Charlie Waite

An evening with acclaimed landscape photographer Charlie Waite

This January, Winchester Photographic Society’s annual spring lecture once again brings one of the world’s greatest photographers to the Discovery Centre.

Acclaimed photographer, Charlie Waite, will present a collection of his unforgettable images, revealing the dedication and craft that it takes to become one best landscape photographers in the world.

“The Making of Landscape Photographs - An Evening with Charlie Waite” is at Winchester Discovery Centre on 18th January from 7.30pm to 10pm,

Tickets are available from the Discovery Centre box office on 01962 873603  or online at http://www3.hants.g ov.uk/wdc/wdc-eventdetails?id=97276
Tickets are priced at £10 (concessions available).

December Assessment report

Margaret's report on the December 2010 assessment is now on line HERE

PAGB News No 36

Hi

Welcome to the latest Issue of e-news. Quite a short issue with news of 4 new MPAGB winners. This will be the last issue this year apart from an Awards for Photographic Merit results issue detailing the successful entrants to the recent adjudications at Wilmslow and Carlisle.
Click HERE to read.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy 2011.

Rod 

Gallery 2010-11

Pat Ball's photos have now been added to the Gallery see HERE
It is coming on very nicely.
But there are many more members whose work has not been forwarded as yet.

Please send  your pictures to me with the maximum size of 600 pixels on longest side.

Photopapers Direct Offer

Dear Members,
The club recently received some sample 280gsm papers from Photopapers Direct that was put through its paces by Terry and George with both being very impressed by the resulting prints. I'm told that prices are very competitive compared to equivalent Epson papers. Photopapers Direct have given a 5% discount to club members, the discount code is available from Martin Brown and is valid until October next year.
The website is www.photopapersdirect.com

Butterfly photography at RHS Garden Wisley Glasshouse

Dear Photographers

Here is an interesting opportunity for anyone who enjoys wildlife photography. Once again Wisley Glasshouse is hosting a varied collection of butterflies from 15th January to 27th February 2011. These flamboyant creatures fly freely among the exotica of the tropical zone delighting our visitors. I would like to draw your attention to two special mornings being held during this event:

Butterfly Photography Mornings with Adrian Davies

Wednesday 26 January and Wednesday 9 February 2011 8am-12.30pm

Learn to take beautiful photographs of our tropical butterflies and get expert advice, with exclusive access before the Glasshouse opens to the public at 10am.

Varieties of Butterfly include The Blue Morpho, Owl Butterfly, Tree Nymph and Tailed Jay and with exotic shrubs such as Plumbago indica, a tropical plant with long bright pink flowers (that has been specially grown for the butterflies to feed on) there will be plenty of shots to choose from.

Cost: RHS Members £50, Non-members £60 

Booking essential – Limited spaces - call 0845 612 1253

Liz Grant
Marketing Volunteer 

RHS Garden Wisley 

Woking GU23 6QB 

www.rhs.org.uk

Wildlife Photographic Break on Brownsea Island in Feb.2011

I am a member of Winchester Photographic Society and the RPS. I will be running a Photographic Break on Brownsea Island in February 2011 with a focus on wildlife photography.
I would be most grateful if you could pass on the attached details to your members.
Many thanks,
Joe Kaplonek ARPS
Mob: 077 4240 4945
Email: joe.kaplonek@ukphotos.org
Web: www.ukphotos.org

Gallery 2010-11

You will be happy to learn that we have started a new gallery for members pictures.  So far there are only two members work. So dig out some photos and email them to me [preferably 600 pixels on the longest side].
The link is HERE

The SPF Digitally Projected Championship 2010 on Sunday

Sunday 21st November at Shaw Social Club, Almond Avenue, Newbury, Berks, RG14 1LU

The competing clubs are:

Alton, Basingstoke, Beaulieu, Bournemouth, Bracknell, Chichester, Fordingbridge, Havant, Hayling Island, Highcliffe & Infinity, Newbury, New Forest, North Hants, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, South Reading, Steyning and Winchester.

As always the event is hosted by Newbury CC and we are delighted that the event has once again been awarded PAGB Patronage.

Your judges on the day are all from Surrey and will be:

Mrs Jay Charnock FRPS, Mrs Ann Smith ARPS and Mrs Cynthia James LRPS.

Audience entry on the day is now free for members of SPF affiliated clubs + £1 for membership of the Shaw Social Club.

The doors open at 12 noon and judging starts at 2pm; a refreshment break will be taken at around 3pm. There will also be a substantial raffle. You will not have a better opportunity in the season to see the top PDIs from SPF clubs.

Map can be seen HERE

2nd Assessment Report

Margaret's report to the Romsey Advertiser is now available HERE but with extra pictures.

PAGB News No 35

Hi

Welcome to Issue 35 of e-news. This is a Picture Special from the Inter-Club Print Championship. 
Click HERE to see. [NB 480Kb]

I'm sorry if it took a bit longer to download but I think it is worth it. (To keep it small it is optimised for your screen and may not print as well as usual).


Rod Whelans

Havant 40TH NATIONAL OPEN EXHIBITION

Saturday 6^th – Sunday 14^th November 2010


This year’s exhibition will showcase over 500 of the best images in Colour, Monochrome and Nature prints as well as Open Subject projected images and Nature projected images.


You can find the exhibition on the first floor of the Meridian Shopping Centre in Havant, PO9 1UN.


Opening hours are from
9am – 5.30pm Monday to Saturday
and
10am – 4pm on Sundays.


Entrance is free and there is car parking available in the Centre.
For further details click HERE 

Chairman's Newsletter No. 55

Dear all

The scores for the AV evening last week were out of a possible 175 points, here are the results:

1st place Hilliers in Autumn by Tony & Betty Rackham 158 points
2nd place Colour of the Wind by Terry Jamieson 146 points
3rd place African Safari by Steve Williams 143 points
4th place The Punch & Judy Man by Terry Jamieson 141.5 points
joint 5th place 140.5 points
           Flying from Bournemouth by Pat Ball
           Hilliers Centenary Border by Tony & Betty Rackham

The Christmas Card evening resulted in the choosing of a beautiful picture of sheep in the snow taken by Lisa Baker Richardson, this image was way ahead in votes than any of the other shortlisted images.
Well done to all these authors.

