EXHIBITION NEWS - The Music Factory

THE SAGE GATESHEAD

Now showing in the Explore Music section of The Sage Gateshead is an exhibition of photography by members of Durham Photographic Society. Fourteen members took part in the project which was organised by former DPS President Alan Stott who is himself a musician. The aim was to explore aspects of making music through the medium of photography. Subjects range from John Clarke’s images of a violin maker at work to Ian Stafford’s Arctic Monkeys on stage in Newcastle.

DPS President David Trout said, “These pictures are absolutely brilliant. I am once again astounded by the quality and range of photography produced by our members. I feel very proud and inspired”.

The exhibition is on until the end of the year and was sponsored by Permajet and Cruse Bereavement Care. Printing was by ImagesOn.

a.stott@boltblue.com

John Clarke

Alan Stott

Ian Stafford

Results Wear Area Print Battle

Judge Malcolm Kus ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP

Durham 182 pts

Consett 181 pts

Washington 180 pts

Sunderland 175 pts

Esh Winning 151 pts

Chester le Street 149 pts

+++STOP PRESS+++ZOMBIE ALERT

ZOMBIE WALK SUNDAY 31^st October

The Zombies will be meeting in Northumberland Street outside of Fenwicks between 6:15 and 7:00. The walk will probably begin around 7:00 or when the group momentum begins to peak.

They'll then move to Monument in a dispersed and disorganized fashion. The majority of people will be moving toward Central via Grainger St and toward the quayside via Grey St. i.e. in the more photogenic streets of Newcastle. And then down to the Riverside and towards the Millennium Bridge.Crossing the Millennium bridge.

Angy will be there!

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Photo Angy Ellis

CLUB NIGHT NEWS 28.10.10

THE MUSIC FACTORY

Now on in the ExploreMusic section of The Sage Gasteshead until the end of the year. The Music Factory is a photographic essay on the theme of making music by members of Durham Photographic Society and follows the success of our first exhibition, The Brilliance of Brass, here in 2008. A news report is to follow.

Photos Neil Maughan.

REMEMBRANCE

Another DPS exhibition on the theme of Remembrance opens at the Durham Town Hall entrance gallery on Tuesday 2^nd November and is on for the month of November.

COMPETITION COUNTDOWN

Final competition of the year - the wonderful Valente Cup. This is for the best set of three prints. The Leslie Buss Trophy for Print of the Year will also be awarded by the judge. One entry of three prints is allowed per member. Closing date is 4^th November. Please read the rules carefully, including General Competition rules, in your programme. This is the big one! We are likely to see a mixture of prints that have already done well in competition as well as exciting new work. i.e. the very best of members’ work in 2010.

ASSIGNMENT BANKS OF THE TYNE!

Next up is the Newcastle Gateshead Tyneside area between the Millennium and Redheugh Bridges. Meeting at the Sage Gateshead Saturday 6^th November at 10.00 am. More details from Colin by email. Check out the new Assignments Gallery on the Home page of this website.

colinarmstead@tiscali.co.uk

WILL CHEUNG FRPS, MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Saturday morning, 13^th November in the Council Chamber at County Hall.

An exciting lecture by the by the renowned photographer Will Cheung for DPS members and a guest each – tickets available on club nights.

ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER 28^th JANUARY 2011

Angy Ellis is now taking bookings for this hugely enjoyable event at the Bowburn Hotel. Members wishing to pay now can do so. Alternatively, you can pay with your membership fee in January.

AGM 28^th November

Members wishing to stand for election to the committee will need to be proposed and seconded (see the notice board at the club). Print Secretary Alan Clarke is standing down due to pressure of work so there will be a vacancy for at least one new officer. More information from General Secretary Colin Armitstead.

DIGITAL NIGHT

Wednesday 3^rd November, 7 pm, County Hall.

TORNADO and OTHER STEAM NEWS

On Saturday November 13 the A1 Class Tornado is taking the first day of the Christmas Coronation express from Kings Cross to Edinburgh on the East Coast Main Line via Durham and Newcastle. The next day it does a circular tour, Edinburgh-Newcastle-Carlisle-Edinburgh.

Day three it goes from Edinburgh back to London via Carlisle and the West Coat Main Line.

On Saturday November 27 the  A4 Class Sir Nigel Gresley is taking a special express from Newcastle to Kings Cross via Durham.

