Yateley Camera Club Exhibition 2014

David Noton Roadshow

Winchester Photographic Society Exhibition 2014

BWPA Last Call For Entries - closing 3rd May

Dear Camera club and members
We are not sure if your members of aware of BWPA and know the deadline is looming. We would be very grateful if you could let all your photographers know they have a week left to enter this competition. BWPA recognises the talents of photographers as well raising awareness about British Wildlife, biodiversity and encouraging its conservation. BWPA is supported by RSPB, WWF, Buglife and The Wildlife Trusts.
Thank you for your kind assistance and support
Best wishes
BWPA

LINK to their web site

PAGB News No. 114

CLICK HERE FOR e-news 114 from the PAGB

Tony Oliver's Through The Snow features again [see News No. 113]

This issue brings you news of the revised Awards for Photographic Merit in Audio Visual and much more. Just too late for this issue but watch out for e-news 115 with a full report from the recent Awards for Photographic Merit Adjudication.

NO ADJUDICATION DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR APM/AV BUT WE WELCOME EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN APPLICATIONS
- PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FEDERATION AWARDS OFFICER WHO SHOULD INFORM THE AWARDS
SECRETARY, LEO RICH. IF WE GET ENOUGH INTEREST A DATE WILL BE SCHEDULED. OVER TO YOU.

NEW forest open ART competition:2014

The New Forest Centre is owned and run by the New Forest Ninth Centenary Trust

  Registered Charity no: 279373

Our NEW forest open ART competition is back for a second year! Application forms and full details can be downloaded here and are available upon request from the New Forest Centre reception desk. Submission dates for the competition are Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July, between 10am and 4.30pm The New Forest Open Art exhibition will take place from Saturday 26 July to Saturday 30 August 2014. If you have any queries about the competition please email office@newforestcentre.org.uk or call 023 8028 6151 NEW FOREST CENTRE LYNDHURST  SO43 7NY  Tel 023 8028 6151  office@newforestcentre.org.uk  | www.newforestcentre.org.uk The New Forest Ninth Centenary Trust is a Registered Charity no. 279373.   FREE entry to the New Forest Museum for all under 16 years.

French Photo Holidays

Poster

We offer friendly 1:1 tuition, in a very creative and beautiful area of France, complete with comfortable en suite rooms, and fantastic cuisine. This, our second year of trading, has received some superb feedback, some of which is on TripAdvisor, see the following link.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g196506-d3984078-r179843905-Les_Ages_Chambres_d_Hotes-Brantome_Dordogne_Aquitaine.html

Could I ask you to pass on our details to your club members , I'm sure what we offer will be of interest to club photographers of all levels.

Thank you for you time.
Kind regards
Paul Edmunds
www.frenchphotographicholidays.com

Film Noir 8th June

Sunday 8th June 2014

£95.00 including a buffet lunch.

Spaces limited

Venue:

Kings Arms Hotel, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

 

9:30am to 4:30pm

 

Learn from one of the leading exponents of this style of photography and shoot images that will tell their own story.

  

For further details and 

on-line booking please go to: LINK

Posing Pouch Comes To Life

Posing Pouch Comes To Life

If you follow Andy Cubin's "Posing Pouch" article in Professional Imagemaker, you might be interested to learn that himself and his co-tutor Terry Hewlett at Photography Workshops in Wiltshire, are launching the Big Posing Workshop, based on the articles.

Aimed at all levels of photographers, the Big Posing Workshop, to be held on 25th May 2014 at the King's Arms in Malmesbury, aims to provide a full day of posing instruction and shooting.

In small groups, photographers will work with experienced models, in both studio and location environments, having first studied the essential elements of how the body can move and be directed into pleasing poses.

Subjects, including sourcing models, using social media through to advanced posing techniques are covered, as well as morning and afternoon practical directing and shooting sessions, ensuring the photographer gains in-depth knowledge and the vital hands-on skills, to maximize working with any model subject of any experience level.

At only £49 per photographer and limited spaces available, go to www.photographyworkshops.co.uk for more details.
Happy Posing

The
BIG
posing workshop
25th May 2014
9:30am - 4:30pm
Kings Arms Hotel, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
only £49.00
Book on line at photographyworkshops

Fordingbridge Spring Exhibition

Newbury Camera Club Gavin Hoey Photo Day

Newbury Camera Club presents

Gavin Hoey

A full day Photographic Workshop

Entitled: Camera Shake Up

Sunday 18^th May 2014 at

The Castle School, Love Lane, Newbury RG14 2JG

Welcome to Newbury Camera Club’s photographic tutorial day. It is aimed at all levels of skill in photography and post processing.

Gavin Hoey is a respected professional photographer, writer and trainer.

Gavin will cover a whole range of topics and his tutorials are presented in a relaxed and informal way and are easily understood by everyone.

The day will include live models and creative image making as well as the expert use of light without expensive equipment.