The second half of the evening we were captivated by a tutorial by David Noton, called Chasing the Light. David shared with us his approach to getting the best possible images. This was enjoyed by everyone present and I am sure it has whetted the appetite to attend one of his lectures. Unfortunately the one Jill mentioned in Andover is sold out but he will be at Bournemouth Electric Camera Club(not to be mixed up with Bournemouth Photographic Society) on the 17th November, visit David's or the BECC website for details. David will also be giving this lecture next March at the Southampton Memorial event, again details can be found on Southampton's website.

Next week is assessment evening with Alan Cooke judging our images, please ensure you send them in by Friday evening.

Andrew Kirby is still in hospital at this moment in time as he is still undergoing therapy to get his mobility back. Again we wish him well and I am sure he would welcome any visits from members. If you are able to pop in and see him then please contact Margaret first.

See you all next week
Lynn

Clive Nichols - Flower and Garden photographer - Midhurst Camera Club - 17 November

Hello

Just to let you know of our brilliant speaker evening on the 17th November. Clive Nichols, a leading international Flower and Garden Photographer will be doing a talk for us, to which all are welcome, whether gardeners, photographers or just interested!

He blew us away last time he came to talk so a good evening to look forward to.

Tickets can be bought in advance (£5) by sending a SAE and cheque, payable to Midhurst Camera Club, to MCC Treasurer, c/o Harrison Renwick, Grange House, Grange Road, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9LS.

Karen
Chairman & Programme Secretary
Midhurst Camera Club
West Sussex
T: 01730 815199
E: midhurstcameraclub@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.midhurstcameraclub.co.uk

Fundraising Night 30th November

Audio Visual Evening Results

Below is part of the spreadsheet with the results from Tuesday's AV show.

We had a return of 35 papers of which two papers showed that the members had missed some of the AVs.
I numbered each paper and recorded the scores. On the two papers with missed scores, John Walter and I have calculated the average score on each of the papers and put that score in red on the spreadsheet. This in itself has now created another concern with the 5th & 6th places being so close.

I believe that in fairness to Pat (being given an average score) we should declare both AVs as equal 5th place. Which is how I have shown it on the spreadsheet. I have retained the papers and they are available should any of you wish to see them.
My thanks to all of you for allowing your AVs to be shown.
Regards
Terry

	Title	Author	Score
1	Longstock water Gardens	John & Margery May	114
2	Kierstenbosh	Steve Williams	127.5
3	Bowood House	Pat Ball	100.5
4	The Punch & Judy man.	Terry Jamieson	141.5
5	Open Day – Portsmouth	John & Margery May	113
6	New England in the fall	Steve Williams	126
7	Portland Bill	Pat Ball	111.5
8	Bulb work	Peter Read	112
9	Mottisfont	John & Margery May	112.5
9a	Salisbury Fair	Peter Read	134
10	Pumpkins Galore	Terry Jamieson	124.5
11	Vortrekka Monument	Steve Williams
12	Flying From Bournemouth	Pat Ball	140
13	In & Around Winchester Cathedral	John & Margery May	126.5
14	Autumn at Exbury	Pat Ball	115
15	African safari	Steve Williams	143
16	Hilliers in Autumn	Tony & Betty Rackham	158
17	Colour of the Wind	Terry Jamieson	146
18	Autumn at Stourhead	Pat Ball	109.5
19	The Vienna Wheel	Steve Williams	116
20	Amsterdam	John & Margery May	112.5
21	Hilliers Centenary Border	Tony & Betty Rackham	140.5
22	Broadlands Battle	Steve Williams	100
23	Bright Eyes	John & Margery May	132

PAGB News No 34

Hi All

Welcome to e-news 34 with news of the Inter-Club Print Championship, the Inter-Federation Projected Image Competition together with updates on the problems we have had with AFIAP and EFIAP applications and an update on the GB Cup DVD - and more.

Click HERE to see the PDF file.

Please also have a look at the following request for input from the RPS - even if you are not an RPS member.

RPS SURVEY - YOUR INPUT IS REQUESTED

Most DSLR's launched in the last 12 months, and even many compact cameras, include a facility to shoot Video. Some of the more up-market models allow the shooting of Full HD Video at 1920x1080 pixels.

The RPS would like to know the extent of the interest in using DSLR cameras to shoot video. This includes both the Members and non Members of The Society. To this end, the RPS have uploaded a questionnaire to their website. This can be found at Video Survey.

We would very much appreciate if all readers could complete this survey. It should only take about 5 minutes to do so. Even those who are not using their cameras for this purpose, or have no intention of doing so, are asked to assist with this project. This will help The RPS to gauge the extent of the interest and to set future direction. Of course, shooting the material is only the first stage in the process of making a video. They have therefore included questions relating to the editing of the visual material and then mixing it with sound to make a complete production.
rod whelans

Chairman's Newsletter No. 54

Firstly I must apologise for an omission from last weeks newsletter.
I should have reported that after a delay of 3 weeks I was at last able to present the PDI Primary image of the year trophy to a surprised Martin Brown - well done Martin.

AV Evening. Last evening was well supported with 6 members sending in their AV sequences, we saw 20+ sequences so we had a full evening.  It was not easy to score these. Members remarked afterwards on how they had enjoyed the evening and that they thought the standard our members are achieving in their AV's was high, and I have to agree with them. I would have been proud to have been the author of any one of them. Terry has taken all the score sheets away and will work out the top 5 or 6 and let us know which of the AV's will be used in the competitions coming up. Thank you Terry for your work on this.

PRINTS for Exhibition - don't forget to bring some along for Martin next week, he will be choosing our entry for the exhibition; so we want some good work please.

A plea as you are all aware we have no external competition secretary and it is only because one or two people have come forward to take on a few of the competitions that we are able to participate. We have 80+ members so I hope that during this year someone will think about stepping into this role at the AGM otherwise next year will see us drop out of all external competitions.

We are still looking for your participation - this coming week we have the Christmas card choice to make. So send in your images by Friday.  Then come along next week to help choose your favourite.

Christmas Dinner.  I have started to collect deposits for the Christmas Dinner (£5 per person) so please bring your money along next week since I have to pay by the 5th November. If you will not be at the club next week but want to come then please email me.

