2024 – Here we Come
On behalf of your committee I wish everyone the very best for 2024. I trust that everyone had an enjoyable festive season with family and friends.
The new year is approaching rapidly and club activities will commence in January. Our website is ready to accept your entries for the January competitions which are due by 11.00pm on Sunday 7th January, with our first club night the following Wednesday, 10th January, 7.00pm at the Valentine Bowling Club.
As many of you may be aware I travelled overseas in November and December and whilst away was fortunate to see a number of photographic exhibitions in Turin and Bologna. This was complete chance but provided a great opportunity to gain inspiration and ideas for my own photography. Amongst our set subject topics for next year we have self portraits, reproduce an iconic photo, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). All of these topics were covered in the exhibitions I saw. In Turin there was a retrospective of the Hungarian photographer, André Kertész who is renowned for his contributions photographic composition and the photo essay. The following image from the exibition the power of composition in picture making –
Bologna was holding a number of exhibitions acrosss the city including a retrospective on the American photographer Vivian Maier, 1/2/1926 – 21/4/2009. Vivian was an amazing street photographer ” whose work was only discovered and recognised after her death. She took 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York city and Los Angeles” – Wikipedia. I took the following image at the exhibition in Bologna.
I would like to invite you to think about what you would like to achieve with your photography in 2024 and to let the committee know how the club may be able to help you. What challenges will you set for yourself in 2024? It could be as simple as taking at least one image every day. That’s how André Kertész started by photographing everything he saw around himself.
See you at Valentine Bowling Club on Wednesday 10th January at 7.00pm.
by Dennis Archibald, December 29, 2023
PSA Interclub Competition
Round 1 of the PSA Interclub competition has been finalised. Details of our club results, plus the six images that gained awards will be in the next club newsletter.
Our members who received awards were Lynda Beeston (Colour), Bill Chambers (Nature), Roy Killen (Nature), Alan Hinde (Photo Travel), David Richards (Photojournalism) and Helen Walker (Photojournalism).
Entries for Round 2 close on 15th January – so please upload your best shots for possible selection to represent our club.
If you have any questions about the PSA Interclub competition, please contact Roy Killen.
by Roy Killen, December 13, 2023
IMAGE OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Chris Mannweiler! His image titled “Black shouldered kite” was voted to be Image of the Year for 2023.
by Roy Killen, December 5, 2023
2024 Competitions Open for Entries
The Print and Digital competitions for January and February are open for entries.
Before entering, please read the “Competition Rules 2024” document that you can download by clicking on the “Club Documents” button. Some of the competition rules for 2024 have changed. Please take special note of the “Image Creation and Ownership” section of the rules.
To enter a competition: log on to the club website, click on the “Members” button and select “2024” near the top of the page. Then select the competition you want to enter and follow the prompts. After you have uploaded all your images for a competition, please click on the “View or Change Entries” button and check that all your images have the correct titles.
The closing date for the January competitions is Sunday 7th January.
by Roy Killen, December 4, 2023
Xmas Party and Awards Presentation
Just a last reminder for all those who have paid and are attending the Xmas party and award presentation at Valentine Bowling Club this Sunday December 3rd.
The function room at VBC will be open from 5.30pm on Sunday with meals being served from 6.30pm. Drinks will need to be purchased from the downstairs bar as there is no bar service upstairs.
The presentation of awards will occur during the night.
MerryXmas to everyone, See you on Sunday for the party.
GregC
by Greg Carruthers, November 29, 2023
