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PROGRAMME 2015 - 2016

Meetings are held at Priory Methodist Church Hall, Newnham Avenue, Bedford, MK41 9QJ on Tuesdays at 19:30 unless otherwise stated.

Affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain through the East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies.

Bedford Camera Club is here to help everyone develop their skills, to enjoy and to get the most out of their interest in photography. Whatever camera/ camera phone you have or level of expertise, if you have any questions or need advice on anything to do with photography, please ask one of the committee members who will be willing to help or direct you to a member who can.

www.bedfordcameraclub.co.uk

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COMMITTEE & OFFICERS 2015 – 2016

President Mike Clifton 01234 822408

Immediate Past President Mike Clifton 01234 822408

Annual Exhibition Secretary Paul Winterford 07763 860256

External Competition Secretary Jonathan Vaines 01234 360339

General Secretary Carl Wrightson 01234 378184

Internal Competition Secretaries John Pegram Cliff Harvey

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Membership Secretary Peter Robinson 01525 712809

Programme Secretary Serena Flintham 07715 170808

Social Secretary To be appointed

Summer Events To be appointed

Treasurer Roger Bank 01234 355698

Non-Committee Members with special responsibilities:

External Competition Secretary Co-ordinator

Sue Vaines 01234 360339

Raffles Alan Woodward 01234 376526

Refreshments Moira McAneny 07780 911622

“Snapshot” Editor Lynn Short 01234 342701

Website Development Ian Whiting Cliff Harvey

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ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Individual £60.00

Joint £100.00

Student £30.00 Annual subscriptions are due on 6 October 2015; latest payment date is 20 October 2015.

VISITORS

While members may invite an occasional guest to club meetings, it is expected that guests who make repeated visits will seek membership. Forms for this purpose are available from the General Secretary, Membership Secretary or website.

Visitor £3.00 per evening

DATA PROTECTION ACT A list of members has been entered on a computer database for administration purposes. If this concerns you and if you have any objections please inform the Membership Secretary and arrangements will be made to have your details removed from the listing.

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PROGRAMME 2015 – 2016

6 October 15 Welcome Evening Introduction to the committee members; the programme for this season; Summer Events competition winners; AV Group Summer selection; viewing of the EAF Championship 2015 competition entries. 10 October 15 (Saturday) External Competition – Chelmsford Camera Club Challenge Shield Judge – Roger Force FRPS DPAGB APAGB Venue – Springfield Parish Centre, St Augustine’s Way, Springfield, Chelmsford CM1 6GX Time – 2:00pm

13 October 15 Product Speaker - Edward Ruffell, Managing Director – “LEE Filters - Masters of Light” www.leefilters.com LEE Filters are the world's leading manufacturer of lighting, architectural and camera filters. 18 October 15 – (Sunday) Points of View Competition – "A Slice of Milton Keynes" Full details can be found on the BCC website. Competition rules will be handed out to participants on the day. Judging of the best images will be held on 22 December 15; final entry date 15 December 15

20 October 15 Speaker - Darren Harbar – “Photographing action in the air”; plus an editing feature www.darrenharbar.co.uk The art of photographing birds and aircraft from the ground and in the air.

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27 October 15 Internal Club Members’ Competition Subject - Open

Judge - Don Byatt ARPS, MPAGB, EFIAP, BPE5*

Maximum entry per member - 2 prints and 2 PDIs

Final entry date 20 October 15

Counts towards the seasonal points competition 2 November 15 (Monday) External Competition – Beds Invitation Inter-Club Digital Judge – Stan McCartin LRPS CPAGB APAGB Venue – Barton Village Hall, Hexton Road, Barton-le-Clay MK45 4JY Time – 7:45pm

3 November 15 Members’ Evening 1st half – Post Processing session with Jonathan & Sue Vaines 2nd half – “Hidden world of waterways” by Chris Hubbard 10 November 15 Speaker - Kevin Gorton – “Arctic Lights - Photographing the Aurora Borealis” www.kevingorton.com

