NEW VENUE CONFIRMED

From this September, the club will now meet at:

OAKRIDGE WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE, UPTON CRESCENT, OAKRIDGE, BASINGSTOKE RG21 5SN

Take a look at their website to learn more and see a location map.

http://www.oakridgewest.co.uk/Community/home.html

And a big vote of thanks to Dave Cole for putting the wheels in motion for the move. 

To view a location map click here

Summer Programme Reports

July 16th Bow Down Woods

A truly wet day turned into a truly wet evening. Very little photography was practised but a pleasant couple of hours were passed in the pub later on.

July 23rd Aldermaston Wharf

Rainy to start with, it dried up and a handful of us tried some photography, with mixed results due to the poor light. But the pub, and its grub, were ok!

July 30th Fleet Pond

With better weather this week’s visit was quite well attended with a walk through the wooded area bringing some photo opportunities, and a pleasant hour or two was then spent in the pub

August 6th Pub only

Despite ‘orrible weather 5 stalwart souls turned up at the Jekyl and Hyde pub for a convivial evening.

August 13th Magdalen Down Hill

A reasonable turnout for an enjoyable walk on a balmy evening, a dozen or so members did a certain amount of photography of butterflies in this lovely nature reserve, followed by a pleasant couple of hours in the pub

From time to time various emails are sent into the club website, aimed at the membership in general, and some are repeated here for all to see. The club has no connection with any of these advertisers, and these listings are for inormation only.

http://www.jurassiccoastwalking.co.uk   Walking holidays in Dorset   http://www.f64magazine.co.uk  On line magazine http://www.stillsphototours.com              Photographic holidays across the world
 

Meanwhile the Southern Federation are in urgent need of digital images-

Dear All,

The Southern Photographic Federation would like to make an urgent call for your digital images. To take part in the 2009 PAGB Projected Image Competition and Exhibition we need to select the 32 best digital images from the region, we know there is excellent work out there, and we all enjoying seeing it, so please put your work forward and you may have the chance to have work accepted in the PAGB national competition, or even win a ribbon or medal!

To encourage you to put your best work forward, we are improving our selection process, we will have at least three A panel judges who are council members and we are inviting two other very highly respected A panel judges from the region, so please send us your work before the next Club Reps Meeting on the 15th September. Full details on the attached flyer. Click here

I look forward to seeing your work!
Kindest regards,

Chris

Chris Neil-Griffin, SPF Secretary

Did you ever wonder where to get those nice print boxes all the lectureres seem to have? if so, read on:

We are Nomad Ltd, manufacturers of Photographic Print Boxes, we have been supplying photographers with our boxes since 1961 and would like to take this opportunity of introducing ourselves to you and your club members. The Print Boxes we offer from stock are made from compressed resin fibreboard and are available in 2 designs in various depths to accommodate 20” x 16” (50cm x 40cm) prints, please see the attachment for our latest prices, carriage charge depends on quantity, if members wish to share carriage charges we can send up to 30” in length in one parcel, ie 10 x 3” boxes.

Special sizes can be made to order, not only for prints, but also for camera equipment, please ring 01858 464878 or email sales@nomadplc.co.uk for a quotation.

For those thinking of making money from their photography, this site might help www.startaphotographybusiness.co.uk/home.htm