes to membership@bristolphoto.org.uk.
The distinctions we have on record are those
shown at the top of this newsletter, please remember, if you don't tell
us we can't possibly know!
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