Stuff that's arrived for the club in email - usually unsolicited. It might just be of interest! Most recent at the top.
Digital Photography Course for Beginners (rcvd 10th August 08)
Hi Wilmslow Guild Photographic Society,
Please find attached information about my Digital Photography Course for Beginners to be held at Stanley Park Visitor Center, Blackpool on 29th - 30th November 2008. I would be most grateful if you could pass the information on to any of your club members who may be interested.
Any comments or queries please do not hesitate to contact me,
Best wishes and many thanks,
Iain
Iain S Byrne, Photography
www.iainsbyrnephotography.com <http://www.iainsbyrnephotography.com/>
*WGPS Note: too much info to include here - email moc.yhpargotohpenrybsniai|niai#moc.yhpargotohpenrybsniai|niai if interested*
RPS 2008 International Projected Image Exhibition (rcvd 29th July 08)
Dear Photographer,
Please follow the link for our entry form for The Royal Photographic Society’s 2008 International Projected Image Exhibition and guidelines on submitting digital images. I would be grateful if you could share this information with your members.
http://www.rps.org/int-proj-image-exhibition/2008-International-Projected-Image-Exhibition
Entry fees are £5 per category for non-members and £6 per category for members. We have also reduced entry fees to just £3 per category this year for Under 25s, and 10 successful Under 25s will receive free membership to The Society for a year and free entry to a Licentiateship or Associateship Distinction. This is part of the newly introduced Jeff Vickers Genix Imaging Youth Initiative.
The deadline for entries is 2nd September.
Please contact me with any questions, or alternatively view our website for more information.
http://www.rps.org/int-proj-image-exhibition/2008-International-Projected-Image-Exhibition
Many thanks
Carolyn Arnold
Exhibitions Assistant
The Royal Photographic Society
Fenton House
122 Wells Road
Bath BA2 3AH
Tel: 01225 325724
Email: gro.spr|nylorac#gro.spr|nylorac <mailto:carolyn@rps.org>
Reception: +44 (0)1225 325733
Fax: +44 (0)1225 448688
Website: www.rps.org <http://www.rps.org/>
Wilmslow Library Photographic Competition (rcvd 18th July 08)
This is a county wide competition that we are running this summer. There will be prizes and the winning entry will be used on postcards to advertise the library service in this National year of Reading. I thought your members might be interested in entering. Regards Alison McCready
WIKI Editor's Note: For details go to bottom of this page, click on 'Files' then see the file "Library_photographic_competition_08.doc".
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Wilmslow Information Point
South Drive
Wilmslow
SK9 1NW
Tel: 01625 374060
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WESTERN ISLES CRUISE MAY 09 (rcvd 23rd July 08)
Hi
For the past two years I have brought together groups of photographers for a photographic cruise in the Western Isles. These have been very successful giving inrivalled opportunities for photography. The boat takes 12 and I would appreciate if you could pass on to your members the details to see if they would be interested in a trip next year on 2nd May. Full details are on my website www.imagine-photography.co.uk <http://www.imagine-photography.co.uk/> as well as images from the past two trips.
Please ask them to contact me by email if interested or if they want more information.
Rgds
Len Deeley
Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 (rcvd 24th April 08)
Dear Sir or Madam,
CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) invites your photographic society to enter the Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 competition with entries that are traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, ironic, creative, experimental, subversive, subtle, strong, resonant, challenging, political, original and beautiful.
The competition is open to all international professional and amateur photographers and this year’s categories are Changing Climates; A World of Difference; Quality of Life; and The Natural World. This will also be the first year of a special Under 21 category which has no thematic boundaries.
The competition encourages images of places and people that are benefitting from a changing climate, or vulnerable ecosystems and communities which are struggling with the effects. Images may examine the relationship between economic development, environmental degradation and social inequity, celebrate innovations helping us achieve environmental improvements, examine lifestyles, cultural traditions, spiritual activities and racial prejudices or celebrate the incredible variety and beauty that exists within our natural environment.
The entries will be judged by some of the most respected environmental photographers in the industry, including Gary Braasch, winner of the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. Individual pieces of work will be judged on impact, creativity, composition, originality and technical abilities. To enter, go to www.ciwem.org/awards/epoty <http://www.ciwem.org/awards/epoty> . The competition is open until July 31st 2008.
The 2007 Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition will run from 30th May until 18th July 2008 at the Apothecary Gallery, West London. For more information, go to www.londonapothecary.co.uk <http://www.londonapothecary.co.uk>
Best wishes,
Emily Doyle
Press and Marketing Officer
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM),
15 John Street
London, WC1N 2EB
Tel: 020 7831 3110
Website: www.ciwem.org <http://www.ciwem.org>
Registered Charity No. 1043409
CIWEM is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world.
Photo Holidays - Sligo (rcvd 25th March 08)
Hello fellow Photographers
Just a short note to let you and your Club members know of an exciting new venture in Sligo on the wild and rugged Atlantic Coast of Ireland
starting this May Bank Holiday the 5th May
www.sligofotobreaks.com is a Tuition Course for Photographers run by Peter Wilcock from his base in Strandhill Co. Sligo, Courses both residential and daily, group or one to one.
