Vocal Points

Hi all Not long to the start of our new season now. The committee is “meeting” tomorrow evening to finalise our plans for the coming season.  We are keen to see you all in attendance from 1 September onwards. It is also a time when we seek to greet new members and visitors to Bromsgrove Photographic […]

Hi all Now that we are having a proper Summer – alongside the easing of some of the lockdown restrictions – I hope that those of you that can, are getting out and about with your cameras. Summer photography can be challenging – if you want that delicious early morning light, the catch is that

Hi all. Speaking for myself, I certainly enjoyed the talk from Chris Palmer this week. It was refreshing to see a lot of quality images that were taken mainly for the joy of photography, rather than just a selection of “competition winners”. His presentation was relaxed and informative and I would welcome him back again in

Hi all As I am writing this I hope that none of you have decided to take a trip to Spain – what with the sudden imposition of self-isolation on holidaymakers returning from that neck of the woods. It just goes to show how difficult it is to plan anything at the minute – short

Hi all I’ll be brief this week. Last week we had a very entertaining and educational critique evening. Many thanks to everyone who submitted work for the scrutiny of the “judges” – and special thanks to Colin for the work that he put into making the evening a success. This week it is time for a bit of

Good morning all We have reached a point where some of us are getting some normality in our lives, whilst others still need to shield themselves against any unnecessary risk for the foreseeable future.  We are constantly looking at what options Bromsgrove PS should take in the coming months. This includes liaising with other clubs in the area

Hi all This coming Tuesday we will be running an interactive Zoom meeting on photo-editing. Technology permitting, we plan to run demonstrations on 4 types of software during the evening – Photoshop (Colin Close) Photoshop Elements (Ruth Seadon) Lightroom (Richard Chapman) Affinity Photo (David Jellie) During the first half, we will demonstrate each software covering

Hi all Yet again we had a very successful and entertaining Zoom meeting last Tuesday. Jenny allowed us to act as judges in giving our critique of her catalogue of images – which she will now whittle down into her MPAGB entry. It was interesting to hear the range of advice and feedback on offer.

Hi all I for one, really enjoyed the Panel of Three competition last Tuesday, when we got a chance to show what we have been doing during lockdown. Not only were the images inspiring, but we also benefitted from members interacting, offering advice and constructive criticism. I’m sure most of us took something positive away from that evening. I’m