Monday 24 September 2012

PAGB E-News 75

Please click on this link to see Issue 75 of e-news from the PAGB.

1         Print Championship
2         Photographic Art - East African Wildlife.  An MFIAP Panel
3         British Birds Winner
4         Notices & Adverts
5         Featured Photographer - Ian Bateman
6         Adverts
7         A successful FRPS Panel by Neil Scott

PLUS
A Three Page Inter-Club Print Championship Supplement with all the participating Clubs and Judges.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

NCPF Website Update

The NCPF website has been updated with the following.  Follow this link to view it.

1.      PAGB E-news
Edition 74 has been uploaded

2.      News Items
All the news about our members successes in the 33rd Northern Counties Salon; a truly golden result.

3.      International Salon/33rd Salon 2013
Results of all 5 Sections have now been posted on the web site.

4.      Events/NCPF Diary
Posters and information about 4 forthcoming RPS Northern Region Lectures by Steve Smith FRPS (October 5th), Duncan McEwan (November 9th), Jason Bell Hon.FRPS (16th November) and Will Cheung FRPS (18th January 2013).

Saturday 15 September 2012

Members Galleries

Any member wishing to add a new Gallery or amend an existing one, could you please forward your images [6 maximum] to me using the e-mail address john-sps@ntlworld.com or put them on a memory stick/disc and hand them to me on a club night.

If you want your e-mail address to be displayed on the gallery please let me have that to.

Images should be in the same format as competition images i.e. jpegs with an sRGB profile - 1400 by 1050 pixels and a title. No membership numbers etc. are required.



Monday 10 September 2012

PAGB e-News 74

Click on this link to read issue 74 of the PAGB e-News.
In this issue:
1         GB Cup 2012 CD and Certicicates!
2         Warwick.  The Judges' Choices
3         East African Wildlife by Margery Maskell MFIAP**
4         Featured Photographer – Tim Pile
5         The RPS and The Times
6         Meet the EC – David Gibbins ARPS AFIAP APAGB BPE3
7         YOUR invitation to the Inter-Club Print Championship
8         Those Magnificent men in their Flying Machines
9         Advert
10        RPS Distinctions – A Family Affair
11        … and finally

NCPF International Exhibition

Following Guy Davies success on being awarded the Northumbria Trophy for the best mono print from an NCPF club member, Paula has been awarded the Northumbria Trophy for the best image from an NCPF club member in the Travel section for Projected Digital Images with Palouse Tree.

This means that 2 out of a possible 5 Northumbria Trophies this year have been awarded to SPS members.


Tuesday 4 September 2012

NCPF Website Updates

The following update has been made to the NCPF web site since the last update message and all can be accessed here.

1. Home Page
Notice from Portfolio Secretary

2. Latest News Items
Sunderland PA Celebrate their 125th Anniversary this season. Read Arnold’s update of the club’s history.

3. PAGB E-news
Edition 73 has been uploaded

4. About the Federation/Executive Minutes
Minutes from the July Executive meeting have been approved and posted on the web site.

5. Affiliated Clubs
Details of club contacts etc updated in line with the contents of the 2012/2013 NCPF Directory

6. Events/Diary
Updated with recent notifications.

7. Events/NCPF Events
i) Booking form and update regarding the Judges Seminar on 14th October 2012
ii) Updates regarding Beamish Trophy (26/10/2012), Presentation Evening (11/11/2012) and NCPF Spectacular (27/10/2013)

8. International Salon/33rd Salon 2013
Results of the 2 Prints Sections have now been posted on the web site.

Monday 3 September 2012

Guy Davies wins Northumbria Trophy

Congratulations to Guy on being awarded the Northumbria Trophy for the best mono print from an NCPF club member in the NCPF International Print Exhibition which was judged at the weekend.


Early Whitby Photographers Talk

Ruth Wilcock, the author of Whitby Photographers, their lives and their photographs from the 1840s, will be giving a fully illustrated talk on Early Whitby Photographers at Whitby Museum, Pannett Park, Whitby, YO21 1RE, on Wednesday 26 September 2012 at 2.15pm. Non-members are welcome, £1.  For more information click here.