The RPS and The Open University launch new online photography course

Well worth checking out if you wish to get an LRPS.

The Royal Photographic Society and The Open University have launched a unique online digital photography course that will bring together The RPS’s 160-year experience in photography and the Open University’s recognised expertise in delivering education online.

Digital Photography: Creating and Sharing Better Images is a 10-week course designed to help people new to digital photography and those looking to improve existing skills – and to see the world in a new way. It will develop participants’ technical and visual skills through weekly practical assignments. Students will join a vibrant online community of their peers, to share, comment and learn from each other’s work, and they will receive feedback from expert photographers on their final assessment.

The course has been designed to give those completing it the skills needed to tackle The Royal Photographic Society’s Licentiate (LRPS) distinction in photography.

The 10-week course will cost £200 with participants working through The Open University’s award-winning online platform. There will be two presentations each year, with the first in June and October 2015. Students who successfully complete the course will be entitled to an RPS Certificate in Photography. It does not provide credit towards OU qualifications.

For further information visit: www.rps.org/online-courses

The media release can be seen here: http://www.rps.org/news/2015/april/digital-photography-a-rps-and-open-university-course

Please circulate details to your friends and fellow photographers in other clubs and societies.
Regards
Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS
Director-General
The Royal Photographic Society
Direct line: +44 (0)1225 325730

Inspiring seminars at the Spring Shoot

Our interactive photography show, the Spring Shoot returns for 2015 on Tuesday 19th May. There will be live studio action with Pentax and their mighty 645Z, Falconry displays from Liberty's Owl and Raptor centre, Macro photography from Wildarena with their beautiful butterflies and much more. We are excited to announce our guest speaker line up which this year is superb. Book your places now to avoid disappointment! From Sony we have a FREE seminar with Nick Webster, internationally renowned Fashion and Editorial photographer. He will share his insight into the world of fashion and how he uses the Sony Alpha system within it. In another FREE seminar from Canon we welcome David Newton, expert photographer and tutor, David will talk about his love of Landscapes and how Canon cameras help him share his vision. Heading up the bill we are thrilled to announce we have not one, but two different seminars from the creative colossus that is Damien Lovegrove. Damien is a renowned photographer and lighting guru. He specialises in portrait and beauty photography and teaches professional photographers his craft across the world. In the morning session Damien will show you how to take full remote control of the off-camera Cactus speedlight system that he uses with the Fuji X system to create his magical portraits. He will start with wonderfully simple one-light setups to create portraits with his trademark cinematic feel. In the second of his demonstrations Damien will show you how to recreate the enigmatic charm of a bygone era with Hollywood portraits. I'm sure you'll agree this year's show looks like it will be our best yet. Tuesday 19th May, 10am, Hamworthy Club, Canford Magna. Don't miss it! Mastering flash photography with Damien Lovegrove Damien demonstrates Fuji X cameras and the Cactus speed light system 10:30 - 12:00 £25 View complete listing Hollywood Portraits with Damien Lovegrove Damien demonstrates how to recreate Hollywood Portraits 2:30 - 4:00 £25 View complete listing Special Damien Lovegrove double seminar pass Special pass for both Damien Lovegrove seminars - Save £10! 10:30 - 12:00 2:30 - 4:00 £40 View complete listing Fashion and editorial photography with Nick Webster Sony Advocate Nick Webster shares his passion for fashion and editorial photography 1:15 - 2:00 FREE View complete listing Landscape photography with David Newton Canon expert David Newton shares his passion for Landscape photography 12:15 - 1:00 FREE View complete listing

Gavin Hoey Talk- Beaulieu Camera Group

Please can you advise your members of the forthcoming, very exciting, visit to Beaulieu Camera group by Gavin Hoey on the 17th June 2015.
See HERE
For further details please contact programme.secretary@beaulieucameragroup.co.uk

Regards
Richard Branch

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Castle Cameras CANON roadshow 22 May

The Canon Pro Imaging Roadshow 2015 will be at our Bournemouth store on Thursday 21st May and our Salisbury Store on Friday 22nd May.

Featuring seminar presentations from professional photographers David Clapp and Danny Green with detailed reviews and images from both the Canon EOS 7D Mk II and the new Canon EOS 5DS and 5DSR and the chance to have your portfolio reviewed by David and Danny on the day. As well as the interesting and informative seminars, there will be Canon special offers.

