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EXHIBITION SECRETARY
PAGB Inter Federation Slide Competition and Exhibition 2002
The above competition and exhibition was organised by the Welsh Photographic Federation and the judging took place in early October. The EAF entry consisted of the 58 slides that were awarded the highest marks in our recent exhibition and of these the following 16 slides were accepted with three awards:
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Cuban Classic
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Kevin Adlard FRPS ERSIF | |
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Hidden Reality
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Kevin Adlard FRPS ERSIF | |
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Indian Pond Heron
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Gordon Bramham | |
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Idaho Fields
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Graham Coldrick | |
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Bad Weather
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Derek Collis LRPS | |
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December Fields
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Greg Covington | |
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Vapourer Egg Laying
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Andrew Darrington | |
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Small Skipper and Dew
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Alan Dixon | |
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Fox No.10
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Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP | |
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From Loughrigg Fell
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Kevin Houchin | |
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Juvenile Anemone Fish In Habitat
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Steve Layton | |
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South Court, British Museum
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Ann Miles DPAGB BPE4* | |
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Routin Linn
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Colin Myers ARPS | |
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Wild Chimpanzee, Mahale National Park, Tanzania
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Mike Powles DPAGB | |
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Problem
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Geoff Tee APAGB | |
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Taxi
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John Wooliams |
Graham Coldrick, Derek Collis and Greg Covington were awarded PAGB Ribbons (Highly Commended) for their slides. Our congratulations go to them and all the other successful authors. The Midlands Counties Photographic Federation was the winning Federation and the EAF came 8th out of the 15 Federations competing.
By the time this Bulletin has been published I anticipate that the slides will have been returned to me and the majority returned to the respective clubs. Any club that has not received their slides back should contact me as soon as possible to make arrangements for their return.PAGB Inter Federation Print Competition and Exhibition 2001
All the prints that were not accepted for the above competition should by now have been returned to the respective clubs. I hope to have received the accepted prints back by early February and anticipate having them available for collection at the Federation AGM.East Anglian Federation Annual Exhibition 2003
The 2003 Exhibition is being hosted by the Ipswich & DPS and will be displayed in the Robert Cross Hall, Corn Exchange, Ipswich on Saturday 3rd, Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th May 2003. The official opening will take place on Saturday 3rd May at 2.30pm.Entry Forms, Exhibition Rules and Guidelines will be available for collection at the Federation Annual General Meeting on Sunday 16th February 2003 at St Neots and if uncollected posted to clubs immediately thereafter. The updated Rules and Guidelines incorporate some minor amendments but in principle remains the same.Closing date for the receipt of entries by collectors or the Exhibition Secretary is:Sunday 30th March 2003.
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Secretary of
Lee Valley Nature Photographers; our membership up to October 1st. 2002 was 110. This figure fluctuates from year to year, but usually ends up around the 100 mark. We have a large turnover; I guess that it may stem from the perception that we do not provide what is wanted. However, in attempting to ask what is wanted, we get little in the way of answers from the membership. One or two individuals respond with something additional or different from what we have done before, which to my mind suggests that we are largely "doing it right”. Those people who leave us rarely let us know why, but never have I had a comment that we are not suitable for their requirements.
But the main point is; as a specialist society, we have a large membership. Few clubs can boast that number, or anywhere near. I suspect that the large membership is due to the specialist nature of the club and the fact that we will not hold competitions. Some of our members are also members of another club/s and they find that our policy on competitions is refreshing - it takes away the side effects of competition - the jealousies, the rancour etc. These of course are negative human traits that we should suppress; but I'm afraid we live in the real world and those traits do exist.
But returning to the point of specialism; because of it, there are few clubs in the country engaged solely in Natural History photography. I know of only one other and that is the RPS Nature Group, of which I am a member. This is bound to attract people with such an interest and we have members as far away as Perth and the Midlands. If any readers are interested in our club, they may contact me via our web site www.lvnaturephotographers.org.uk or directly to me les@les-borg-photography.co.uk. If there are any other clubs specialising in Natural History, then please contact me. Originally, we were hoping that similar clubs would spring up over other parts of the country; then we could network and may be use each other’s facilities. We have three locations within the Lee Valley Park with hides provided by the Park Authority and each one has a pond in front of it to attract wildlife. There is also another site in my village (Tewin), which is a nature reserve, managed by the Herts. & Middx. Wildlife Trust. Again there is a hide and pond there as well.
NEWS FROM THE CLUBS
Felixstowe PS are delighted to announce that the club has been granted an award of £2,214 from the National Lottery, “Awards for All” scheme. The money has been used to fund a much needed club slide projector (Kodak Carousel) and some large print display boards in time for the August 2002 and also future exhibitions of their work to the public.
The Exhibition, which was formally opened by the Mayor of Felixstowe, was voted a phenomenal success, when over the 3-day period, well over 500 people attended! Over 200 prints were on display together with a continuous showing of as many slides with our new projector. Our local press gave them a super double-page spread to advertise the event a day before the opening. The club also made £60 for catalogue sales together with the clubhouse “landladies” the Girl Guides who made £100 for the sale of refreshments!
