After spending some time carefully checking the spreadsheet – the league tables and galleries have been updated. Thank you for entering your images and letting us all share in the portraits; Primay Intermediate Advanced 1st Celia THOMPSON Liz YOUNG Wendy SPENCER 2nd Talia C. Anne RICHES[…]
Read moreAuthor: Matthew White
For BWPS - Web and Competition Secretary. I'm also a SCPF judge so go to various clubs in Hampshire.
Also have been known to take photographs myself.
Two boys, two cats, and one wife.
Also a IBM Software Engineer
Human Portraits
Our next competition is a set subject of ‘Human Portraits’. What does portraiture photography mean? The key message that portraiture needs to convey is a sense of personality and attitude of the subject. We need to be able to learn something about the person (or people, it doesn’t need to[…]
Read moreUpdated Competition Marking
Starting at our next competition, the first in 2019, we’re adjusting how marks are awarded. Why are we making this change? Firstly, it’s important to understand what marks mean. It is very common in any club competition to ask judges to award marks out of 10, (including half marks). Some[…]
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Architecture Competition Winners
Our final competition of our season was held last week – on the set theme of Architecture. The prints on display across all classes was excellent. Caroline Colegate had a tough job selecting the placed images. The results are below – and the images can be seen in the gallery. Primary[…]
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Autumn News
The Autumn Newsletter was sent out recently; here’s a quick recap of the upcoming events. Thursday 1st November Competition Round 4 Theme – Architecture We welcome back Caroline Colegate to cast her expert eye over our efforts and Matthew will be kept busy tallying the League Tables! Here is a[…]
Read moreExhibition Public Vote
Congratulations to Mary Gardiner for winning the Public Vote at the exhibition! Her image ‘The Red Door’ is below, Mary said, “The image was taken in Bruges and was a very quick hand held snap shot trying to avoid all the visitors pouring through the doorway! ” The vote was very[…]
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Exhibition Thank-you
We just want to say thank-you to everybody for visiting the exhibition. We’re collating the visitor numbers and images taken from the presentation of the prizes – will post them shortly.
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2018 Exhibition THIS WEEK
There are just a few days left until the opening of our 2018 Exhibition. For the society’s 10th Anniversary our exhibition has returned to Bishop’s Waltham being held in the United Free Church, Basingwell Street. Not only will you able to see a great selection of prints and digital images[…]
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An evening of ‘Moving’ and ‘Shaking’
After the presentation a few weeks ago by Derek Gale, we used our time in hall this week to have a go ‘Moving’ and ‘Shaking’. To get us thinking about moving, a few of our members shared their own approaches and techniques. Firstly Steve took us through some of the[…]
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Movement in Photography
We often hear about sharpness and focus in images; blur is bad. Last night we saw how to use movement to be creative and expressive. Derek Gale enthusiasm and experience shone through. Movement in both camera and subjects; as well using a variety of LED lights to provide different techniques to show[…]
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