MEETING CANCELLED (AGAIN!)

THE CURSE OF THE BOB!

Due to the snow and safety concerns regarding the condition of roads and pavements around Shrewsbury House, tonight's meeting has been cancelled!

Round 2 of the Bob will now be on 4 Jan (weather permitting - check your emails!) this will replace the Mini-Talks.

All the best - and have a great Xmas!

Marshall

Merry Xmas!

Weather permitting next Tuesday, 21 December, will be our last meeting of 2010 and it's Round 2 of 'The Bob' digital comp with mulled wine and mince pies galore! Hope to see you there!

We're back on 4th January with Members' Mini-Talks. Have a brilliant Christmas one and all!

Royal Photographic Society

'Brighton West Pier' (Andy Linden LRPS)

'Daffodils' (Andy Linden LRPS)

More good news (will it ever end?!) AWPS member Andy Linden LRPS has 2 of his photographs in the new Royal Photographic Society book 'Portfolio Two'.

This is a 240 page volume, designed to give a broad picture of what the RPS is all about. It has various articles about photography and portfolios by such luminaries as Annie Leibovitz, Don McCullin, Martin Parr and Terry O'Neill.

The members gallery section has 178 photographs. 3,500 images were submitted for selection and Andy was one of only 19 people who had more than one picture chosen to be in the book!

Here's a link that gives some more info. The book costs £30 + P&P.

http://www.rps.org/news/detail/society_news/portfolio_two

Landscape Photographer of The Year 2010

Great news for the club to end the year on - Marshall Pinsent and Stu Mayhew both have photographs published in the Take-a-View Landscape of The Year 2010 hardcover book and the images feature in the exhibition currently running at the National Theatre until 16th January 2011.

Marshall's photograph 'Fairytale of Fairfield' was the runner-up in the highly competitive 'Classic View' Category. And Stu's image 'Wind-powered' won a judges commendation.

Over 100 of the very best entries from the 2010 Awards are on show at the free exhibition, so please try to get along - it's a must-see!

30 Nov meeting CANCELLED

Due to the heavy snow tonight's meeting has been cancelled!

Round 2 of the Bob will now be on 21 December (the last meeting before Christmas)

Keep warm!

Prints Competition - 2nd round: Mono RESULTS

Congratulations to Dave Walton who scored a 10+ for his excellent photograph "Table for two, please!" and wins this round of our internal prints comp in Group 1.

The other results are as follows (in order of score and the judge's preference):

GROUP 1 (Intermediate)

2nd 'East meets West' by Michelle Dishart (score 10)

3rd 'Rochester Cathedral' by Tim Walton (9)

GROUP 2 (Advanced)

1st 'The Bridge' by Nikk Burridge (10+)

2nd 'Pascuale the barber' by Tim Rose (10)

3rd 'Herne Bay Pier' by Andy Linden LRPS (10)

4th 'Up on Beachy Head' by Andy Linden LRPS (9.5)

All the winning pictures will go through to our Prints final at the end of the season and will be available to view in the club gallery later this week.

AWPS would like to thank Roger Force, our judge for the evening, for an entertaining, considered and illuminating appraisal of our work.

FSLPS Colour prints competition

Aperture Woolwich battle it out with five other clubs in the FSLPS colour prints competition at Selsdon on Friday 12 November.

If you fancy going along to support your club, here are the details:

Venue: Selsdon Camera Club, The Methodist Halls, 102 Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, CR2 9EE.

Judge: Nenne van Dijk FRPS DPAGB

Start time: 7:45pm for an 8pm start

If you'd like to go but need a lift contact Stu on 07973231527

9 November meeting

Guest Speaker: Graeme Web

Graeme returned to photography in 2008 after many years of working in film and video post production. He discusses his journey in photography through his use of 35mm, large format, low tech plastic cameras and pinhole photography over the past 30 years. He is now known for his constructed 'staged' images or 'microworlds'.

He was introduced to the miniature diorama genre by exposure to stop motion animation. This recent work is highly personal and revolves around childhood memories, fantasies and relationships. The meticulously detailed images play with elements of scale, texture and lighting and the never ending cycle of nature modifying man's achievements. He has exhibited at the Barbican, the Cottons Center, Holborn Studios, the Strand Gallery and Linear House. His pictures are also held in private collections.

His influences include the filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay and Jiri Barta.

Graeme's current exhibition at the Linear House Gallery, Peyton Place, Greenwich SE10 8RS runs until 14th November 2010.

This promises to be a very unique and entertaining evening, please arrive for a prompt 8pm start. Guests are welcome.

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Sunday Shoot: Nunhead Cemetery

Date: Sunday 7th November
Meet time: 10:00 am (by the entrance in Linden Road)
Address: Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Road, London, SE15 3LP

Map link

We tried to do this club shoot last year but were forced to cancel it due to bad weather. Let's hope for better luck this year!

