17 05 2012

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Site updated: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012

 

IMAGE OF THE WEEK

Lady and the Tramp
by Austin Thomas EFIAP MPAGB FBPE
Wigan 10

This was one of the images that Austin used in gaining his MPAGB recently.
His MPAGB submission is
now on the Wigan 10
website

APMs - also see NEWS

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LadyandTramp


THIS WEEK

TOMORROW - Thursday 17th May - Queen & Duke of E visit Liverpool

In the afternoon, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will undertake a short “Driveabout” in the State Range Rover from Canada Boulevard, Liverpool, to the Merseyside Maritime Museum, where they will board a yellow Duckmarine boat and be taken on a short tour by boat around Albert Dock.
Following this tour, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness will return to the Merseyside Maritime Museum for lunch -
Thanks to Irene Drummond SLPS for this



ANNUAL COMPETITIONS - Your Individual Club Results are now on the Datascribe Portal for
Competition Secretaries to access. Award winners etc are listed on
COMPETITIONS page.

Wigan 10 have added Austin Thomas's MPAGB images to their website. This link is added to the collection of APM submissions on the DOWNLOADS page.

Last Week


PAGB PDI Club Championships - 14th July - Sponsorship has enabled tickets to be offered
at HALF-PRICE so ACT QUICKLY, the bakery is open NOW for hot cakes! - HERE


URGENT!
CLUB SECRETARIES
- You were asked to update your club data on the
DATASCRIBE PORTAL
by May 1st - did you?
This is your Annual Return now and membership charges are based on it.
Please act immediately if you have not done this.
(It will even congratulate you!)

Our New JUDGES Please contact Bob Dennis to book.....

Ken Ainscow CPAGB BPE3* (Preston)P D S R
Terry Hewitt (Stockport) P S D
Sandy Pownall LRPS (Netherton, Merseyside) P D R
Kathryn Scorah MPAGB FBPE (Southport) P D
Joyce Streets CPAGB (Bramhall) P D S
Steve Carr (Wallasey) P D R
Jane Lines CPAGB LRPS BPE2* (Wigan) P S D R N
Garry Rawlinson (St Helens) P D S
Diane Seddon LRPS (Stockport) P D S R

PAGB e-Newsletter 66 - Awards for Photographic Merit –April 2012 (no list of passes)- Featured Photographer – Alan Eastham - Meet the EC - Christine Langford + Beyond a joke - Your invitation to the Inter-Club PDI Championship - Meet the EC – Mark Buckley-Sharp - Total Passes - Awards for Photographic Merit in AV - … and finally


PAGB APMs - last weekend - NEWS page.


The excellent

LIFEBOATS ON CALL

project by
Wallasey APS which we were proud to feature here last year is now available on line.

Do take a look- it might inspire your club to try a project like this.

News - Maghull PC Prize Evening.
The next EXEC MEETING - 9th June.

Archive Progress - LCPU Page


PAGB e-Newsletter 65 - From the AGM and EC Meeting, April 2012 -PAGB Archives & Editorial Pleasures
- Featured Photographer – Anne Swearman - Adverts - Diaporama by Howard Bagshaw - Judges for the Awards for Photographic Merit - 2013 - Howard Tate (Meet the EC) - Advance Information for FIAP Awards 2013 - Invitation to the Inter-Club PDI Championship - Don Langford (Meet the EC), Saskia Slavin (Featured) - 12 Don Langford, contd. + Notices - AWARDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC MERIT – NOVEMBER



Accrington CC Exhibition, June, Heswall PS Annual Exhibition THIS WEEK - Events

Bacup CC have a new WEBSITE


External Competitions is a page not listed on the header tabs. Are you missing it?

Morecambe PS become Morecambe CC -New website for Blackburn & District CC - Clubs

Preparing PDIs for L&CPU Competitions - by Stockport members Terry Hewitt and Tony Arnold. Everything you could possibly need to know in this beautifully presented article - how to use Lightroom, Gimp, Paintshop Pro as well as PhotoShop - DOWNLOADS

Want to enjoy every acceptance in the BRISTOL SALON? Scroll down to select OPEN, TRAVEL, NATURE. Every image can be viewed.

South Liverpool Annual Exhibition and Irene Froy at Chorley - Events

Holme & Distict PS have a successful year - NEWS

Mid-Cheshire CC - Ill-health has forced the club secretary Andy Adams to resign - please contact the Chairman David Jones instead. See electronic Directory (!)

