PAGB E-News 54

The latest edition of PAGB E-News can be found by clicking here.

In this edition:

Page
2  GB CUP – Call for Entries 
3 Awards for Photographic Merit
4        Inter-Fed PDI 2012 + Featured Photographer
5 Colin Smith  1937-2011
6 Notices & PermaJet Free Draw Winners
7 How do you receive visitors?  
8 Notices for the RPS
9 Notices  and "An Exception to the Rule"
10 PAGB AV Awards Consultation.
11 … and Finally

Permajet Lecturers' Day at Smethwick

Permajet Lecturers' Day in association with the RPS Central Region. Sunday 29th January 2012. Your chance to see work from 17 different lecturrs in one day.

Photography and IT courses for 2012

Following the successful programme of photography courses run in Saltburn during 2011, Mark and Nel Hickson will be launching a new series of courses and workshops for 2012 under the name of PLaIT: Photography, Learning and Information Technologies. Click here for more information.

Seasons Greetings

I would like to take this opportunity of wishing all our members a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Thank you for supporting Stokesley Photographic Society over the last few months, it has been encouraging to see such a good turnout at our functions week after week.
The next Society meeting is on the 5th January and I look forward to seeing you all then. Just a little reminder that entries for our next competition, Rusty and/or Crusty, are due in on that date.

Regards to all

John Davies

Chairman

NCPF Website Updates

The following update has been made to the NCPF web site since the last update message.

1.      Competitions/Club Championship Page:-

Information regarding 2012 rules and entry forms has been posted on the NCPF Events page and the Competitions/Club Championship pages .

2.      Diary:-

Information of two future “mini” Tours to the Federation Area in November 2012 and March 2013 added.  Also a substantial amendment to the Western Area’s Steven le Provost Lecture.

NCPF Spectacular - 29th January 2012

A reminder to book early, the majority of tickets have been purchased already, but there still some left.  Check out the “NCPF Events Page” on the NCPF Web site to get your tickets.

Sunday 29th January 2012 

Preparations are well in hand for the 2012, NCPF Spectacular, to be staged in the Tyne Suite at Newcastle Novotel, on Sunday, January, 29th.  Our presenters for this whole day, celebration of photography are from Ireland, Des Clinton, FRPS, FIPF, MFIAP and just north of the Border, Rod Whelans, FRPS, MPAGB, HonPAGB, MFIAP and Ann Greiner, MPAGB, all of whose work is respected throughout the UK and abroad.
There will be two presentations in the morning followed by a hot carvery lunch, and then a further two during the afternoon. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon refreshments are also provided.
Members will be pleased to learn that surprisingly, we have been able to hold the same £25.00 ticket price (£13.00 excl. lunch) due to the generous sponsorship of ‘FOTOSPEED’ who will be in attendance with, no doubt attractive event offers.
A Grand Raffle featuring valuable prizes has always been a feature of these occasions and hopefully, 2012 will be no exception.

NCPF Website Updates

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

1.   Diary:-
Additional Executive and events dates, details of forthcoming Ashington Co-op Exhibition, and Western Area event in March 2012 (Poster included for Club Secretaries to display on Notice Boards please)

2.      NCPF Events:-

Page updated with brief details of 2012 events.

3.      News Items:-

Yet more cause to celebrate members’ success with the results of the November PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit Adjudication and once again further recognition of Northern Focus from PSA.

Invitation to provide pictures for the NCPF We site Rolling Banner

As promised when the new NCPF website was launched eleven months ago, they would like to place a fresh set of photographs on the ‘Rolling Banner’ at the head of the web page. To do this they have to have sufficient images of the required quality. Ideally NCPF would like to post six images, each depicting one of the Six Areas – Northern, North Tyne, Southern, South Tyne, Wear and Western. They do have some in stock, which were donated last year, but would like more to conside and are therefore inviting members to submit suitable images to the webmaster for consideration.

Each image should clearly depict a feature of the Area concerned and if used a credit will be placed as with the present set of images. Each image must be 1000 pixels by 260 pixels and set at 300 dpi please (the resolution will be reduced for the web site). Remember this banner is the NCPF shop window and needs to be the very best to show to the world. The images should be emailed to the webmaster by no later than the 15th December 2011.

Updates to the NCPF Website

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

Knowledge Base:-
Following a suggestion from Copeland PS, the recommended Conditions etc for Booking lecturers and Judges has been added to this tab, together with a downloadable PDF version of the Booking and Reply forms to be found in the PAGB handbook.

News Items:-
Two news items have been posted this week; with reports and pictures from both the North Tyne Area Print Battle and secondly Southern Area clubs results from the NYSD Annual Competitions.