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Newsletter 5th March 2021
This week’s meeting 
This Friday Ray Grace ARPS DPAGB will be sharing his view of landscape photography, followed by ‘A Potpourri of Plants and Flowers’ 
The link is the usual one:-

Competition
Midnight on Friday is also the final hand in for entries to the themed competition ‘Shadows’ so make sure you send your images to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com
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Programme
Tuesday 9th March is the second of our joint meetings with Rhondda Camera Club. This time we will be showcasing our work as a club and many members have sent in images to share. This meeting is being hosted by Rhondda so it would be great if we could have a good showing of members to support our club. As soon as Rhondda let us know the link I will send it out to everyone.
Also the Programme team is now looking at the 2022 calendar, and the summer programme, conditions permitting, so if you would like to see speakers or have workshops on a particular subject please let us know, and also if you have any ideas for summer outings. Send your ideas to me or Mary on fwccsec@gmail.com or fwccchairman@gmail.com

Improve your photography
Do you ever see a great subject for a photograph, set up your camera, frame your shot, fire the shutter, but then when you get home and look at your image on a big screen realise that it hasn’t turned out the way you visualised it would? It’s happened to all of us, but sometimes all that is needed is a little tweak to your camera settings, or a different crop to improve the composition. Often we are our own worst critics and it might just take another photographer to look at the image and say ‘you could do this and you would have a stunning image’. To this end David Chedgy will be hosting an ‘Improve your photography’ evening on 12th March. If you would like some useful and constructive feedback on how to improve your photographs send no more than 4 to David on fwccvicechairman@gmail.com
Monday group
This Monday Phil Taylor will be starting the session with a short talk ‘A walk on the wild side’ a walk through wild ancient Wales.
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm Join Zoom Meeting
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​Newsletter 26th February 2020
This week’s meeting
This Friday will be the judging of the club Open competition. The judge is Bill Hall DPAGB AFIAP ABPE, and the meeting will start at 7.30.
The link is the usual one:-

Battles - Desperately Seeking... Selectors
This is your chance to be a club selector and to see if it's the sort of thing you'd like to do on behalf of the club in the future. We are putting on a trial selection afternoon when your task will be to choose 18 images from a bank of 96 images for a fictional competition. Don't worry about how to do it; all will be revealed on the day. Just come along and give it a go. Everyone welcome. See if you end up choosing what the present selectors choose, and then see what each image scored with real external judges. It'll be a fun and interesting afternoon.
Date: Wednesday 3rd March   Time: 2pm RSVP: by Thursday 25th Feb   fwccbattles@gmail.com 
Programme
Open to ALL members, a chance to show the Rhondda Camera Club some of your pictures. Please send in to fwcc.programme@gmail.com by the 28th February 6 images on a theme or your preferred subject. You can have the opportunity to talk about them or let one of us do it for you.
We have another ‘Ten Minutes of Fame’ on the 9th April where we invite members to show their work to the club. Ideally we would like to see pictures from members who have not already participated, so here’s your chance. Please show your interest by booking a slot to fwccprogramme@gmail.com ASAP 
WCPF
The WCPF Council meeting and the Knightshayes Trophy will be taking place on Saturday 6th March via Zoom.  Landscape photographer Chris Palmer will be speaking in the afternoon on ‘The Eloquent Landscape’ and I attach details of this meeting and the Zoom logins for anyone who would like to attend.
 
Monday group
The title for next week is ‘Quo Vadis’. It will be a series of questions to discuss - Do you know what you love to photograph? If you know, how did you get to that realisation? If you don’t know, how do you find out? Do you ever lose your photographic mojo? How do you get it back? Where do you find inspiration? When you find it, how do you stop yourself falling into a rut? 
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm Join Zoom Meeting

and finally …I have been contacted by Denise Payne who has a box of photographic equipment that had belonged to her father to dispose of. I attach a list of the items but as they have not been used for a number of years Denise cannot vouch for their functionality. She is looking for £150 or a near offer for the lot. If you are interested contact me and I will put you in touch with Denise.
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Newsletter 19th February 2021
This Friday will be an evening with Damien Lovegrove. Damien will take us on a fun adventure bringing us right up to date with his ever evolving portrait photography. Check out his images on www.lovegrovephotography.com The link is the usual one:-

