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Sunday 26 July 2015

Eva Worobiec Talk


Martin Parr and other photographers

Artsnight and Photography

The Society received notification yesterday of a BBC2 television programme showing tonight at 11pm which will be looking at photography through the eyes of Giles Duley HonFRPS, Martin Parr HonFRPS and Richard Billingham. You can read more about the programme on the Society’s website here:http://www.rps.org/news/2015/july/artsnight-and-photography

Regards
Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS
Director-General
The Royal Photographic Society

Monday 20 July 2015

Chichester Exhibition 15 to 22 August 2015

Hello from Chichester.
The Chichester Camera Club’s 66th annual exhibition of its members’ work will take place from August 15th 2014 through to August 22nd, 2014 (with the exception of Sunday, August 16th).  

It will be held, as usual, in the Assembly Rooms on North Street in Chichester and will be open between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.  We would like to invite members of your Club to drop by and see our work if they are in Chichester during the exhibition.  They will receive a warm welcome.

The opening of the exhibition will be held on the evening of Friday, August 14th, 2014.  

We would like to invite up to 4 members of your Club to join us for the opening ceremonies, a light buffet and a viewing of the show.  The doors will open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 programme start. 

We look forward to seeing you in the Assembly Rooms.

Sincerely, 
Peter Rocchiccioli
(Exhibition Secretary)

RPS Digital Group EXPO 2015 at Warwick Uni 20th Sept


Click on poster to enlarge

Friday 17 July 2015

Photography help for a charity

I write to request some help from Salisbury Camera Club.

South Wilts Mencap is a local charity serving Salisbury and South Wiltshire. Our members, people with a learning disability their parents and carers, lead challenging lives and we offer a support, companionship and recreation.

Our website is elderly and tired, so we are redeveloping it with the help of a professional public relations consultant and a commercial web designer who are generously giving their time pro bono. We have completed the brief and are about to embark on the design and development phase of what will be a small but high quality site. You will understand that it is an important tool for communicating with members, attracting volunteers and raising funds.

We shall need some good quality photographs, but have neither the necessary skills nor sufficient funds to pay a professional photographer. I wondered therefore if one of your members, perhaps someone who has retired, might be interested in taking on a project to populate the site with good photographs. We are very vibrant Society and there are lots of different and interesting events taking place all the time. Our members are very friendly and I believe the project would prove enjoyable and highly satisfying.

If you could put me in touch with anyone who might be interested, I would be most grateful.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email, I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel Afford
Chair
For South Wilts Mencap
M: 07825887152

www.southwiltsmencap.org.uk

Thursday 16 July 2015

RPS Newsletter July 2015 & Advisory Day

Click here to read their News

South East Region ARPS Advisory Day: Pictorial, Natural History and Travel 

2 August 2015  10:30 - 16:30
Canterbury, Kent

The event is intended to provide guidance to RPS Members and Non-members who are considering applying for the ARPS distinction and will offer an opportunity to see successful ARPS submissions and receive personal guidance on the preparation of your panel together with the selection of a subject.

The Advisors will be Paul Foley FRPS and Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP BPES. The event will be most suited to those considering applying for the ARPS distinction in pictorial, natural history or travel. The category of visual art has been divided into pictorial and creative. If you are considering seeking advice on pictorial, it is recommended that you refer to the definition on the RPS website.

You may attend as a Spectator or as a Participant. As a Participant, you should take to the meeting 20 prints that you consider could form the basis for a panel. This will enable the Advisors to comment on the quality of your work and examine how the prints may work together as a coherent panel.

Those wishing to attend are asked to register and pay through the RPS website. In the event that there are any problems with this process, please contact the Regional Organiser.

Terry McGhie ARPS
Email the event organiser
01323 492584

- See more at: http://www.rps.org/events/2015/august/02/south-east-region-arps-advisory-day-pictorial-natural-history-and-travel#sthash.G1Qd0i7k.dpuf

Viewfinders Exhibition 25th July to 2nd Aug


PAGB News No. 143





The Awards for Photographic Merit in November 2015 have now been booked at the Nidum Arts Centre in Neath http://www.nptc-cvp.com/nidum_arts_centre/

Hon Editor; Rod Wheelans MPAGB MFIAP FRPS FIPF HonPAGB HonSPF

e: rod@creative-camera.co.uk

Monday 13 July 2015

Black+White Photographer of the Year 2015 Competition

Black+White Photography magazine, in association with Leica, is delighted to announce the competition is now open to find the



We hope that your members would be interested therefore I have attached a poster for you to print or to publish on your website, newsletter, etc as you prefer.