NEWS, VIEWS, IDEAS, ARTICLES, EVENTS?- Email the WEBMASTER - Tutorials on basic skills especially appreciated

AGM PICTURES - L&CPU CHALLENGES-PAGB e-NEWSLETTERS


Selected items on other pages:-
REPORTS of L&CPU MEETINGSPAGB E-NEWSLETTERS• The State of the Union 2011 • The STATE OF THE UNION REPORT 2001ARCHIVE - The First Hundred Years Folios Rotas 2011-12 and 2012-13FIAP Guide by Dave CoatesPlagiarism in Photography by Christine Widdall • Distinctions Guide


L&CPU Diary

27th April 2012 - Hand-In Day for the L&CPU Annuals
28th April 2012 - Exec Meeting and Annual Entry Sorting
5th & 6th May 2012 - Annual Competition Judging
9th June - Exec Meeting ( Framing of Annual Exhibition to follow)
23rd June - Exhibition Opening and Awards (Manchester Cathedral). Exhibition on display from 19th June. (There is no Delegates Meeting this year)
15th July - Annual Exhibition Closes
1st September 2012 - Exec Meeting
10th November - PAGB Exhibition at Leigh, closes 20th December
24th November 2012 - PDI KO and Exec Meeting
5th January 2013 - Exec Meeting

PAGB DIARY

Saturday 31st March - Was the closing date for FIAP applications to Dave Coates
Sat/Sun 14/15 April - AGM & Executive Meeting London
Sat/Sun 28/29 April - Awards for Photographic Merit YPU
Sun 27 May - Closing date for entries Inter Federation Print Competition(N&EMPF)
Sat 9 June - Judging Inter Federation Print Comp(N&EMPF)
Sat 14 July - PDI Club Championship Warwick
Saturday 27th October - PAGB Print Championships ay Connah's Quay
Mon 1 October - Closing date Inter-Fed Projected Image Competition (SPF)
Sat/Sun 6/7 October - Executive Meeting London
Sunday 14 October - Judging Inter-Federation PDI Competition/Exhibition (SPF)
Sat 27 October - Club Print Championship Connah’sQuay
Sa/Su 24/25 November - Awards for Photographic Merit NIPA

All other PAGB information - PAGB page.


EARLIER NEWS

DIRECTORY UPDATES

The printed Directory is the only place where full names, address etc are published.

Below are listed changes which have happened since the Directory was published. Any personal information is limited here, full details are emailed only to club secretaries when changes are first notified.

Our CLUBS page on this website has some basic information about each club. Changes since the Directory was published are listed below and on the CLUBS page.

If need be, email the Webmaster for details.

Please remember that we have a BOOKING FORM on the Downloads page. The Judges and Lecturers are not properly booked without it. Please remember that they are now entitled to charge 30p PLUS FUEL per mile for expenses, plus depreciation on any special equipment etc BUT NO FEE. We are very grateful to them all for offering their services on this basis - it is a great contribution to our club photography.

Extra copies of the L&CPU Directory (£3) and the PAGB Handbook (£8) are available. Send a cheque (payable to L&CPU) to the Treasurer, Gordon Jenkins or email him here

Additions and Corrections to 2011-12 Directory

LECTURERS & JUDGES

1. Tony Keeley (Lecturer & Judge) - Telephone number change - replace final "88" with "99" (p.22 & p.27)
2. Professor Roy Taylor (Lecturer) died 1st November 2011 - p 32
3. Margaret Sixsmith; distinctions now EFIAP/s PPSA FBPE. John Sixsmith EFIAP/s PPSA BPE5*
4. Northwich PS sec. Roy Taylor in hospital - please call or email GRAHAM ROWE instead but letters to Roy will be passed on. Pleased to report that Roy Taylor (not to be confused with Professor Roy Taylor (2))has recovered and resumes his duties as Secretary.
5. Mark Power - Bolton Digital - small error in email address - markgpower
6. South Liverpool PS - Please contact Sharon Mathews.
7. Oldham CC - Please contact Mrs D Gibson, not Mr M Seton, who is not longer with the club.
8. Andrew Brochowicz-Lewinski - has moved just down the road - no. 210, post code to *** 3AA. New email address too, abrochatbtinternet.com, where at=@
9. David Whiteside becomes President of Colne CC in place of John Lustig.