Times have yet to be published and often they are only made known a couple of days before the run. But you can keep up to date by visiting www.uksteam.info. This site lists all main steam runs in the UK.

Photos. David Trout

CLUB NIGHT NEWS 21.10.10

DPS Music Factory EXHIBITION AT THE SAGE GATESHEAD

Set up at The Sage Gateshead will be 9.00 am 29^th October. Volunteers welcome! Come along and enjoy the experience. Bring your camera – The Sage Gateshead is endlessly fascinating and full of opportunity for photographers. a.stott@boltblue.com

COMPETITION COUNTDOWN

Coming up fast - the wonderful Valente Cup competition. This is for the best set of three prints. The Leslie Buss Trophy for Print of the Year will also be awarded by the judge. One entry of three prints is allowed per member. Closing date is 4^th November. Please read the rules carefully, including General Competition rules, in your programme. We are likely to see again prints that have already done well in competition as well as exciting new work. This is the big one!

ASSIGNMENT BANKS OF THE TYNE!

Following the success of our foray into Middlehaven/Temenos territory (check out the Assignments Gallery on this website), next up is the NewcastleGateshead Tyneside area between the Millennium and Redheugh Bridges. Saturday 6^th November meeting at 10.00 am. More details to follow. Ensure Colin has your email address to keep you in the loop for future events.

colinarmstead@tiscali.co.uk

WILL CHEUNG FRPS, MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Saturday morning, 13^th November in the Council Chamber at County Hall.

An exciting lecture by the renowned Will Cheung which is exclusive to DPS members and a guest each – tickets available over the next two club nights.

ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER 28^th JANUARY 2011

Angy Ellis is now taking bookings for this hugely enjoyable event. Members wishing to pay now can do so. Alternatively, you can pay with your membership fee in January.

PORTFOLIO GROUPS ON THE DPS WEBSITE

A great way to show pictures, receive and give feedback, we currently have four thriving portfolio groups:

i-witness: a group of around 12 members

dpsdigital: open to all DPS members

Victoria: a long standing group of around 10 members

Eyefetch: for enthusiasts of black and white photography – a group of around 10 members

HOW IT WORKS:

A. Monthly arrangement, eg i-witness: members post one picture each in the 1^st half of every month and comment on all the pictures in the second half.

B. Ad-lib arrangement, e.g. dpsdigital, Victoria and Eyefetch: members post images and comments whenever they like.

dpsdigital is open to all DPS members. Simply contact John Brown to receive your user name and password and away you go.

i-witness is closed at the moment but if you want your name on the waiting list, contact Neil Maughan.

Victoria and Eyefetch membership is by invitation. Contact John Brown for more information.

Opportunity for all - you can set up your own portfolio group of like-minded members, perhaps with specialist interests. You will need an administrator. John or Neil will advise what is entailed.

John Brown:

Neil Maughan:

 WELL OVER A THOUSAND GREAT IMAGES ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SITE - JOIN IN TODAY.

 

NEWS REPORT: PICKERING WARTIME WEEKEND.

16^th and 17^th October

Many DPS members and photographers from other clubs enjoyed a wonderful weekend of photography during this most congenial of events in the calendar in the company of hundreds of WWII re-enactors and enthusiasts from all over the country. No doubt we will see some great pictures in competitions, folio groups and members nights in the weeks to come. Meantime, we have the Whitby Gothic weekend to look forward to in a couple of weeks.

NCPF News Update

Click on posters to enlarge.

 

 

Results 3rd Progress Print Competitions.

SECTION A. Judged by Dave Phillips.

1st Place. Les Travis…The Cloister.

2nd PLace. Ian Stafford… Whitby Goth.

3rd Place. Chris Oliphant…Rugged Beauty.

4th Place. John Cummings… No. 19

5th. Place.Tony Griffiths…Aboard Sir Nigel Gresley.

The 2010 winner of the Harvey Adams Cup is Chris Oliphant.

SECTION B. Judged by Paul Ritchie.

1st Place. Angy Ellis…Missing Grandma.

2nd Place. David Forster…Caught Red Handed.

3rd Place. Mike Boult…Climbing Mount Sage

4th Place. Arnie Atkinson…Dunstanburgh Dawn.

 

5th Place. Angy Ellis…The Rebuild.

The 2010 winner of the Stidwell Cup is Angy Ellis.

CLUB NIGHT NEWS 14.10.10

WILL CHEUNG FRPS, MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Saturday morning, 13^th November in the Council Chamber at County Hall.