We are looking for the best in contemporary black & white photography. The competition is open to all and pictures can be taken on any kind of camera.

For the overall title of Black+White Photographer of the Year 2015 we want to see three pictures that relate to each other in style and content.

For our category prizes we want to see single images on the following themes:

• People (from portraits to street photography)

• Natural World (landscapes, seascapes and wildlife)

• Documentary (reportage, documentary, photojournalism)

• Black+White at its Best (all other styles – including architecture, still life, sport and
experimental work)

• Emerging Talent (any style by photographers aged 25 or under)

The overall winner will receive the new Leica M Monochrom plus a 50mm Leica lens (worth a total of £7,000) and the title Black+White Photographer of the Year 2015. Category winners receive £200 cash plus a £100 voucher from theprintspace in London.

The winners will be invited to an awards ceremony at Leica’s prestigious studios in London and the winning pictures will be exhibited at the Leica Studios and then at theprintspace in London. They will also be published in Black+White Photography magazine.

Deadline for entries: Midnight Sunday 20 September 2015.

For full competition details see the website: bpoty.com.
Kind Regards,
Anne Guillot
Marketing Executive
GMC Publications
166 High Street
Lewes
BN7 1XU

01273 402871 (Extension 275)
anneg@thegmcgroup.com

Friday 10 July 2015

Freedom of Photography is saved!

10 July 2015
Your voices have been heard by the European Parliament and by the European Commission! After handing over the half a million signatures on Wednesday, the parliament voted yesterday with a big majority against any restriction of the Freedom of Panorama!

When I handed over the petition to MEP Julia Reda, she was “overwhelmed by the responses to the petition” and stated that “the petition has changed the debate in the parliament considerably and a lot of the parliamentary groups that originally voted for a restriction of Freedom of Panorama are clearly changing their mind about this.”

And the debate changed indeed – even MEP Jean-Marie Cavada, who started everything with his proposal of restricting the Freedom of Panorama in the first place, called upon the other members of the Parliament to vote against his own amendment. Many politicians brought the Freedom of Panorama up in the debate and mentioned that they’ve received “hundreds of e-mails and letters” from concerned people – from you!

Also the European Commission gave a clear statement by Commissioner Günther Oettinger that they “don’t intend to restrict the Freedom of Panorama”. Instead he says that “what you can see with your eyes as a citizen, on public places and streets in Europe, you should be allowed to also photograph it with a camera.

The primary goal is accomplished. The parliament voted under applause that the existing Freedom of Panorama is not taken away from anybody and we can all take a deep breath. However, we do not forget about photographers from France, Italy and other countries that currently don’t enjoy this Freedom. We hope that the European Commission understood that this essential freedom has to apply all over Europe and we will closely monitor the proposal for the copyright reform by the European Commission that is due by the end of the year.

Sunday 5 July 2015

Save the Freedom of Photography

Please read the message from our President, Tony Oliver, about a petition to the European Parliament concerning the freedom to photograph in public places.
Thanks,
Sue Teagle
SCPF Secretary

Given the short time from before the vote ( 4 days) I suggest that the best course of action would be for us to sign as individuals (if we wish to) and to send the link to club secretaries. Although we would no usually get involved directly with political canvassing, I think that this issue is one of potential importance to us as club photographers.
I was aware of the proposal, although the potential interpretations as I understand them are not quite as severe as the petition suggests (and relate more to commercial use of images than amateur photographers). However this is still an extremely important issue which has passed most of us by.
The link is below:
http://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography

Thursday 2 July 2015

Camera Equipment for sale

David Miesner has changed his system and wishes to sell his previous camera stuff.

If you would like to have any of this then contact him on drm@drm35.myzen.co.uk

Canon EOS 500D body
1 Canon battery
3 other batteries
Canon battery charger
Photolex Battery Grip

Tamron 10 – 24 SP lens f 3.5- 4.5
Lens hood for same
Harma Uv fiilter 77mm screw
Lens cap
Hoya Variable Density Filter 3-400 77mm screw

Canon EF 50mm f 1.8 lens
Hoya UV filter for same
Hoya flexible Lens hood

Canon 18-200 f3.5-5.6 IS lens
Lens hood for same
Hoya circular polarising filter 72mm screw

Sigma 18 – 125 f 3.8 – 5.6 lens
Marumi UV filter 67mm screw
DHG lens protect 67mm screw
lens cap
N.B slightly erratic functionality

Digital Remote timer

PAGB NEWS No. 142

The latest newsletter is now available HERE then click on the enews icon on the left side to download the issue.