A talk on the subtle aspects of landscape photography and the consideration of your own approach to creating images – with a focus on photographing the aurora borealis and arctic landscapes. 17 November 15 Internal Club Members’ Competition Subject - Open

Judge – Adrian Stone

Maximum entry per member - 2 prints and 2 PDIs

Final entry date 10 November 15

Counts towards the seasonal points competition

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24 November 15 Speaker- Bob Brind-Surch – “The Art of Wildlife Photography” www.naturesphotos.co.uk The talk is illustrated with photos taken in the UK & East Africa and demonstrates the techniques and skills used to make the difference between a ‘snap-shot’ and an award winning photo. 26 November (Thursday) External Competition - 3-way Interclub Battle – Biggleswade/ Bedford/ Gamlingay Judge – Hazel Manning ARPS DPAGB BPE3* Venue – Conservative Club, St Andrews Street, Biggleswade SG18 8BA

Time – 7:30pm

1 December 15 Speaker- Jayne Odell ARPS – “Shaping the Frame” www.jayneodellphotography.co.uk

A three section lecture focussing on coastal photography, including a section about St Ives in Cornwall, finishing off with a short AV. 8 December 15 Internal Club Members’ Competition - Subject - Open

Judge – Sarah Kelman

Maximum entry per member - 2 prints and 2 PDIs

Final entry date 1 December 15

Counts towards the seasonal points competition 10 December 15 (Thursday) Christmas Social Corner 5 Restaurant, Box End Park, Box End, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RQ Time – 7:00pm

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15 December 15 Speaker - Stuart Crump – “Cuba”; www.stuartcrump.com This is a talk about the history and people of Cuba of which a number of the images have won awards. Followed by a “Tale of Ten Images” which shows how Stuart created the Cuba images. 22 December 15 Internal Club Members’ Competition - “Points of View”

Judge – John Credland DPAGB, APAGB

PDIs only

See programme entry under 18 October 15

Final entry date 15 December 15 29 December 15 – no club evening

5 January 16 Speaker – Nigel Spencer – “Winter Wildlife” (Illustrated AV Show); www.nigelspencer.co.uk The talk illustrates many species of animals and birds from Britain, Scandinavia and Canada, showcasing them in their natural habitat. He will provide advice, along with ideas on equipment, the cold, and other aspects of winter photography.

12 January 16 Internal Club Members’ Competition– Architects Association Cup; Subject “Buildings associated with the countryside”

Judge – Ray Kimberley

Maximum entry per member – maximum 3 PDIs

Final entry date – 5 January 16

Cup awarded by the Bedfordshire Assoc. of Architects 19 January 16 Members’ Evening In-house Workshops – LR/ PS/ printing/ framing~mounting

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23 January 16 (Saturday) External Competition - Cambridge Inter-club Digital Judge – David Gibbins ARPS AFIAP EFIAP Venue – Whittlesford Village Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford CB22 4NE Time – 1:30pm

26 January 16 Speaker – Dave Phillips – “Photography and the Law; OU Photography Short Course” The UK laws that effect photographers. Plus an introduction to the Open University course TG089, being offered in partnership with The Royal Photographic Society as suitable preparatory work and a foundation for a Licentiateship Distinction (LRPS) in still photography.

2 February 16 Internal Club Members’ Competition Subject - Open

Judge – David Hollis

Maximum entry per member - 2 prints and 2 PDIs

Final entry date 26 January 16

Counts towards the seasonal points competition 7 February 15 (Sunday) External Competition - EAF PDI Championship Venue – The Fulbourn Centre, 31 Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5BS Time – 11:00am

9 February 16 Product Speaker – Canon – David Parry David will cover new market developments, their products and will have some products available for a touch & try demo www.canon.co.uk