Panel of 3 - results

Congratulations to Dave Mason who's camels ran away with it last night!

2nd Stu Mayhew
3rd Chris Turner
4th Nikk Burridge

All the winning images will be added to the website gallery later this week.

The Bob Forshaw Digital 2010/11 - 1st round results

Congratulations to Stu Mayhew who came 1st with, 'Chasing shadows'.

2nd: 'Dandelion' by Andy Linden LRPS
3rd: 'Dream World' by Dave Mason
4th: 'Abandoned home in Greece' by John Clement II LRPS

All the winning photographs can be seen in the website gallery. The full score sheet will be available at the club next week.

Thanks to Dave for his appraisal of the images and to Tim for scoring the competition.

5 October meeting

We are very pleased that Pro-Sports photographer Mike King will be our guest speaker on Tuesday 5th October.

Mike covered the major sport's events in the 80's and 90's for Allsport (now part of Getty), The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph and he was the winner of the coveted UK Sports Photographer of the Year a couple of times, once thanks to a shot from the Grand National on a Nikon D1 (2.7MP!). Many of his images are instantly recognisable and you don't need to have a special interest in sports photography to appreciate them.

In his own words -

"I Don't cover much sport nowadays, but I've recently learnt that great pictures are on your own doorstep. You don't need to go to a war zone or the Olympics to take great photos. Photography is one of the great levellers of society, we can all do it largely, and it can have an amazing power to improve our world. Rarely does photography have a negative power. In fact it nearly always exposes the truth".

Please make sure you get there early for a prompt 8pm start.

Print Competition - Round 1 results

A selection of high scoring images from Tuesday's Print competition.

Group 1: Intermediate

Print scoring 10

'Ziggie' by Cliff Ayling

Prints scoring 9

'An English Garden in the summer' by Elaine Cranmer

'Mecanopsis after the rain' by Elaine Cranmer

Group 2: Advanced

Prints scoring 10

'A Bird Released' by Stu Mayhew

'Lookout/s' by Justin Kington

'Cairo Covered Car' by Dave Mason

Prints scoring 9

'Sky Ride' by Stu Mayhew

'Jabberwocky' by Marshall Pinsent

'Tower Bridge Stairway' by Dave Mason

'The Windy City' by Stu Mayhew

Congratulations to new member Cliff Ayling who scored a 10 in his first competition with the club!

All the winning images can be seen in the website gallery

AWPS EXHIBITION 2010

The 2010 exhibition runs until 30 September in the Victoria Hall, Woolwich Town Hall, London SE18 and showcases a wide range of work from members of the society. Open Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm. Admission is free.

Exhibition photos by Stu Mayhew

Studio workshop

On Tuesday 21 September we have a portraiture workshop with a model in the studio and table-top still-life and mount cutting tuition in the library. Bring a camera and a tripod. 8pm start.

Studio portrait: 'Karen' by Stu Mayhew

Guest Speaker 14 September

On Tuesday 14 September our guest speaker will be landscape photographer Chris Palmer ARPS AFIAP DPAGB APAGB. More about Chris and his work can be found by following this link.

Please arrive by 7:45pm for an 8pm start.

Summer show

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed images to our summer show last night to make it an enjoyable and successful evening. All the photos can now be viewed on the club website gallery.

New season

Our 2010/11 season starts tomorrow at 8pm in the our new home - the Library at:

Shrewsbury House Community Centre
Bushmoor Cresent,
Shooters Hill,
London,
SE18 3EG

This is a social evening, a chance to meet the group and view a digitally projected images presentation of members' new summer images and a look back at last years competition winners.

Guests are welcome.

See our website for programme details.

Exhibitions

'White Open Space' by Stu Mayhew.

Stu has this and several other prints on show at the Green Chain Walk exhibition currently running at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Elixir Gallery SE18. Well worth a visit.

An exhibition of work from South London Photographic Society is on at the Limelight Gallery, Lewisham Library until the end of August, more details here.

Evening Shoot 17 August

Chinatown

Date: Tuesday 17 August

Meet: Gerrard Street, London W1. The Charing Cross end, by the red barrier.

Time: 7:30pm

A chance for some street photography. Members and non-members welcome.

Our summer programme includes a studio evening at Shrewsbury House on Tuesday 13 July at 8pm.

We will be working with 'Astarte' (pictured) a model that both Leigh and myself have worked with before. The theme for the evening will be alternative/goth/punk.

The model will have a selection of outfits and wigs with her, but feel free to bring any props you think may suit the theme. She has done quite a bit of modelling and it should be a fun evening for experienced photographers and beginners alike.

I will be asking for a small discretionary donation towards the models expenses from each photographer, of a couple of pounds.

Look forward to seeing you.