Battles
The Mid Somerset Battle will be on Tuesday 23rd February and will be taking place on Zoom. Meeting opens at 7.00pm and the Battle starts at 7.30pm Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85049160061?pwd=SjA0RjdtUUZiNHpmSmx0dEhXeGJxZz09 
Meeting ID: 850 4916 0061 Passcode: 571797 
Programme
On Tuesday 9th March we are hosting the Rhondda Camera Club.
We will be showcasing our work as a club and so every club member is invited to take part. The idea is that each club member should have a 
chance to show their images or photographic enthusiasms on the night. So, if you would like to participate, please collate 6 of your images
as a 'body of work' or a theme. You will be able to talk about your images as they are being shown, or if you prefer not to we will present for you.
Please label your 6 images like this; Your Name_n where n is a number 1 to 6 in the order that you want your images shown.
This is so that the images get grouped in name order and get shown in the order that you want. The images should be 1600x1200 sRGB.
Please send the images to fwccprogramme@gmail.com by March 1st and put 'Rhondda CC Return Evening' in the email's subject.
Any queries to the same email please.
We have another ‘Ten Minutes of Fame’ on the 9th April where we invite members to show their work to the club.
Ideally we would like to see pictures from members who have not already participated, so here’s your chance.
Please show your interest by booking a slot to fwccprogramme@gmail.com ASAP
Monday group
At this week’s Monday social group Barry will be starting the session by giving a short talk on PhotoSpiralysis, and there will follow a 
discussion on ‘How much should we manipulate our shots in post-production?’
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm Join Zoom Meeting
 Lockdown
A quick reminder that if any club member finds that they
need help during lockdown, we have members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs,
so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help
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Newsletter 12th February 2021

This week’s meeting
This Friday Matt Emett will be talking about his Forgotten Heritage project. Matt is a multi-award winning photographer who is fascinated by abandoned places. His interest is in capturing the aesthetics, character and history of sites, showing the passage of time and the effects of nature on a structure that is no longer being maintained. To see his work visit www.forgottenheritage.co.uk
The link is the usual one:-
Battles
Don’t forget that the closing date for selection for the Warminster and also the Devizes battles is 12th February at 23.59, so make sure your images conform to the competition rules requirements (on our website) and please send your images to David on fwccbattles@gmail.com
WCPF DIPIC/PAGB Cup
For those who were unable to attend the judging for this event and would like to see the standard and quality of images that received awards the following link will take you to the DIPIC results page: http://photoexhib.co.uk/wcpfdpic/results-2021/results.htm
 Programme
On Tuesday 9th March we are hosting the Rhondda Camera Club. We will be showcasing our work as a club and so every club member is invited to take part.
The idea is that each club member should have a chance to show their images or photographic enthusiasms on the night. So, if you would like to participate, please collate 6 of your images as a 'body of work' or a theme. You will be able to talk about your images as they are being shown, or if you prefer not to we will present for you. 
Please label your 6 images like this; Your Name_n where n is a number 1 to 6 in the order that you want your images shown. This is so that the images get grouped in name order and get shown in the order that you want. The images should be 1600x1200 sRGB.
Please send the images to fwccprogramme@gmail.com by March 1st and put 'Rhondda CC Return Evening' in the email's subject. Any queries to the same email please.
We have another ‘Ten Minutes of Fame’ on the 9th April where we invite members to show their work to the club. Ideally we would like to see pictures from members who have not already participated, so here’s your chance. Please show your interest by booking a slot to fwccprogramme@gmail.com ASAP 
Monday group
At this week’s Monday social group Barry will be starting the session by giving a short talk on Jane Bown, who was an iconic British portrait photographer. She produced THE iconic image of Mick Jagger, John Betjeman, the Queen, Bjork etc etc.
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
Lockdown
A quick reminder that if any club member finds that they need help during lockdown, we have members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs, so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help.
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Newsletter 5th February 2021
This week’s meeting
This Friday professional photographer Janet Miles will be showing us how to use shutter speed creatively. The link is the usual one:-

Battles
Attached is a list of the images selected for the Mid Somerset Battle. Unfortunately only 16 members sent images in for this event. The selection committee always chooses images that they believe will give the club a strong entry and it’s good to see that several of the images selected are from some of our newest members. The next battle the club will be joining is the Warminster Battle so please send your images to David on fwccbattles@gmail.com

