Hi all What a good night we had at Avoncroft on Tuesday and a good turnout. At times the weather was so overcast that we had to increase the ISO significantly, but overall we had enough kind light to produce some good results. Our male model Mark was relatively inexperienced but is likely to go […]
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Hi all A little bit late this week. The weekend was hectic (nothing photographic) – work, Father’s Day and a 5 mile cross country run – my other hobby. What a shame that Chaddesley Woods was such a wash-out. Let’s hope for good weather at Upton Warren tomorrow night. It’s an excellent opportunity for sports
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Hi all I hope the summer season got off to a good start in Droitwich on Tuesday. Sorry I couldn’t be there, but I plan to be at Chaddesley Woods this coming Tuesday. We are still in Scotland, the weather is typically Scottish – 4 seasons in one day and getting good photographic light is
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Hi All, Firstly a Happy Easter Break and what fabulous weather we have. I see from our facebook page some of our lady members have taken advantage of the weather to get out with their long lenses for some nature snapping, I dare say we will see some results as winners in future competitions. Well
This, That and the Other 21/4/2019 Read More »
Hi All, Last week’s newsletter was a bit long so this week I will try and keep it short and provide only correct information (well done to all who spotted last week’s mistake). A big thank you to Darren Shipman of Dpix Studio for entertaining and educating us in the art of studio/portrait photography last
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Hi All, Something a bit different for last week so thanks to: Jan Harris and John Davidson for their ‘creative lights in the dark’ I got the feeling those who took part had a good time. Tony Hawksbee assisted by Sue Young for the flower display and to demonstrate you can get great results from
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Hi All, Last Tuesday saw the last of the season’s monthly competitions so the competitive ones amongst us will be calculating their final scores to see if they are in for an award. Of course the main reason for competitions is the challenge to improve one’s work and get better as a photographer, but an
This, That and the Other 31/3/2019 Read More »
Hi All, Just got back in from the Midphot Exhibition over at Smethwick and really pleased to see Bromsgrove well represented on the walls and on the projector screen. A particular congratulations to our three ladies (Jenny Webster, Julie Hall and Sue Vernon) who picked up MCPF ribbons. I thought sports images, portraits, travel, landscapes
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Hi All, Lots seem to be going on at the moment, the Photography Show at the NEC started yesterday (Saturday) and goes on till Tuesday giving us a chance to see (and in some cases try) the latest kit and additions to fuel our interest in driving our own personal photographic journey. I am going
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Hi All, Fixed subjects have always been a challenge to get a good number of entries however we had 70 odd entries so in the end not a bad entry at all, so thanks to all who entered and of course congratulations to those who got a placing. It is interesting in that one of
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