CLUBS

1. Website for Kendal PS - www.kendalphotographicsociety.co.uk
2. Website for Colne - www.colnecameraclub.co.uk
3. CHORLEY - Function Room of Chorley Cricket Club, Sandringham Road, Chorley PR7 1LG.
4. Website for Altrincham and Hale PS - website
5. Website for Holme & District PS - www.holmedps.co.uk CLUBS
6. Website for Ormskirk CC- www.ormskirkcameraclub.weebly.com
7. Website for Bramhall PS - http://bramhallphoto.weebly.com
8. Oldham CC - New address - The East Oldham Methodist Church, Collett St, Off Ripponden Road, Oldham, Lancs OL1 4ES
9. Website for Blackburn & District CC - http://www.bandd.cc/
10. Website for Garstang CC - www.garstang-camera-club.co.uk
11. Website for Great Harwood CC - www.greatharwoodcameraclub.co.uk
12. Website for Halton PS - http://halton-photographicsociety.com/
13. Website for Irwell Vale PC - http://irwellvalephotographyclub.org/
14. Website for Isle Of Man PS - http://www.iomps.com/
15. Website (correction) for Leigh & District CC - www.leighanddistrictcameraclub.org/
16. Postcode for Lytham St Annes PS - FY8 3EE
17. Postcode for Maghull (partially printed in Directory) - L31 4EQ
18. Website for North Manchester CC - http://www.northmanchestercameraclub.co.uk
19. Website for Northwich PS - www.northwichphotographicsociety.co.uk
20. Padiham & District PS - post code partially printed - BB12 8JQ
21. Website for Romiley CC - www.romileycameraclub.co.uk
22. Website for Wigan 10 - www.wigan10.com
23. Knutsford PS have moved to St John's Wood Community Centre, Longridge, KNUTSFORD WA16 8PA see 28
24. Leyland PS Move to RAFA Club, Westby House, Golden Hill, Leyland, Lancashire, PR253NN from Jan 2012
25. Bacup CC address change to REAL Conference Room, St James's Square, Bacup, OL13 9AA (15th January 2012)
26. Mid-Cheshire CC change to 8pm start time (15th January 2012)
27. L08 Lymm PS added.
28. Knutsford - new venue - The Tatton Room, Knutsford Civic Centre, Toft Road, Knutsford, WA16 OPE
29. Informed of new emergency contacts for MCCC - not listed here, club secretaries emailed.
30. Mid-Cheshire CC - Secretary Andy Adams resigned due to ill health. Temporarily please contact Chairman David Jones - see electronic Directory.
31. Morecambe PS become Morecambe CC
32. Blackburn & District CC have new website.
33. Bacup CC get new website.

The list of websites omitted is making this a bit cumbersome and they will be removed in a week or two - all changes are permanently listed at the foot of the CLUBS page.

We do not post contact details on the website, so for the information not fully revealed above please email the Webmaster. All other matters should be referred to Bob Dennis at Lecturers & Judges.

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News from Clubs etc
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Time and again the Forum has proved a springboard for good ideas and fruitful discussion.
If you have issues you really care about, air them there. Notice is taken!

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Why not join the 450 Forum members for discussions, critique, competitions, wiki and general chat, here?

 

EARLIER NEWS

PAGB e-NEWSLETTER 64 - Meet the PAGB Executive – Peter Young, Hon Treasurer - The PAGB Entry to the 31st FIAP Monochrome Biennial - Assorted Information - Featured Photographer – Steve McDonald ARPS - Notice & Adverts - Meet the PAGB Executive – Robert Albright, RPS delegate - Host Rota for APM and Inter-Federation Competitions - Change to AFIAP and EFIAP Requirements from 2013 - The PAGB list for Judging its Audio Visual Competitions and Awards

• External Distinctions Guide - Revised in line with the changes mentioned in PAGB eN 64 - DOWNLOADS

• BIG DAY is BIG SUCCESS - NEWS Winning prints added

PAGB e-Newsletter 63 - deals with APMs; statistics and the tutorial disk. Remember our MENTORING SCHEME and the fact that all the PAGB e-Newletters from No7 are on the PAGB PAGE.

• Top Images from the L&CPU PDI Challenge.

FOLIOS: Revised 2012-13 Rota. Please remember that it is your club's reponsibility to deliver folios to the next club listed. THIS STILL APPLIES EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT USING THE FOLIOS.

PAGB eNewsletter 61 - Last of 3 issues dealing with the GREAT BRITISH CUP.

FOLIOS: Revised 2012-13 Rota. Please remember that it is your club's reponsibility to deliver folios to the next club listed.

