SUMMER PROGRAMME    

   Meet at 7pm unless specified otherwise.  We normally head for the nominated pub when the light gets poor.

May 29^th Greywell, The Fox and Goose RG29 1BY

Chris Sole has obtained permission from the landlord of the Fox and Goose for us to park on the grass at the top of the car park. If you are going to want to eat, you are advised to order before you go walking. There is a circular walk which takes you north along the road, west through a wooded area and back alongside the canal.

June 5th Decoy Heath nature reserve, Soke Road, Silchester. The Calleva Arms RG7 2PH

Take A340 from Basingstoke to Tadley. Continue through Tadley passing shops with Sainsburys on your right. At the traffic lights turn right into Silchester Road. After about 1.5 miles the road bends to the right and there is a road going to the left with a yellow sign saying ”unsuitable for HGVs”. This is Soke Road. Turn left into Soke Road, and in about ½ mile, just before the speed derestriction sign, there is a small car park on the left signed “Decoy Heath nature reserve”. Wellies are recommended.

Afterwards at the Calleva Arms which can be found by turning right out of Decoy Heath and going back the way you came and turning left at the T-junction into Silchester Rd. The Calleva Arms is on the right just before the next T-junction.

June 12th  Alresford, meet in Broad Street, then later in The Globe pub

 Details to be confirmed

June 19^th Barbecue at 9 Burney Bit, Pamber Heath RG26 3TJ

  Cath and Mike Farrow 0118 9700558

– map from Cath or Mike – bring your own food to cook, alcohol and folding chairs. Soft drinks, salad, and homemade bread provided. BBQs will be burning from about 7pm onwards, or earlier by request. Partners and children welcome

June 26th  The Vyne, The Swan, Sherborne St. John RG24 9HS

  A walk through Morgaston Woods. Park in The Vyne car park. Afterwards at The Swan, Sherborne St. John

July 3rd Ovington, The Bush Inn SO24 0RE

  Park at the Bush Inn. There is a walk alongside the River Itchen, to the right of the pub as you face it. Afterwards at The Bush Inn. The food is a bit pricey, but good.

July 10th Hannington, The Vine RG26 5TX

  Park near the village green. Wander round the village and meet at The Vine pub.

  July 17th  Longparish, The Plough SP11 6PB

  Park at the car park by the village hall. Walk past the Plough and follow the footpaths towards the River Test. There are water meadows, a mill, lots to look at. There is also a church. Afterwards at The Plough.

July 24th  Kennet and Avon Canal, The Rowbarge RG7 5SH

  Park at The Rowbarge, Woolhampton. Walk alongside the canal, meet later at the pub.

July 31^st Old Basing House, The Crown RG24 7BW

  To be confirmed

This programme will be updated by email from time to time.
 

Hoilday Idea

For anyone at a loose end, a holiday ideas sent to the club from a retailer.

"In September I am running a photography trip to take 6 people to the Tanjung Puting national park in Kalimantan Borneo to take photos of Orangutans. The profits from the trip will be donated to the orangutan foundation. Staying in a rain forest lodge with an experienced local guide. Photographic tuition and evening reviews of the days work.   23rd Sept - 3rd Oct costs £1350 excludiong flights which cost in the region of £900.

Full details of the trip can be seen on my website www.agoodplace.co.uk

Ian Wood

Selling opportunity...maybe

Marketing Photographs - Solent News and Photo Agency advert to Camera Clubs

We are one of the UK's most well-established news and photo agencies, supplying picture material to all the UK national press and quite a vast range of magazines, both here and abroad.

We have four staff photographers kept busy with the run-of-the-mill news and feature work we do each day, but I'm always on the lookout for more material.

Over the years, since we began in the 1964, we've established very good working relationships with a variety of pro, semi-pro and keen amateur photographers across the country.

They send us photographs which they think may stand a chance in a national paper. It ranges from a car stuck in a flood (taken and emailed to us on the same day), to a garden robin trained to take mealworms from someone's mouth.

Last year's big hits included an amazing set of pictures taken by a workmen on lunchbreak, who, while snapping kingfishers at a nearby lake in his lunch hour, spotted a vixen swimming across to an island and stealing goose eggs, one by one, for her cubs.

Another example was of a kingfisher, bursting out of the water clutching a fish in it's beak.

The fox photographer conatcted five different photo agencies, all of whom said they weren't interested, before coming to us after trawling the internet.

Interestingly, both the robin and kingfisher pictures were not recent. They had lain in the photographer's file, never seen by the public. And that illustrates an important point. If a picture has never been published, it's still news (providing it's in colour!).

With all our contributors, we pay a straightforward 50/50 split of all monies made. And, touch wood, nobody has gone away unhappy yet! We write a story to go with the picture(s) and then push them as hard as we can to the London picture desks.

I'm anxious to establish stronger links with camera clubs and societies around the UK, but especially local to us.

With best wishes to you and your members,

Sincerely,

Chris

Chris Balcombe
Picture Editor
Solent News and Photo Agency
02380 458800

website: www.solentnews.biz
Address:
Solent News and Photo Agency
23 Mitchell Point
Ensign Way
Hamble
Southampton
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And another ...

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My creative team and I have been researching the above problem for a while and now and we have (at last) come up with a solution that benefits both amateur photographers and graphic designers – Eureka! It’s The Trigger Snappy Challenge�! which is a website through which amateur photographers can make their town ‘snappy’ by uploading stunning and unusual photos of normal towns and get paid for it every time a user downloads the photo for their own use.

Joining www.triggersnappy.co.uk and uploading your photographs is totally FREE. No gimmicks or strings. After signing up, your amateur photographers can simply upload their photos and add relevant keywords. It is so easy! We have also launched a nationwide competition to win £500 of Jessops camera gear and 80% commission for a year! The winner is the photographer who sells the most photos on www.triggersnappy.co.uk

www.triggersnappy.co.uk allows your members to concentrate on developing their skills AND get paid for it, while us marketing experts work on creating more sales for you.

Things To Do

Bracknell Camera Club - www.bracknell-camera-club.co.uk 51st Annual Exhibition

The clubs best work produced during the past year has been externally judged and selected for exhibition. The award winning photographic prints and digital images can be seen at three separate venues, starting May 24th South Hill Park.

Admission free

Where and When

Community Gallery, South Hill Park 24th May to 13th July

Bracknell Sports Centre, 16th June to 30th June

Main Exhibition, Sandy Lane Primary School, 16th August to 24th August

Contrast Photography

This professional studio wish to announce that theirr 2000+ sq ft studio is now available for hire. Please see below for more details, or contact:
David Young
Contrast Photography
Whitney Road, Daneshill East, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8NS. Tel: 01256 840676
E: david@contrastphotography.co.uk W: http://www.contrastphotography.co.uk