Tickets at £10 are for either the morning or the afternoon sessions, which give you access to both seminars.

RPS Newsletter April 2015

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The Digital Imaging Group is holding a major one day event at The University of Warwick on 20 September 2015. For more information why not watch the short video here or go to the web site? ‘It’s all about Knowledge'.
HELICON FOCUS
According to the optical laws, the closer the subject, the smaller the depth of field. But there is a way to break these rules. Times when using software tools in photography was perceived as tricking are far-off now. Things changed and purchasing program licenses turned to be as essential both among professionals and enthusiasts as buying a tripod or a polarizing filter.

Helicon Focus was one of the first focus stacking programs to be developed and in a decade became a truly renowned solution in the worldwide photography community. Focus stacking technique grows more and more common in diverse photography types – from photomicrography to landscapes – producing images with extended depth of filed. Actually, with Helicon Focus nothing but your creative concept sets limits to the DOF. Read More ...

Symposium on War Photography. 19th April 2015 at the Winchester Discovery Centre

For the past year the DVJ group of the RPS have been working towards an exhibition and symposium to commemorate the Great War. The Exhibition, Then and Now, is at the Discovery Centre in Winchester from 1-28th April.

The Symposium is at the Performance Space in the Discovery Centre on 19 April, starting at 11.00 hours.

We have a fine line up of speakers:

Dr Del Barrett ARPS. Metaphors we die by. An overview of the inextricable link between language as a means of persuasion and war. The use of language as a means of garnering support for war is far from new. In her presentation Del Barrett looks at the different techniques that have been used since WW1, including neologism euphemism and metaphor, and shows how such devices can have deadly effects on those in the war arena, including the war photographers.

Alison Baskerville. Women and Conflict. The portrayal of women as victims of war is something we see regularly on the news. But what happens when the woman chooses a uniform and takes on the more male dominated aspect of warfare? This talk will explore the idea of women and war and the images that represent them.

Dr RM Callender FRPS Photography in the Great War. The profusion of images that emerged to remind us of the conflict between 1914 and 1918 prompted Ron Callender to examine the role of photography in the Great War. His aim was to find out why photography was important to both the allies and the axes powers, and to gather examples of social and professional photography from both sides.

Brett Killington. The importance of documenting the remains of WWI. Brett has spent the last four years documenting the tunnels and other remains of WWI and he will discuss why they have historical value and the importance of documenting what remains for the future.

Dr. Hilary Roberts. Imperial War Museum Research Curator of Photography An Introduction to War Photography. War photography is a complex but frequently misunderstood genre which is almost as old as photography itself. This talk will consider the nature, origins and evolution of the key formative influences on photographers who take war as their subject .
Further details can be found at: http://www.rps.org/events/2015/april/19/symposium-on-war-photography

Bookings can be made via the website (above) or by emailing dvj@rps.org

Maureen Connelly, LRPS
Chair, DVJ

The Other Glyn Edmunds

I’m Glyn Edmunds, the Chairman of Pyle & Porthcawl Photographic Society in South Wales, and I was wondering whether you would be able to do me a favour by informing your members about a group Kenya Wildlife Photo Safari I am organising for July/August.

You can find me on the Welsh Photographic Federation website under clubs (http://thewpf.co.uk/?page_id=52), Presenters (http://thewpf.co.uk/?page_id=1348) and the Safari (http://thewpf.co.uk/?p=14330).

I am passionate about Photography, Animals and East Africa, and I go on custom designed private safaris as often as I am able. After intense negotiations, I am now able to offer other photographers the chance to come with me at less than half the normal price!

The information sheets about this amazing deal to Kenya, including seeing the Great Wildebeest Migration on the Maasai Mara, can be downloaded at http://glynedmunds.co.uk/docs/Special-Kenya-Photo-Safari-2015-Combined.pdf or via http://glynedmunds.co.uk/kenya_photo_safari.html.

Here are a few links to images from my last safari to the locations involved.

Sweetwaters (Ol Pejeta)
http://glynedmunds.co.uk/images/The-Stare.jpg
Samburu
http://glynedmunds.co.uk/images/You-Look-Tasty.jpg

Maasai Mara (Masai Mara)

http://glynedmunds.co.uk/images/Love-You-Mum.jpg

http://glynedmunds.co.uk/images/Snoozing.jpg

http://glynedmunds.co.uk/images/Wildebeest-Leap.jpg

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