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16 February 16 Members’ Evening Cliff Harvey & Carl Wrightson – “Wedding Photography” 23 February 16 Speaker – Anne Johnson – “Zambia and the Eclipse” (Slide presentation) The talk covers time spent in two of Zambia’s national parks and features many of the wild inhabitants. The total eclipse of 2001 is covered including the techniques for photographing an eclipse. The talk finishes at the magnificent Victoria Falls. Talk by Anne Johnson; Photos by John Wallington 27 February 16 (Saturday) Annual Exhibition – Judging of Exhibition entries

Judge – Kevin Herbert

Venue – Renhold Village Hall, Wilden Road, Renhold, MK41 0LY

Hall open from 10:00am – 4:00pm

Final entry date – 19 January 16 27 February 16 (Saturday) External Competition - St Ives Interclub Print Competition & Exhibition Venue – Free Church Centre, Market Hill, St Ives PE27 5AL Exhibition – 10:00am to 5:00pm; Judging – 6:00pm to 9:30pm

1 March 16 Internal Club Competition – Philip Lepper Trophy Subject – “Monochrome”

Judge - Peter Going LRPS

Maximum entry per member – 3 PDIs Only

Final entry date – 23 February 16

Philip Lepper cup awarded to the winner

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6 March 16 (Sunday) External Competition - EAF Print Championship Venue – The Fulbourn Centre, 31 Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5BS Time – 10:30am

8 March 16 Members’ Evening 1st half - We all tend to disagree with the judging at some point in the season, so now is your chance to have a go! Break away into groups to ‘judge/ critique’ a range of images and report results. 2nd half – ‘Question Time’ - About the club & photography in general

10 March 16 (Thursday) External Competition – New City Photographic Society Central Club Challenge Judge – TBA Venue – The Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA Time – 7:30pm

15 March 16 Speaker - Glyn Dewis: “Steal Like an Artist; Photographing the Muscular/ Sports/ Athletic Physique; The Anytime Anywhere Portrait” www.glyndewis.com Steal Like an Artist How do you get your own unique style? How do you know what to photograph? In this session Glyn shows the importance of copying when it comes to developing yourself further as a photographer; plus following on from his Power of Personal Projects talk that he’s delivered in the USA & across Europe, Glyn shows how to develop projects that will not only develop you as a photographer but keep you excited at the same time. Photographing the Muscular/Sports/Athletic Physique In this session, Glyn shows the tips, tricks and techniques for photographing and lighting the muscular/ sports/ athletic physique Bonus Session: The Anytime Anywhere Portrait A quick look at the kit and technique Glyn uses to take portraits

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22 March 16 Members’ Evening Details to be announced 29 March 16 Internal Club Members’ Competition Subject - Open

Judge – John Law UPI ZEUS, UPI 4 Crown, FRPS, MFIAP

Maximum entry per member - 2 prints and 2 PDIs

Final entry date 22 March 16

Counts towards the seasonal points competition

05 April 16 Felicity Bickley Trophy Inter-club Audio Visual (AV) Competition

Hosted by Bedford Camera Club

Judges - Michael Burns ARPS; Diana Burns FRPS, AV-AFIAP

Final entry date – 29 March 16

Competition has its own Felicity Bickley Cup

7 April 16 (Thursday) Annual Exhibition - Members & Invited Guests Evening Opening with The Mayor of Bedford Borough - Dave Hodgson Venue – The Harpur Suite, Bedford MK40 1LE Timing – 6:30pm to 9:30pm

7:00pm - Mayor arrives; 7:30pm - Opening speeches; 7:45pm - AV presentation for PDIs; 8:15pm - Awards; 8:45pm - Closing speeches; 9:30pm - Event close

8 April (Friday) and 9 April 16 (Saturday) Annual Exhibition - Public Open Days Venue – The Harpur Suite, Bedford MK40 1LE Timing – 10:00am to 4:30pm

