18-Apr-08 by GY

KPS 60th Celebrations

To see all thats going on for the 60th events just click here.

03-Jan-07 by RW/MT

1st Quarterly 2008

Just a reminder that the handing in of the first quarterly next year will be in the 11/01/08 so gives you chance to pick out your best images over christmas.

28-Nov-07 by RW/MT

WCPF Inter Club Digitally Projected Image Competition - (DPIC)

This takes place on February 17th 2008 at Clyst St Mary nr Exeter. Please plan to be there for a good KPS turnout

Our entries must be with the organisers by January 16th 2008

In order to allow time for selection of the 25 entries we will be grateful if you can let us have a disk containing a maximum of 10 images before Christmas. Please let us have them at the last 2007 meeting on December 14th, or you can email here for more information.

Specification -

Images must not be copies of prints, slides or digital files that have been entered in any previous WCPF Inter Club OR Kingswood Salver competitions

Images will be projected in a LANDSCAPE format. They must be sized on the disk to 1024 wide x 768 pixels high. If the image is Portrait format then the height must be no more than 768 pixels; the width will be no more than 576 pixels

Please give each image a TITLE using only characters from a - z and 0 - 9. Please write your name on the disk but do not use sticky labels!

If you see a KPS member outside of the Friday meetings who does not have email please print a copy of this and pass it on - Thank you

Regards

Rod Wainwright & Mike Tucker

25-Nov-07 by JS

ST PETER’S HOSPICE CALENDAR 2009

I WILL BE COLLECTING PICTURES AND WOULD REQUEST ALL OF THESE TO BE WITH ME BY MID JANUARY 2008

The areas are :
Whitchurch Thornbury
Nailsea Clevedon
Kingswood Pill
Portishead Yate/Chipping Sodbury
Chew Valley Winterbourne
Chew Magna Ashton Court Estate
Keynsham

PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROJECT.
IT IS ONLY THROUGH THESE SORT OF FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES THAT THE HOSPICE IS ABLE TO KEEP BOTH THE KNOWLE AND BRENTRY SITES OPERATIONAL.

25-Nov-07 by SC

RWA Open Exhibitions

The Royal West of England Academy has two Open exhibitions a year. The first is an exhibition rotating the disciplines of Sculpture, Painting and Printmaking. It attracts contemporary artists both nationally and internationally.

The second Open Exhibition, which is held annually, is the Autumn Exhibition. It has been in existence for over 150 years, the 154th being the most recent. The Autumn Exhibition is a mixed discipline exhibition, including disciplines such as Painting, Printmaking Sculpture and Architecture. It attracts artists both regionally and nationally.

The Royal West of England Academy

"Through The Lens"
1st RWA Open Photography Exhibition
8th June - 20th July 2008
Royal West of England Academy, Queens Road Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX
Tel: 0117 973 5129
e-mail: info@rwa.org.uk

Click Here for the website

17-Aug-07 by VH

Photographic events

Judging Seminar - September 9 th at Ridgewood Community Association, Yate

Trainers:
John Tilsley ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB
Bill Avan LRPS, DPAGB, APAGB
Barrie Bluer LRPS, APAGB

To reserve a place contact:
John Tilsley for his contact details see Vanessa Herring
For further information about WCPF go to www.wcpf.org.uk

Studio Portrait Lighting - One day courses for beginners
Fee £95    Venue Ringwood, Hampshire

Courses are aimed at the photographer with very little or no experience of studio lighting and portraiture.  

Objectives:  
1. How to produce professional quality work with minimum state of the art affordable equipment
2. Learn the basic groundwork on which to build and improve

To make a reservation or for further information contact:
Fiona Alison, FBIPP, FMPA FRPS for his contact details see Vanessa Herring

Vanessa Herring
Hon Secretary

22-July-07by GY

Vince Reeves new Gallery

Check out a new gallery room by our own Vince Reeves, check out the amazing sky's Click Here. Vince is also the first to try a new gallery flash engine, for a more slick way of viewing photos online. We can also set it to music as well, the mind boggles.

You can now have multiple collections, just click on the collection name on the top left of the gallery index and switch to the other collection.

Click play just below the collections to automatically flip through all the images.

If you want your own room then just contact Gary.

22-July-07by GY

Change in Programme

Please note there has been a change in programme, the 5th and 19th of October have now swapped activities see the programme.

22-July-07by GY

Photoshop Tutorials

Wow everything your wanted to know about photoshop and more, plus free video tutorials. Check it out here.

Gary Yelland

22-July-07by GY

KPS Digital Projected Image Competition 2007

Kingswood Photographic Society will be hosting our first totally digital projected formal competition. This is to test the waters, and see how KPS will want to run these competitions in the future.

