Harman Best of Britain competition

Closing date of the Harman Best of Britain competition is 31st December 2011. There is a great prize and, so far, very few entries!!  Click here for more details.

PAGB E-News 53

Click here to read PAGB E-News 53.  


IN THIS ISSUE

2 Awards for Photographic Merit – November 2012 
3 Awards for Photographic Merit – Audio Visual
4/5  Breach of Rules
6 Notices
7 Fotospeed Advert
8 Take a View Landscape Winner
9 Illustrations & Advert

Guide to Using Camera Raw

I spotted a Guide to Using Camera Raw on the X-Rite website.  As it is a free download I have placed the pdf file on the 'Members' Only' page of our club website.

RPS Northern Region - 10 Fellowship Panels to View

10 FELLOWSHIP PANELS TO VIEW

At Duke of Wellington, Kenton Lane, Gosforth

Sunday 22 January 2012 at 2 pm

This is a unique opportunity to view 10 recently successful Fellowship Panels from four Categories – Visual Art, Nature, Travel, Professional and Applied.

Presented by Roy Robertson Hon FRPS and Sandy Cleland FRPS from the Distinctions Advisory Board.

Cost £10 including tea/coffee/biscuits

Please book with Treasurer Brian Pearson ARPS

Send a cheque made out to RPS Northern Region to 2, Waterloo Place, North Shields. NE29 0NA.  e-mail:- brianpearson41@btinternet.com

Please note food is available all day from 12 noon at the Duke of Wellington. The post code is NE3 3BQ. Parking is spacious and at the back of the building.

More on the Scam Phone Calls

With reference to my earlier post one of our club members has been in touch to let me know of his experience:

I've just read your Blog.    I had such a call about two months ago. As it happened my computer had been running very slowly for a while and Bryan had been to fix it.   

 

The call came at 8am when I was still in bed. They told me that they were Microsoft (R & D sticks in my mind) and that my computer was in danger of crashing and that I should go to it and they would talk me through it. I told the caller (Indian I think ) that I couldn't do that at the time and he said he would call back. A couple of hours later I rang Bryan and he advised me to have nothing to do with them..I had another call from them the next day. I could only hear odd bits of what the caller was saying and I said so. Another person came on the line and I told him that I wasn't interested so he said he would hand over to the Senior Floor Manager. She more or less repeated what had been said before; that I had downloaded some programs that had infected the computer and it was going to crash. I asked how they knew but I don't remember being told. In the end she said, "Well it's your computer. Have a nice day and keep smiling."

 

I've heard nothing from them since then.    It certainly pays to be very cautious and have a suspicious mind.

Microsoft - Beware of scam phone calls

A friend of mine has sent me the following e-mail.  I have checked the Microsoft website and this story does appear to be true.  This particular friend is very knowledgeable about computers and the e-mail I had from him was genuine.  As a test I replied to him and got a sensible reply!


He said:


I have just had a call from a guy claiming to be from Microsoft who said that they had been receiving lots of reports from my computer that it was about to crash and I would lose all my data and, wait for it………….even my IP address. He sounded really genuine and even had the same voice of a guy I spoke to many months ago regarding a problem I did have. He wanted me to connect to a web site whereby their engineers could remotely connect to my computer and sort out the problem. He had my name, address and even email and I could so easily have fallen for it but would never have let anybody remotely control my computer if I had fallen for it. So be aware. This is the latest scam to hit the market. If they get in they will nick all your credit card details and other stuff.

If you are using Windows 7 to be safe please turn off REMOTE CONTROL by going to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > REMOTE SETTINGS  (top left hand corner) and turn off ALLOW REMOTE ASSISTANCE CONNECTIONS TO THIS COMPUTER.

I also heard a similar story when we were staying in Worcester last week.

NCPF Website Updates

The latest update to the NCPF website includes THREE new items this week in the NEWS section:

i)                    firstly a number of our members are deserving of our congratulations,

ii)                  secondly results and pictures from the Western Area Battle and finally

iii)                a report from the NCPF Awards Presentations.