Exclusive to DPS members (and a guest each), tickets are now being issued. rtcp4@aol.com

ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER JANUARY 2011

Angy Ellis is now taking bookings for this hugely enjoyable event.

COMPETITION COUNTDOWN

This week saw the exciting conclusion of the Progress Print competitions so ably judged by Dave Phillips and Paul Ritchie. The top 5 images in both sections need to be emailed to John Attle (johnattle@yahoo.co.uk) so the results can appear on this blog.

It’s time now to select and prepare for the final competition of the year, the wonderful Valente Cup. This is for the best set of three prints. The Leslie Buss Trophy for Print of the Year will also be awarded by the judge. One entry of three prints is allowed per member. Closing date is 4^th November. Please read the rules carefully, including General Competition rules, in your programme. We are likely to see again prints that have already done well in competition as well as exciting new work. This is the big one!

DPS Music Factory EXHIBITION AT THE SAGE GATESHEAD

Because so many good images have been received the plan is to refresh the exhibition half way through the two month run by changing the prints on display. Set up at The Sage Gateshead will be 9.00 am 29^th October. Volunteers needed! a.stott@boltblue.com

TOWN HALL EXHIBITION – REMEMBRANCE

Prints are now in and the exhibition will be on display in the Durham Town Hall entrance gallery during the month of November. This will be the 5^th DPS showing at this venue this year.

ASSIGNMENT M’BRO!

The follow up session will be Tuesday 19^th October, County Hall, 7 to 9 pm. A chance to re-live the experience, compare notes and enjoy discussing the pictures in depth. Just bring along a few (say up to 5) prints up to A4. PLUS up to 8 images on disc or memory stick from the M’bro experience that you would like to appear on the new website gallery. Image size should be as per normal competition rules (1024 px by 768 px max and sRGB colour space) and captioned with your name and sequential numbers. Ensure Colin has your email address to keep you in the loop for future events.

colinarmstead@tiscali.co.uk

SPYDER 3

A reminder that the club monitor calibrator is available on free loan to members. Simply put your name down on the list (which is on the back of the cupboard door!). Alan Stott will advise on usage if needed.

HOT, HOT, HOT!

HOT DATES 2010 – October update 2

YARM FAIR: 13^th to 16^th October

PICKERING WARTIME WEEKEND: 15^th to 17^th October

KIELDER MARATHON: 17^th October www.kieldermarathon.com

UKPSA NORTH EAST SURF OPEN, Tynmouth Longsands Beach: 23 -24 October

WHITBY GOTH FESTIVAL 28 to 31^st October

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, DLI Veterans, Durham: 14^th November

New listings in red.

Please email tonygriff@gmail.com if you have more suggestions

CLUB NIGHT NEWS 7.10.10

WILL CHEUNG LECTURE

Saturday morning, 13^th November in the Council Chamber at County Hall.

GOOD NEWS! Paul has confirmed that members wishing to bring a guest will be able to do so. This great event will be free to members and guests and will be ticket only. Tickets will be issued from next week to members who have put their name down: rtcp4@aol.com

DPS DIGITAL NIGHT

Correction! The free software referred to by Alan Clarke at the October meeting is brusheezy (not eezybrush!) which is a HUGE collection of Photoshop Brushes, Photoshop Patterns, Textures, PSDs, Actions, Shapes, Styles, & Gradients and more ... www.brusheezy.com

Next meeting will be Wednesday 3^rd November. All members welcome

COMPETITION COUNTDOWN

Next week sees the conclusion of the Progress Print competition. So time now to think about the final competition of the year, with arguably the handsomest trophy, the Valente Cup, for the best set of three prints, PLUS the Leslie Buss Trophy for Print of the Year. Closing date is 4^th November. Please read the rules carefully, including General Competition rules, in your programme or on this website. By tradition, the entries will be a mix of prints that have done well in other competitions this year, plus new work. This is the big one!

LINK to Last years results.

DPS Music Factory EXHIBITION AT THE SAGE GATESHEAD

Participating members are asked to make sure Alan Stott has full size images and titles by 14^th October. Set up at The Sage Gateshead will be 28^th October. Volunteers needed! a.stott@boltblue.com

TOWN HALL EXHIBITION – REMEMBRANCE

Last call for prints! Deadline is club night 14^th October.

ASSIGNMENT M’BRO!

STOP PRESS!