Now for some bad news; the Girl Guides have decided that their HQ in the grounds of Deben High School be closed immediately for safety reasons. As this building is also the clubhouse, Felixstowe PS was left homeless! The Guides, also homeless, are desperate for funding to build a new head quarters and are hoping for a lottery grant once they have raised half of the required outlay.
The good news is that the Society has found a new venue for our meetings, which is at: - The Senior Citizens Centre, Orwell, Felixstowe.
At the final club meeting at the Guide Headquarters on the 12th Sept, some 27 members attended to witness the presentation of a donation of £150 from the Photographic Society, to the Girl Guides in aid of their building fund. Pam Thwaites, from the Colneis Division, was delighted to accept the cheque on behalf of the Guides.
Scratched Slides
Some of us at Chelmsford CC have recently received slide films back from Fuji Processing at Leamington Spa with scratches running the length of the film. This has affected Sensia but not Provia film, both mounted and unmounted. The response from the Head of their laboratory has been that ‘They were caused during transportation of the film either through the camera body, splicer or mounter’ (this referring to a process only, unmounted film returned to them still unmounted!).
If you have suffered film damage by Fuji during 2002, I shall be very grateful to hear from you to strengthen my case in the continuing argument with them.
Barry Collin LRPS
E -mail -BarryCollin@eafphotoclubs.co.uk or phone 01376 347004 or write to 7 Church Meadows, Braintree, CM7 5SL.
But the main point is; as a specialist society, we have a large membership. Few clubs can boast that number, or anywhere near. I suspect that the large membership is due to the specialist nature of the club and the fact that we will not hold competitions. Some of our members are also members of another club/s and they find that our policy on competitions is refreshing - it takes away the side effects of competition - the jealousies, the rancour etc. These of course are negative human traits that we should suppress; but I'm afraid we live in the real world and those traits do exist.
But returning to the point of specialism; because of it, there are few clubs in the country engaged solely in Natural History photography. I know of only one other and that is the RPS Nature Group, of which I am a member. This is bound to attract people with such an interest and we have members as far away as Perth and the Midlands. If any readers are interested in our club, they may contact me via our web site www.lvnaturephotographers.org.uk or directly to me les@les-borg-photography.co.uk. If there are any other clubs specialising in Natural History, then please contact me. Originally, we were hoping that similar clubs would spring up over other parts of the country; then we could network and may be use each other’s facilities. We have three locations within the Lee Valley Park with hides provided by the Park Authority and each one has a pond in front of it to attract wildlife. There is also another site in my village (Tewin), which is a nature reserve, managed by the Herts. & Middx. Wildlife Trust. Again there is a hide and pond there as well.NEWS FROM THE CLUBS
Felixstowe PS are delighted to announce that the club has been granted an award of £2,214 from the National Lottery, “Awards for All” scheme. The money has been used to fund a much needed club slide projector (Kodak Carousel) and some large print display boards in time for the August 2002 and also future exhibitions of their work to the public.
The Exhibition, which was formally opened by the Mayor of Felixstowe, was voted a phenomenal success, when over the 3-day period, well over 500 people attended! Over 200 prints were on display together with a continuous showing of as many slides with our new projector. Our local press gave them a super double-page spread to advertise the event a day before the opening. The club also made £60 for catalogue sales together with the clubhouse “landladies” the Girl Guides who made £100 for the sale of refreshments!Now for some bad news; the Girl Guides have decided that their HQ in the grounds of Deben High School be closed immediately for safety reasons. As this building is also the clubhouse, Felixstowe PS was left homeless! The Guides, also homeless, are desperate for funding to build a new head quarters and are hoping for a lottery grant once they have raised half of the required outlay.
The good news is that the Society has found a new venue for our meetings, which is at: - The Senior Citizens Centre, Orwell, Felixstowe.
At the final club meeting at the Guide Headquarters on the 12th Sept, some 27 members attended to witness the presentation of a donation of £150 from the Photographic Society, to the Girl Guides in aid of their building fund. Pam Thwaites, from the Colneis Division, was delighted to accept the cheque on behalf of the Guides. Scratched Slides
Some of us at Chelmsford CC have recently received slide films back from Fuji Processing at Leamington Spa with scratches running the length of the film. This has affected Sensia but not Provia film, both mounted and unmounted. The response from the Head of their laboratory has been that ‘They were caused during transportation of the film either through the camera body, splicer or mounter’ (this referring to a process only, unmounted film returned to them still unmounted!).
If you have suffered film damage by Fuji during 2002, I shall be very grateful to hear from you to strengthen my case in the continuing argument with them.Barry Collin LRPS
E -mail -BarryCollin@eafphotoclubs.co.uk or phone 01376 347004 or write to 7 Church Meadows, Braintree, CM7 5SL.|
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