Goodbye to Sheila.  Several members attended the funeral of Sheila Budden last week, and it was good to see Edna Webb there as well.  Edna was the wife of the late Stan Webb, one of the founder members of our club, which just goes to show how long Arthur and Sheila have been members. Arthur I know appreciated the support of Viewfinders as well as their friends and family and it spoke volumes to see the number of people wanting to celebrate Sheila's life and support Arthur in his loss.

Hope several of you managed to visit the Landscape of Year 2009 at Moors Valley Country Park (not sure if it is still there - check the website) Roy and I visited last week and there are some stunning images, even in the junior section!

see you all next week
Lynn

Sheila Budden

 

Several members of Viewfinders attended the funeral of Sheila Budden on the 21st October.  There were a large number of people gathered to celebrate Sheila's life and show their support to Arthur in his sad loss.  Both the camera club and the Audio Visual group sent flowers.  Sheila had lived a full life, enjoying dancing and photography; particularly her Audio Visual [AV] work.  Sheila loved to use colour and portray a sense of fun in the AV sequences she produced.  We shall miss Sheila at the club and look forward to welcoming Arthur back.

October Assessment results

Margaret has written her report on this assessment for October and this can be seen HERE

The past, present and future of camera array - FREE talk

 Tim will be looking at seminal photographic processes and images from the past and images which inspired him.

Then he will deliver a potted history of the last 30 years showing the inception and development of Camera Array and how our perceptions of moving-image have changed over that period. Lastly he will be looking to the future showing some examples of things to come in the next 15 years.

Tim is a multi-award winning director and film-maker, painter and photographer. As a film director Tim has experience in music videos, commercials, and short films.

Macmillan was awarded an honorary degree by UCA in 2007 in recognition of his work with film.

The lecture will take place on Thursday 4 November at UCA Farnham at 6-7pm, and will be followed by a drinks reception.

The evening is free of charge and open to all. Places are limited so to reserve a place, please e-mail events@ucreative.ac.uk, or call 01252 892682.

 

Adele Wordsworth
Events Officer
Marketing & Communications
University for the Creative Arts
Falkner Road
Farnham
GU9 7DS

Tel: 01252 892682

Mob: 07958 997 238

awordsworth@ucreative.ac.uk
www.ucreative.ac.uk

Forthcoming events

Thursday 4 November  Tim Macmillan Public Lecture

6:00pm – 7:00pm at UCA Farnham 

Thursday 18 November  Arnold Schwartzman Public Lecture

6:00pm – 7:00pm at UCA Rochester

Please email events@ucreative.ac.uk to reserve your place at any of these events.

Wisley Light Trail

6 – 12 December, 5pm – 8.30pm (last entry 8pm)

See Wisley in a different light and enjoy our spectacular evening illumination trail. Icons of the Garden, magnificent trees and contemporary ice installations are brought alive with mesmerising lights. 

Liz Grant 

Marketing Volunteer 

RHS Garden Wisley 

Woking GU23 6QB
www.rhs.org.uk

Chairman's Newsletter No. 52

Tuesday evening started with the sad news that Sheila Budden passed away at the weekend. For those who are new to the club and may not know Sheila, she has been a member for many years and was very active in the club during that time, particularly within the AV Group. Sheila was also a member of the SPF council at one time, as minute secretary.
Details of the funeral are: 21 October 2010, 11.30, West Chapel, Southampton Crematorium.

Bryan Powell did a good job of judging our first assessment of the year but it was a disappointment that entries were low; so come on get snapping for the November assessment.
Bryan announced that he is retiring from judging and this was his 14th visit to us over his 26 years of judging.  We wish him well.

A couple of reminders
AV's needed for 26th October - we want to have plenty to choose from that will go forward to the friendly battle later in the year. If you can put together a 5 minute sequence then please let Terry Jamieson know.

 

Christmas Card images - we know that you all take those lovely frosty pictures, robins, foliage, etc. In fact it can be anything you think would make a good Christmas card. It is your opportunity to get your picture in print and sent out to various people our club deals with such as the Hall committee, The Advertiser. Send your digital image to the usual viewfinders address by Friday 29th October.

Next Week
We have Andrew Whitmarsh giving a lecture; World War II Photographs, I am sure we are going to see a very different view of the war than we would have previously seen.

See you all next week

Lynn

Sheila Budden

It is with sadness that we report that Sheila Budden has passed away after a long illness. Sheila was an active member of Viewfinders for many years, particularly in the AV group.

Sheila was previously a member of New Forest Camera Club as well as doing a stint on the SPF Council as minute secretary.

Sheila was always helpful and liked to get involved fully in club life, she will be sadly missed and we offer our condolences to Arthur and family.

The funeral will take place on the 21st October 11.30am at West Chapel, Southampton Crematorium.

Chairman's Newsletter No. 51

It was a nice surprise to come back from holiday to find I had been awarded a seal of merit in the PDI of the year competition and that Roy had taken winning place. Last evenings Pyramid competition was well supported and it was great there was so much audience participation.  Congratulations to Tony Rackam for winning.

Charades Evening [14th December]  This is to give you a little notice of what is required for the evening of Charades.  A photograph (print or pdi) should relate to a well-known film, song or book.  I will show you an example on the evening of the A.Vs. (26 October).  Any method of producing the photograph may be used.  I would emphasise that the evening if just for fun - the more entries the better. John May

 

Club AV evening- 26th Oct. We have committed to entering a couple of  friendly audio visual competitions. One on 28th Jan 2011 and the other on the 15th April 2011.The number of AV's from each club will depend on the number of clubs entering these events. The usual time restriction of 5 minutes maximum per AV is really the only rule. Any of your old, new or reworked material is acceptable, we had a very enjoyable evening last year with some 21 AVs being shown, it would be nice if we could do the same this year. Would all of the members who want to contribute to the club evening please send details to Terry Jamieson ASAP.

Christmas Dinner - There has been another suggestion put forward for a venue, The Malthouse Inn, a Christmas menu £16.95 per person. Can you please indicate to Martin Brown if you would like to support going out for a meal and which venue would be your preference, by the end of October please as we will need to get booked in. If you would like to put forward a different idea for our Christmas celebration then please do so by the same date.

Next Week - Assessment evening, work in by Friday please, judge for the evening is Bryan Powell.