The first competition will be on the 21st September 2007
Check out the rules here, good luck to all.

We are still committed to slide and print competitions and all that these mediums can offer, but we also want to explore the digital competition arena, this will lead to interclub digital competitions on the internet and we want to make sure KPS is ready.

22-July-07by GY

Vista Print Warning

There seems to be some issues around the Vista Print company, I have personally used this company and had no problems but under new management they seem to be using subversive marketing techniques. Click on the right to read the article and make you own mind up about the company.
If you want business cards, flyers etc then here is another company that I have used which has great service, quality and price. Goodprint UK

Gary Yelland

22-July-07by GY

Judging Seminar

ALL DAY JUDGING SEMINAR Hosted by Sodbury and Yate Photographic Society
at Ridgewood Community Association 244 Station Road, BS37 4AF Yate
on Sunday 9th September 200710am to 4pm

The WCPF is anxious both to increase the number of judges on its lists and make Clubs, through their competition secretaries, more aware of the requirements of a judge. To this end we are not charging for attendance at this Seminar, which is open to all members interested in the judging process.
WCPF judges, (John Tilsley, ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB, Bill Aven LRPS, DPAGB, APAGB and Barrie Bluer, LRPS, APAGB) will take you through the requirements of becoming a judge, and give all the assistance needed.
Its then your turn to demonstrate your ability, and if you wish be assessed for the judging list.
Bring a packed lunch and a selection of images for the trainee judges to comment on. If you enjoy the seminar we will be pleased to receive a donation towards the costs of the day.
Please send tear off booking form (or a separate note) to reserve your place
as soon as possible, to:-John Tilsley, 2 Grove Barn, Martinstown, Dorchester, DT2 9JP
Tel. 01305 889495. e-mail dijohn.tilsley@waitrose.com

22-July-07by GY

Steve Dury speaker

We would like to give Steve a special thanks for a great evening, ont only great prints but also an insight in the world or historical battle reinactments. This is clearly a great oppertunity for photographers and a great day out. Check out the Sealed Knot website for more information. Click on the image for a larger view.

22-July-07by GY

How Are We - Photographing Britian
Tate Britian 22 May - 2 September 2007

I see a lot of photographic exhibitions during the course of a year but am rarely driven to print.   Why this exhibition?   Difficult to say except that, at one level, it is extremely frustrating but at another very rewarding.   It is definitely not a 5* event but not far behind.

The exhibition seems relatively directionless, as it attempts the impossible by tracing photography in Britain from its inception (William Fox Talbot) to the current day, through the work of many well-known photographers.   I found the early work inspiring, well presented and informative, even though it ranged from playing card images to disturbing pictures of early plastic surgery and a female mental home.

Moving into the first half of the C20th, there is a superb panel of work containing one of Angus McBean's best images and a tremendous set by the fashion/portrait photographer, MadameYevonde.   For once we also break away from the incessant pool of Cecil Beaton celebrity pictures and find instead four great images of the blitz, sitting beside a group of Bert Hardy Picture Post covers.

What is strange is that the exhibition then wanders across the medium by showing us early colour recipe book images, next to splendid portraits by the likes of David Bailey and Norman Parkinson.

The photographs displayed, representing the last 30 years of the C20th and the beginning of the C21st have, by definition, to be highly selective.   I must say I struggled with a lot of these, particularly images of dead animals/birds squashed on the road.   Many also seemed to me a poor representation of certai photographers, in particular Martin Parr.   That said there are a set of sensational projected images by Derek Ridgers from his series, Club and Street Portraits.

At the end of the day, I have to ask myself, would I go back for a second viewing?   The answer is a resounding yes, even though I felt it was a bit like breaking into a piggy bank and finding a mixture of twenty pound notes and buttons.

Click here for more information.

Adrian Herring

11-April-07by GY

Our new travel photography competition ('Your Photos') is being launched inside the Travel section of our next issue, due out April 18th. We're giving away £1,775 worth of cameras and equipment including:

FIRST PRIZE
An Olympus SLR Digital Camera worth £675
Plus, accessories and equipment from Ward Philipson, including: - Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl Paper, tripod, bag and the winning image will be reproduced on a 3D block canvas.

RUNNERS UP
3 Runner's up will each receive an Olympus FE-230 Digital Camera (worth £150)
Plus, accessories and equipment from Ward Philipson, including:- Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper, tripod, bag and runner up images will be reproduced on 3D block canvases (a smaller size to the winning image).

We will be promoting the competition at our Spring Fair (taking place at Newcastle Racecourse April 20-22), on our website (livingnorth.com) and in regular up-dates in the Travel section of the magazine. The winning image, runners up and commended images will be published in the October issue of Living North (due out September 6th).

