All members are invited to email four of their best images to webmaster John Brown who will create a brand new gallery for 2010. For full instructions, click on “Member Information, Your best Images Wanted” on the home page of the DPS website.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS!
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Monday, 21 December 2009
Assignment Group Meeting
For those members not on the mailing list, the assignment group will be meeting in County Hall room 1b on Tuesday 22nd Dec. at 7pm.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Valente Cup, judged by David Richardson APAGB.
1st Place. Les Travis.
The Kill. Also POY see next Blog entry.
Family Squabble.
Drink at the Stream.
2nd Place Mavis Ord.
Late evening, the workers have gone.
Early Morning Light.
Beauty in the Windy Rain .
3rd Place. Ian Stafford.
Pickering Paratrooper.
Lola Lamour.
Dancing in the Street.
HC. Trevor Smith.
Evening Song.
Stealth.
Fly me to the Moon.
Clearing Skies.
First Dance.
Roaming the Wall.
Gentle Old Man.
Mother and Son?
Sweet Music
The Kill. Also POY see next Blog entry.
Family Squabble.
Drink at the Stream.2nd Place Mavis Ord.
Late evening, the workers have gone.
Early Morning Light.
Beauty in the Windy Rain .3rd Place. Ian Stafford.
Pickering Paratrooper.
Lola Lamour.
Dancing in the Street.HC. Trevor Smith.
Evening Song.
Stealth.
Fly me to the Moon.HC. Dennis Hardingham.
Clearing Skies.
First Dance.
Roaming the Wall.HC. Barry Armitage.
Gentle Old Man. Mother and Son? Sweet MusicPRINT OF THE YEAR 2009
The Print of the Year was awarded by David Richardson to Les Travis in the recent Valente Cup/ POY competitions.
Les Travis...The Kill
Les Travis...The KillReport of the President December 09
We are rounding the year off with a group of International Competition images. I have found these to be very fascinating. There do seem to be trends in the content of the images that gain success. I suppose it could be argued that the art of doing well in these events is to get in early on the next trend. So what will replace the Whitby Goths and the World War II re-enactments.
I did enjoy the Valente Cup results night. David Richardson was an excellent judge and we gave him a very difficult task. I felt that there were some really excellent sets of images which did not even figure in the lower placings. Well done to a very worthy winner.
It is with a certain amount of sadness that I sign of this, my last Report. It has been a great honour to be President and I would like to thank all of the committee for their sterling efforts over the past two years, years which have we have seen an undoubted surge forward from an already high standard. I feel that this is no small way due to the enthusiasm which you all have shown and the way you have committed time and energy to the development of the Society and of photography in Durham. My sincere thanks to you all.
Alan Stott
I did enjoy the Valente Cup results night. David Richardson was an excellent judge and we gave him a very difficult task. I felt that there were some really excellent sets of images which did not even figure in the lower placings. Well done to a very worthy winner.
It is with a certain amount of sadness that I sign of this, my last Report. It has been a great honour to be President and I would like to thank all of the committee for their sterling efforts over the past two years, years which have we have seen an undoubted surge forward from an already high standard. I feel that this is no small way due to the enthusiasm which you all have shown and the way you have committed time and energy to the development of the Society and of photography in Durham. My sincere thanks to you all.
Alan Stott
Saturday, 12 December 2009
CLUB NEWS – FIRST MEETINGS 2010
The first club night meeting of our eagerly anticipated 2010 programme will be Thursday 14th January (not 7th January as would normally be the case due to refurbishment of the hall).
It will be President’s night, the first from our new President, David Trout – not to be missed!
The 14th is also closing date for the popular and hotly contested 1st Progress Digital competition. No extension is possible but Roger can accept entries by email now (preferred, and as soon as possible!) or on disc. They should be the usual size and sRGB colour space (instructions can be found on the home page of this website or available on club nights). Importantly, the caption on each image you enter should have your name rather than membership number – Roger will re-caption with your new number when issued in the new year. To obtain your number you will have to have paid your prescription! Angy has set up an early payment system to avoid the chaos of queues on the first night back.