Look forward to seeing you all there
Lynn

Digital Image of the Year 2010

A report and results can be seen HERE

Chairman's Newsletter No. 50

The Print of the year competition was well supported with 59 prints being judged by Rosie Armes who as always did a very good job. It is easy on such evenings to get involved with thanks and congratulations to judge and winners and forget the people who make these evenings a success so I will take this opportunity to say thank you to Malcolm, Keith and especially Jack who patiently moved prints back and forth so Rosie could do her judging.

Don't forget your cameras next week to experiement with soem night photography.

The league - You will have another opportunity to hand in more prints on the 5th October - I am sure there may be some trophy winners that were not in the print of year competition. Please send any PDI images from the trophy competitions to me on le_lambeth@yahoo.co.uk by 5th October - or hand in a disk on the 5th Oct.

There are a few small jobs that members could help the committee with to make things easier, such as phoning the judge or lecturer the week before attendance. If you feel you can give us some help then please make contact with one of the committee.

Thank you to those members who have committed to taking our prints around the league rounds - we are still looking for someone to go to Chichester with the prints on the 7th April.

The Chairman's Evening - 4th January - I know it is sometime off but want to give you as much time as possible. As I announced it will be a competition on humour - PDI images only please. This will be judged by myself with the help of the audience - so we will be looking for the laughter value rather than technical quality. You can be as creative as you want as long as the main image has been taken by yourself. I am after making it as much fun as possible. So keep your eyes peeled and your thinking caps on!

See you all on the 5th October.
Lynn

Print of the Year 2010

Margaret's report on this interesting evening is now on line.  To read this click HERE

PRINT BOXES

The closing date for the next order for PRINT BOXES

SATURDAY, 9^th OCTOBER 2010.

Boxes should be available for collection at the Club Reps meeting in November.

The prices remain the same as the last order but do remember that a VAT increase is on the horizon. I pointed out last time that Nomad have rationalized the pricing to some extent by removing the differential between similar sizes, e.g. 2½” depth and 3” depth cost the same. I would also like to point out that Nomad do give a discount on quantity. Obviously this cannot be reflected in the price of individual boxes but any ‘profit’ is paid to the SPF, thus helping to keep Federation costs down.

SIZE COST

21" x 17" x 1 5/8" £21.50

21" x 17" x 2" £21.50

21" x 17" x 2.5" £22.00

21" x 17" x 3" £22.00

21" x 17" x 3.5" £22.50

21” x 17” x 4” £22.50

21" x 17" x 5" £23.00

21" x 17" x 6" £23.50

Handles can be supplied at an additional cost of £3.00.

Orders in writing and with cheques payable to J. PEARSON

 Send to:

Mrs. Jennie Pearson,

6, Inhams Road, Holybourne, ALTON, Hants. GU34 4EU.

Before SATURDAY, 9th October 2010.

Boxes to be collected at the SPF Representatives Meeting

in November or by arrangement.

Re Devizes CC Event

Devizes Camera Club are delighted to welcome for the 2010 Arc Theatre presentation the well known travel writer and photographer John Pilkington with his new presentation ‘A Stroll through the Axis of Evil’. John comes highly recommended and this promises to be a fascinating and highly rewarding evening

 

The attached poster gives more details, or visit our new website www.devizescameraclub.co,uk  Tickets are now on sale at £10 each and I would strongly recommend booking early since we are limited to 150 places for this event

 

To reserve your places please email myself in the first instance. Bookings will then need to be confirmed by sending to me (10 Collett Way Frome BA11 2XR) a cheque payable to Devizes Camera Club for the full amount of the ticket value, together with an SAE for the return of your tickets

 

I look forward to welcoming you to the Arc Theatre on 6^th November

 

Regards

 

Frank Collins

Chairman

Devizes Camera Club

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Newsletter No. 49

We had a brilliant start to our new club year on Tuesday with a very motivating and inspiring talk by Ken Scott, it was also great to see so many members present on the first evening.

Stockbridge exhibition was very successful with over 700 visitors over the 3 days, this event again led to us having visitors on Tuesday who are likely to join. I am sure you will agree this makes a very successful showcase for our club and the timing is good being just before we restart our season. The committee have agreed to hold it the same time next year. Don't forget, you don't have to be an advanced worker or have a whole board to have work shown, if you want to submit just one print that is fine. In fact we are keen to show work across all levels within our club including our newer members.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
As you are aware this year we are without an External Competition secretary, therefore the committee last evening agreed that we would not enter the following competitions;

• PAGB Gt British Cup
• Southern Photographic Federation Digital Championship - November
• Southern Photographic Federation Print Championship - Feb/March

We will however enter the SPF league and the SPF Exhibition as members of the committee have agreed to sort these.

I will be collecting the prints on 14th September, if you do not wish your work to be considered then please let me know otherwise I will take all the entries but I shall also collect work on the 5th October if you have other work you would like to be considered.

I have all the digital work that has been entered in the assessments but if you want to have work from trophy competitions to be considered can you please either let me have it on disk or email to me at le_lambeth@yahoo.co.uk by 5th October.

I will also be calling on members to commit to take the prints to one of the clubs hosting in our league, this will be just a case of taking the prints along and recording the scores and letting me have the score sheets afterwards. The dates and venues are:

• 11th November - Basingstoke Camera Club
• 1st February - Ordnance Survey Camera Club- Roy has agreed to do this one.
• 10th February - Farnborough Camera Club
• 28th February - Salisbury Camera Club
• 7th April - Chichester Camera Club

We will host on the 8th March 2011.
If you are able to make a firm commit to one of these dates or if you are interested in helping the committee with this position then please contact me.

Please send your entries in by Friday for the Print of the Year - this will be judged by Rosie Armes.
Look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.

If you are looking for something to do at the weekend check out Heritage Open Days website as many places are free entry Frid/Sat/Sun.

Lynn

PAGB Newsletter No.33

Hi All

Welcome to Issue 33 of e-news, less "hard" news this issue but lots of interesting notifications including a great offer from DSLR User magazine. 

For those who are interested, which I hope is everyone, I separately attach the Rules for the GB Cup 2011.

Rod Whelans

The words underlined are links. Just click on them to see.

Your Photos and Workspaces - How to get the right first time.

