PROGRAMME 2008-2009

The programme secretary for BISHOPS STORTFORD CAMERA CLUB is Janet Hosford. If you wish to comment on the programme please use the automatic e-mail form on this website, or write, or phone. It is always a pleasure to hear from fellow enthusiasts.

• September
• October
• November
• December
• January
• February
• March
• April

PROGRAMME 2008

September

• 9th
• Open Evening.
• After the summer break we gather together for the first meeting of the new season. This is a lighthearted session with members exchanging holiday experiences and illustrating them with a few slides. Visitors are very welcome and every effort is made to make them feel at home.

• 16th
• Royal Photographic Society (R.P.S.) Colour Group Exhibition.
• Members Digital Images.
• This is another lighthearted session. The RPS colour slides and prints are shown as a Powerpoint presentation using a digital projector, any time remaining is used by members to show some of their digital work from the summer break.

• 23th
• "Doing The Lambeth Walk."
• Maggie Tear. L.R.P.S. C.P.A.G.B.
• Maggie and Ron Tear are among our favourite Judges, this time however she will be entertaining us with a talk.

• 30th
• Workshop.
• The club is not in a position to run regular classes but we do provide Workshops on various subjects throughout the year, The topics covered will be announced the week beforehand.
• Hand in for slide and digital competitions No.1.

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October

• 7th
• Slide and Digital Competitions, No.1
• The judge for this event is Liz Hatten
• Competitions in projected images and prints are a popular feature of club activities. Tonight sees the first of our projected competitions. There are two sections in this competition, slides and projected digital images. This year the two will be marked separately by an outside judge and scores will be out of 10 for each image. After three such competitions over the year the marks are aggregated and trophies are awarded to the winners of each section.

• 14th
• "Lets Go Digital"
• David Steel
• Another popular Judge and talker at the club.
• Hand in for print competition No.1.

• 21rd
• Print Competition No. 1.
• Judge: Philip Ricketts. A.R.P.S.
• Prints from negative, transparency or digital can be entered, 3 prints per person for each Round and there are 3 Rounds.

• 28th
• E.A.F. Portfolio 2008
• Showing the best images from the East Anglian Federation of Photographic Clubs.

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November

• 4th
• Appraisal Evening
• An informal evening to show some of your work and have other members ask questions and make suggestions.
• Hand in for slide and digital competitions No.2.

• 11th
• Slide and Digital Competitions No.2.
• Judge: Bob Norris. A.F.I.A.P. A.P.A.G.B.
• The second of four Rounds..
• Hand in for Cambridge Digital competition.

• 18th
• Workshop.
• Will add information about this as soon as I know for sure.
• Hand in for print competition No.2.
• Hand in for Brentwood Print and Projected Battle.

• 24th - 29th
• Club Exhibition.
• Rhodes Centre Bishops Stortford.
• A change from the single evening Annual Exhibition, if successful this will be an annual event.

• 25th
• Print Competition No. 2.
• Judge: Dr Barrie Hatten. D.P.A.G.B.
• Hand in for Brentwood Battle, Prints and Slides

• 28th
• Battle With Brentwood (away)
• An annual favourite to a very hospitable club, please come along and support your club.

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December

• 9th
• East Anglia Photo Quiz.

• 16th
• Christmas Social (and Auction?)
• Take a guess! yes, you got it... booze and grub!! Oh! there may also be an auction of photographic equipment donated by members to boost the clubs funds.

Christmas Break

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PROGRAMME 2009

January

• 6th
• "Essex Man Strikes Back"
• By: Roger Hance. F.R.P.S, A.F.I.A.P, B.P.E.5*

• 13th
• Workshop
• Tony Watts
• Not sure about the subject yet.. Will update as soon as I know.
• Hand in for slide and digital competitions No.3.
• Hand in for E.A.F. Print and Projected competitions

• 17th (Saturday)
• Cambridge Digital Competition.
• A competition held by Cambridge Camera Club, where prints and slides are judged on an equal platform as they are all scanned in and projected digitally.

• 20th
• Slide and Digital Competitions No.3.
• Judge: Dr. Roger Winter.
• Hand in prints and slides for multibattle.

• 27th
• "My Sherpa Days (revisited)"
• David Sampson
• A talk David has done in the past, thus the revisited, however I believe he has some previously unseen images so don't miss out.

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February

• 3rd
• Multi Battle
• Judge: Ray Kimberley.
• Seven clubs take part in this annual battle.
• Hand in for print competition No.3.

• 10th
• Print Competition No. 3.
• Judge: Malcolm Tinn. L.R.P.S L.B.I.P.P.
• The last print internal comp of the three this year, hope its as good as last years !

• 15th (Sunday)
• E.A.F Print and Projected Images Competition
• Well worth attending.

• 17th
• "An Evening With Andy Who?"
• By: Andy Hanson A.R.P.S M.P.A.G.B. A.P.A.G.B
• I like the Title, have a feeling it might not be a very serious talk.
• Hand in for slide and digital competitions No.4.

• 21st(Saturday)
• St Ives Interprint.

• 24th
• Slide and digital competitions No.4.
• Judge: Caroline Mockett. A.R.P.S.
• The last of the 4 for this year, should be rivetting stuff, and a new Judge too I believe

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March

• 3rd
• An Evening With Kay Thompson
• By: Kay Thompson. A.R.P.S. D.P.A.G.B.
• No subject as yet, will keep you informed.

• 10th
• Moulsham Shield slide competition.
• This year will be held in Chelmsford.
• Hand in for prints and slides for the E.A.F. only 50 Pence per entry.

• 8th (Sunday)
• E.A.F. A.G.M. and Slide Competition.
• Volunteers for Stewards Required.

• 9th (Monday)
• Moulsham Shield Competition
• In Chelmsford this year.

• 10th
• Creative Competition
• Judge: Patricia Kreyer A.R.P.S.
• A competition where you can enter something a little out of the ordinary.. Another new Judge? Does she know what shes let herself in for?

• 14th (Saturday)
• Melbourn Cup Final
• In Chelmsford this year.

• 17th
• Hand in for Exhibition
• Judge: Ron Tear. M.P.A.G.B, A.R.P.S, A.F.I.A.P, B.P.E.3*, P.S.A.3*.
• This is your one and only chance to hand in Prints, Slides and Digital for the Exhibition. This year it will be held in the Rhodes Centre,for one week.

• 24th
• A.V. Evening
• By: Heather and Gordon Clarke.
• The A.V. Evening was very popular last year, so here is another one.
• This is also the hand in for the colour task competition.

• 31st
• Colour Task
• Judge: Maggie Tear. L.R.P.S. C.P.A.G.B.
• Maggie is back in her more familiar role as a Judge.

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April

• 7th
• A.V. Workshop
• By: Heather and Gordon Clarke
• Bring cameras and laptops.

• 14th
• "Around the World in 80 Minutes (Part Deux.)"
• By: Kevin Scott.
• Due to my inability to distingush between interesting and boring holiday snaps I ended up with far too many images for one evening. The first talk only covered U.S.A, Canada, Mexico, Guatamala and Belize. This section will continue the journey through South America, including the Galapagos and Easter Islands. Will we get as far as New Zealand though?

• 21th
• Chairmans Evening
• The chairman attempts to keep us interested for an evening. Last year the Chairman cheated and got someone else in to do the job for her! I Wonder what she has in store this year?

• 25th
• Club Dinner and Prize Giving
• Held at Elsenham Bowls Club, an outstanding success last year, not to be missed.

• 28th
• A.G.M.
• If you are interested enough to pay your sub's and come along each week, then surely you shouldn't skip this one meeting?

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