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12 April 16 External Competition - 3-way Inter-club - Hosted by Bedford Bedford/ Shillington/ Kempston Judge – Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB Venue – Priory Methodist Church, 63 Newnham Avenue, Bedford MK41 9QJ Time – 7:30pm 19 April 16 Internal Club Members’ Competition – Stan Searle Trophy Theme – “Person or People” (The subject matter ‘Person or People’ must be the principal proportion of the image)

Judge – Colin Mill

Maximum entry per member – 3 PDIs only

Final entry date – 12 April 16

Award of Stan Searle Trophy to the winner

19 April 16 External Competition – Peter Brotherhood Challenge Cup Venue – Parkway Sports & Social Club, Maskew Ave, Bourges Boulevard Retail Park, Peterborough, PE1 2AS Time – 7:30pm

26 April 16 President’s Evening Details to be announced 3 May 16 Bedford Camera Club Annual General Meeting Details to be announced

10 May 16 End of Season Dinner Details to be announced

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BEDFORD AV GROUP PROGRAMME 2015 – 2016 17 June 15 AV making field trip - Bedford Park & surrounding area 15 July 15 AV making field trip - Bedford Park & surrounding area 19 August 15 No meeting holiday break 4 to 6 September 15 RPS National AV Festival at Ruxton Lecture Theatre, Staffordshire University, Stafford ST18 www.rps.org/events/2015/september/04/2015-national-audio-visual-championship 16 September 15 Bedford Park & surrounding area - AV critique 03 October 15 Jessop Rose Bowl at Smethwick Photographic Society, Oldbury B69 2AS www.cemriac.org.uk/avcomp.html 21 October 15 Evening with John & Jose' Currant 18 November 15 In house competition, rules as per Felicity Bickley Trophy - Judge Jim Hartje 4-6 December 15 The 21st Great Northern Audio Visual Festival at Chorlton, Manchester M21 7SX www.av-group.org.uk/gnfestival/web2/index.html

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BEDFORD AV GROUP PROGRAMME 2015 – 2016 CONT.

16 December 15 Fun night, showing 1 minute AV's based on a Xmas seasonal theme 20 January 16 Our 1st birthday; a look back over the year & critiquing the best/ worst of the Felicity Bickley 2015 17 February 16 Members to choose the BAVG entries to the Felicity Bickley Trophy March 16 – Day TBA The IAC Peter Cole International AV Competition www.nwawavg.org.uk/ 16 March 16 How When Why What question night 19 March 16 The 24th East Anglian AV Competition at Margaretting Village Hall, Wantz Road, Margaretting, Essex CM4 0EP www.essexavgroup.org.uk/ 05 April 16 The Felicity Bickley Competition hosted by Bedford Camera Club Judges – Michael Burns ARPS; Diana Burns FRPS, AV-AFIAP 20 April 16 Swap evening with Essex AV Group 18 May 16 Speaker TBA

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GENERAL COMPETITION RULES 1. Only Honorary Members and paid up Members of the Club

may enter the Club’s competitions. 2. The same image can only be used twice in club competitions.

For example, you can enter the same image as a print and as a digital image (or 2 prints or 2 digital images), Entering an image in colour and then again in monochrome also counts as two “uses”.

3. The Competitions Secretary has the right to withdraw an entry

if it is believed that the “twice” rule has been exceeded. 4. The copyright to an image must belong to the entrant. For

manipulated images the entrant must have copyright of the final image and its components.

5. Prints may be commercially printed and/or mounted. 6. All images may be placed on the clubs’ web site. If you do

not wish any of your images to be placed on the website, please see the competitions secretary.

7. Each competition will state whether it is for Prints and/or PDI’s

and if it is for colour and/or monochrome. 8. The terms Monochrome and Colour have the following

meanings (based on the definitions issued by the FIAP in 1991)

Monochrome

All black and white and monochrome images are included.

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A black and white image which has been modified by the addition of a single tone to the entire image is defined as a Monochrome image.

Colour

All images other than those above (Monochrome) are defined as Colour images.

A black and white image which has been modified by the addition of partial toning or by the addition of one colour to any part of the image is a Colour image.

