July 28th 2012 Blackburn & District Camera Club Feniscowles Methodist Church Hall Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5EP W 足 www.Blackburncameraclub.co.uk
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Contents Club Meetings
Trips & Outings
Communications L&CPU News
Preston Photo Walks Pixel News
This Weeks Cover Image
Bike Race By Peter Elliott
News Events and Activities
From Blackburn & District Camera Club
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Editorial Staff Pixel Editor Lee Johnson Pixel Xtra Editor Bob Singleton Editorial Assistant Barry Noon Blackburn & District Camera Club
President Jim Cunningham Vice President Judith Marr President Elect/Treasurer John Murray Secretary Bob Singleton Competition Chair Roy Pickering Publicity & Communication Chair Lee Johnson Programme Chair Jim Cunningham
Contact Secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk Web www.blackburncameraclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/BlackburnDistrictCameraClub We also have a facebook group
Next Meeting We meet each Monday evening (except Bank Holidays) at 7:30pm at Feniscowles Methodist Church on Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5EP
July 31st
The 1st Planned Open Session We will commence the meeting by viewing and discussing a folio until about 8.30 There will then be an extended coffee break so you can talk about anything you want. Feel free to bring cameras prints images on sticks whatever. The topics discussed will be up to you on the night
I will be available for one to one or small group computer/photoshop coaching in the back room. Please email beforehand to book otherwise 1st come etc. Bring small jpeg images not raws unless you bring your own laptop with your converter software. Ian Suddell will also be on hand to give 1 to 1 advice on the use of Picassa Image Software
Next years competitions Themes
Including President's Prize there are 4 themed competitions next year. Following the vote at last weeks meeting the THEMES will be as follows:
Dawn & Dusk
Running Water People at Play
Small is Beautiful We will let you know which theme attaches to which competition when the calendar is finalised and released in the Autumn
Image sizes
No changes are planned in respect of Prints
Our current DPI sizes are smaller than those used in the external competition we enter as a club and the committee are considering rule changes for next year. That is competitions entered after 1 January 2013. However if you are preparing images now for next year please be aware of the change and work on larger images. The final rule changes will be announced later in the year and ratified at the AGM. For the time being we suggest that you work anticipating a new size of 2000px on the long side of the image
Trips & Outings
6 August
We have one last Monday night outing planned, lets hope that the rain finally stops. We will be visiting Lancaster. There is a lot to see in the town with a castle & old buildings. There are restored buildings along the river and a little further out is Williamson Park and of course the canal and seaside.
Final details nearer the time, but something to put in your diary and discuss at the 30 July meeting
29 July ( Not a "club" Event )
One of our members John Milton is organising a trip on the "Talk Photography" web page on Sunday 29th July meeting at Horton in Ribblesdale, full details are available on the Talk Photography forum in 'Meeting Place'. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=421122
If anyone is interested, log into the forum and register your interest. Obviously you need to register first if you are not a member.
Communications
These are fast changing times.
A short while ago we relied on announcements at meetings to communicate with you our membership. But now you have lots of ways to keep in touch and contribute
Our website is now established in its new home and our club forum is active with some thoughtful discussion taking place.
The move to Facebook has proved very popular with a lot of members and new photos are added every day making it the fastest growing part of our web presence
Bookmark these links Web
www.blackburncameraclub.co.uk
Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackburn足District足Camera足Club
Forum
Facebook Group
www.blackburncameraclub.co.uk/forum
http://www.facebook.com/groups/412484715456784/
If you have any suggestions about how we should improve club communications please write to me. Secretary@blackburncameraclub.co.uk
L&CPU News First we celebrate Wigan 10's win at Saturday's PAGB PDI Championships and invite you to consider what a remarkable achievement it is to keep on top of an increasingly competitive field. Our other representative clubs North Cheshire PS and Chorley PS did well in the Plate Trophy too. The full results are on the news page with the story and pictures and also on the PAGB page. At the AGM the rule about Exec Members roles was changed and that is now incorporated into the RULES or CONSTITUTION. L&CPU page.
If you did not get to the L&CPU Annual Exhibition you've missed it! The prints will be joining the other in the Folios to circulate the clubs from September. The List of Prints joins the other catalogues now on the L&CPU page.
Details of the 2013 Competitions and how they will change have been on the NEWS page for some weeks now and we have had a few queries which are now answered on that page. I have been getting together information about our three new Life Members and NORMAN THOMPSON is featured this week. FIAP Notes about rule changes and procedure changes which have not yet appeared on the FIAP website – NEWS
CLUBS we have now brought the clubs page into line with the information that you are maintaining on the PORTAL Northern Counties and Guernsey join the EXTERNAL COMPS.
Finally I have added Michael Critchley's website to the LINKS page Micheal has some interesting creations on there well worth a look and you can help coin the word PAINTOGRAPHY. All these are listed on the L&CPU web page, with links. www.lcpu.org.uk Thank you and enjoy! John Royle
Photo Opportunity As part of the Guild Celebrations Preston City Councl are running some free events. The walks will be lead by a very good local photographer
The website is at http://www.prestonphotowalks.blogspot.co.uk/ For times and dates please register at prestonphotowalk@gmail.com
Starting from the summer of 2012, we are looking to help photographers get social around the city of Preston in Lancashire, UK. These photowalks will be fun, for everyone, and free. If you have a compact, DSLR or large format camera, come along. We don't care what you shoot with as long as you are friendly, considerate and not going to bore everyone with your latest ( very expensive ) lens! These photowalks will be an opportunity for like minded photography enthusiasts, ( professional, amateur or novice ), to meet up and wander around safely in numbers. A few members went on the 1st walk round the docks area and gave good reports. Please register interest either by email prestonphotowalk@gmail.com
There is also a flickr group where images can be shared after each walk for us all to look at and post constructive comments.
These walks are not designed to compete or step on the toes of local camera clubs and all the good work that they do, this is an addition to those groups in a city which we are sure can cater for more!
News from Pixel
We're all going on a summer holiday Excuse a bit of self congratulation but last month's Pixel the Monochrome Edition is going from strength to strength with over 650 downloads and more than 8,000 page views to date. If you want your images to reach a wider audience you now know where to send them
Pixel is growing up. It now has a wide following and we think this month's issue will be the best yet.
Its too late to get your work featured in this months edition but now you have 2 weeks before the next deadline so lets see what you have got. The theme next month is Travel & Holidays so if you have any photos for us or ideas about what to pack, hints or tips send them in.
If you have a question let us have it and we may be able to feature it and possibly an answer as well. We are always looking for ways to improve the magazine and welcome submissions and suggestions or requests.
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