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Day 3

Last nights beer festival went OK and Angie likes chocolate stout. Adrian is now officially responsible for the weather he has a cloud that follows him. We all went to the seaside today nice and sunny. Chinese tonight. Can you have a collection for my bail money. I was innocent they were looking for some bloke called Duncan disorderly c u soon, Duncan

Day 2

Rain and then it started raining and they say it might rain later went out took photos got wet . Model didn't turn up so i stood in i don't think Jeff can take much more. chips and beer last night got up in the night and got lost in the dark , visited quite a few people in the dark. When i got up mark had gone home. Lost me boots this morning and me glasses see u soon

Day 1

up at 5 sunrise on the lake still out 12 hours later it is really good here except for all the tourist.

Adrian has had the first slap from the barmaid ha ha set him up well. Big Adrian makes a good cave troll under a bridge and Ruth likes playing charades its tipping down this morning looks like an early pub day going shopping there must be a Lego shop somewhere.

Some good images being produced after Angie gave us a tour of the lakes yesterday. Jeff from bath wants to know if i have got an off switch ha ha ha.ha ha ha .ha ha ha.ha ha ha see you soon .. The werwolf

Guess who from?........and yes it is edited!!!

New Website, Blog & Forum!!

The move to our new home on the internet is drawing closer. There really is only a few things left to do and we'll be leaving all this behind!

We're redesigning the website to have a fantastic easy to follow look with everything our members need all in one place. you'll be able to find competition rules, see who is on the committee, what's coming up at the next meeting and lots more. 

As well as the website the Blog will be moving over to a new home as well and it'll be easy to access as it will be part of the website! And even if I do say so it looks bloody fantastic!

But wait there's MORE!!!

We've created a brand new Forum where you can all go and chat! Finally instead of only being able to post messages & ask questions on Flickr  you will be able to talk to fellow club members on our own dedicated forum which is also part of our brand new amazing website!

When will it be ready? Hopefully by the end of this week. One of the main things holding it us is Kevin still hasn't sent me a picture that I'm waiting for so maybe you would all like to yell at him for me and get him to send it over!

More publicity for Reflex

The RE:CREATE photography exhibition by Reflex Camera Club has got an official listing on the Create Centre website in the "Events and Exhibitions" section.

http://www.createbristol.org/events.htm
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A Day in the Life - Knowle West Media Centre

Today, Ruth and myself attended the Knowle West Media Centre as representatives of Reflex Camera Club. We took part in a project called Truth About Youth. This is what it was all about....

The "Truth About Youth" project is run to teach photography skills, studio work, Photoshop and building a portfolio but it's also helping young people aged 16 – 25 years deal with the challenges of growing up in a culture that has widespread negative perceptions of youth. By linking with older people in the community and developing an intergenerational project we hoped to create opportunities for these two disperate groups to talk to one another, sharing both photography skills and experiences.

photo : myk garton

On the morning we talked about the Reflex Camera Club and Flickr and how we became involved. We shared some of our work with the group and talked about why we joined and what we got out of it.

Afterwards we went out with members of the group into the local community and tried to create a 'Day in the Life' style series of photos about a particular place together.

Once back at the Media Centre we had chance to view everyone's images and discuss the day's events.

All in all.....a very good public relations exercise.

Dates

Here are a few dates that you might need for the coming weeks.

Sunday 30th September - A Light Painting session aimed at beginners who would like to learn more about this subject. Ever wondered what Light Painting is all about and what settings to use on your camera? Things such as using Bulb mode, remote control, zoom burst, light trails, double exposures, light writing, back flash silhouettes as well as capturing an orb, a dome and a wire wool spin.Well here's your chance to find out
This session will start at 7pm on Sunday 30th September at the Cumberland Basin. Car Parking details will follow soon

Also, this is the cut-off date for submitting your images to the Reflex RE:CREATE exhibition.

