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If your camera club has news you want to share with Photography News readers, please send it in. All sorts of stories are welcome, so it might be details of an annual exhibition, success in a contest, an upcoming event or news of a member’s personal achievement. Publicity officers – please read the submission guidelines and deadlines below, and get your stories in. › Write your story in 250 words or fewer on a Word document. Include the club’s website, meeting times, what the event is, opening times, entrance costs – anything relevant. › Every story should come with at least one image. JPEGs should be 1500 pixels minimum (bigger is fine) on the longest dimension, any colour space, photographer’s name in the file name, please. › We DO NOT use posters or any pictures with words on the image front. Send your contribution to clubnews@photography-news. co.uk with text document and images attached. Deadlines for the next few issues of Photography News ISSUE 75, out from 10 March, deadline for contributions: 28 February ISSUE 76, out from 14 April, deadline for contributions: 3 April ISSUE 77, out from 12 May, deadline for contributions: 1 May. DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE 28 February
Beckenham PS has a twinning relationship French camera club Image’in Perigny and PN reported on the French club’s visit to the UK in spring 2019. Late last year, it was the turn of Beckenham to visit its French twin, and this is the report from exchange organiser Angela Ford. “The visit was a typically gastronomic and photographic delight with trips organised to Ile de Ré and Ile d’Oleron, islands just off the south-west coast. “Ile d’Oleron presented a wide range of opportunities, frommarkets and an imposing fortress to fishermen’s huts and yachts left high and dry in the harbour. Beckenhammembers could be found around every corner. The day finished with a glorious sunset at Chatelaillon, a retro seaside town. “Another highlight was Rochefort, a naval town south of La Rochelle, and an exclusive tour of the Hermione, a replica of the frigate that sailed to America to support the revolutionaries in their battles with the English in 1780.
“At Perigny’s weekly club meeting Beckenham’s 13 visiting members each presented three of their favourite images. Images from the club’s recent successes in county competitions that were selected to represent Kent in the national championship were also shown. Member David Wood
also showed prints taken with his first camera, a Box Brownie, bought on a trip to Lille soon after the second world war.” Beckenham president Sheree Dodd said: “This was a fantastic visit and our friends from Perigny were extremely hospitable. This twinning relationship 50not out Gloucester CC club has presented Geoffrey Dawson with a plaque to celebrate 50 years as amember. Secretary MikeWatson said:“Geoffrey has served the club in most roles and continued to serve on the management committee until very recently. As a photographer, he was a regular and successful contributor to club competitions in the days of slide film, with his Contax camera, and hasmore recently enjoyed some success with digitised versions of those images. Geoffrey continues to represent the club at meetings of theMCPF (although that maybe an excuse to catch up with his old colleagues!). In spite of health problems Geoffrey is still attending regularly and we all hope that his enthusiasm for photography will remain with him for a long time yet. ” gloucestercameraclub.co.uk
is held in high regard in France – a clear sign of which was the mayor of the town joining our farewell dinner.” If your club has similar events, PN would love to hear from you. In the first instance, email clubnews@photography- news.co.uk beckenhamphotosoc.org.uk
Neath &District PS’s UK Salon 2020 is open for entries. This exhibition has BPE and PAGB accreditation with PAGBmedals, NDPS medals and both BPE and NDPS ribbons. The closing date is 19 April with selection on 25 and 26 April. Entries are via a link on the club’s website. This year’s selectors are Bob Dennis CPAGB, Peter GennardMFIAP and Gary Shinner LRPS. There are four categories: Open Colour, OpenMono, Nature and Creative. Four images can be entered into each category at a cost of £10 for one category and £2 for each subsequent category, so you can enter all four for £16. All entrants get a DVD of the accepted images and awards. neathphotographicsociety.org Neath’s Salon
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