Stu

(Photo: 'Astarte' by Stu Mayhew)

Tweet!

You can now follow our adventures on Twitter! Go on, you know you want to :)

Blackheath Kite Festival - Day shoot

The meet for the shoot tomorrow (Sunday 12 June) is at 12 noon, outside All Saints' church on Blackheath.

Guests welcome.

See you there!

Marshall

Photo 'Common Octopus' by Stu Mayhew

Summer Programme

Our FREE summer programme kicks off this week with a meet-up tomorrow evening (8 June) outside the Gypy Moth pub (near the Cutty Sark ship) at 7.45pm for 8pm. Bring a camera and a tripod!

The full Summer Programme can be found on our website .

(Photo: 'Greenwich wheel' by Jean Bright)

Plumstead Make Merry

The 32nd annual Plumstead Make Merry takes place this Saturday, 5 June, on Plumstead Common SE18. We'll have a stall there again and this year we're the official photographers for the event, so come over, smile and say cheese!

Read more about it here.

SUMMER PROGRAMME

Our Summer 2010 programme of FREE events can be found on our website HERE.

Members and non-members are welcome to participate.

Our main 2010/11 programme will be available towards the end of this week.

Print and DPI of the Year 2010 RESULTS

Print of the Year 2010 Winner (Group 2 Advanced)

'Landing on Air at Pegwell Bay' by Marshall Pinsent

Print of the Year 2010 Winner (Group 1 Intermediate)

'Corridor to the box' by Trudy Mackie

DPI of the Year 2010 Winner

'Waiting' by Ted Summers.

Runners up:

Print of The Year 2010 (Group 2)

2nd: 'James' by Piers Marsh

3rd: '3 Wheel Tracktor' by Andy Linden LRPS

Print of The Year 2010 (Group 1)

2nd: 'Harbour Wall' by Elaine Crammer

3rd: 'Brief Respite' by Helen Saunders

DPI of The Year 2010

2nd: 'Beach Huts' by Andy Linden

3rd: 'Shard' by Pete Davis

Thank you to Ian Brash, our judge for the evening.

The prize giving will be at the AGM/Social Evening on 25 May.

All the winning images can be seen in the website gallery later this week.

Disposable Film Camera competition

Well done to Andy Linden LRPS - Winner of our 2010 DFCC.

2nd place: Stu Mayhew
3rd place: Jean Bright

The location this year was Hall Place, Bexley, London.

Summer Exhibition

Our summer exhibition of 30 prints, begins tomorrow at the Elixir Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, London SE18. It runs until the end of June.

The Bob Forshaw Digital - 6th Round Results

Congratulations to Lol Mason who came 1st with, 'Untitled'.

2nd: 'A day at the races' by Dawn OConnor
3rd: 'Rope Cathedral' by Nikk Burridge
Joint 4th: 'Under Blackfriars Bridge' by Andy Linden LRPS
Joint 4th: 'Unquenchable thirst' by Stu Mayhew

All the winning photographs can be seen in the website gallery and the full score sheet will be available at the club next week.

Thanks to Paul for scoring the competition.

Tuesday 13 April - Guest photographer

This Tuesday we are very pleased to present 'An Evening of Prints' by Mirage photographer Alan Thompson FRPS. Please arrive in time for a prompt 8pm start.

Guests are very welcome.

Image: 'Mole in The Mist' (Alan Thompson FRPS) You can see more of Alan's work by clicking the following links:

MIRAGE
DORKING CAMERA CLUB

4th Internal Prints competition

The top scoring images from Group 1 (Intermediate) and Group 2 (Advanced) are as follows:

Group 1
'We're Watching' Helen Saunders
'Gloucester Circus' Helen Saunders
'Corridor to the box' Trudy Mackie
'Taking on Water' Ted Summers

Group 1
'Tooley Street' Dave Mason
'Liverpool Dock' Dave Mason
'The Magic Fairy' Darren Woolway
'Out of Hours ' Andy Linden

These can all be seen in the website gallery. Many thanks to our judge for the evening, Jeff Royce.

Image: 'Tooley Street' by Dave Mason.

30 March meeting - Guest Speaker

An Evening with Bill Gray
Bill Gray, from Selsdon Camera Club, is the winner of numerous photographic competitions. His subject matter is quite varied but he tends to favour landscape. He works in digital and film. He has traveled extensively and will be presenting a series of slides and prints from his time in California, Iraq, and Taiwan, along with some theater photography. This will be Bill's first presentation to a club and it promises to be a very enjoyable evening. Please try to arrive for a prompt 8pm start. Guests are welcome.

4th Internal Print Competition (6 April)
Prints for this need to be handed in next Tuesday evening (30/3/10), mounted, with the title, your name and group on the back please.

The Bob Forshaw Digital - 5th round results

Congratulations to Marshall Pinsent who came 1st with, 'Birling Gap Sunset'.