Saturday 13th October - From 10:00am......Setting up the RE:CREATE exhibition at the Create Centre and a photoshoot at the Lifeskills centre whilst we're there. All Reflex members are invited to take part.

Monday 15th October - The RE:CREATE exhibition begins. For 10 weeks up until Christmas around 30 images submitted by members of Reflex will be on display in the Cafe Gallery at the Create Centre. Please spread the word.

Saturday 27th October - The Bristol Zombie Walk 2012. The route has not been published yet, but as soon as I find out, I'll let you know.

Helping out with the RE:CREATE exhibition

As was mentioned at last night's club meeting, we need a few people to help us set up the exhibition at The Create Centre from 10am on Saturday 13th October. Meet up at the cafe gallery.

You may want to bring your own food and drink as the cafe itself will not be open.

Also, we (Reflex Club members) have been given permission to use the Lifeskills Centre (within the Create building) to do a club photoshoot session on the same day.

Lifeskills is an interactive safety education centre, built as a realistic village.  Have a look at the photos on their website to see what they have to offer in terms of doing a photoshoot. Maybe some of you could pursuade a few models to come along and help out?

http://www.lifeskills-bristol.org.uk/?page_id=236

Some of you members have been there before and know how good this place is.

Please can you announce your interest on the Flickr group thread for all to see.

Thanks.

Myk

The RE:CREATE Exhibition

Poster designed by MG/BS4

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Well folks, things are now well underway regarding the RE:CREATE photographic exhibition being held by Reflex Camera Club next month at the Create Centre here in Bristol.

26 club members are due to take part and there is still time for four more members to join in. The exhibition will run for ten weeks up until Christmas.

Images need to be submitted by the end of the month as that will give us 14 days to print and frame them ready for the opening day of the exhibition on Monday 15th October.

Please send them in the highest resolution (size) possible to myk1960@hotmail.co.uk or directly to the club's Dropbox. Please name them RECREATE with your name attached.

Frame size is 12x10 and your print will be resized to print at 10x8. Please get in touch with me (Myk Garton) if you require any further information

What a start to the new season at Reflex

Bristol Pride 2012 by Myk Garton
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Well the new season at Reflex Camera Club really got off to a fantastic start last night (Thursday 6th) with probably the highest attendance ever seen.......somewhere around 55 people turning up to see what others had been photographing over the summer break. Many new faces in the crowd too which is always good to see.

The night began with Kev outlining the main meetings coming up over the next nine months and then we had the pleasure of seeing what some of the club members had been photographing over the past three months. Some excellent images were shown, along with some very odd ones by you know who.

Next week we have the first of our club Tutorials -  Everything you need to know about entering (Reflex) competitions

The 2012-13 Season Begins on Thursday 6th September

Just a few more days and the 2012-13 season for Reflex Camera Club begins.

Club membership is growing and so our programme has been increased accordingly. This year will see many new things going on and plenty of club member participation.

Week 1 will see members showing us what they've been up to over the summer break.

Members have the chance to bring in between 10 - 15 digital images to represent what they've been photographing over the Summer Break. Don't be shy go on bring in some pictures and let us see what you've been doing. There's a free cup of tea or coffee at the half time break for the most embarrassing picture of Ian!

A full programme list can be found on the website.

http://www.reflexcc.org.uk/prog.html

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This week and Next week

Well last Thursday was a real treat. What a fantastic show of images from wildlife photography to water-babes and model shoots - all under water. A real inspiration into a niche of photography that is still relatively uncrowded.

This week however there will be no meeting as the venue is once again without key holder. Next meeting will be on September 6th. Show and tell from your summer escapades.

Mark O'Grady

After yet another fantastic informative talk/slideshow entitled "The History of Photography - Part 2" at last Thursday's club meeting we move on to another club member. This week it's the turn of Mark O'Grady. If you've not seen much of Mark's work then you are in for a treat. During his talk you'll get to see images ranging from stunning landscapes through to stunning models....and all shot in Mark's unique style.