WCPF DIPIC/PAGB Cup
I also attach copies of the club entries for these two events and you will be able to see that club members are making a very strong showing. If any members would like to join the DIPIC judging on Zoom the date is 7th February and the meeting will open at 9.30am. The link is - Join Zoom Meeting 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85659592785?pwd=cnNSVUY2OGJ4MWxmK1htNytkNWhpUT09

Meeting ID: 856 5959 2785  Passcode: 724488 
Photoshop
After recent discussions at the Monday social club group Colin Dewsbury has constructed a guide to help members add borders to images on Photoshop, and I’ve attached it to this newsletter. 
Monday group
At this week’s Monday social group Mick Yates will be starting the session by giving a 15 minute talk on Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama.
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
And finally …
A quick reminder that if any club member finds that they need help during lockdown, we have members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs, so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help.
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Newsletter 29th January 2021
We were sad to hear, this week, about the death of Michael Padbury. As some long-standing members will know Michael was a founder member of the club and supported it for many years. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
 
This week’s meeting
This Friday is the judging of the club themed competition ‘Wet’. The judge is Simon Caplan LRPS and the meeting will be at the usual time of 7.30. This week we will revert back to our normal Friday Zoom link
 
Programme
On the 9th April we have another '10 minutes of Fame' planned. We would like 10 volunteers, ideally those who didn’t present the last time. This is your opportunity to share your work or interest of photography within the club. Please respond to fwccprogramme@gmail.com.Any subject, Colour, Mono, AV. The greater variety the better.
 
Mark Stothard – Lightroom sessions
I’m very pleased to report that Mark Stothard is feeling much better and will be running his Lightroom evenings again on Mondays at 7pm. The link is:-
FB link https://fb.me/e/48KOKuALD
 
Monday group
At this week’s Monday social group Barry will start the session by giving a 15 minute talk on the influential and controversial photographer Diane Arbus.
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
Join Zoom Meeting
 
Lockdown
A quick reminder that if any club member finds that they need help during lockdown, we have members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs, so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help.
 
And finally …
I have attached the WCPF AV bulletin, which some members may be interested in.
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Newsletter 22nd January 2021
This week’s meeting
This Friday is the first of our linked meetings with Rhonda Camera Club. This week they will be sharing and discussing photos from their club members and in March we will be sharing our images with them. If you plan on attending it would be nice if you could show images of Somerset and Frome as your Zoom background.
PLEASE NOTE:- the Zoom link will be different from our usual Friday one. A one-off link has been created as follows  Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86845034679?pwd=SmJEcEJsY0dEQzJvazdJd0lvMll1UT09
 
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Battles
The Mid-Somerset battle will be going ahead this year and our entry has to be in by 31st January, so please send up to 3 images, not ones you have entered for other battles, for selection by midday on Tuesday 26th January to David Chedgy at fwccbattles@gmail.com

Mark Stothard – Lightroom sessions
I’m very pleased to report that Mark Stothard is feeling much better and will be running his Lightroom evenings again on Mondays at 7pm.
The link is:- FB link https://fb.me/e/48KOKuALD 

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​Monday group
Don’t forget to join the Monday social group. This week Mary Maynard will be giving a short talk ‘Vanitas – a Still Life Genre’ about her interest in this genre and how to put a Vanitas still life together for a photo shoot.The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

Lockdown
A quick reminder that if any club member finds that they need help during lockdown, we have members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs, so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help.
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Newsletter 15th January 2021
This Friday professional photographer Tim Gander will be giving a talk ‘Making it personal’ about his personal photographic projects and why they are important. You can see some of Tim’s personal creative projects on www.takeagander.co.uk  
The link is the usual one:-

Competition
Don’t forget that midnight Friday is the final deadline for the hand in of entries for the club themed competition ‘Wet’. 
WCPF
I have received a communication from WCPF, inviting members to attend the council meeting in March and I attach information about this. 
Monday group
Don’t forget to join the Monday group for informal chats about photography. This week Anjalika Baier will be giving a short opening talk on photographers who use mindfulness in their work. The link is the usual one:-
Lockdown
Now that we are in full lockdown I know that a number of club members are in the vulnerable group. If any club member finds that they need help, there are members who have already come forward to offer help, for example, with shopping or pharmacy runs, so please contact me, in the first instance, so we can put you in touch with someone in your area who will be able to help.

