January 2011

BCC E-News

Basingstoke Camera Club

E-mail newsletter

Issue No. 50 - January 20110

Welcome to the January 2011 edition of the BCC E-News. If you cannot read this e-mail click here to read it in your browser.


	Welcome to the first email newsletter of 2011. Although we’re only in week 3 we’ve already seen some really good photography this year, and hopefully this trend will continue for the next weeks.
	The 41st Annual Exhibition is held at Salisbury Library, Market Place, Salisbury from Saturday the 8th to Saturday the 29th of January. The SPF was pleased to have the Exhibition judged by Pete McCloskey FRPS APAGB from the Western Counties Photographic Association. Library location and opening times can be obtained from Wiltshire Libraries
	Club Flickr Gallery Don’t forget the club has it’s own Flickr Group, and all members are invited to contribute. For details click here to read Steve’s instructions. To view the images already on there follow this link: www.flickr.com/groups/basingstokecameraclub





				A few more images from Mike Farrow





	Dean Bostock has updated his club gallery Click here to view it.

Dunns have launched their new DunnsPro Designer for photobooks and other photo products and are making it specially available to club members ahead of the formal launch at Focus 2011.

As an introductory offer they are offering a discount voucher code specifically for us

Voucher code: BASING2011

This code will discount any products ordered via the application placed between now and the 1st April 2011 by 15%.

Winchester PS 78th Annual Open Exhibition 16th April – 8th May 2011

OPEN FOR ENTRIES: 1st – 28th February 2011

Winchester Photographic Society is pleased to announce its 2011 Annual Open Exhibition will be held, as in previous years, in the City Space gallery at the Discovery Centre (Library) in Jewry Street, Winchester from Saturday 16th April until Sunday 8th May 2011.

The submission period for entries for consideration into the Exhibition is the month of February 2011. All entries must be made, and images submitted,

by the closing date of Monday 28th February 2011.

Full Information about the Exhibition, the Entry Procedure and the

Conditions of Entry is provided on the WPS website:-

www.winphotosoc.co.uk Exhibition 2011 Exhibition and Information site.


	Picstop are holding a photo competition to win a nice new Canon 550D and some accessories for runners up! Click on this box to find out more.

CLUB WEBSITE

If you would like to exhibit some of your photos on the club website contact the webmaster via this link mailto:webmaster@basingstokecameraclub.co.uk .

All members are offered the opportunity to have some photographs on the club website.

If you already have your own web site a link to it can be added to the club site on the Members’ Websites page

PHOTOCLINIC

This is a great opportunity to receive critique of your photos in a friendly, constructive and non-competitive arena so do consider coming along. The next dates booked are:

14th February 14th March 11th April

If you would like to take part please let John Buttress (FRPS) know by emailing him at john@johnbuttress.com

How To Do It Group

Informal sessions in a member's house are held for members who want help with various skills related to producing and showing photographs.

This will be practical advice on topics such as how to use a digital camera, how to manipulate images in Photoshop and then print them, and how to mount your prints.

Look for the sign-up sheet or ask Mike or Cath.

COMPETITIONS AND PROGRAMME

Follow this link to view the club’s programme:

http://www.basingstokecameraclub.co.uk/html/programme.html

If you need to check the competition rules please follow this link:

http://www.basingstokecameraclub.co.uk/html/competitions.html

Digital entries may be e-mailed to Rob at: Digital Competition Secretary digitalcomps@gmail.com or digitalcomps@basingstokecameraclub.co.uk

Hampshire Gravestone Photographic Resource Project - May to July, 2011

A project to create a photographic record of all the gravestones in Hampshire, and they’re asking for help.

See their poster here.


	Southampton Camera Club's Memorial Lecture to be held at Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford, on Sunday, 28th March 2011. The speaker will be David Noton, an award winning travel and landscape photographer who will be showing his presentation 'Chasing the Light'. The Memorial Lecture is now in its fourth year and is always a sell-out. For more information, go to the Southampton Camera Club website. This will show you a seating plan and give you an email address for obtaining tickets, which are £8 each.




		A few shots taken at Farleigh House a few summers ago, just to drive away the winter blues!.

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