Our Guru, Colin Armitstead has arranged with webmaster John Brown that we will have a special gallery of pictures from our assignment outings. David Forster will be administering.

The follow up session will be Tuesday 19^th October, County Hall, 7 to 9 pm. A chance to re-live the experience, compare notes and enjoy discussing the pictures in depth. Just bring along a few (say up to 5) prints up to A4.

PLUS up to 8 images on disc or memory stick from the M’bro experience that you would like to appear on the Gallery. Image size should be as per normal competition rules (1024 px by 768 px max and sRGB colour space) and captioned with your name and sequential numbers.

Ensure Colin has your email address to keep you in the loop for future events.

colinarmstead@tiscali.co.uk

Pentax Forum Weekly Competition.

1st and 3rd by DPS members in the last Pentax weekly competition: Subject: At work or play.

 

1st Place. David Trout…The Janitor

3rd Place. Barrie Forbes…Work-or-Play

NEWS REPORT UPDATE: NCPF INTERNATIONAL SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY

We now have to hand DPS member Margaret Etherington’s image accepted in the Digital Projected images: Nature section. Check out previous 2010 Salon posting on this Blog. (Sept. Archive)

Full results and news of the 2011 Salon are on line: www.ncpf.org.

The successful print entries will be shown at the club October 21^st and the digital ones November 4th.

EXHIBITION NEWS October 2010

From northeastphoto.net:

News of 2 photography exhibitions opening next week: everyone is welcome to join the
photographers at the previews.
Helios viii Contemporary Photography from the region's new and emerging artists. Preview
Thursday 14th October 6- 8pm. The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddart Street Newcastle.
Works of Revelation: MA Photography Final Show 2010. Private View Friday 15th October 6-
8pm
Exhibition runs from Wednesday 13th – Friday 29th October at the Reg Vardy Gallery,
Ashburne House, Ryhope Road, Sunderland; Open Tuesday 10am - 8pm, Wed - Fri 10am -
6pm.

More information on both exhibitions at www.northeastphoto.net

CLUB NIGHT NEWS 30.9.10

WILL CHEUNG LECTURE

Saturday morning, 13^th November in the Council Chamber at County Hall. If you have not already done so (over 70 members have!) put your name down for this DPS event by emailing Paul Ritchie: rtcp4@aol.com

Members will be able to bring a guest also - more on this next week.

DPS DIGITAL NIGHT

“Focus on Layers” plus blending and how to add grunge. Wednesday 6^th October, 7 to 9 pm, County Hall.

Info from: j.k.gordon@btinternet.com

COMPETITION COUNTDOWN

Closing date for the Digital Trophy is next Thursday 7^th October. It helps competition secretary Roger Culpin greatly if you can email your entry (3 images) to him well before then.

Otherwise, bring in on the night on disc or memory stick. One entry of three images demonstrating versatility. Please check the rules carefully (including general competition rules!)

Same deadline for the George Samuel Trophy - best slide of the year. Pile in the entries if you want this comp to continue!

rogerculpin@talk21.com

DPS Music Factory EXHIBITION AT THE SAGE GATESHEAD

Many excellent images are now in and narrowed down to a short list from which the final selection will be made. The exhibition will go up 29^th October

a.stott@boltblue.com

TOWN HALL EXHIBITION – REMEMBRANCE

Bring in your 16x20 mounted prints as soon as possible. It would be good to have some of the amazing remembrance related pictures entered into the 3^rd Progress Digital competition just concluded. The exhibition will run through November.

ASSIGNMENT M’BRO!

This proved to be a very popular outing for a large number of members old and new. Notwithstanding the vanishing ship and the pub that failed to open, a good time was had by all.

The follow up session will be Tuesday 19^th October, County Hall, 7 to 9 pm. A chance to re-live the experience, compare notes and enjoy discussing the pictures in depth. Just bring along a few (say up to 5) prints that need be no bigger than A4.

Ensure Colin has your email address to keep you in the loop for future events.

colinarmstead@tiscali.co.uk

Digital Progress Competition Round 3:Judged by Vince Rooker ARPS,DPAGB,EFIAP,APAGB

   

1st Place. Finchale Abbey … Barry Armitage

2nd Place. Family Squabble … John Wise

3rd Place. Cold Morning … Barry Armitage

4th Place. Ye Brave Bold Women Too ... Tony Griffiths

5th Place. Sweet Dreams … John Wise