Mark Stothard
As those of you who use the club Facebook page will know, Mark Stothard has unfortunately been taken ill and so his on-line Lightroom sessions have been suspended for the time being. Mark will post on Facebook when he is able to resume the sessions.

And finally …
Sadly, we have heard that a small number of members have contracted COVID19, one member being hospitalized. All are now being treated at home and we send our best wishes to them for a speedy recovery
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Newsletter 8th January 2021
​Welcome back everyone and I hope that your Christmas has been as happy as it could be under the circumstance. Let’s hope that the coming year will be better.
Firstly, and most importantly, don’t forget to contact me to confirm that you would like to renew your membership of the club until the end of the season. Whilst most members have been in touch there are still a few members that I haven’t heard from. I appreciate that during the Christmas busyness things might have been pushed to the bottom of the ‘to do’ list but 31st January is the cut-off date. If I haven’t heard from you by then your access to the facilities of the club i.e. members only Facebook page, Zoom meetings etc., will be ended. It would also be helpful if you could let me know if you do not intend to re-join.

This week’s meeting
This week’s speaker is Alyn Wallace, an astro, landscape and time-lapsed photographer based near the Brecon Beacons Dark Sky reserve. His work has appeared in National Geographic, on the BBC and on NASA’s Picture of the Day so his talk promises to be an inspiring one. The link is the usual one:-

Next club competition – theme ‘Wet’
Well, there have certainly been plenty of opportunities to get some stunning shots for this theme! Jane has asked me to remind you that the closing date is midnight on Friday 15th January, so get your shots to Jane at  fwccdigital@gmail.com   in club format, asap.

Mark Stothard
Club member Mark is a professional photographer and is currently offering free online Lightroom tutorials to members on Monday evenings at 7pm. The link is:https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224190814987899&set=gm.843782762859661&__cft__[0]=AZWxS3vGGGYMV2_LgPo-aA7rEqExYrLNcZZilNb0oGead5Q2aMCmlFpwKZ24lzCchWHsg_Cbb-1ESn9RjJbB7DudGvIy0Do-kjHTcYjAhiiXtJFZaE3eZVP5Zd1l2V_pnseDuAbq1u_GI5UNsrIf58BhCpsgkbrVcXNFjEJe7mPk-BkfUtRXVZMCwl1aDrN_j3s&__tn__=EH-R
Monday group
Don’t forget to join the Monday group for informal chats and short talks from club members about photography.
The link is the usual one:-
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Newsletter 18th December 2020
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to take this occasion to wish you all Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year. 
Hopefully, you have all received your FWCC Christmas card and have seen that we have waived, or reduced, the membership fees for the rest of the club year. Let me explain why this has happened. Over the last few years of careful financial stewardship, the club bank accounts had become healthy and, before we had Covid-19 foisted upon us, the committee had decided to use the monies to provide workshops, outings and lectures for all the members. But, of course, now these planned events have had to be largely cancelled. Also, we are not incurring the weekly expense of the Beckington Hall bookings, since we are meeting via zoom. So, in lieu of the events we have planned, and because for reasons just outlined, the committee decided that we could waive or reduce the membership fee for the rest of this club year. We will still be left with a healthy bank account and hopefully we will be able to spend it for the benefit of every member when the time comes.
Please don't forget to reregister your membership by emailing Criss on fwccsec@gmail.com before 8th January 2021. This is most important as it's a requirement for the club to have a known membership. If you have joined under the £5 new member scheme after June 1st 2020 please also use the insert in the Christmas card to send your cheque for £10 to Alan Denison (details are on the Christmas card insert).
We have a full programme of lectures, zoom meetings and competitions in next year's programme and I look forward to 'seeing' you all then and of course, on Friday at the club Christmas social. 
Merry Christmas. 
Mary
The club Christmas social starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Monday group
Next Monday will be the last meeting this year for the afternoon social group and Mick Yates will be giving a short talk on combining photos with words.
 The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