And just to whet your appetite, go and have a look at Mark's website:

http://www.aspectratiophotography.com/

You really don't want to miss this one !!

Reflex Photographic Exhibition

The "REFLEX RE-CREATE" Exhibition at The Cafe Gallery, The Create Centre, Bristol

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Reflex Camera Club will be holding a photographic exhibition at the Create centre for 10 weeks beginning on Monday 15th October and going through to Friday 21st December.

A new gallery wall has been installed in the cafe area and will be viewed by most people visiting the building.

The theme will based upon Green issues such as Recycling, Restoring, Reusing, Reclaiming, Recreating etc. etc.

The title of the exhibition combines the words RE and CREATE (the name of the venue) to create the word RECREATE. (How clever is that?)

All members of Reflex Camera Club are hereby invited to submit one image towards the exhibition. This must be an 8x10 landscape or portrait sized print in colour or monochrome. This will be displayed in a 10x12 black frame. The aim is to make the exhibition look as professional as possible in order to promote Reflex Camera Club in the best possible way. These will need to be ready two weeks prior to the start date.....so by the end of September.

There will be a cost involved for each member taking part and that should be no more than £4. This will cover the price of a frame and a print, which is yours to keep after the exhibition has finished. Any surplus money will be used for promotional purposes such as Camera Club advertising, a comments book and other printing/photocopying etc.

I've calculated we can hang 20 landscape and 10 portrait images making a total of 30 in the exhibition altogether.

We have 25 members already offering to take part, so we are still looking for 5 more members to join in.

We will operate a first come, first serve basis.

For more info please read the dedicated thread on the Reflex Camera Club Flickr Group Discussion Page http://www.flickr.com/groups/reflexcc/discuss/72157630070686287/

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Events around the Bristol area during August

There are plenty of photographic opportunities coming up over the next few weeks and here are just a few of the major ones......


Bristol Balloon Fiesta on 9/10/11/12 August - (Night Glows 9 & 11)  http://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/

Summer Classics Vehicle Show at Easter Compton on 11/12 August http://www.summer-classics.co.uk/

Avon Valley Railway & Brislington P+R Bus Rally on 12 August http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org/events/vintage-bus-rally

See No Evil, Nelson Street on 13/14/15/16/17/18/19 August http://www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk/

Bristol Bike Show, Corn St on 18 August http://www.thebristolbikeshow.co.uk/

Bristol Doors Open Day (at selected venues ) on 8 Sept http://www.bristoldoorsopenday.org/

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6 Weeks of Summer

We wish we had six weeks of summer weather but hey ho. Instead we entitle our summer tuition course this to make you feel like you've had one!

Well Thursday saw the tuition draw to a close and what a great 6 weeks it was. Thanks to everyone who attended the turn out was great (30 - 40 each week). We covered everything from Exposure basics through lens techniques to histograms and RAW vs JPG (I won't be doing that again).

It was really enjoyable and I received some great feedback from members on the tuition and content. We hope you all enjoyed it and possibly learned something if only one little nugget it would be worth it.

Time to get learning

Our summer educational programme got off to a great start last Thursday with a session all about the exposure triangle, aperture, ISO and shutter speed. We had a great turn out and Im sure that most members learned something that evening.

This week is all about lens and focus where we will be exploring various types of lenses, lens compression, auto versus manual focus, focus points and modes. Hope to see you all there.

Photo marathon Results

Hi Julie sent me a load of information for the results of the Photo marathon. The important bits are reproduced below along with a short piece written by her. She also sent me a table that she’d obviously spent a while working on that showed everyone's results all nice and neat. Trouble is the way that Blogger & the software we use to write the Blog posts works I can’t put the table up without spending a helluva long time transposing it by hand. So you probably won’t get to see that. Anyway here’s what Julie had to say..

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Good afternoon all, I hope you enjoyed looking through the photos last night it certainly was interesting to see how creative you all are when put under pressure like that.