More from George Atkins about Workspaces as a follow up to his talk in June
So now there are two pages explaining.
The first and original one is found HERE
The new one is HERE

In addition there is a check list in PDF on our site that is well worth looking at before the season begins. This should help you get your PDI's into the correct condition before you email them.  It will stop Jill, Mark or Martin from going crazy.  See this HERE

All of these can be found on the Digital Help section under Sundries.

David Noton's Photographic and Travel Roadshow

David Noton's Photographic and Travel Roadshow to be held in Andover this November 10th.

David is a worldwide renowned landscape and travel photographer who has been passionate about photography since he started 24 years ago. He has been running his Roadshow for over 2 years now. The show lasts 2 hours using Davids images from all areas of the world, google earth world maps re locations, music, video footage of David in the field with room for viewers question time.

People who have attended before shared with us how much they enjoyed the images with high definition projection accompanied by David's travel tales, technical know how and humour. This has led in some cases to a change in approach to individuals photography and even the hasty press of a mouse whilst planning the next trip! Most of all viewers said how uplifted and inspired they felt.

I have included here a flyer to share with your members to inform anyone who may wish to come along. You can view David's WORK and obtain TICKETS from David's website www.davidnoton.com student tickets at a reduction.

Any queries please do not hesitate to call us at the office on 01963 250061.
We hope to meet you there.

Thank you for your support.
regards
Wendy Noton

For all the latest news on the website http://www.davidnoton.com/news.php

Chairmans Newsletter No.48

Hi All,
As we have no meetings during August this is the last newsletter for a couple of weeks, just a couple of opportunities to take advantage of and a reminder of our return in September.

August 14 - 21 Chichester Camera Club Exhibition, The Assembley Rooms, North Street Chichester open daily except Sundays 10am - 5pm

National Trust members why not visit Mottisfont Abbey, and take a wander around Paul Sansome's exhibition, visited this today, a great exhibition with some wonderful images, mainly landscapes. Paul is a local photographer living in the Winchester area.

Ben Osborne, Private View at the Winchester Discovery Centre August 24 7.30pm £10, Ben was the 2007 overall winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

August 28 - 30, Viewfinders exhibition at Stockbridge, well worth a visit to show support for the club and its members who are displaying work.

A couple of photo opportunities: Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, August 28 - 30 - should be a colourful opportunity, can you make a 'simplicity' opportunity??

If you are interested in history how about the Battle of Basing at Basing House, nr Basingstoke; described as 'civil war history comes to life' August 28.

Last but no least we return on the 7th September with a print lecutre by Ken Scott 'Besides and Beyond', not to be missed, Ken is a very enthuasiastic speaker with a real passion for his photography.

I will also be looking to collect work in for choosing our entries to the Southern Fed league competition and exhibition so will happily take any prints on the 7th and 14th September, don't forget for this we want your best highest scoring work.

Have a good break,
Lynn

New Programme 2010 - 2011

The new programme is now available on the web site. See HERE

Chairmans Newsletter No.47

Just a short note this week
A reminder about supporting our annual exhibition at Stockbridge 28th - 30th August.

Still 2 places for the Chichester Annual Exhibition Opening evening, please let me know by return if you wish to come. Roy and I will be going and I would like to let Chichester secretary know tomorrow.

A few more exhibitions for you to visit, with thanks to Terry for sending in the details.

1. Wildlife & Wild places. Michael Huggen's collection of photographs. The Allen Gallery, Church St, Alton. onto 28th Aug.
2. Sea Fever, from Turner to Today at the Civic centre Art Gallery, Southampton. onto 5th Sept.
3. Tone,Texture,Time. Fine art photos of the texture of light. Manor Farm Country Park, Pylands Lane, Burseldon. onto 31st Oct.

I know the weather is not very kind to us as photographers at the moment but let us hope you all get out snapping during the break. 

Don't forget the subjects for Les Fredricks Trophy; Simplicity - Prints and Dawn and Dusk - Digital.

Lynn
Chairman
Viewfinders of Romsey

PAGB E-News No. 32

The latest PAGB News is HERE
It covers the PAGB INTER-CLUB PRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
and the
Inter-Club PDI Championship 2010 
and a few other tid bits

RHS Photographic Competition 2010

RHS Press Release
For immediate release: 26 July 2010
RHS Photographic Competition 2010

The RHS Photographic Competition closes on August 31, so anyone planning to enter must get snapping soon!
The overall winner, RHS Photographer of the Year, will receive £1000. There are six categories* and the winner of each will get £350. Entrants finishing in second and third position will also receive cash prizes.

Budding young photographers can also enter one of two separate categories for a chance to win a digital camera and be named RHS Young Photographer of the Year. Photographic vouchers will be awarded to runners-up.
‘As expected, there’s been a lot of interest shown so far. We’re really excited about the entries we’ve received and looking forward to seeing more, so if you want to enter - now is the time to do it’ says James Arnold, Licensing Manager for the RHS.

The Medici Cards Award will be decided from all the images entered into the competition and presented to the photographer Medici Cards feels has a good eye for commercial photography. They will have their image made into a greeting card and will receive 200 copies of the card to keep.

The competition is open to both amateurs and professionals and with six categories to choose from there is something for everyone in the RHS Photographic Competition 2010.

For further details on the RHS photographic competition and to download an application form, visit www.rhs.org.uk/Competitions/Photo-competition.

Mottisfont Exhibitions

One of the photographers exhibiting at the Winchester Discovery Centre is local wildlife and landscape photographer, Paul Sansome. He gained a "Highly Commended" for his "Terns in a Queue". I mention this because Paul has a one man exhibition starting at Mottisfont Abbey, tomorrow - Saturday 31 July. The exhibition runs until Thursday 12th August. Note that Mottisfont is not open on Fridays.

I have just come from assisting with the set up, and it's a stunning exhibition.

If you are a National Trust member then entry is free - otherwise normal Mottisfont NT admission charges apply to gain access to the gardens, river walks, house and exhibitions. There is even a new ice cream parlour!

Mottisfont is actually a good day out for all the family. They also have a very interesting Beatrix Potter exhibition at the moment of some of the original watercolours she painted to illustrate her books. Evidently these paintings are only exhibited every ten years or so!

Another one for the diary - Andover Split Image Photographic Society will be exhibiting at Mottisfont later this year - Saturday 28th August to Thursday 2nd September.