DIRECTORY: David Whiteside becomes President of Colne CC, replacing John Lustig

L&CPU DIARY: L&CPU Annual Exhibition opens 23rd June at Manchester Cathedral. Awards but no Delegates Meeting. PAGB Print Exhibition 10th November at Leigh Library

•If you missed - BRITAINS FIRST PHOTO ALBUM - and our friends from South Liverpool PS on Tuesday the preview is still working - and there is always i-Player! SLPS collaborated with the BBC in making this series - see NEWS page.

PAGB eNewsletter 62 -The PAGB President – State of the Nation - 16th FIAP Nature Biennial Results - London Salon of Photography - Featured Photographer – Joan Blease ARPS - The PAGB at Focus on Imaging.

• Exciting new PSA International organised by HOYLAKE PS

• Events - Vietnam Exhibition by Colin Paul (Frodsham PS), some non-club events are added which I hope you will find of interest.
Knutsford PS have moved - Directory Updates 28 - This is not a repeat notice but another move. Their new venue is excellent and we wish them well with it.
• New emergency number for Mid-Cheshire - Directory Updates 29 • Bacup CC - Change of venue and Mid-Cheshire CC change of start time - DIRECTORY UPDATES and CLUBS • Judge Andrew Brochovicz-Lewinski - new address and email DIRECTORY UPDATES No.8

STATE OF THE UNION 2011 Our President's survey of our member clubs. Happily conducted in better times than her 2001 study there is much for us all in this fascinating and scholarly work. Download it HERE (2.9Mb). It is also listed on the DOWNLOADS page, together with her account L&CPU PAGB Mentoring Seminar (from PAGB eNews 51)

L&CPU Club Successes in FIAP World Cup - NEWS - Report: November EC Meeting - Leyland PS : New meeting place - Directory Updates - 4th Great British Small Print Circuit - External Comps - Hoylake PS Website has been revised and also has a blog.

EVENTS :The North Cheshire PS Inter-Club competitions in February were added last week. If your club would like to join the 20+ clubs who already take part, take a look.

Directory: 1. Oldham CC - Mr M Seton is no longer with the club, please contact Mrs D Gibson instead.
2. SLPS Illness has prevented Joe McInally from continuing as contact, please contact Sharon Mathews (telephone number provided in weekly email).

Brian Law CPAGB LRPS, Mike & Sue Heaton CPAGB AFIAP and Mike Pollitt ARPS websites added- LINKS

L&CPU PDI KNOCK-OUT RESULTS - See COMPETITIONS and NEWS.

The State of the Union 2011 - Let us know about any action your club is taking and also please pass on good ideas.

The PAGB APM assessments were last weekend and the L&CPU successes are listed on the NEWS page. Remember we have a mentoring system for these awards - email Bob Dennis.

Rob Vince, Sandbach PS Secretary is now back at home after 4 weeks in hospital - NEWS

Chapel CC member Philip Thompson makes the third reported success in the Landscape Photographer of the Year - NEWS

Photography and the LAW - we have a copy of the ACPO letter (26 August 2010) which underlines the principles we
have established here. Advice to Security Guards can be seen here. It all looks very encouraging - DOWNLOADS

PAGB Newsletter 53 - Awards for Photographic Merit –Breach of Rules - Notices - Take a View Landscape Winner - YOUR INVITATION TO ENTER THE GB CUP 2012 (FREE!!!) - PAGB Newsletters are on the PAGB page.

Northwich PS Secretary Roy Taylor is hospitalised at present - please contact Graham Rowe instead - his number is in the Directory, his email address will be given in the Website Updates. Best wishes to Roy.

Details of the Southport Open and Southampton International are listed - EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS

Directory update: Mark Power (Bolton Digital) email correction.

Colin Smith FRPS - 1937 - 2011 - NEWS.
John & Margaret Sixsmith - distinctions update - Directory Updates

PAGB e-Newsletter 52

Knutsford PS have moved! CLUBS and Directory Updates

Professor Roy Taylor - Directory Updates

Our new EVENTS items this week include details of Heswall PS's year long photo competition in conjunction with Ness Gardens.

Barry Pearson of North Cheshire PS has started a Wikipedia entry for the PAGB

The Directory Updates have been revised.

 

PAGB Print Championships: Wigan 10 take third place while Bolton Digital PS and North Cheshire PS finish strongly in the Plate Competition - NEWS - South Liverpool PS to star in TV Programme - NEWS - Rikki O'Neill at Oldham PS 1st December - EVENTS

PAGB Inter-Federation PDI Competition Results and now INDIVIDUAL SCORES for the L&CPU Entry (19th October)

Do you photograph the Manchester Ship Canal? If so you may be able to help a TV producer - here

PAGB Great British Cup Rules and Entry Form and it is FREE!!!