Roger’s email address is: rogerculpin@talk21.com
Angy is on: angela34d@yahoo.co.uk
The first DPS Digital night of 2010 will be Wednesday 3rd February, 7.00 pm, County Hall, Room 1a. Information as to what will be covered on the night, open to all members interested in digital processing, will follow.
It will be President’s night, the first from our new President, David Trout – not to be missed!
The 14th is also closing date for the popular and hotly contested 1st Progress Digital competition. No extension is possible but Roger can accept entries by email now (preferred, and as soon as possible!) or on disc. They should be the usual size and sRGB colour space (instructions can be found on the home page of this website or available on club nights). Importantly, the caption on each image you enter should have your name rather than membership number – Roger will re-caption with your new number when issued in the new year. To obtain your number you will have to have paid your prescription! Angy has set up an early payment system to avoid the chaos of queues on the first night back.
Roger’s email address is: rogerculpin@talk21.com
Angy is on: angela34d@yahoo.co.uk
The first DPS Digital night of 2010 will be Wednesday 3rd February, 7.00 pm, County Hall, Room 1a. Information as to what will be covered on the night, open to all members interested in digital processing, will follow.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
EXHIBITION NEWS - The Durham Snow Series
Now showing in the Entrance to the Town Hall, Durham, a selection of images of Durham in the snow by DPS President, Alan Stott MA ARPS
This series of ten images are a record of one particular day, the 29th of December 2005, with the City under a blanket of white. Alan says, “It was a magical morning; the snow lay heavy on the branches and the sun began to appear as we made our way round the back of the Cathedral and over Prebends Bridge. Ideal conditions for photography”.
Photo. Alan Stott MA ARPS
This series of ten images are a record of one particular day, the 29th of December 2005, with the City under a blanket of white. Alan says, “It was a magical morning; the snow lay heavy on the branches and the sun began to appear as we made our way round the back of the Cathedral and over Prebends Bridge. Ideal conditions for photography”.
Photo. Alan Stott MA ARPSFriday, 4 December 2009
NEWS REPORT – MEDIA STORM AROUND JOYCE HEDLEY!
Durham Photographic Society members have long known fellow member Joyce Hedley as an accomplished and successful photographer and digital worker. That Joyce, now 81, only took up photography at the age of 70, never having used a computer or digital SLR camera before, proved to be of great public interest following her exhibition, Autumn, at Clayport Library in Durham. With articles in several newspapers and a news item on BBC Radio Newcastle, now Joyce’s story can be seen on the BBC Wear website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wear/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8383000/8383202.stm
Joyce acknowledges the encouragement and support of fellow member and friend, Ruth Thornton who has been a film, and now top end digital SLR, worker for many years and the help of Mavis Ord, George Holland and others in all things Photoshop. To paraphrase Tony Benn’s father, she has entered “A blaze of Autumn Sunshine” and cannot imagine life without photography.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wear/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8383000/8383202.stm
Joyce acknowledges the encouragement and support of fellow member and friend, Ruth Thornton who has been a film, and now top end digital SLR, worker for many years and the help of Mavis Ord, George Holland and others in all things Photoshop. To paraphrase Tony Benn’s father, she has entered “A blaze of Autumn Sunshine” and cannot imagine life without photography.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
NEWLY APPOINTED HONORARY LIFE VICE PRESIDENT
Don Bennett DPAGB was given this honour at the AGM in November in recognition and gratitude for his long and distinguished service to the Society and the wider photography club world. Don joins our other Honorary Life Vice Presidents, Colin Armitstead APAGB, Robin Wallace and Maurice Sanderson. A Profile of Don will appear on the Member Profiles section of this website shortly.
Durham Photographic Society President, Alan Stott said, “This is a well deserved honour. We will always be grateful for the unstinting work that Don has done over many years, and continues to do, for the Society”
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