Award Winning Photographer Peter Wilcock. has been a professional photographer all his working life, over 40 years being spent behind the lens, mostly as Staff on the Daily Mail and the Daily Express and Star in Manchester .
and he is also a City and Guilds Qualified Teacher of Photography and has taught at Universities and Colleges throughout the North West of England.
Now living and working in Sligo where he has been resident for 5 years, he has an extensive local knowledge and love of the area .
Direct low cost flights from Manchester to Sligo with Aer Arann make this a short hop away and the top class self catering Accommodation at nearby Primrose Grange House is an ideal base to start off on your Photographic Safari of WB Yeats spectacular country.
I have taken the liberty of attaching a flyer as a jpeg to this email, perhaps you would like to print it out and post it on your Club notices.
Check out prices and availability.
www.sligofotobreaks.com
Kind Regards,
Peter Wilcock
Sharow National Open Photographic Competition (rcvd 5 Mar 08)
Closing date for entries 4th April 08 ˆ a reminder for the Sharow National Open Photographic Competition in aid of charity. This year proceeds will go to Marie Curie Cancer Care who are celebrating their 60th anniversary year.
Excellent news for all participants:
Prize monies up from £735 to over £1,200 ˆ (best overall photograph £250)
Four challenging categories to enter - rules and entry forms from: www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk <http://www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk>
Generous prize money also for school students 10 ˆ 19 yrs, having their own section: www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/schools.php <http://www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/schools.php>
We would be most grateful if your Webmaster and/or your secretary would help inform/remind your membership of this competition by using the facility we offer: by going to: www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/webmasters.php <http://www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/webmasters.php> and post on your own website » or to print off an A4 poster by going to: www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/poster.php <http://www.sharowphotocomp.co.uk/poster.php> and post in your meeting venue or use as a handout to your membership.
Many thanks
Signed: David Page
Chairman - Sharow Photographic Competition
(The second competition in April 2007 was very successful and built on the success of the first in September 2006. Thanks to your support this national competition is now a regular prestigious charity event [the only one of its kind in the UK] in April each year - we are proud of our success).
Holland International Image Circuit 2008 (rcvd 3 Jan 08)
I like to remind you of the closing date of our 6th Holland International Image Circuit 2008 wich is January 31st 2008.
Now: Digital or Slides!
You can download the entry form at http://www.hollandcircuit.nl <http://www.hollandcircuit.nl/>
Pass the entry form to the members of your club. We are looking forward to see your work.
'First Light' Launch of 'Economy Tours ' in South Africa (rcvd 2007)
We have just launched three ‘Economy Tours’ which are priced from £2,350,all inclusive, for fourteen nights and if you deal directly with us as a group,the 15% commission normally paid to agents, will be offered back to yourselves. Please review the detailed itinerary under the ‘Economy tours’ section of our site.
www.firstlightphoto.co.za <http://www.firstlightphoto.co.za>
Further,we have also uploaded a few memorable shots from our recent trip to the Kalahari under ‘Recent shots’.Please see the snippet above
Regards.
David Wood
Photographic Days (Raptor Vision) (rcvd 2007)
We are based in Lancashire - Wigan. With regards to the locations for the days listed on the website ie: Moorland ect we have different areas around Lancashire that we visit. The actual location for any particular day are usualy chosen nearer to the time of booking according to time of year and other conservation factors. The actual places we visit are within an 45 - 60 minute drive from Wigan. We meet guests near a motorway network and continue on in my vehicle. If party members wish to follow in their own vehicle this can be done.
The Taster Sessions are held at your own club venue, we bring along all props and not forgetting the birds. The are no special requirements for the birds and they are the subjects that are well adjusted and used on the other advertised photographic days.
The transportable scenes, for example would be an old fence post with creeping ivy on, the bird would be perched on top, tetherd in a discrete manner with the backdrop behind, each scene is different for each bird. All the birds will be displayed at he same time to allow photographers freedom to move around at their own pace.
If there is anything you feel I have not covered please let me know.
Thankyou for your interest in Raptor Vision and we hopefully look forward to working with you in the future.
Kind regards
Debbie
Raptor Vision are offering new days this year. The Moorland Day is due to finish in December 2007, the Graveyard Day started in November for a period of 16 weeks. For more details on activities available please visit www.raptorvision.co.uk <http://www.raptorvision.co.uk> Group or individual bookings most welcome.
We are offering a Taster Session where we visit you club venue with some of the birds from the Raptor Vision collection for club members to photograph. The birds are placed in our transportable miniture scenes, incorporating a variety of natural perches and a backdrop. These sessions are designed for static and close camera work.
Evening Taster Sessions are runnning from November - February, short notice bookings may be possiable. The current tariff is £6.00 per person, P.A.G.B. travelling rates are additional.