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Our speaker next week is Ross McKelvey MFIAP MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/p FIPF who will be presenting his talk: An Eclectic Mix of Award winning photography.
Ross lives in Belfast, so this will be a Zoom presentation. He is a highly successful photographer on both the national and international scene, and was awarded the FIAP Blue Badge in the recent Bristol Salon for gaining the highest number of acceptances by an entrant (this is the second year on the trot that he has won this accolade). Tonight's images will cover several genres, including portraits, nature, landscape, sport, art nude, and creative images - an evening not to miss.
To see Ross's work, click HERE to go to his website.
Here are a few images from the evening:
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ZOOM
Login details:
- Wednesday 18 March @ 19.30hrs
- Log in: Click HERE
- Meeting ID: 857 2790 1499
- Password: 651165
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Speaker |
Subject |
| 25 March |
PDI Competition |
Round 4 |
| 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 |
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The programme up to the end of the current BPS programme year is now finally complete. You can download your own A4 pdf copy by clicking HERE.
This lists all Wednesday evening meetings, showing competition closing dates where appropriate and also all DI Group and Distinctions Advisory evenings.
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Following the visit of Roger Bracewell last week I have contacted him to check out the feasibility of running a workshop in Bristol covering urban and cityscape photography. Roger has given me several weekends during April and early May and would prefer a Sunday meet.
The initial workshop would be confined to a maximum of eight people on a first-come basis and if it were to prove popular, we could always arrange a second workshop.
The cost would be £160 to be equally divided amongst the attendees..
This is a chance for members to engage in a discipline they may not have originally considered and also to receive tuition from someone who has shown excellence in this type of photography.
Mike Hall
Group Organiser
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PSA Monochrome Interclub PDI Competition |
A good result from Round 2 of the PSA Mono PDI competition, congratulations to Derwood, Carole and Sue getting a higher HM (assuming HM stands for High Merit) than my Merit even though I got a higher score! And thanks to Colin and Pete – without your support too, we wouldn’t have had an entry.
For those interested in keeping track of the scores, here they are:
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Carole Brown
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FDR Drive Light Trails
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23
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HM
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Colin Dixon, EFIAPs
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The Miner
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22
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Derwood Pamphilon, ARPS, DPAGB
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Action Man
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23
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HM
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Mike Martin, EFIAP, AWPF, FDPS, BPE1
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Caprice
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25
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Merit
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Pete Howell
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The Exercise Yard
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20
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Sue Pearmain
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Vanishing Giant
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23
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HM
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Together this raised BPS to 6th place up from 18th ! We are now on 241 points, although a significant jump, we remain some way off Blarney, the Leader’s score on 272!
This leaves just the Nature PDIs outstanding (fingers crossed).
Mike
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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):
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Time |
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Theme |
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Monday
16 March
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10am to1pm |
Open to all.
No cost. |
None set – bring whatever you want to photograph. |
| TWOsday 17 March |
7:30pm to 9:30pm |
£25 per person,
Limited to 2 people, booking essential |
Kornelia – Trapped (wide angle lens essential)
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| Monday 23 March |
10am to 1pm |
Open to all.
No cost. |
None set – bring whatever you want to photograph. |
| 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 400 PAGB eNews HERE .
Download Issue 400 Extra PAGB eNews HERE. This is a special issue to celebrate 400 editions and contains may images, including four images and words from BPS members: Barry Mead, Derwood Pamphilon, Sue O'Connell and Peter Brisley.
Download Issue 125 of Photography News HERE.
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Documentary Photography Exhibition |
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PhotoBath invites photographers and photographic artists to submit work for ‘Truth Decay’, an exhibition that interrogates the erosion of truth in contemporary society. They seek submissions that offer provocative, poetic, and critical interpretations of how truth is seen, staged, manipulated, obscured, and rediscovered in today’s world.
Submissions are open to emerging and established photographers worldwide, the exhibition will be blindly & independently curated, the deadline for final submissions is 30 May 2026.
For further info please click HERE.
The exhibition will take place in Gallery 44AD, Bath: 29 Sept - 4 Oct 2026. PhotoBath is also considering an online exhibition and a printed zine to accompany the event.
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Image 26
South Birmingham "Image 26" Exhibition
Closing: 15 March This Weekend
4 PDI Sections
Open Colour
Monochrome
Natural History
Portrait
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Rushden Open Photographic Exhibition
Closing: 15 March This Weekend
5 PDI Sections:
Open
Monochrome
Creative
Scapes
Nature
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Closing: 15 March This Weekend
6 PDI Sections:
Open
Monochrome
Creative
People
Scapes
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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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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BPS member, Steve Reynolds, was awarded an SIE Medal in the recent Southampton International Salon for his colour print: Hands of Work - well done. Steve tells me that this was his 300th international award, some milestone!
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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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