For Sale - Fotospeed ink flow system

Includes 6 125m bottles of ink varying in quantity £50 ONO. 

Contact Paul

01287201794

Steam Trains at the National Railway Museum, Shildon

A message from Alan Neighbour

I have just become aware that there are 6 No Gresley A4 pacific steam trains at the NRM Shildon and intend to visit on Wednesday 19th Feb. I wondered if any other SPS members were interested and wanted to share the journey. Please contact me on 01642710801 or atnATglobalnet.co.uk (substitute @ for AT).

PAGB E-News 109

The most recent PAGB E-News can be read by clicking here. In this issue are the main results from the GB Cup, including the full list of Award Winners, an article and pictures by Dorchester Camera Club on their 7 photographers who recently gained their CPAGB distinctions & the featured photographer Michael O'Sullivan FIPF FRPS from Cork who i s best known for his Fantasy themed

conceptual Art, particularly “Fallen Angels”.

Congratulations to David Smith and John Hopkins

Congratulations to two of our members for their results in recent competitions:

David Smith was awarded Best Botanical in the PAGB GB Cup Nature Section with Polytrichum Moss Capsules and in the RHS Garden Photographer of the Year competition Peloric Foxglove by John Hopkins won third prize in the Details category.

Polytrichum Moss Capsules © David L Smith

Pyloric Foxglove © John Hopkins

Results - Some good, some not so good

This weekend the judging took place on both the NCPF Championships and the PAGB Cup.

At the Championships we didn't do very well in the PDI competition with a final score of 209 out of a possible 300. Northallerton were the outright winners with a score of 243 with Morpeth in second place. Northallerton CC and Morpeth CC will represent the NCPF at the PAGB PDI Championships in July.

Stokesley fared a lot better in the Print competition with 221 points putting us into 2nd place behind Sunderland who scored 230. So Stokesley PS will be representing the NCPF at the PAGB Print Championships which are held in October. To this end we will be asking for your very best prints at the beginning of next season.

In the GB Cup Stokesley PS did very well in the Nature section coming in 27th equal place (out of 94 competing clubs) with a score of 112 out of a possible 150. Although we entered 20 images only the top 10 marks count in this competition. The winners were Wigan 10 with a score of 129. Our results in the Open competition were not nearly so good where we scored 138 points out of a possible 225. We were in 100th equal place out of 110 competing clubs. 15 images are entered for this competition and the scores all count towards the total. Again Wigan 10 were the winners with 186 points.

To see all the individual scores for each competition and the overall results for the GB Cup click on these links.

For all of these competitions each image is marked out of 15 by 3 judges each scoring from 2 to 5.

NCPF Championship PDI Comptition Individual Marks
NCPF Championship Print Competition Individual Marks
PAGB GB Cup Open Individual Marks
PAGB GB Cup Nature Individual Marks
PAGB GB Cup Open Club Placings
PAGB GB Cup Nature Club Placings

Tony Worobiec Talk

Next Thursday, 13th February, our speaker will be Tony Worobiec on the subject The Art of Composition.

One of Tony's books is "The Complete Guide to Photographic Composition" and I would expect that he will have some copies with him so don't forget your cheque book.  We have three of Tony's books which are all very well written and contain many super images.

10 Most Common Mistakes in Landscape Photography – and How to Overcome Them

I have found an interesting website which you may be interested in visiting.  By clicking here you can find an article about landscape photography.

NCPF Website Updates

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

1. Competitions/Annual Competitions
All the Rules, Entry Forms and Labels are now available

2. Diary
Many additional and updated events now included for the very near future,
including at Tynemouth, Ryton, Alnwick, Gateshead, Western Area & Whickham.
(Flyers from Western Area and Whickham are attached for your info and display).

3. News Items
A report and pictures from our recent NCPF Spectacular

4. PAGB e-news
Editions 108 is now uploaded for your benefit.

You Tube Video

Ken Payne who produces videos on Photoshop CS and Elements is now putting his videos on You Tube.  Here's one he recently did on using a new plug in with Elements which incorporates lots of tools which you can normally only find in the full versions of Photoshop.

Teaching Technology to the Non Tech Savy

PC classes online is a free service with lessons on a wide range of subjects such as:

• New to Mac

• New to iPhone

• New to iPad

• New to Windows 8

• Video Editing

• E-Mail Tips and Tricks

• Organize your Photos

• Microsoft Office

• iTunes 11

• Intro to Siri

• Storing Your Passwords

• Create Photo Slideshows

• iCloud

• New to Facebook

• Building Your Own Website

• Deleting Facebook Viruses

  Don't be misled by the 'PC Classes' - it does include Mac.

  A friend of mine has signed up and thinks it is really good but I haven't tried it myself.  Click this link to sign up.

The 19th Cotswold Salon of Monochrome Photography

This unique exhibition is open to all photographers.

The prints will be exhibited at Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester in July.

Closing dates for entries is Friday 30th May 2014.

*Entry forms* may be obtained from the website at

http://cotswold-monochrome.co.uk

where you may also view selections of entries from previous years.

PAGB E-News 108

Issue 108 of the PAGB E-news is available to read by clicking here. This is rather a big issue with quite a lot of adverts for exhibitors at the forthcoming Photography Show at the NEC. However there are lots of pictures and articles which will make it worth the effort.