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Next Wednesday our speaker is Nicholas Posner who will be presenting his talk, 40 Years of Celebrity Portraiture. Here is what Nicholas has to say about his talk:
How do you become a celebrity portrait photographer? Well for me it happened almost by accident and it has run alongside my career in medicine, including 25 years as a GP. This talk is the rollercoaster story of my life in photography, from being schoolboy photographer in my native northeast, to the heart of political intrigue at Westminster and a smattering of sports and TV stars along the way. From a heart-stopping smile from Kylie to a game of snooker with the Home Secretary, there are stories of chance meetings, grand offices and humble homes. You hear an awful lot in the press about these people. So is it all true? I can assure you it is.
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ZOOM
Login details:
- Wednesday 3 June @ 19.30hrs
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 3 June |
Nicholas Posner |
40 Years of Celebrating Portraiture |
| 8 June |
DI Group |
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| 10 June |
Gareth Martin |
Prints |
| 10 June |
Closing Date |
President's Cup, Garmston Bowl |
| 17 June |
Annual Print Competition |
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| 24 June |
BPS Outing |
An evening out with your camera! |
| 24 June |
Creative Competition |
Closing Date for PDIs |
| 1 July |
Creative Competition |
Closing Date for Prints
Note - PDI copies must be in by 24 June
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| 1 July |
President's Cup, Garmston Bowl |
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| 8 July |
ZOOM - Roger Hance |
Nature in Macro |
You can download your own A4 pdf copy of the full programme by clicking HERE.
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Please add 22 July to your diaries, being the date of the 2026 BPS Annual General Meeting.
You'll just have to control your excitement and wait, but further details and paperwork will follow soon.
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Monday 1 June, 10am-1pm – We will be continuing to explore the capabilities of our new lights. If you have any images demonstrating inspiring lighting, bring those along and we can try to recreate something similar with one of our in house models (AKA other members!).
Looking further ahead, Mike is working to try and secure a couple of models for the next couple of months – watch this space for more details.
Mike Martin
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The next Digital Imaging Group Meeting will be on Monday 8 June at 7.30pm.
Watch this space for further details
Rachel Domleo.
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Clink Clink (our neighbours in Unit 14) and the Bristol Zoo Project have launched the “Make Nature Work” project at Montpelier Central. This involves various things including installing wildlife trail cameras and upgrading all the planting around the estate to make it more nature friendly and involves all the tenants in Montpelier Central.
To kick things off, in June the project will begin the first round of adding new plants to the site and installing bird and insect boxes. We have received the following request from Clink Clink: To get things going, we hoped you would nominate one person from your organisation who can be our lead point of contact for the volunteering days. All we’ll need them to do is gauge the availability/interest of the team and share it back with us. We’ll add them to a WhatsApp group and then send (light) comms to organise the first volunteering day for a time that suits the majority of those who’d like to join us on planting/installing!
This is where you come in - if you would like to be the BPS point of contact and would like to get involved in the project, please email me ( pete@bristolphoto.org.uk) with your mobile phone number and I will pass it on.
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Amateur Photographer of the Year 2026 |
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The 2026 APOY is now under way, with the first round already completed. Round 2 - Black & White, is now open for entries.
Last year’s winners, Plymouth, had 15 members score points by having more shortlisted images, rather than finishing in the top 10 in each competition. Against this BPS had only 5 photographers shortlisted across the various rounds and finished 9th – with the talent within BPS we should finish way higher up the rankings. But to do so, requires members to enter! So, lets get behind this and give this a real go.
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Here is the timetable for the rest of the competition:
To enter, just visit: www.amateurphotographer.com/apoy and quote the FREE entry code APOY77410062 Just remember to select Bristol PS when you register your first entry.
So, now you've been given all the entry details and you've got the talent and espescially as it'll cost you nowt - you have no excuse not to enter!
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The results from this year's Annual Projected Image Competition are now in. The evening proved to be a bit of a masterclass in time management, with our judge, Eddy Lane, managing to pass comment on all 153 submitted images and still finish ahead of time - just goes to show what can be done when the judge doesn't waste time describing to the audience what they can already see, instead restricting his/her comments to critique - well done Eddy.