Whatever your photographic ability is, this is a day when you learn skills which take you to another level.

Lunchtime will be a Photo Shoot so bring your cameras.

Tickets are £15 on the day, or £12 in advance from Peter Orr:

Please make cheques payable to Newbury Camera Club

Newbury Camera Club

The Treasurer

Ladywell, Speen Lane, Speen, Newbury. RG14 1RJ

Phone: 01635 41158

Email: treasurer@newburycameraclub.org.uk

Start: 9.30am for 10 am.   Lunch break at 1.00 pm (1 hour)      Finish: 4 pm

Tea/Coffee are included, bring your own lunch!

For more info on Gavin go to www.gavtrain.com

My Travel Photography in Australia and ZENFOLIO on 18 May 2014 10.30am- 4.30pm

St Mary Bourne Village Hall,
Bourne Meadow
St Mary Bourne
Nr Andover SP11 6BE

Phil Hill a young freelance editorial and commercial travel photographer
and Adam Edwards – Zenfolio

Phil Hill has been based in Perth Australia but is now currently back in South West UK. Travelling extensively, shooting stock images, completing assignments and commissions in Australia, across Asia, and of course internationally, not happy unless on the move.

“The three most important things in this life to live by are as follows: it has got to look good, sound good and taste good. My aim has always been to photograph vibrantly colourful pictures of the world that I love to travel, graphic in composition and rich in context, content and compassion, these are everything
in photography. 
The world is amazing, you meet wonderfully humble people at every possible corner and never the politics and stereotypes you read about."

From modest beginnings in England’s west country, Phil picked up a camera quickly discovering its unique ability to act as skeleton key and backstage pass to the parts of life normally untouchable.
Together with years of caravan holidays, bad weather and burnt BBQ sausages Phil felt the insatiable need to travel with the itchiest of feet leading to constant camera equipment carry-on luggage headaches. Moving to Australia, the sausages still get burnt but the travelling and the photography is much better.
Phil’s work has been published internationally: Japan, Russia, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Portugal, Brazil and featured in The Telegraph (UK), Daily Mail, You Magazine, BBC, The Sunday Times travel magazine, Lonely Planet magazine, Garuda Indonesia Colours magazine, and National Geographic Traveller and much more.

Best Practices for a Photography Website.
Adam Edwards – Zenfolio
Adam is a very talented gifted landscape photographer who is also an expert on all things Zenfolio.
Zenfolio is a Photo Hosting Website, used by many photographers both for personal professional hosting with easy to use templates. The RPS are presently working with Zenfolio to offer discounts to RPS members.
Adam will be talking about best practices for a photography website for all, both enthusiasts professions to how best display the offers the company have to sell your work. It would touch on the tools Zenfolio provide to help photographers achieve their goals.
The idea is that the talk can be of general interest to all photographers, so that everyone will be able to get something out of it.
The talk will have live demonstrations projected on the Southern Regions large projected screen you will have ample opportunity to ask those questions about Website Hosting we all have.
Tickets £10 (RPS Members) £15 (Non Members) excludes lunch, please bring a packed lunch.
Booking Electronically through the new RPS Website.

Bluebells now at their best

We went to the Odstock wood today and the Bluebells are as good as I have ever seen them there.  The Beech leaves are hardly out ad so there is plenty of light. Below is an example.

LEE Filters Launch New Online Photograpy Magazine

LEE Filters are please to announce the introduction of our new online photography magazine 'Xposure'. Our first issue contains interviews and images from leading photographers, a gallery of images from photographers who have attended photography workshops sponsored by LEE and much more! A new edition will be published every 4 months and is available to view or download from our website.

We have also recently launched new photographic product lines. Leading on from the overwhelming success of the Big Stopper (10 stop filter), we have now introduced the Little Stopper (6 stop filter). The Little Stopper is available for the 100mm System and the Seven5 Micro Filter System. We have also added a new Deluxe Kit and three new ND Filter sets for the Seven5 system, Out Of Town, Seascape and Urban. The ND Filter sets will also include our newly designed triple filter wrap which will hold the 3 filters and also doubles up as a cleaning cloth.

Please do not hesitate to contact your nearest LEE dealer for more information or to place an order.

Kind Regards
LEE Filters

Rhonda Lilley

PAGB News No 113

CLICK HERE for your e-news 113 from the PAGB

This issue brings you a ticket application for Warwick, lots of news from the APM, a feature on Eastwood PS and more.

Also look out for Tony Oliver's picture in the GB Small Club Award WINNERS!

Through the Snow

Evening Walk about Photography Salisbury 30 April 2014

Meet at The Close Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury at 7.30pm until 9.30pm
Graham Harrison ARPS a professional photographer for the MOD and previously a lecturer at Salisbury College in Photography has agreed to lead an evening shoot around Salisbury. Sunset is at 8.24 pm so this is the ideal time to capture evening photography, late golden hour & when the sky is that magic blue between sunset & dark. The route is a well trodden & tested that Graham used for his students to gain their photographic qualifications & a subject matter is very close to Graham's heart.