HOW TO ENTER
Send your travel pictures, with your name, address, telephone number and a description, to Travel Editor, ‘Your Photos’ Competition, Living North Magazine, 5 Cattle Market, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1NJ, or e-mail clairecarruthers@btconnect.com. All formats acceptable. Images sent by e-mail must be high resolution (300dpi). Strictly for amateurs only – professional photographers are not eligible for a prize. Closing date for entries August 15th 2007.

Unfortunately, we are unable to return photographs sent by post – we cannot take responsibility for lost or damaged entries.

As winning images will be published in the magazine, this is a great opportunity for individual work to be recognised by a wider public.

Many Thanks & Kind Regards,

Claire Carruthers

16-Mar-07by GY

Photoshop Fine Art Tutorial

I will give a tutorial on converting portrait shots to fine art images tonight. This will cover many aspects of photo retouching and post production for fine art portraits.

Here is a link to an online tutorial that shows the basic technique for skin smoothing that I use all the time. Click Here.

08-Feb-07by GY

Model Shoot trainning

If you have ever wanted to try outdoor model photography, then Barrie Tovey is running a session for new and experienced photographers with a professional model.

I went on the last one and I would say its the fastest way to learn this style of photography and lots of fun.

If you are interested then give him an email Click Here.

08-Feb-07by GY

Free Adobe Light Room Tutorials

If you are into assem management and like the new offering and not sure if the new Adobe offering Lightroom is for you. Then check this out over 1 hour of free video lightroom tutorials

Lightroom Tutorials

14-Dec-06 by GY

Amazing 2007 Programme

Once again KPS has managed to put together an amazing programme for 2007. The line up of lectures all top in their field, mixed with practical and competition evenings leads to an exciting year at Kingswood Photographic Society. If you are interested in photography and are not currently a member of KPS then please do not hesitate to come to any of our Friday Evenings, and you will be made most welcome.

07-Dec-06 by GY

Next Generation Photography 3.8 Giga Pixel

A truly outstanding achievement, using various techniques with a standard camera producing a massive 3.8 Giga pixel pictures that can be printed without resizing to 12 x 18 feet long panaramas.
I cant begin to guess the price of ink for one of these prints ! See the web site here.

04-Dec-06 by GY

On Line Digital Competition

If you like digital image competitions then Newdig is the place for you, submit you images through email the wait for the judging, its great.
Click here for word document instructions.
Click here for the website and winners.

We did rather well in the November 2006

09-Nov-06 by GY

Discount for KPS Members

We now have a link with the microquiz company for producing slides from digital images. There is a discount to KPS Members see here in the advertising section click here.

09-Nov-06 by GY

Annual Exhibition 2006 Results

The results of the exhibition are now on the website in the gallery section click here.

06-Oct-06 by GY

Announcements from Friday night:

Sodbury and Yate Photographic Club on 16th Oct and Talk from Martin Farr titled "The Darkness Beckons" (caving), tickets only £3.00 see their website Click here.

Reminder
On 20th Oct its the 57th Annual Exhibition handing in of prints and slides, Open and Intermediate Class, Judges decide the prints categories. A maximum of 9 prints and 9 slides per member allowed.

Other:
The prints handed in for the PAGB will be selected on Monday, and the others will be returned next friday on 13th Oct.

RPS 8th Oct Sunday is Members' Day, Bring, show and discuss your projected images. Click here for details. Meeting at Fenton House (RPS HQ) Wells Road, Bath 9.30 for 10.00am Regional Organiser Robert Albright FRPS
e-mail:robert@maureenalbright.com

An evening with Andy Rouse famous wildlife photographer at Trowbridge. See Andy’s brilliant new Antarctica show. Andy will be presenting a mixture of his new Antarctica show and some old favorites. Featuring stunning musical pieces, awesome photography and the usual standard of bad jokes and irreverent commentary. The second part of the evening will be dedicated to some of Andy’s latest work from the UK (including the much requested Kingfisher sequences) plus also his work on the Great Migration, the ever popular Grizzlies and a few surprises. Click here for the details.

29-Sep-06 by GY

Checkout the very latest in camera technolgy in this Photokina 2006 report, start planning your christmas lists now.

29-Sep-06 by GY

This website is being updated all the time, so dont forget to come back a check on a regular basis. If you have any ideas for the website just email them to gary@purefineart.co.uk and we will see what we can do.

22-Sep-06 by GY

A new area has been set up on Flickr for KPs members and friends. Its a real easy way to share files on the internet. Check out the new area by clicking here. Flickr - KPS

See the KPS info sheet Click Here.

Check out the very latest digital panaramic 6x17 160Mp camera, each image is 1Gb, ISO from 500 - 10000, price about £19500, nice as a second camera I suppose.
See the details Click here