THE RESULTS
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| John Cato |
Waiting 2 |
1st |
| Rick Ayrton |
The Singer |
2nd |
| Jennifer Rogers |
A Walk In The Park |
3rd |
| Rick Ayrton |
Exploring The Reef |
HC |
| John Cato |
Dawn In A Temperate Rainforest |
HC |
| Urmila Kerslake |
A Moment Of Reflection |
HC |
| Robert Rogers |
View From The South Bank |
HC |
| Robert Rogers |
Glass Towers And Plane |
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| Ibrahim Gitteh Massiah |
Night Market |
1st |
| Jon Richer |
Bluebells At Warp Speed |
2nd |
| Judy Yates |
Can You Hear Me |
3rd |
| Tim Barker |
Guitarist At Green Man Festival |
HC |
| Tim Barker |
Church In A Cow Field |
HC |
| Ibrahim Gitteh Massiah |
Listen |
HC |
| Ibrahim Gitteh Massiah |
Media Rage |
HC |
| Vicky Harrison |
Joy |
HC |
| Vicky Harrison |
Staircase To Heaven |
HC |
| Sian Jones |
Up Close And Personal |
HC |
| Sue Swift |
Fish - No Thanks I've Got A Mouse |
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| ADVANCED |
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| Sue O'Connell |
The Heart Of The Festival |
1st |
| Barry Mead |
Witch Twins |
2nd |
| Ashwin Chauhan |
Homeward Bound |
3rd |
| David Alderson |
The Foot Of The Fall |
HC |
| Margaret Chambers |
Golden Sandstorm - Deadvlei |
HC |
| Rachel Domleo |
Dejected |
HC |
| Rachel Domleo |
City That Never Sleeps |
HC |
| Mike Martin |
Cellist |
HC |
| Mike Martin |
Tracks Of My Tears |
HC |
| Peter McCloskey |
At Rest |
HC |
| Peter McCloskey |
Helping Hand |
HC |
| Peter McCloskey |
In Prayer |
HC |
| Barry Mead |
Trafalgar |
HC |
| Paul Moran |
Now Arriving At Platform 6
001 |
HC |
| Sue O'Connell |
Watchful Ovakuvale Woman |
HC |
| Derwood Pamphilon |
Aquatic Nymph |
HC |
| Derwood Pamphilon |
Laetitia Balanced |
HC |
| Sue Pearmain |
The Walk Home |
HC |
| Steve Taylor |
Laguna Colorada Bolivia |
HC |
| Steve Taylor |
Clearing Rain - Bell Hagg Barn |
HC |
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"BEST OF" |
| Ashwin Chauhan |
Science Museum-Valencia |
Mono |
| Christine Mallett |
Train On Train Street |
Travel |
| Peter McCloskey |
Speedway |
Action |
| Sue O'Connell |
Siblings |
People |
| Ralph Snook |
King Colony South Georgia |
Landscape |
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| NATURE |
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| Mary Pears |
Cheetah Cub Holding Mother's Tail |
Gold Medal |
| Tim Barker |
Crab Spider Pose |
1st |
| Ramesh Chauhan |
Pholiota squarrosa |
2nd |
| Ralph Snook |
Beak To Beak |
3rd |
| Tim Barker |
Chafer Beetle Feeding |
HC |
| Sandie Cox |
Polar Bear Reflection |
HC |
| Sandie Cox |
Red Squirrel In Snow Storm |
HC |
| Richard Kay |
Grey Seal Mother Caring For Her Pup |
HC |
| Richard Kay |
Young Blue Morph Arctic Fox With Scavenged Cod |
HC |
| Graham Pears |
Hopping Oxpecker |
HC |
| Mary Pears |
Baby Elephant With Mother |
HC |
| Mary Pears |
Leopard Resting In Tree |
HC |
| Ralph Snook |
Jackal Pair Chasing Intruder |
HC |
| Steve Taylor |
Vicuna Crossing Laguna Chalviri - Bolivia |
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1st: Waiting 2 by John Cato |
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2nd
The Singer
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Rick Ayrton
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3rd
A Walk in the Park
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Jennifer Rogers
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1st: Night Market by Ibrahim Gitteh Massiah
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2nd
Bluebells at Warp Speed
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Jon Richer
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3rd
Can You Hear Me
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Judy Yates
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1st & Best in Competition: The Heart Of The Festival by Sue O'Connell
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2nd
Witch Twins
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Barry Mead
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3rd
Homeward Bound
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Ashwin Chauhan
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Gold Medal
Cheetah Cub Holding Mother's Tail by Mary Pears |
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1st: Crab Spider Pose by Tim Barker |
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2nd
Pholiota squarrosa
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Ramesh Chauhan
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3rd
Beak to Beak
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Ralph Snook
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INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY WINNERS |
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BEST MONO
Science Museum-Valencia
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Ashwin Chauhan
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BEST TRAVEL
Train On Train Street
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Christine Mallett
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BEST ACTION
Speedway
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Pete McCloskey
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BEST PEOPLE
Siblings
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Sue O'Connell
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BEST LANDSCAPE
King Colony South Georgia
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Ralph Snook
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CERTIFICATES
Those members who were awarded certificates in the Annual, but were unable to collect them personally last Wednesday, will be able to collect them from the Index File box on the table near the rear exit door.
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Competitions - IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
President’s Cup and Garmston Bowl
The closing date for these panel competitions is 10 June. There will be more information about how to submit your entries soon.
Creative Competition
The closing date for this year’s Creative Competition coincides with the annual BPS outing – Wednesday, 24 June. This means that Unit 13 will not be open on that day for print entries to be deposited. You will, therefore, be able to deposit your prints up until the following Wednesday, 1 July.
However, all PDI entries and digital copies of print entries must still be uploaded to PhotoEntry by 24 June.
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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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The BS9 Arts Trail is on 6-7 June, which features BPS member, Derwood Pamphilon at Trinity College, Stoke Hill, BS9 1JP. Click on flier for more information.
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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
This Weekend
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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