RPS SE REGION NEWSLETTER February 2024
Images by Paul Burgess ARPS
RPS SE REGION NEWSLETTER February 2024
Welcome to the SE region February 2024 Newsletter 1. Introduction 2. What has happened in the SE region since the last newsletter 3. News in the region 4. Planned events for the next 10 months and a taste of future events 5. Hello to new members 6. Congratulations to new distinction holders: I have been told this report is not available, so I will be dropping this 1.Introduction Hello all and a belated happy new year to everyone. Many thanks to Paul Burgess who led the London Street Photography event and also took the 2 images above. 2.What has happened since the last newsletter? Paul’s event in London was very successful, so much so that we are going organise another one at the end of the year. Paul tells me that London is by far and away the best location for street photography, offering much more scope than other cities. The planned LRPS advisory day has now sold out after I offered it around other Regions and Special Interest Groups. 3.News in the Region I attended a meeting in Bristol at the beginning of February for all Regional and Special Interest Group heads. Our agenda was: 1.Agree the terms of reference for the groups which are currently out of date 2.Update a new financial model The proposed terms of reference were very prescriptive and the suggested major change was to allow groups to work outside of them with permission of the RPS CEO. In terms of the financial model, I am not sure if you are aware that the RPS donate a sum to each region every year. It is c.£1000 for the SE region. Given most regions have a fairly high positive bank balance, the proposal is to NOT donate this sum unless it is needed. They are also proposing to reduce the overall bank balance held by the groups. This proposal would not affect us unduly, nor most regions, however there was significant debate on what would the RPS use this money for. The CEO was confident that the system we should be using to put events up on their web site will show a major improvement at the end of this quarter. Time will tell. 4.Planned events for the next 6 months and a taste of future events We have set up a programme for the next 12 months based on the philosophy set out in November’s newsletter. Our philosophy is to provide free to attend events called click events. Sometimes you may be required to pay an entrance fee. A click event is focussed on a photogenic venue with a number of like minded people coming together to take images and socialise. We may opt to provide expert tuition via Zoom prior to some of these events. In addition to these events we will look at 1 or 2 Face to Face events with a tutor and 1 advisory day per annum. You will see the proposed programme based on this for the next 10 months, below.
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5.Hello to new members from December 2023 through to February 13/2/24 Ian Gu eridge, Philip Channell, David Brenchley, Ron Boon, Anguo Lu, Ian Marrio -Smith, Davina Johnson, Anthony Irvine, Janice McGuinness, Alan McFaden, A A She y, Malcolm Ganderton, Graham Baldock, Mar n Walsh, Peter Bullock, Diana Janes, Vivien Old eld, Jenny Marlow, Keith Collyer, Alyson Smith, David Ashdown, Chris Randall, Brenda Bull, Mar n Burton, Mar n Brady, Brian Dandridge, Tony Bowles
RPS SE REGION NEWSLETTER February 2024
If you have any ideas for the region or want to help, contact me at southeast@rps.org. According to the terms of reference we should have a minimum of Regional Organiser, Financial Officer and a Secretary. We have the required number on the committee to make decisions, but ideally, we do need specific people for these above roles. The Finance role is not onerous at all with most of the work done by finance in RPS central. John Gough, RPS SE Regional Organiser
RPS SE event programme: January 2024 - December 2024 (Status of event correct as of 8/2/24) LRPS distinction advisory day
23/02/2024
Sold out, sorry
This will be a repeat of last year’s popular LRPS advisory day held online. The event will be limited to 9 participants, led by David Jordan. The cost will be minimal to participants.
Canterbury TWT
24/03/2024
Sold out, sorry
This is a face to face click event with a pre-planned route, walking around Canterbury. It will be fronted by DIG under their TWT programme.
Bluebell Photo Workshop click event
05/05/2024
Places available
This is a click event, walking around King’s Wood, near Challock. There will be a professionally led Zoom talk prior to the event telling us how to photograph bluebells and where to go. There is no cost apart from the car park.
Arundel Wetlands click event (pay on the door)
07/06/2024
Places available
This is based at Arundel Wetland centre. We will meeting the cafe just inside and walk around concentrating on bird photography. The only cost is the entrance fee to Arundel.
Bewl Water click event (pay on the door)
14/07/2024
Places available
This is a click event, walking around Bewl Water with the opportunity to take photographs of the wildlife, water and beautiful surrounding countryside. The only cost is the car park.
Broadstairs Folk Week ’24 click event
11/08/2024
Event still being planned
Following last year’s successful event this is a repeat of the colourful Broadstairs Folk week. There is so much scope for great images.Come along and join us. The link is the Broadstairs Folk week page at present
Lullingstone orchid flower photography click event (pay on the door)
15/09/2024 Event still being planned
This event is proposed in September, hoping that the Orchids, which are under grown glass are still available. The only cost is the entrance fee. More info next newsletter.
Knole Park click event (pay on the door)
20/10/2024
Event still being planned
Knole Park is near Sevenoaks. It is a SSSI and has plenty to photograph. The only cost will be the entrance to the park and we will then concentrate on the 1000 acres of woodland. The link is to the actual Knole Park website which is a NT location. The only cost is parking and entrance fee. (Free to NT members)
Photographing autumn colours click event
10/11/2024
Event still being planned
This is a face to face click event without a tutor to capture the majesty of autumn colours at Bedgebury. The colours at this time of year are magnificent.
Street Photography in London Dec 24 click event (no link yet)
15/12/2024
This is a street photograph day in LONDON. We will choose a route and roughly follow this. There will be no fee
Event still being planned