10x10

Now if your a member of the club you probably looked at the title of next weeks meeting and wondered just what the hell it meant. I suppose that we really should explain it to you although it really is very simple. All we want is for some of you to volunteer to show around 10 images that you’ve taken and give a little talk about them. Ideally the talk and showing the images should last about 10 minutes. Hence the title 10x10. If you don’t feel like talking then maybe you could just show us the pictures. Please don’t be shy about this, after all you put your images up on Flickr for people to admire so why not put them up on the screen at the club, sit back and enjoy the “ooh’s”, “ahh’s” and “Wow’s” as each image is shown!

You can either bring the pictures in on a memory stick or, preferably, send them in via Dropbox. Go on give it a go you know you want to.

12 Months with Reflex

 

If you were there at last weeks meeting not only did you get a surprise when you walked through the door into the room you would of heard Kevin talk about something we would love to get you involved in. That something is what we’re going to call 12 Months with Reflex.

The plan is to arrange a day out taking photographs once a month with club members. Why are we making a bit of a fuss about it? Because we want you to get involved. Not just by coming along to take pictures but by helping to organise the trips. We would like 12 of you to take one step forward and volunteer to organise one of the trips each month. It’s not difficult really. All you have to do is say where you want to go and take photographs. Easy isn’t it! Pick a month and a date, pick a location then just tell everyone that’s where and when we’re going. The we’re not looking for highly organised coach trips or anything like that. Just somewhere that you can wander around and take pictures.

If you need inspiration you can take a look at the Bristol Flickr Walk Group to see some of the photographs that have been taken when a group of photographers from the Bristol Area, who are all on Flickr, have got together and wandered around taking pictures. Or you can look at this thread in our Flickr Group that lists lots of places you could use as your location.

If you feel up to the challenge then let Mark or Kevin know on a Thursday night or you can email Mark at the usual club address.

Newsletter

I’m in the process of revamping the newsletter. If your already on the mailing list you should of received a form asking you if your willing to receive and give feedback on the new format. If you haven’t agreed to that or aren’t sure I’d love you to fill it in and give permission. It won’t get you spammed by loads and loads of email rubbish. It’ll just mean you get the odd extra copy of the newsletter in a full HTML format. What do I mean by HTML. It just means that instead of getting the usual newsletter that is just text with links and headings in it. This new version will allow us to feature members photographs, posters for events that we’ve been asked to let you know about and have a good looking layout. It’s just like visiting a website but you get it sent to you via email. So please do give your permission so I can add you to the tester list. The more people that receive it and give their opinion the more likely it will be to have the content and look that will suit the majority of the club.

If you’ve deleted the email or your not actually a member of Reflex but would like to receive these test emails and continue to receive them once the new version goes live then you can sign up below.