I know I mentioned how close the voting was but I thought you might like to see the individual results you scored for each category. These are in the grid below and the overall winners are shown below in a 1^st 2^nd 3^rd ranking for each category. Once again congratulations to everyone who got some points, you all rose to the challenge admirably.

(as I said in the opening part of this post I’m afraid I can’t post the nice neat table she worked on for you all to see your individual scores)

Category: Street Sign

1^st Mark O’Grady (5 points)

2^nd Sally Coombs & Mark Stone (4 points)

3^rd Debbie Duncombe, Eddie House & Hanneke Ter Veen (3 points)

Category: Door

1^st Alison Davies (6 points)

2^nd Eddie House (5 points)

3^rd Hanneke Ter Veen & Mark O’Grady (4 points)

Category: Shadow

1^st Mark O’Grady (10 points)

2^nd Richard Price (7 points)

3^rd Ian Coombs (6 points)

Category: Gate

1^st Joe Scudamore (6 points)

2^nd Simon Xu (5 points)

3^rd Debbie Duncombe & Mark Stone (4 points)

Category: Commercial Vehicle

1^st Hanneke Ter Veen (7 points)

2^nd Mark O’Grady (5 points)

3^rd Maurice Iles (4 points)

Category: Open

1^st Mark O’Grady (18 points)

2^nd Ian Coombs & Maurice Thompson (3 points)

3^rd Steve Hallam , Theresa Driscoll & Wendy O’Brien (2 points)

Overall Winner

1^st Mark O’Grady (21 points for his Open Category entry)

2^nd Alison Davies (6 points for her Door Category entry)

3^rd Mark O’Grady (5 points for his Shadow Category entry)

Awards

Well I had my eyes well and truly opened with the Skittles  match during last weeks awards, I am not exagerating when I say I genuinely feared for my life sitting next to the alley, how there weren't holes made in the floor I will never know :)

It was a great turn out with most of the club coming along for the social meet and  Im sure we managed to stink the club out with garlic too :) Thankyou Alison for arranging the food for us all.

The award winners -

 Winner of the tickets to Fairford - Michelle Donohoue

Novice of the year  - Julie Coombs

 Print photographer of the year - Richard Price

 DPI photographer of the year - Angi Nelson

John Hankin Shield Best Print - Mark O'Grady

Stan Scantlebury Shield Best DPI - Angi Nelson

 Photographer of the Year - Richard Price

Now we are entering the summer months and the committee plus a few extra members have put together a programme to keep us occuppied whilst those other lucky few are away in pursuit of summer sunshine abroad. This week we start with Barry taking us through images he has judged for other clubs.

Social and prize giving this Thursday

 Last weeks super fun practical meeting resulted around 40+ of us descending on the streets of the St Annes area in a bid to get photographs to fit the 5 themes we were left by Ruth. The local people were seriously disturbed by us geeky camera carrying brigade and I hear there were a few funny remarks made. Although a few locals were game to helping us out as you will see in the images in a couple of weeks, even the wildlife and teddy bears came out to play and we were treat to a nice sunset as well. I cant wait to see the results. Many thanks to Julie Coombs for helping to arrange the photo rally.

 We have one sneak peek image, taken on the same evening, Myk must have taken an extra card along I think.

This week we have yet another evening of fun scheduelled, but not at the school as per usual, this time we are meeting at the Langton court pub for a night of skittles and prize giving. There will be food provided to give you that extra little bit of energy to play hard at skittles.

Summer is here - image below by Alison Davies

I hope you have all had a chance to get and about in this gorgeous weather with your cameras. I see Andro and Myk certainly managed to capture a lovely sunset at Clevedon and another group of us were out photographing in the beautiful evening light yesterday in south Gloucestershire.  So dont think you have to go out on your own, if you want to team up with others from the group then do shout up at the meetings, or on the Flickr or facebook pages.

Image below by Andro