This will be the last newsletter until the club reconvenes in the New Year so I wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and hope that I will be able to see you sometime next year in the ‘real world’
Stay safe.
Best wishes,
Criss
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Newsletter 11th December 2020
​This week’s meeting
This week Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB-AV, FIAP, APAGB will be judging the club open competition. Ian is the immediate past president of the WCPF.
The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Club Christmas Social (virtual)
For ‘Virtual’ the Christmas Social this year, we are inviting you to take part from the comfort of your homes. You are encouraged to come along in festive attire. Don’t for­get the mince pies and a gla­ss or cup of your preferred beverage.
Andrew and Michelle de Mora will be hosting a quiz for the first half of the evening. The second half will be a picture quiz of Frome. We still need more pictures for that taken around the town. One of an ‘obvious’ landmark around the town of Frome and the other a bit more obscure. Entries to be in by the 12th December. Please send them to fwccprogramme|@gmail.com

Monday group
Next Monday's discussion meeting will start with a 10-20 presentation by Barry on "Weegee the famous". Weegee was a news photographer in New York, his best work being between 1935-1945. His work was recognised as art photography and was exhibited several times at MOMA.
The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

Brecon Beacons trip 2021
​Andrew Washington is thinking of planning a trip for a long weekend next April/May in the Brecon Beacons and would like to know how many club members would be interested. Brecon Beacons is a beautiful area in which there are opportunities to photograph waterfalls, red kites, and landscapes. It also became the first International Dark Sky Reserve in Wales in 2012 and so is a great place for astro-photography. Accommodation could be a rented cottage or caravans (as on the Dungeness trip). If interested please drop Andrew an email at andrewwashy@gmail.com
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Newsletter 4th December 2020
This week’s meeting
This week actor Bill Ward, who as well as being an award winning actor is also a first class photographer, will be talking about his career. Bill has been a Brand Ambassador for Pentax cameras since 2014, and this year received the Judge’s Choice award in the Historic England Lockdown Collection. Find out more about Bill and check out his images on www.billwardphotography.co.uk
The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Club Christmas Social (virtual)
Don’t forget the Christmas social this year, we are inviting you to take part from the comfort of your homes. You are encouraged to come along in festive attire. Don’t for­get the mince pies and a gla­ss or cup of your preferred beverage.
Andrew and Michelle de Mora will be hosting a quiz for the first half of the evening. The second half will be a picture quiz of Frome. We do need members to help out with the picture quiz and would be grateful for a few more photograph taken around Frome, one of an ‘obvious’ landmark around the town of Frome and the other a bit more obscure. Entries to be in by the 12th December. Please send them to fwccprogramme|@gmail.com

Monday group
Quite a few people have been joining the Monday afternoon social group and there have been some interesting short talks recently.
The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm  
Brecon Beacons trip 2021
Andrew Washington is thinking of planning a trip for a long weekend next April/May in the Brecon Beacons and would like to know how many club members would be interested. Brecon Beacons is a beautiful area in which there are opportunities to photograph waterfalls, red kites, and landscapes. It also became the first International Dark Sky Reserve in Wales in 2012 and so is a great place for astro-photography. Accommodation could be a rented cottage or caravans (as on the Dungeness trip). If interested please drop Andrew an email at andrewwashy@gmail.com
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Newsletter 4th December 2020
This week’s meeting
This week actor Bill Ward, who as well as being an award winning actor is also a first class photographer, will be talking about his career. Bill has been a Brand Ambassador for Pentax cameras since 2014, and this year received the Judge’s Choice award in the Historic England Lockdown Collection. Find out more about Bill and check out his images on www.billwardphotography.co.uk
The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Club Christmas Social (virtual)
Don’t forget the Christmas social this year, we are inviting you to take part from the comfort of your homes. You are encouraged to come along in festive attire. Don’t for­get the mince pies and a gla­ss or cup of your preferred beverage.
Andrew and Michelle de Mora will be hosting a quiz for the first half of the evening. The second half will be a picture quiz of Frome. We do need members to help out with the picture quiz and would be grateful for a few more photograph taken around Frome, one of an ‘obvious’ landmark around the town of Frome and the other a bit more obscure. Entries to be in by the 12th December. Please send them to fwccprogramme|@gmail.com

