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Le Vésinet 2017

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ProgrammeLe Vésinet 2017CrownGate 25Members’ news and imagesGrafton WoodCongratulations!Diaryƒ.action at the MaltstoneCompetitionsCommercialOther NewsAnd finally…

WCC Photonews

    Worcestershire Camera Club Editor: w-news@worcscc.uk

05|JUNE|2017|

Header: Barrie Glover DPAGB BPE3, Joshua Trees

consists of painters and sculptors. WoodCottage is a fascinating house built in 1860in the forest which stood there before Parisexpanded. It is a listed building and quiteunique in its architecture.

We took 42 prints from 21 club membersand I am very grateful for those memberswho supported the exhibition. There was alot of interest in the pictures and the standwas busy pretty much all of each day, from11am to 7pm.

We spoke to lots of visitors about thephotographs, well, I spoke to the ones who

spoke English! - fortunately Geraldinespeaks French so she was able to help withthose, we also had members of thetwinning association on the stand for muchof the time.

Martin Addison FRPS

The latest CPG gallery and update are onthe website. A reminder that there is NOContemporary Group meeting in July.

Details of the photo-walk on  8th June are inthe events section in members’ area of the

website. Next meeting 3rd August.

Contemporary GroupDigital Group

Digital Group continues to meet throughthe summer months. The next meeting is

15th June at Claines Royal British Legionon Cornmeadow Lane, Worcester, WR37RL.. £2 including refreshments; baravailable. All members welcome.

This week - Phototrips

A new trip (Witley Court this Wednesday) ison the website now - do sign up if you’rearound and support your fellow members,and remember - any member can add a trip,so if you’re heading out, why not share theinformation?.

Thursday is the Upton trip.

WCC at Le Vésinet

Over the weekend of 20th & 21st May theCamera Club held its print exhibition in LeVésinet, near Paris. Le Vésinet is twinnedwith Worcester and for the last few yearsHenry (with helpers) has organised the visitand taken the prints there. This yearGeraldine and I set up and manned theexhibition as we were touring in France.

The exhibition takes place in large tents inthe garden of Wood Cottage in Le Vésinet, asuburb of Paris and is part of an artsexhibition 'Arts au jardin' which mainly

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Le Vésinet 2017 in pictures

WCC’s exhibition at the Arts au jardin,Le Vésinet 2017.

Many thanks to Martin and Geraldine for taking the prints andrepresenting us so ably, and for the report and photos!

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CrownGate is 25!Alex Isaacs writes:- I had an email from Ellie O'Shea who is involved with the 25th anniversary celebrations of The CrowngateShopping Centre...

If anyone has any pictures or stories taken of the centre over the 25 years they need them for use on their timeline etc by theend of July. Full credit would be given to the authors.

If you can help, please email directly to Ellie O'Shea Ellie@773.co.uk or to info@crowngate.net

Ruth adds: We’ve just had a contact via our Facebook page to buy one of the prints in the current CrownGate exhibition, so it’sworth taking part when Paul next refreshes the exhibition!

Members’ news and imagesLes Bailey says:- I spent a couple of hours in Bristol last week, photographing the Second Severn Crossing.  Not the best weather or tide;the tide runs in quite quickly though, so by the time I left, around 15:30, the river had become quite full, and the haze had disappeared alittle.  You'll see that from the infra-red images, which I shot later in the afternoon.  High tide was about 17:30 I think.  It's an interestingplace though, the 'works' shot (bottom right) could be nice.  Plenty of smoke or steam coming off earlier in the day, but almost finishedby the time I got there mid-afternoon.  Would be nice at night for the bridge and the area. I've since discovered that 'the works' is infact Seabank Power Station, a 1,145 MW gas-fired power station at Hallen Marsh in Bristol.  Worth getting closer.

I'd wanted to photograph the bridge for perhaps 20+ years, since I'd worked loosely with the designer, Ron Weeks.  Ron, an architect andPartner with the Percy Thomas Partnership (PTP), also designed Bristol Cathedral, so he has a bit of an affinity with the city.  I worked withPTP during the design and construction of The International Convention Centre project in Birmingham, at roughly the same time as thebridge was built.   PTP went into administration in 2004, following the cancellation of a PFI project for the MoD.  One of the practice'slast buildings was the Wales Millennium Centre, for which the practice was awarded a Gold Medal for Architecture, to join a host of otherawards - before things went wrong.

Gill and I recently had a lovely walk in Grafton Wood (near Grafton Flyford Church, just east of Crowle).  Here are some infrared images

from me which also feature the nearby 16th / 17th century timber-framed house with its adjacent pond and the approach over meadowsto the wood itself.  Grafton Wood is managed by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.  Besides being tranquil and very attractive, it's home tothe only colony of brown hairstreak butterflies in the Midlands.

Clive Haynes FRPS

Members’ pictures - Grafton Wood

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Clive Haynes FRPS

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Congratulations!

Dr Charles Ashton ARPS has had further successes inthe recent Cotswold Monochrome exhibition.