Regards,
Roy Brophy

Note click on Paul Sansome's name in purple to go to his web site

BBQ 2010

The BBQ pictures can be seen HERE

Butterfly Walk 2010

A report is now available on-line HERE


You can also see the report from the Programme 2009/10.  Scroll down to 20th July.


I have also uploaded an index to all the walks since 2007 and an index to the AGMs since 2006. These are on a revamped Menu.

Chairmans Newsletter No.46

Hi All
Not much to report in this weeks newsletter except to say what a very enjoyable evening it was last night at George and Margaret's for the barbeque. 

Not only did George arrange for it not to rain, he also arranged a fabulous sunset - it just gets better each year. 

My thanks of course go firstly to George and Margaret for allowing us to invade their garden each year, George and Jack worked it out last night that we have been doing this for the last 20 or so years - I did not realise I was so young when I first started going!! 

I would also like to say thank you to everyone who came along and made the evening go so well, it was great to see such support and what a pleasure to be able to sit around and chat to each other, we don't get many opportunities to do that.

Don't forget if you are not away then please make a vist to our exhibition at Stockbridge 28th - 30th August and support the members who are displaying work there. Roy and I send our apologies that we shall miss this, we will be in Suffolk - hoping for sunshine.

Opening of Chichester Exhibition Friday 13th August - 2 tickets left to attend the formal opening.

Club will restart on the 7th Sept.

Have a good break and take every opportunity you can to use your camera.
Lynn

Chairmans Newsletter No.45

Newsletter a little late this week as I was whisked off to London for a few days to celebrate a special birthday.

Important - dont forget the barbeque at George Marsh's on Tuesday - hope weather will be kind to us, if there is any doubt then please give me a ring 023 80 323431 after 5pm.
Another reminder from last weeks newsletter - spaces still not taken.

Chichester Camera Club have their 61st annual exhibition of their members work August 14th - 21st, Assembly Rooms, North Street Chichester, 10am - 5pm. Please note it is not open on the 15th august.
The open evening is on Friday 13th and we have an invite for up to 4 members to attend, light buffet and drinks provided. If you are interested in attending and can make a firm commitment then please email me, I will allocate on a first come basis.

Winchestery Discovery Centre has a good programme on at the moment - the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009, on until the 12th September - brilliant exhibition, although after looking at the entries from the under 11 year olds we did think about selling our cameras!!
Simon King - Wild Life Thurs 29th July tickets £10, Simon will talk about his work and show some of his images.
Ben Osborne - Private View Tuesday 24th August tickets £10, Ben was the 2007 overall winner of Wildlife Photographer of the year.

Closer to home I must give a big thank you to Gary Richardson for organising the butterfly walk last week, although he was unable to make the sun shine and the wind stop blowing, but for the 20 or so members in attendance it did not matter. It provided an opportunity for us all to talk to each other, give help to those who needed it and adjourn to the pub to discuss the merits of 'the one that got away'! Everyone enjoyed the evening.

If anyone would like to come forward and organise a walk for mid August then I will circulate details. Other than that we have the Exhibition at Stockbridge Town Hall on 28th - 30th August.

We will be back at the club on the 7th September, but I will send out another newsletter before then.

look forward to seeing many of you at the barbie on Tuesday
Lynn

Chairmans Newsletter No.44

20th July - A reminder of the butterfly walk at Danebury Hill. Take the A30 west out of Stockbridge towards Salisbury. Stay in the outside lane on the dual carriageway, about half way up the hill out of Stockbridge turn right. Follow the road for about 2 miles and Danebury is on your left (signposted from the road). There is plenty of parking on site, just across the cattlegrid and up the hill. Gary Richardson will be there at 6pm, if you are a bit later then just walk on up the hill and you will find everyone.

27th July - BBQ at George Marsh's in his beautiful garden, 2 Pittleworth, Houghton, SO20 6NA, don't forget to bring your food, drink, crockery, and something to sit on. Hopefully the weather will do its usual and be kind to us, if in doubt please ring me (023 80323431) or George (01794 301285).

2 opportunities to go and look at other photographers work:
Festivals in Winchester, The Discovery Centre, City Space, to view the work of Paul Carter; Daniel Gradwell; Dot Allen; Kin Ho; Joe Low and Marcus Tate. Each photographer tells a story with a selection of 10 images on 4 different events. Worth visiting with our own evening on documentary panels, but you only have until Sunday 25th July.

Chichester Camera Club have their 61st annual exhibition of their members work August 14th - 21st, Assembly Rooms, North Street Chichester, 10am - 5pm. Please note it is not open on the 15th august.
The open evening is on Friday 13th and we have an invite for up to 4 members to attend, light buffet and drinks provided. If you are interested in attending and can make a firm commitment then please email me, I will allocate on a first come basis.

We are still looking for someone to come forward to take the position of external competition secretary - please make contact if you would like to assist with this position - don't forget with no one in this position we will not be able to take part in external competitions which our club has always valued in the past.

We have had some interest shown in helping with the programme so watch this space on that.

Last but not least - what a good evening last night, with the members talking about their work and giving hints and tips to the rest of us on how to achieve similar results. I am sure many of you like me learnt something from their talks and it would be great if we could hold more of these type of evenings with a wider spread of members telling us a story behind a particular picture.

Lynn

PAGB E-News No. 31

Hi All

Welcome to Issue 31 of e-news with a report of the Warwick Inter Club PDI Championship - the full club scores will be published shortly in Issue 32.
Click HERE to read the PDF file.


rod whelans

Photo Course in Sussex.

Just a note to inform your members of 2 half-day workshops I'm leading on Saturday 31st and Sunday 1st August. It'll be based on the South Downs visiting 3 or 4 locations. Meet will be at Alfriston where we head off in the minibus for the afternoon and evening. Time will be 3pm till sunset. It's summer and as photographer's we are all fully aware that the best time to take landscape images is early morning and evening.

Much of our photography will be centered around the Cuckmere Valley, near Seaford in East Sussex. We will shoot sweeping vistas of Downland hills, the Cuckmere River, The Seven Sisters and as the sun sets, beach scenes and majestic cliffs.

This is suitable for those of all levels, from the beginner to the more experienced shooter.

In order for Robert to spend quality time with each person, numbers will be limited to just 5. Aside from making transportation to various locations much easier, it also makes for a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Cost for the day will be £70 which includes transportation to all locations.