Monday group
Quite a few people have been joining the Monday afternoon social group and there have been some interesting short talks recently.
The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm  
Brecon Beacons trip 2021
Andrew Washington is thinking of planning a trip for a long weekend next April/May in the Brecon Beacons and would like to know how many club members would be interested. Brecon Beacons is a beautiful area in which there are opportunities to photograph waterfalls, red kites, and landscapes. It also became the first International Dark Sky Reserve in Wales in 2012 and so is a great place for astro-photography. Accommodation could be a rented cottage or caravans (as on the Dungeness trip). If interested please drop Andrew an email at andrewwashy@gmail.com
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Newsletter 27th November 2020
This week’s meeting
This week David Chedgy will be leading a members’ critique evening. There is still time to send David images on which you would like feedback to  fwccvicechairman@gmail.com The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Club Open Competition
Don’t forget to submit your entries for the next club open competition by midnight on the 27th November, for judging on 11th December, and please make sure they conform to the club standard format. The judge will be Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB-AV, FIAP, APAGB. Ian is the immediate past president of the WCPF.

Club Christmas Social (virtual)
For the Christmas social this year we are inviting you to take part from the comfort of your homes. You are encouraged to come along in festive attire. Don’t for­get the mince pies and a gla­ss or cup of your preferred beverage.
Andrew and Michelle de Mora will be hosting a quiz for the first half of the evening. The second half will be a picture quiz of Frome. We are asking for members to submit two photographs. One of an ‘obvious’ landmark around the town of Frome and the other a bit more obscure. Entries to be in by the 12th December. Please send them to fwccprogramme|@gmail.com 
Up-coming Battles
12 members have already submitted entries for up-coming battles, but for the club to submit a winning entry we need to have a wide range of images from which to make a selection. The selection team will need to put together our entry during the next few weeks and, as you will appreciate, with the run up to Christmas and some personal family commitments in the team, time is short. Our Battles Secretary David Chedgy has, therefore, asked for members to send up to eight of their best digital images to him, by midnight on Friday 27th November at the latest, on fwccbattles@gmail.com The images should be in club competition standard format and the entry should include the image title, your club membership number and your name. Please remember that you can only enter for one club.

Monday group 
This Monday Mick Yates will be giving a short talk on American Adam Clark Vroman, who photographed Native Americans living in Arizona and New Mexico at the turn of the 20th century. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm Join Zoom Meeting

Brecon Beacons trip 2021
Andrew Washington is thinking of planning a trip for a long weekend next April/May in the Brecon Beacons and would like to know how many club members would be interested. Brecon Beacons is a beautiful area in which there are opportunities to photograph waterfalls, red kites, and landscapes. It also became the first International Dark Sky Reserve in Wales in 2012 and so is a great place for astro-photography. Accommodation could be a rented cottage or caravans (as on the Dungeness trip). If interested please drop Andrew an email at andrewwashy@gmail.com 
… and finally, Mifsud Photographic Ltd., who have always been great supporters of our Camera Fairs, are having a Black Friday sale, check out their website on www.mifsud.com or give them a call on 0736 828 8126, for some great bargains.
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Newsletter 20th November 2020
This week’s meeting
This week award winning wildlife photographer Alan Benson will be giving his talk ‘Wildlife through a Lens’. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Club Open Competition
Don’t forget to submit your entries for the next club open competition by the 27th November, for judging on 11th December. The judge will be Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB-AV, FIAP, APAGB. Ian is the immediate past president of the WCPF.

Up-coming Battles
This is an urgent call out for members to submit entries for two up-coming battles, the PAGB cup and the DIPIC. Although the actual judging for these battles does not take place until January, for the club to submit a winning entry we need to have a wide range of images from which to make a selection. The selection team will need to put together our entry during the next few weeks and, as you will appreciate, with the run up to Christmas and some personal family commitments in the team, time is short. Our Battles Secretary David Chedgy has, therefore, asked for members to send up to eight of their best digital images to him, by midnight on Friday 28th November at the latest, on fwccbattles@gmail.com The images should be in club competition standard format and the entry should include the image title, your club membership number and your name. Please remember that you can only enter for one club.

Linking with Rhonda Camera Club
Don’t forget that on January 22nd we will be sharing a selection of our work with the Rhondda Camera Club. These do not necessarily need to be competition class images, it is intended to be an informal, friendly connection so favourite photos or interests you are working on at the moment would be perfect, we want to show Rhondda the diversity of the interest and abilities of our members. So please send up to three images each, sized at the usual club competition dimensions, to fwccprogramme@gmail.com by 8th January 2021. Rhondda CC will be doing a return showing of their work to us on the 9th March.

