The annual 5 A Side was held on Thursday night 12th February 2015 I’m very pleased to announce that we won the shield again this year for the second year running. The judge was Louise Hill from Smethwick. The results are below. Prints Flamenco Stance by Colin Close scored 17 Jet Pilot by Barry Green scored 18 Morning […]
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On Saturday 17th January, the Practical Group met at Great Witley Church to make (mainly) interior images of the baroque decoration. Such embellishment is unusual in British churches and we are fortunate in have an example close by. The range of member abilities was a nice spread from expert through improvers to relative beginners although some graduates
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For the fourth year running BPS were invited to photograph The Rat Pack when they performed at The Artrix on 11th January. We always view this as a great opportunity for the club members as generally, of course, you are not allowed to photograph in a theatre. As well as the “tribute” artists taking the
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On Sunday 14th December, the BPS Practical Group met at the APEX Motocross practice track at Junction 6 of the M5. Whilst the weather was not perfect, six of us got to grips with dull conditions and the muddy track to produce some pretty decent images (which can be seen on BPS website soon or
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Title Author Award Colour Zombie Barry Green 1st “E” Cigarette Mike Troth 2nd Gone but not Forgotten John Davidson 3rd Buttermere Reflections Colin Close Highly Commended Rickshaw Pilot Roger Tyler Through Draught John Davidson Commended Before the Storm Jan Godwin Hard to Emulate with No Teeth Mike Troth Monochrome Former Champ Colin Close 1st Windswept
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Colour Title Author Award Flamenco Twirl Colin Close 1st Rhianne Hat Label Pete Allen 2nd Tulip Raindrops Jill Howe 3rd Vampire Roar Mike Troth Highly Commended The Front Line Mike Troth Flat Out Barry Green Peacock Julie Hall The Boot Boys Mike Troth Purton church Robin Truran Commended Living Fire Roger Tyler Monochrome After the
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General Colour Title Author Award Pink Punk Barry Green 1st Girl Power Barry Green 2nd Poppies at Blackstone Fred Thompson 3rd Lake Side Colin Close Highly Commended White Horse Jill Howe Fallen Hero Johyn Davidson Waving the Boys off Mike Troth Commended Orange Curve Julie Hall Coughton Court David Riddle Monochrome Spotter and Gunner Mike
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Mark Wilbrey – Basic Photoshop sessions We are pleased to announce that we have provisionally booked Mark to present four sessions in Sept/Oct 2015 to assist members new to Photoshop. The sessions will be supported with notes and CD’s. More details to follow. Pete Garnett
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On Sunday 19th October, the BPS Practical Group met for a ‘Portraits in Your Parlour’ session at my house. I wanted to show that decent portraits could be made without elaborate gear and expensive equipment. Old sheets, umbrellas and sheets of cardboard were used as backgrounds. Kitchen foil stuck to card and a car windscreen
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1st Print Competition Judge Peter Siviter EFIAP 16th Sept 2014 Mono title Author Award The Leader Barry Green 1st British Commandos Mike Troth 2nd Charge of the 95th Mike Troth 3rd Caravan John Davidson Highly Commended Shadow Pattern John Davidson Commended Colour Title Author Award Volcanic Landscape John Davidson 1st Still Water Fred Thompson 2nd
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