For full details including how to book, please visit my website at www.robertcanis.com
or phone me on 07939 117570.

Photographer of the Year Trophies

Margaret has written a report about our Photographers of the Year. Read it HERE

Stockbridge Exhibition information

 

Information about our Exhibition can be found HERE

There is also a link from the Programme page

Ex-Chairman's Newsletter No. 43

Dear Members,
I bet some of you are thinking why? Why am I getting a newsletter from Terry? It's simply a matter of logistics, I've got a distribution list and Lynn has yet to set hers up.
So for the next couple of weeks you may get more than you bargained for, at least I hope so!

At last nights AGM the following positions were confirmed by the meeting:-

Club chairman(person) ......... Lynn Lambeth, 
Vice Chair...... Keith Bamber, 
Treasurer..... Andrew Kirby, 
Secretary.... Martin Brown, 
Internal assessments....Jillian Koernich, 
Internal Trophies..... Malcolm Richardson
External comps..... Vacant, 
Programme sec.... Vacant, 
Committee members... Margaret Kirby, 
Mark Koernich & John Walter, 
1 x vacancy.
Auditor... Liz Whitemore, 
SPF rep... Jack Whitemore (TBC) & Lynn Lambeth.

Lynn has asked for someone to assist with the vacant positions in particular the ext comps position, George Atkins has said he would help, guide and mentor anyone through the season, please contact Lynn ASAP.

Les Frederick trophies subjects. The meeting voted for the following subjects:-
Prints - Simplicity, 
PDIs - Dawn and Dusk.

Photographer of the Year. I was very happy to present the trophies to two outstanding photographers, for a seasons excellent work.
Prints - George Marsh with 58.5 points and PDIs to Roy Lambeth with 59 points.

Promotions. At the last assessment Chris Maiden's printed image scored enough points to move him up into the advance class, well done Chris.

2010/11 SPF leagues.
The SPF have just issued the 'football type' leagues for next season.
The SPF have created the first format by using a scoring system from last season to create as far as is possible leagues of equal ability.

With 8 leagues in the PDI format we were placed into league #2, and our opponents are - New Forest, Farnborough, Solent, Fareham & Porchester, Petersfield and Basingstoke.

With just 5 leagues in the print section we are in the top league No.1 a tough group indeed!
Bournemouth, Farnborough, Basingstoke, Chichester, Ordnance Survey, & Salisbury!

This coming season looks to be an exciting one with promotions and demotions being the final outcome!

Having been one of the clubs that badgered the SPF to hold a print league, we really must take part. So we really need an External Competitions secretary. If you want to see the full list of the leagues please look at the SPF website, it's too extensive for me to type here! You may be surprised at some of the clubs below us!!
Click HERE.

13th July - The evening will split into two halves, with presentations of prints by me x 1, Peter Read x 2, Martin Brown x 2, George Marsh x 1, Roy L x 1, Gary Richardson x 1, and if he is attending Mark K x 1.
Gerald Ponting has 2 or 3 PDIs to talk about. Given each one a maximum of 5 minutes this should comfortably take up the first hour. The second half I have some discs from three of this years international competitions
we can easily show a full hour s worth of PDIs.

20th July - the butterfly walk is being organised by Gary Richardson. The location is Danebury Hill, To get to Danebury, take A30 west out of Stockbridge, towards Salisbury. Stay in the outside lane on the dual carriageway, about half way up the hill out of Stockbridge, turn right. Follow the road for about 2 miles and Danebury is on your left. It is signposted on the duel carriageway ( brown sign ), and you can't fail to miss Danebury when your driving by. There is plenty of parking on site, just cross the cattle grid, then continue up the hill. Time of start is 6pm.

27th July - the BBQ at Georges place. Timings TBC.

My regards to all of you and many thanks for your messages last night and by emails.
Keep on and Happy Snapping!
Terry

PDI Leagues for 2010 to 2011

The list of Leagues has now been finalised and you can see them HERE

Marwell Wildlife Park Visit

Margaret's report on this trip can be seen HERE

Chairman's Newsletter No. 42

Dear Members,
   This weeks Mix & Match was great fun and that is down to the efforts of Jack and Liz who did the organising. Many prints were brought in by the members and we settled on a figure of 36 images for each side. Jack acting as judge went to some extreme lenghths to find a link between the prints, if at all possible. How he managed to link 3 metal structures to a street scene of old houses beggers belief ! If I remember correctly it was the street lamps being made of metal or the colour of them! As it was such a prolonged first half we agreed to restrict the last part to just 12 images and a close result gave the winners a massive one point win! The real winners were the attending members who had an entertaining evening joining in with the banter.

For Sale.
   Sheila Read brought in her Lumix FZ 30 with all it's bit and pieces in an attempt to raise funds, as I go to press, it is still available at a very reasonable price £70, however, I know it generated interest so it may be sold, you'll have to speak to Sheila if you want a good light weight possibly second camera.

Next Week.
   Is of course the AGM, this is a very important club event, where the past year is reported and the next committee selected. Without a committee any club will fail and that would be a pity for all of the members. We still need a couple of members to join us and help run the club, experience is not a requirement just the willingness to do a little bit extra for the enjoyment of everyone.
I hope to see you all there. POTY awards & choosing the subjects for next seasons Les Fredericks trophies.

The club Website.
    Peter Read tells me that he has added several usful links to the website, check it out.

Photo opportunities.
   With lots of events going on all over the area here are just two to think about:-

The Winchester Hat fair.......... Hatfair
Lepe country park....The New Forest Remembers D-Day at Lepe 

13th July meeting.
   Okay I guess you all failed to hear /read in the newsletter # 40 about this club event. I still have yet to get your names and the images you want to talk about. I will start the evening off by explaining how and why I took one of my particular images, this might take just a couple of minutes, it depends if any of you want to ask a question and more importantly if I want to/can answer it! So who is next?
I hope to fill the first half of the evening with this type of answer/question session, the second half I have a couple of 'open international' discs to show.

20th July.
This years butterfly walk is being organised by Gary Richardson and there is a change of venue, it is at Danebury Hill from 6:00pm. Parking and directions details are TBA.

My regards
Terry

Stockbridge Exhibition 2010

This is coming sooner than you think!

