 IN THIS EDITION: This week at the club Links from Jane Goodall’s talk SLF Finals Day – enter your PDIs and prints New club logo AGM minutes Outings – updated Future meetings THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB Thursday 24 February – Colour Print Competition round 2 Judge: Gerald Kitiyakara LRPS 7.45pm, Bromley United Services Club LINKS FROM JANE GOODALL’S TALK Thanks to Clive for organising such an interesting and informative talk. The links that Jane mentioned on Thursday are: Cambridge in Colour (photography tutorials) Spectre Camera app Snapseed app The Photographer’s Ephemeris app PTGui (for stitching panoramas) We will also share Jane’s notes once we have them. SLF FINALS DAY SLF finals day is on 23 April at Sanderstead Methodist Church, 104 Limpsfield Road, South Croydon CR2 9EF. Doors open at 1.30pm and it should end at around 5.20pm. – ENTER YOUR PDIS Members may submit up to two PDIs. These cannot be images that are already in the club print panel and images cannot be entered that have won certificates in previous SLF competitions, nor can they have been used in other disciplines i.e. as prints. Please send your entries to Julie (printsec@bromleycameraclub.org.uk) before 11 March. – ENTER YOUR PRINTS We have entered a club panel, but there is also the opportunity for members to enter up to 2 images in an open colour print competition, and up to 2 images in an open mono print competition. These cannot be prints that are already in the club panel and images cannot be entered that have won certificates in previous SLF competitions, nor can they have been used in other disciplines i.e. PDIs. If anyone has any prints that they would like to enter, Julie will need the prints by 24 February at the latest, as they have to be handed in the following week. She will also need a jpeg of the image before 24 February to enter into the Photo Entry system before the closing date. These open prints will be prejudged and results/certificates awarded on finals day. Please email Julie on printsec@bromleycameraclub.org.uk if you are intending to enter any prints. NEW CLUB LOGO At the AGM, members voted for the club to take on a new logo. If you have an idea and would like to put together a design, please talk to one of the committee members. Thank you to the members who have already sent in their ideas! AGM MINUTES The minutes of this season’s AGM can be found here. OUTINGS Sunday 13 March – St Patrick’s Day Parade We’ll find a spot along the route (Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square via St James’s Street and Pall Mall) to photograph the spectacular parade. Meet at 10.30am at Charing Cross station. The parade begins at 12pm. Saturday 26 March – Scotney Castle and Bodiam Castle Two castles in one day! Exact timings of the day to be agreed with attendees to make the most of each venue and sunset. The cost for both castles is £22 or free for National Trust members; attendees will need to book their own places. East Kent weekend – 7 & 8 May Stopping off in Blean Woods to see (hopefully!) Exmoor ponies, longhorn cattle and bison as well as bluebells, we will then head to the East Kent coast to capture sunset and/or sunrise by the sea. There will also be time to explore seaside towns like Margate, Broadstairs or Ramsgate or nature reserves like Sandwich & Pegwell Bay. Accommodation will be at Ramsgate’s Seafront Travelodge at a cost of £99.99 (updated advertised price) for one night. If you would like to attend, please contact Charlotte and she will send payment details. Saturday 9 July – Kent County Show – BOOKING NOW OPEN Tickets are £19.50 and can be booked via this link. Please book for Saturday 9 July if you want to attend with other members. Please email Charlotte (secretary@bromleycameraclub.org.uk) if you would like to attend any of the above outings. UPCOMING MEETINGS Saturday 26 February – KCPA PDI Competition via Zoom Thursday 3 March – “Night and Day, the panoramic art of capturing time” David Jenner It is also hand-in for round 3 of the PDI Competition Thursday 10 March – PDI Competition round 3 Judge: Kirsty Ralphs Thursday 17 March – Members’ Evening – Debate: Will smartphone photography replace DSLR/Mirrorless cameras? It is also hand-in for round 3 of the Colour Print Competition For future meetings, please see the programme. In addition, the following inter-club competition is scheduled: Saturday 23 April – SLF Battle of the Prints, Sanderstead Church |