9. Prints

Prints must be mounted with a minimum image size of 300 sq. cm on a mount size of 50 cm by 40 cm only. A label must be placed on the back of the mount, as near to the top left hand corner as possible. If the print has been submitted for other competitions, the new label should be placed below the previous label. The following information must be clearly shown on the label CLUB Bedford Camera Club AUTHOR First Name - Last Name TITLE 1/2 (to indicate priority number) and

a clear and concise title DATE (of competition) e.g. 01/01/2014 No identifying information may appear on the front of the print. A Print entry should be accompanied by its PDI. File names must be in the same format as for submitting competition PDIs: i.e. n_AB_X.jpg – see section 10 below

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10. PDIs – Projected Digital Images

The PDI file format must be: n_AB_X.jpg. Where n = Image priority (1 or 2 etc.) AB = Authors first and last name, separated by a space, X = Image title. The Title must be the same as on the print For example: 1_Clive Williams_Heron Watch.jpg 2_Clive Williams_Sky at Night.jpg

Images must be in sRGB colour profile and saved as a JPEG file at the highest quality setting.

Image size must be 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high. Where images are thinner (1400 pixels wide but less than 1050 pixels high) for letterbox formatted images, or narrower (1050 pixels high but less than 1400 pixels high) for portrait formatted images, they must be framed in black to bring it to 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high.

11. Submitting Competition Entries

The latest date for receipt of Print and/or PDI competition entries is stated in the Programme against that particular competition.

PDI competition entries are to be emailed to - intcomppdis@bedfordcameraclub.co.uk

PDI copies of Print competition entries are to be emailed to – intcompprints@bedfordcameraclub.co.uk

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Where a member does not have e-mail, entries can be posted or handed to the Internal Competitions Secretary on a USB stick or CD.

PDIs in emails must be an “attachment” and not embedded in the text.

Once your entries have been successfully received and where an e-mail address has been given, a reply will be sent confirming your entry into the competition within 48hours

12. Seasonal Points Competitions – Scoring System

Each image will be marked out of 20

A maximum of two images per Print and PDI classes can be submitted

The Judge will award first place only in both classes, Print and PDI

First placed image for both the Print and PDI classes will receive one additional point

A cumulative points system operates for both the Prints and PDI classes

Only the top point score from each authors entry (Prints and/or PDIs) are recorded

The winner in each class will be the author with the most points at the end of the season

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13. The Felicity Bickley Trophy – Digital Audio Visual (AV)

A maximum of 2 entries per person, chosen by AV Group

Images must be less than 2 years old

Each entry must contain a minimum of 10 images

The maximum duration of the presentation is 5 minutes

The author and/or photographer must not be named within

the sequence

14. Points of View

PDI entry only

Unique rules see Organiser (winner from previous POV

competition)

15. Architects Association Trophy/ Philip Lepper Trophy/

Stan Searle Trophy

PDI entry only

A maximum of three images

Each image will be marked out of 20

The Judge will award first place only

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16. Annual Exhibition 2016

All entries must be in the same format as normal club

competitions (see Sections 9 & 10)

Triptychs & Panels: Triptychs to be submitted printed on one

sheet of A3. More than one triptych can be submitted

All entries must be submitted by the 19 January 2016.

Entries submitted after this date will not qualify as exhibition

entries. Details of where to send them will be given before

2015 year-end

All entries will be judged by an external Judge

Any changes and/ or additions to the rules will be published

on the BCC website and members will be notified by the

Annual Exhibition Secretary

Each club member can enter a total of 8 Prints and a total of 8

PDIs. Please specify for each entry the categorisation of

either Mono or Colour

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For further information on Club Rules, Club Trophies,

Competition Rules and Annual Exhibition Rules and

Trophies, please visit the Bedford Camera Club web site at:

www.bedfordcameraclub.co.uk

Club Rules can be downloaded from the following URL:

http://bedfordcameraclub.co.uk/about/constitution/