The posters to advertise this annual event are now ready and available for members to place in spots that will bring the public to our show in August.
You can see the Posters HERE
Get your poster from Martin

Last Assessment of the Year

Margaret's report about last weeks Assessment is now on our site.  Click HERE

Chairmans Newsletter No.42

Our split club evening was well supported in both camps, with 18 at Marwell Zoo and 23 at the club.

Marwell Zoo on a very warm bright summer evening was a pleasure to be at.  The animals were mainly, like the rest of us, hot and to bothered to move around, however, there was plenty of photos being taken and those that I managed to speak with were enjoying the visit.  The two young ladies who were our escorts answered questions and pointed out various interesting facts as we went around.

I am told that Georges talk and demonstrations were well received and some useful info passed around.
There is a new page on the web site  about this HERE

So our thanks to Mark, Jillian and to George for their contributions and organisation.

Next week is the Mix and Match club evening, attached is an explanation for those of you who are unsure what this means.  Jack Whitemore is to be the judge and Liz will be the scorer, what we do need if anyone has one is a timer.  So all we need is for you to turn up with a selection of prints, its not necessary for them to be mounted and for you to join in the fun!

my regards and keep snapping!

Terry

Fwd: Photo opportunity

-------- Original Message --------

Subject: Photo opportunity
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:17:30 +0100
From: Terence Jamieson

Dear Members,
Just a quick note to say that there is the biggest military parade for decades on in Winchester on Wednesday(23rd).
I believe it will leave the cricket grounds at St Cross at 12noon.

Lots of different regiments and bands

Regards
Terry

Mounting Board

May I remind you that we can still get Mounting Card at a good price.
See the entry for 15th Oct 2009 HERE

Chairman's Newsletter No. 41

Dear Members,
With a full range of scores from George Walsh the last of this years assessments was subjected at times to some light hearted banter from the members with George. Yet his deep and vast knowledge of photography allowed him to pin point the salient points of every image. He did not fall into the old trap of describing the image, after all we can see what is presented, however the often short pause showed that he was studying the images with an experts eye. My thanks to Stan for his summing up and to everyone who assisted with the smooth running of the evening.

Sunday 20th 

The Timsbury hall management committee have invited us to put on a small display in the hall during the afternoon while they hold the opening ceremony for the new garden complex. My thanks to those who have left me some of your prints for this short exhibition. Hopefully the weather is kind for the occasion, I believe the opening is timed for 2;30pm.

Tuesday 22nd June. 

This is the planned visit to Marwell Zoo and I know that we can take extra people if you decide you want to go. For the rest of the club George Atkins is arranging to use the Royale projector to show some hints and tips to get the best out of an image. This is something you have asked us to do so please get involved, ask questions, bring a note book & pen.

My regards and keep snapping!
Terry

PAGB E-News No. 30

Welcome to Issue 30 of e-news which has the results of the 2010 Inter-Federation Print Competitions. There have been rather a lot of issues recently - I hope not too many for you. There will be another in July with the results of Warwick Inter Club PDI Championship and then there should be a break.
Click HERE to read the PDF file.

Chairman's Newsletter No. 40

Dear Member,

Treasure Hunt 8th June
The first of this seasons outdoor activities was under threat from the weather yet come the early evening a nice break of sunshine welcomed those who attended the treasure hunt. Jack and Liz were ensconced in the car park and set the teams off with the list of 53 questions/clues. John Walter and myself decided to do the questions in reverse, not just because the last line read "see you in the Old House at Home" !!! What the residents of Romsey thought when seeing groups all wandering around trying to find the answers beggars belief. However as if by magic we all managed to find our way to the pub and then it started...... Liz went through the 'correct' answers and all those who had alternatives raised their objections or asked for clarification and the noise levels waxed and waned in response. The early leaders in the clubhouse were Keith and his wife (Romsey residents) which according to them was not an advantage!! Not much! However I do believe the result may be affected by the late comers who stopped off at the chippie, the result is under review by the stewards.

22nd June. The lecture by George Atkins for those not attending Marwell Zoo, George is still waiting for your questions on anything to do with photo manipulation, whatever your software. One subject your committee has asked him to cover is 'how to prepare your PDIs for assessments/competitions' .

The clubs resizing software. Namely PicShowR.  It has come to the committee attention that there may be a concern with the software that affects the colour range. If you think your images do not look correct when shown at the club, we suggest you stop using the software. George Atkins will show you how to resize and add a black background using any normal software at the demo on the 22nd. I will attempt to create written instructions over the next few days.

Les Fredericks 2010/11. Thank you all for the great response for suggestions. Your committee had a list of 57 to whittle down to a more manageable 12, these will be circulated by Martin with the AGM agenda.

Your committee 2010/11. There are 3 members of this years committee who will not be standing for re-election so if you feel you can help the club we will be circulating nomination forms with the AGM agenda, its your club so please concider helping.

Festivals in Winchester 2010. Bob Eaton has been helping to put together one of the activities for this year. A photographic exhibition at the Winchester Discovery Centre 26th June - 25th July.
There is more details available at www.festivalsinwinchester.co.uk

13th July meeting. Currently this is shown on the program as a club evening. One of the repeated suggestions from the members is that we should have more 'in house' activities. Another suggestion and other clubs do a similar thing is for members to stand up and explain their thoughts, actions behind their images. Possibly to counter some critique from a judge that they thought was not correct or missed. Did you get a ten score? great tell us about it, missed out with a 9.5 score? why? did the beggar knock off half a point? Come on air your grievance!
So this is your invitation to bring back to the club your image and spend just a few moments explaining how, when, where, what camera, settings, lens and so on. If you think you would like to take part please let me know if it is print or PDI you want to talk about. This is not just restricted to images shown it might be one you have not shown yet feel it warrants a viewing. Maybe you have one that you would like some advice on how to improve it. How about that special website you visit for the images or help. I know it is not easy for some to get up and speak out but we are all of a like mindedness, friends and I have yet to see anyone get bitten!!

Next Week The last assessment for this season, Martin will be organising as Jillian & Mark are on vacation, Andrew will be trying to work the projector, John will be acting treasurer and I will be panicking as normal!! George Walsh is an easy going sort of judge and I'm sure he will handle any concerns with our presentation. Entries to the normal process.

My regards and keep snapping
Terry