This is a free event & open to all levels of photography from absolute beginner to advanced with the RPS Southern Region committee on hand to help out.

It is strongly suggested you bring along a tripod/monopod & a remote if available for your camera. Although we will be walking around the streets it is advisable to wear suitable sturdy shoes.

Finally we hope to finish up somewhere where we can have a drink & talk about your adventure. Remember this event is open to RPS members as well as those, who may be looking to join soon. So just turn up & find us at around 7ish as we start at 7.30pm sharp.

We advise that you bring the following;
Camera Kit
Camera, Memory Cards/Film, Lens cloth
A small torch/head torch
A tripod and release cable or remote trigger (pocket wizard) if you
have one., Flash , Spare batteries for camera and accessories
Notebook and pen
Your camera/flash manual if you're unsure of the various settings,
custom menu's etc.
Personal Kit (From Risk Assessment)
Comfortable walking shoes
Warm/Water proof jacket and trousers (is weather is inclement)

SCPF News for April 2014

You can now read the Southern Fed News HERE
There is news of the forthcoming AGM, Print Boxes and insider info on many other items.

Workshop with IGPOTY founder at Lacock Abbey

Hello,

I am emailing you to let you know about an interesting workshop that could be of interest to your members and is taking place on 10 May at Lacock, with the founder of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, Philip Smith.

The course under the title ‘Better plant and garden photography’ and topics covered include macro, depth of field, composition, digital processing and learning about light and colour. It’s suitable for all abilities and a chance for you to question and explore your whole approach to garden photography. The workshop is more about exploration and discovery than it is taking wonderful pictures on the day. Opportunities exist for a one to one chat with the tutor and there will be a guided tour of the IGPOTY display in the Botanic Garden of Lacock Abbey.

The workshop costs £75 per person and lunch is provided. Tickets are very limited so we advise early bookings to avoid disappointment. Box office: 0844 249 1895 or nationaltrust.org.uk. A poster with information is attached.

Workshoppers should bring their camera - full battery and a storage card (any format). If you have a DSLR or compact system camera with interchangeable lenses you will get more out of the day than if you use a simple compact camera.

You might be aware that Lacock Abbey is the birthplace of photography, as William Henry Fox Talbot invented the photographic negative here in 1835.
We celebrate his world-changing invention at Lacock, and our on-site museum has just gotten a makeover:

Thank you for your time. I hope you find this information useful. If you like, please share it with your members and friends.

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

With warm wishes,

Kristine

Kristine Heuser

Marketing and Communications Officer
Lacock & North Wiltshire Properties

The Granary, Manor Farm Estate Yard,

High Street, Lacock, Wiltshire SN15 2LG

01249 730510

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock www.nationaltrust.org.uk/courtsgarden

www.facebook.com/lacockNT www.facebook.com/courtsNT

Save the Date - The Spring Shoot is Coming!

Castle Cameras are having a Spring Shoot on 20th May.
Details are HERE
Free entry and Parking.
Well worth looking at.

Wiltshire Radio Today

Do not forget the listen to BBC Wiltshire Radio this afternoon at 3.30 pm and hear Robin Gemmill giving her all in an interview.

Now that you have missed the interview you may be able to hear it HERE
Click and push the slider until it reads 1hr 29 min. This is where the interview starts.

Mary Luckham Competition 2014

Dear Club Members,
Richard Ramsay has set the topic for this Trophy now.
Click this link to get details

SCC Timothy Allen lecture

Southampton Camera Club’s 2014 Elliott Mansfield Memorial Lecture.

POSTER

Timothy Allen gave last year’s lecture and it was so good that people leaving demanded that we asked him back.

His work takes him all around the world and is devoted to recording the huge diversity of human life and the landscapes that they live in. The stories behind his pictures are as absorbing as his photographs.

Last year he was the overall winner of the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year award.

The lecture is on 9 November, but tickets are already selling fast. An availability chart can be found on the club’s website.
Many thanks

Colin English
SCC Memorial Lecture Chairman

PAGB News No. 112

CLICK HERE for your e-news from the PAGB

This issue brings you important news about Copyright, a report from the Photography Show, lots of pictures and lots more.

RHS 2014 Photo Competition link

Austin found this link to a prestigious photographic competition with super big prizes. Click HERE to find out more.....

DI Group Thames Valley Centre: Next event 13 April: Guy Gowan

FULL DETAILS at:
http://www.rps.org/events/2014/april/13/di-group-thames-valley-guy-gowan

TICKET DETAILS at:
http://www.rps.org/special-interest-groups/digital-imaging/digital-imaging-thames-valley/about/tickets-for-events