Night Moves

Perch Rock lighthouse

The Facilities

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Diary30 Days Wild in June - why not join in andhave a wild time with your camera?

More real than life, Barber Institute. 19th-century portrait photography.The dawn of photography in the mid-19thcentury made portraiture accessible to amuch wider public. This exhibition exploresearly photographic studio portraiture,including the popular carte-de-visiteformat. The exhibition discusses howphotographic techniques, backdrops, props,costumes and poses enabled public figures– ranging from Oscar Wilde through EllenTerry to Queen Victoria – to fashion andpromote their own identities. It alsosuggests how studio photographycontributed to the modern idea of celebrity.

1- 2  July Steampunk at Blist's Hill

Asylum Steampunk Festival 25-28 Augustin Lincoln.

RPS DIG Expo - book now!Multi choice – on the day you can elect tohear one of the high calibre speakers orenjoy some practical sessions in the portraitor flower studios.   There are opportunitiesfor those considering RPS Distinctions tohave one-to-one sessions. There is even aspecial price for anyone ordering 4 ticketsat once = £100n (£25 p.p.).  So fill up a carwith your club mates and come along for areally good day and a great learningopportunity.

Several Droitwich Spa events upcomingmay be of interest…Historic Droitwich Project - tours - seeposter. Staryard is very interesting.

17th June is also   the Droitwich FoodFestival.

25th June celebrate Salt King 200.  Duringhis lifetime, John Corbett allowed thetownsfolk of Droitwich and visitors to theBrine Baths, every Wednesday, to picnic inhis parkland. John Corbett was born on 29thJune 1817 - 200 years ago. Bring a picnicand enjoy some simple   fun in the lovelyChateau Impney grounds.

Jazz On The Lawn at Hanbury HallFriday 28 July 2017 Led by exciting youngguitarist Remi Harris on acoustic and electricguitars, the Remi Harris Trio take GypsySwing characteristics and infuse them withinfluences from Jazz, Blues, Rock’n’Roll,Funk and World Music. Look forward to aneclectic mix of original compositions, jazzfavourites and new arrangements of musicfrom Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, WesMontgomery, Charlie Parker, Peter Greenand more. To book, please call 0344 2491895, or click here. Gates open at 6pm, theperformance starts at 7pm.

If you’re heading out that way this month,

Pam, Alex, Ruth & Stewart   aka the ƒ.action group have pictures on show

(through the Droitwich Arts Network) at the

Maltstone pub in Cutnall Green until 27th

June. It’s a mix of canvases and traditionalprints, and has a more local focus than ourusual work. These are just a few phonepictures from the set-up afternoon lastweek.

ƒ.action at theMaltstone

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CompetitionsMidland Salon closes 28th June. Let’s see if we can put in a record entry from WCC! Have a go with PDIs or prints, or both… They willeven forward your prints to other salons if you choose - see website for details.

Looking Beyond This photography competition is designed to increase people’s awareness of dementia, challenge misconceptions andhighlight our hopes for all those affected by the condition. We are seeking photographs from which we can select the best to form partof a travelling exhibition. Winners will have their images displayed over a six to nine month period from September 2017 at exhibitionvenues throughout East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull. There are no prizes but your work will be widely seen in area. There is no restrictionin genre, but we strongly encourage each image submitted be accompanied with a caption of no more than twenty words that links thephotograph with a message of hope and support for people with dementia. Images with a caption are preferred, however we will acceptimpactful photographs without a caption and reserve the right to assign a caption to your image in conversation with you.

2nd DANUBE Digital Circuit 2017 closes 20th June. Photoclub Danube.

Taylor Wessing Portrait prize Deadline for entry: 29 June 2017There is a new entry procedure and a new judging process:To enter the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017, photographers will be required to upload their image(s) via the website. Allimages will be viewed by a panel of judges and the entrants who are successful in this round will be invited to deliver their work to avenue in London for the final round of physical judging.

Claire of CarterArt alerts us:-Additional dates have been added for my popular Bird of Prey Workshops.Saturday July 29thThursday August 17thWe can add additional dates for group bookings on request.

New workshops with Photospace, ludlow, Trees & Landscape at Stokesay.Monday 10th July.Claire is   offering photography workshops for those who enjoy shootingflowers and plants. Based at a garden centre in South Shropshire we willhave private access to a newly built wooden lodge with    refreshmentfacilities. We will be able to select our plants from the garden centre andeither photograph them in natural light or bring them inside away from thewind and weather. As plants are in pots we can bring them up to table height so this is especially suitable for those who find low levelphotography difficult.

Snowdonia House party

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And finally… Comedy wildlife

In a week when you might want some cheering up, Karen Dewson sent in this link to some animals to make you smile.

Other NewsPAGB News  Newsletter 185  and the ExtraTake a look for a good selection of recently successful pictures in the PAGB awards. We have 3 club members so far already who areintending to sign up for the 2018 PAGB AV awards (see PAGB news pp 3-4 - they need min 8 people to make sure it runs,and they needto know by December). Why not let Henry or Ruth know if you’re going to have a go too?

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