Item i) includes one of our own club members 

Durham Lumiere 2011

Had a great time last night - very crowded because of the procession but well worth a visit. It is every night until Sunday from 6 to 11 although they are advising that it is quieter to go after 8.30pm. Here is a selection of my photos.

Competition - 'Our Coastline from Berwick to the Humber'

All of the images submitted for the last competition 'Our Coastline from Berwick to the Humber' and the Winners Galleries are now on the web site for any one wishing to look at them at their leisure.

Updates to NCPF Website

The following update has been made to the web site since the last update message and all can be accessed at www.ncpf.org.uk

1.      News Items:-

The results of the Wear Area DPI Battle (and the winning image).

2.      About the Federation/Executive Minutes:-

The minutes of the August and October Meetings have been added to the page.

3.      About the Federation/Executive Members:-

Details of our new Acting General Secretary and Club Championship Officer added

4.      Competitions/Club Championship:-

The page has been updated with an outline description of the rules for the 2012 event. Full details and entry forms will be added once our new incumbent gets his feet under the table so to speak.

5.      Directory Updates:-

Consequential amendments, plus one more regarding Executive Members.

6.      Links

Minor updates to this page, including a new grouping listing NCPF sponsors.

PAGB E-News 52

Please click on this link to see Issue 52 of e-news from the PAGB. 

http://www.pagbnews.co.uk/e-news/en52131111PrintChampAPMAV.pdf

IN THIS ISSUE

2/3 Inter-Club Print Championship 2011 
4 Inter-Federation PDI Competition 2011
5      Awards for Photographic Merit in Audio Visual
6 Featured Federation Photographer & Notices
7 Public Liability Insurance + Next Issue

Durham Lumiere 2011

2 years ago Durham held its first Lumiere Festival which consisted of a number of stunning light installations. They are now about to hold another festival from 17th to 20th November from 6 until 11 every night in the centre of Durham. They are actually repeating the one where they projected images from the Lindisfarne Gospels onto the cathedral- probably the most spectacular of all of it. See link above. I have also attached some of my photos taken at the event. Well worth attending with camera and tripod.

Whitby Photographers, their lives and their photographs from the 1840

*                  Published 20 October 2011

*       208 pages A4 – over 260 photos & 170 illustrations

*       An Ideal Christmas present

*       £15.95

The lives of Whitby’s resident photographers have been incredibly varied, and in the course of preparing this book much new fascinating detail has been discovered about them, their work, and, in some cases, their illustrious clients, such as Lewis Carroll, and also about the history of Whitby.

Some started out life as jet workers, joiners or clock makers, a few trained as photographers, others developed their knowledge as amateurs to forge a new career. Some were successful, others went bankrupt, some had tragedy in their lives, some became well-known and most led lives which have not been investigated before.

The book starts with the pioneer William Stonehouse and his photos, followed by others such as Wallis, Waller andDawson. New information has also been found on the most famous photographer of Whitby, Frank Sutcliffe, with new insights into his life and work, his travels abroad and a few of his letters, even the link between him and Beatrice Potter.For some photographers, such as Tom Watson and John Ross, this book expands in much detail on previous studies, but for most of Whitby's many photographers it is a journey of fresh discovery into their lives and work.

Whitby’s Photographers, their lives and their photographs from the 1840s, is by Ruth Wilcock, a local historian and amateur photographer, who has known Whitby since her childhood. The book is extensively illustrated with rarely seen pictures of the district and its people, many never published before.

A book for all those interested in Whitby and district and who enjoy photographs.

For full details and to order copies please contact the author for any further details:

Ruth Wilcock    ruth AT towlard.com                               01277 219598                       For stockists and further details see www.towlard.com

Steven Le Prevost Print Lecture

Victorian Weekend

Robin Hood's Bay are hosting their 18th Victorian Weekend on the 2/3/4th December 2011.
It looks as though it could present some good photographic opportunities just before Christmas.