MPAGB: The successful submissions of two Wigan 10 members are now accessible - NEWS

PAGB eNEWS 51 - Great British Cup - entry is now FREE - Results of the Inter Federation PDI Annual Competition - PAGB Executive Meeting - Warwick – A Personal View by Chris Forster - L&CPU Mentoring Scheme by Christine Widdall - Medal for Peter Brown. Here and PAGB page.

Those ambassadors of PSA competitions at HOYLAKE PS gain more awards - NEWSPAGB eNews 50 - Full of information as usual (but don't believe everything you read (p.12)!). Remember that all newsletters (with contents lists) are also on the PAGB page • PAGB AWARDS (APMs) MENTORING SEMINAR a great success - NEWS National AV Awards - NEWS • Keith Suddaby FRPS MPAGB EFIAP is to be the judge for the L&CPU PDI Knock-Out In November - COMPETITIONS •Folios - The 2011-12 Rota is updated and the Provisional for 2012-13 available on DOWNLOADS• Holme & District PS - now have a website • Norman Thompson DPAGB LBIPP- Past President now also Events Secretary - L&CPU Report: Executive Committee Meeting 3rd September 2011. All earlier reports are available on the L&CPU PAGE • Amazing series of presentations by Wigan PS at the Museum of Wigan Life! - EVENTSChorley PS now meet in the Function Room of Chorley Cricket Club, Sandringham Road, Chorley PR7 1LG.• Membership Cards - new PHOTOGRAPHERS RIGHTS statement which you may like to reproduce on your membership cards, also see - Police Stop & Search: Our President reports on our progressSpecial PAGB eNews - No 49 •PAGB e-Newsletter 48 (added 17th August - update 2/2). Remember that all eNs are listed on the PAGB page - including contents if you need to find anything - PAGB - This issue has a web address for one photographer's (Keith Naylor DPAGB EFIAP BPE4*) full panel of C and D PAGB images with marks and is particularly useful for all those looking to try for APMs.

•L&CPU Annual PDIs - We list the images selected for the PDI FOLIOS for 2011-12 and those selected to represent the L&CPU in the Inter-Federation PDI 2011 on 16th October • Gwen Charnock FRPS MFIAP has a new website Charnock Photography which features her work together, of course, with that of Phil and Chris! She has used www.weebly.com in part to create it and found it particularly user friendly. It's free! Thanks Gwen. This is also now included on the LINKS page.

Altrincham and Hale PS have a new website• Wigan 10 have a new website (Clubs) • Blackburn & District CC also have a new website and newsletter.

PAGB Inter-Federation Print Competition 2011 - L&CPU Individual Results (21st June) now PAGB e-NEWS 46 lists the Federation Results. The L&CPU came FOURTH in the Monochrome Print Competition and SECOND (to MCPF) in the Colour.

Delegates Meeting – 18th June 2011 - Full Story • The Annual Exhibition closed at the end of August but You can still see here Uncle Mike's Video tours of the Exhibition - Walk Round - Detail - Information • Thanks to (Uncle) Mike Lawrence for these clever little ads for the exhibition. • the Catalogue - A list of all Folio prints with the exhibition prints highlighted. ----- BACK

FIAP 5th Clubs World Cup Catalogue

END TAILS

- With so much in the news about Income Tax it's a shame to add more gloom by raising the question of capital gains tax liability for clubs - its in PAGB e-33.

The End of “Section 44”? Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allows the home secretary to authorise police to make random searches in certain circumstances. It has caused a some friction between between police and street photographers.

The Strasbourg Court has ruled Section 44 a breach of our human rights http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8453878.stm 

We also have a note that Tony Riley (Surrey Fed. PAGB rep) is a professional colour profiler and has just started building a new web site – he tells us that over the next few weeks new topics will be added; have a look at the first at:http://www.imagetune.co.uk/


Look after your images. Among fears that any image appearing on the web is fair game for losing copyright we are grateful to the Royal Photographic Society for negotiating some assurances over this. Nevertheless it is good practice to make sure any images that you put up for public viewing have a copyright mark and your name in the metadata to help avoid them being designated as “orphan works”. Also, do read the small print when submitting images to commercial competitions or broadcasting companies and so on; you may be signing away your copyright.


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