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Photography News | Issue 40 | absolutephoto.com
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Camera club news If your club has any news that you want to share with the rest of the world, this is the page for it. Your story might be about your club’s success in a contest, or a member’s personal achievements; it could be about a group outing you had recently or when the annual exhibition is on show. Any news is eligible for inclusion, so club publicity officers please take note of the submission guidelines and get your stories in
How to submit
Deadline for the next issue: 30 January 2017
We need words and pictures by 30 January 2017 for the next issue of Photography News , which will be available from 13 February 2017. Write your story in a Word document (400 words max). Please include contact details of the club, exhibition or event: website, meeting times, opening times, whatever is relevant. Images should be JPEGs, 2000 pixels on the longest dimension, any colour space, and image credits should be included. If the story is an exhibition or event, please send a picture from the exhibition (not the publicity poster) or one from the event. If it includes people, please identify them. Attach the Word document and JPEGs to an email and send to clubnews@photography-news.co.uk
Secondyear success for Smethwick
Bromsgrove PS are champions again! For the second year running, Bromsgrove Photographic Society have won the Midland Bank Trophy. The annual photographic competition between the Redditch, Studley and Bromsgrove Societies is hotly contested with each club entering its own selection of prints and digital images. These are appraised by an external judge who allots points to each of the images. With Bromsgrove leading by 14 points at the end of the contest, it was an outstanding performance by its members. Roger Lewis, chairman of Bromsgrove PS commented “This is a great result onwhich to end 2016. Our new season in September started with an amazing enrolment of over 30 new members. With the total membership now nearing 90, we are looking forward to seeing more great images in our monthly competitions.” EveshamCC Photo2017 The Vale of Evesham Camera Club’s National Digital Exhibition Photo2017 will be the 19th National exhibition and the 28th Annual Exhibition that the club has organised. Last year the event attracted 4896 entries from which 1114 images gained acceptance into the exhibition. Entry for Photo2017 will open on 1 January, closing on 28 February. Every entrant receives an A4-sized colour illustrated printed catalogue. There are four different categories to enter: Colour, Natural History, Monochrome and Experimental/Creative. bromsgroveps.co.uk
“Smethwick Photographic Society was delighted to win the FIAP World Cup for the second year in a row,” says Roger Parry ARPS, secretary of Smethwick Photography Society. “As winners last year we had the job of running the selection for this year’s competition and in April we host the Awards Ceremony. With 197 clubs taking part from all over the world it was a tough competition and although I was present at the judging, there was no way of seeing how well we were doing as all the images are
totally scrambled. So it was a great surprise when we asked the computer for the final scores and to our delight found we had won again.” It’s a brilliant achievement so well done to Smethwick from Photography News .
Beckenham Photographic Society hold their annual exhibition from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 February at Beckenham Public Hall, Bromley Road, Beckenham BR3 5JE. Open to the public from 10am to 8pm (10am to 5pm on Saturday). Entrance is free and all visitors are very welcome. The society holds meetings on Wednesdays at 7.45pm for 8pm between September and May at St. John’s Church Hall in Beckenham. Newmembers and visitors are always welcome – there’s a friendly atmosphere and it’s a great opportunity to meet others who are keen to enjoy and improve their photography. Beckenham PSexhibition
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Below The Begging Bowl by Peter Gennard from Smethwick PS won the FIAP Silver Medal in the club’s World Cup entry.
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Clacton CC event Clacton Camera Club are holding an evening with photographer Colin Edwards on Friday 3 March at 8.30pm. Colin’s talk is entitled Wildlife on our Shores, and he will be showcasing some of his excellent images. The event takes place in McGrigor Hall, Fourth Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea CO13 9EB. Contact Jean Pain at photopains@talktalk. net to buy tickets; they’re £8 each, including refreshments.
A great year for Bungay CC Bungay CC celebrated another successful year with their Annuals competition and the club’s youngest member at age 11, won a trophy for ‘Endeavour and Enthusiasm’. The club meet at 7pm on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. presentation. The Hare and the HarvestMoonbyPeterNixonwas Highly Commended in the Colour Print section and Joshua Finch, bungaycameraclub.co.uk
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