Vocal Points

Hi season is drawing to a halt, but the good stuff just keeps on coming. The Annual PDI competition last week produced a very high standard of entry across the board. Congratulations to our award winners. I’m sure you can all agree that the standard of work has risen significantly over the course of our […]

Hi all Once again, I am pleased to report that last week’s meeting with David Boag was a massive success. We seem to have mastered using Zoom for our virtual meetings – this time we had 51 members “attending” for what was an entertaining meeting on Nature and Wildlife photography. David had a background dating

Hi all Many of you will be aware of this already, but our newer members may not be familiar with all of our recent history. It is now a year since we lost our Chairman Roger Lewis and his wife Gail in a tragic accident. Gail and Roger worked hard in the previous 3 years to

What a great talk we have just had from David Keep thi sevening, watched by at least 40 members – a great turnout under lockdown circumstances. Apologies everyone, but I made the wrong announcement for next week – it is a talk by David Boag. The Annual PDI competition is in two weeks time. See

Hi all I hope that you are all remaining healthy and coping with the pressures associated with self-isolation. BPS is working hard to bring you some entertainment on your Tuesday evenings whilst you are confined to home and garden. Last Tuesday we had an excellent presentation from Tony Gervis – using Zoom conferencing. Close to

Hi all I hope we have all had time now to adapt to a new level of normality and the challenges it is bringing. My challenge to you is to keep your photographic interest going while developing your skills. I know you will all be missing our Tuesday night get together, but all is not

Hi all We all have our own way of dealing with the current health issues and restrictions. You only have to look at social media to see how inventive people are becoming at entertaining family and keeping in touch with friends and loved ones. Please keep sharing and keep the ideas coming. By doing so

Hi all I hope you are keeping well. It’s a difficult time for everyone and the pressure on family life, jobs and finances is enormous. It really is a time to put community before self, with the knowledge that things will eventually get better. On top of everything else I have the sad news to

Hi all  Another week and the world seems to be just a little bit crazier. We are very mindful that what is happening at the minute has the potential to affect our daily lives – and that includes our society. Currently, we intend to carry on with our meetings as normal, whilst taking sensible precautions.

Hi all So we had another excellent competition night last week with our interpretation of Architecture. It was good to see a wide range of subject matter from many authors. Once again, the standard was very high and the honours were spread across a range of award winners. We followed this on Thursday with the Five