Vocal Points

Hi all Lockdown continues but our Society goes from strength to strength. Well done to everyone who featured in our awards night last week. The images on display show the depth of quality that we have now. Many thanks to Nigel for the work he put into making it such a successful evening. This week […]

Hi all This week’s Vocal Point is all about giving, so I will start by giving you good news. Robin Potticary has had an image shortlisted for the Landscape Photographer of the Year award – results to be announced in the Autumn. Robin submitted 8 images, but hasn’t been told which one has been shortlisted. I

Hi all To the best of my knowledge, our AGM on Zoom is the best-attended AGM that this society has had. We had 46 members logged on at the beginning – and 44 at the end. Thank you to you all for your support last week and also over the whole year. This week we

Hi all There are not many meetings left in our current season, so now is the time to look ahead. Tuesday of next week we have the return of David Keep. 53 of you enjoyed his presentation via Zoom on sports photography recently and we had the most positive feedback of any presentation this year.

Hi season is drawing to a halt, but the good stuff just keeps on coming. The Annual PDI competition last week produced a very high standard of entry across the board. Congratulations to our award winners. I’m sure you can all agree that the standard of work has risen significantly over the course of our

Hi all Once again, I am pleased to report that last week’s meeting with David Boag was a massive success. We seem to have mastered using Zoom for our virtual meetings – this time we had 51 members “attending” for what was an entertaining meeting on Nature and Wildlife photography. David had a background dating

Hi all Many of you will be aware of this already, but our newer members may not be familiar with all of our recent history. It is now a year since we lost our Chairman Roger Lewis and his wife Gail in a tragic accident. Gail and Roger worked hard in the previous 3 years to

What a great talk we have just had from David Keep thi sevening, watched by at least 40 members – a great turnout under lockdown circumstances. Apologies everyone, but I made the wrong announcement for next week – it is a talk by David Boag. The Annual PDI competition is in two weeks time. See

Hi all I hope that you are all remaining healthy and coping with the pressures associated with self-isolation. BPS is working hard to bring you some entertainment on your Tuesday evenings whilst you are confined to home and garden. Last Tuesday we had an excellent presentation from Tony Gervis – using Zoom conferencing. Close to

Hi all I hope we have all had time now to adapt to a new level of normality and the challenges it is bringing. My challenge to you is to keep your photographic interest going while developing your skills. I know you will all be missing our Tuesday night get together, but all is not