2nd: 'In Two' by Stu Mayhew
3rd: 'Sunny Blossoms ' by Helen Saunders
Joint 4th: 'Sun Tunnel' by Justin Kington
Joint 4th: 'Modern Dawn' by Stu Mayhew

All the winning photographs can be seen in the website gallery and the full score sheet will be available at the club next week.

Thanks to Phil for scoring the competition.

The Bob Forshaw Digital - 4th round results

(Click on the image to see a larger version)

Congratulations to Marshall Pinsent who came 1st with, 'Splash of colour'.

2nd: 'St. Pauls As The Snow Begins' by Darren Woolway
Joint 3rd: 'True Blood' by Marshall Pinsent
Joint 3rd: 'Bus in a flurry' by Justin Kington
Joint 4th: 'Launderette' by Pete Davis
Joint 4th: 'Three Posts' by Andy Linden
Joint 4th: 'Shard' by Pete Davis

All the winning photographs can be seen in the website gallery.

Thanks to Merrideth for scoring the competition.

Set Subject prints competition RESULTS

Winner of Group 1 (Intermediate)
'Rush Hour' by Chrissie Dowley

Joint 2nd: 'Galapagos' by Cairis Hickey
Joint 2nd: 'Miraculous' by Chrissie Dowley
3rd: 'When wanderlust starts' by Trudy Mackie



Winner of Group 2 (Advanced)
'Wrong Way' by Marshall Pinsent

2nd: 'Watching life on the Ganges' by Justin Kington
3rd: 'Dreaming of somewhere else' by Marshall Pinsent
4th: 'Heading for the bullet train' by Justin Kington

The top 4 images from both groups can will be available to view in the club gallery very soon.

Thanks to everyone who submitted prints for this competition and special thanks to Dave Mason for his valuable and entertaining appraisal of the images and for totting up the scores!

TUESDAY 2 FEB MEETING

Tuesday 2 February
Digital AV (Audio Visual) is growing in popularity in photography and is becoming a regular feature in club activities and competitions. Next year we plan to include some AV in our programme and so as an introduction to this our guests on Tuesday are the Bexley Audio Visual Group. They will present some of their work and demonstrate, by using the computer hardware most us already have plus some inexpensive software, how to produce something rather more sophisticated and complex than just a slide-show of images with added background music.

(Photo: 'Nix' by Piers Marsh. Scored a 10 (Certificate) in the FSLPA Colour prints semi-final at Bromley on 14 January)

'An Evening of Prints'

Tuesday 26 January. Alan Barrett (The Mirage Group)

Alan’s interest – perhaps passion – in photography started in the late 1990’s in anticipation of his retirement from business in 2000. His interest is principally the landscape and he has travelled extensively, particularly in the States, in pursuit of the moment when the light transforms the mundane into something memorable. He works mainly in medium format film, making his own Ilfochrome prints, although he uses a small digital camera for the more intimate images.

Starts at 8pm. Guests are welcome.

The Bob Forshaw Digital - 3rd round results

Congratulations to Ted Summers who came 1st with, 'Waiting'.

2nd 'The Umbrella' by Nikk Burridge
3rd 'Beach Huts' by Andy Linden
4th 'Crosby' by Dave Mason

All the winning photographs can be seen in the website gallery.

Thank you to Jim for scoring the competition.

The Bob - Round 3

Next week (19 Jan) it's round 3 of The Bob Forshaw Digital. You may submit up to 4 images, but if there is a very high number of entries the 4th pic will be dropped - so obviously don't label your best pic No.4!

Subject: any, colour or mono.

Images must be in a JPEG format with a maximum horizontal or vertical dimension of 768 pixels. The colour space for your images should be sRGB.

Please title your 4 images like this: 01 title_your name.jpg and then email them to: aperturewoolwich@googlemail.com

The deadline for submissions is 10pm Sunday night. That should allow us enough time to check all the pics and load them into the projection software.

If you have any queries contact Stu or Marshall.

M.

Tuesday 12 January

This Tuesday at 8pm we have a talk entitled 'Simply Stated' given by Paul Foley FRPS MPAGB EFIAP. Paul currently sits on the Royal Photographic Society Distinctions Panels for both Visual Art and Travel Photography. He lectures on landscape photography throughout the country and has held several personal exhibitions of his distinctive work. Paul is a member of the highly respected Arena Group of photographers, he is also a member of the Mirage group and you can see a small selection of his work here.

3rd Internal Print Competition

We kicked off the 2010 season on 5 Jan with Round 3 of our print competition. The top scoring images from Group 1 (Intermediate) and Group 2 (Advanced) can be seen in the website gallery. It was a surprisingly good turnout, so well done everyone for braving the snow and ice!

Image: 'Dare to by Different' by Stu Mayhew - one of the top scoring images on the night.