Monday group
This Monday Barry will be giving a short talk on American photographer Garry Winogrand, regarded as one of the most influential street photographers of the 20th century. The link is the usual one:- Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

… and finally, the Frome Salon of Photography 2020 results are now on the website, and many congratulations go to club members Jane Wiltshire, Alan Denison, Joao Diniz Sanches, Simon Johnson, Russell Willsmer, Mary Maynard, Anjalika Baier, Steve Hawkins and Harvard Dallibar who all achieved awards. Special thanks go to Alan Denison and Colin Dewsbury for all their hard work in making this year’s Salon such a success.
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Newsletter 13th November 2020
This week’s meeting
This week there will be a presentation by the 3 FSoP selectors, Sue O’Connell FIPF,ARPS, EFIAP/d2 DPAGB BPE5*, Peter Brisley ARPS, EFIAP, DPAGB BPE2* and Adrian Lines MPAGB FBPE EFIAP ARPS.   Sue’s presentation is ‘Ethiopia and my Journey to a Fellowship', Peter's is '36 Frames - A selection from my Personal Archive’ and Adrian presentation is ‘Let’s get creative … 10 in 30’ 10 ‘Newish’ Post Creative Images from Concept to Completion’. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-
Club Open Competition
Don’t forget to submit your entries for the next club open competition by the 27th November, for judging on 11th December. The judge will be Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB-AV, FIAP, APAGB. Ian is the immediate past president of the WCPF.
​WCPF Kingswood Salver 2020 Live Judging and Afternoon Talk
The judging of the Kingswood Salver will take place on 14th November via Zoom and all club member are invited to attend. The judge is Leigh Woolford DPAGB FWPF EFIAP BPE3, the judging will take place in the morning and Leigh will be giving a talk in the afternoon. I have received the following information and link from Eddy and Pam Lane: Eddy and Pam Lane invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting – note pre-booking is not required. Judge and Speaker - Leigh Woolford DPAGB FWPF EFIAP BPE3 
Saturday Nov 14, 2020 from 10.15 AM for 10.30 AM start of Judging
Leigh’s Afternoon Talk 2.00 PM start - Title “A Search for Focus” Join Zoom Meeting – applies to both morning Judging and afternoon Talk 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82933557464?pwd=VWpoU05DSzhGaG1XM093Z3F4WUVRUT09 Meeting ID: 829 3355 7464 Passcode: 817978 Any queries – kingswood.wcpf@gmail.com
Linking with Rhonda Camera Club
On January 22nd we will be presenting a variety of our work to the Rhondda Camera Club. In order for us to pick images from as many people as possible, we are inviting you to submit up to three images each, sized at the usual club competition dimensions. This is not a competition, more a form of ‘twinning’ as the Rhondda CC will be doing a return showing of their work to us on the 9th March. Please send them to fwccprogramme@gmail.com by 8th January 2021
PAGB Cup
The club has been invited to take part in the PAGB cup, which we have not entered before. Our Battles Secretary David Chedgy has asked for members who wish to take part in this competition and other external battles to send six of their best digital images to him on fwccbattles@gmail.com for selection. The images should be in club competition standard format and the entry should include the image title, your club membership number and your name. Please remember that you can only enter for one club. The closing date for submission for PAGB selection is Sunday 6th December.
Monday group
This Monday Mary Maynard will be sharing her enthusiasm for long exposure photography, a 10 minute talk followed by a Q&A session. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
… and finally, there is now a downloadable copy of the full club programme, in pdf format, on the club website.
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Newsletter 6th November 2020
This week’s meeting
This week will be the judging of the club competition themed ‘Reflections’. The judge is Eddy Lane ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP. Eddy is a wildlife and travel photographer with many years’ experience judging competitions and exhibitions both nationally and internationally. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-
Frome Salon of Photography
Many of you will know the Frome Salon (FSoP20) closed for Entries last night. Despite Coronavirus we have had yet another record year with 5916 images submitted (6.7% more than last year) and 488 people submitting (1% up on last year), 21 of which were Club Members (down on last year's 27).
The 'Selection' is due to take place between 13th and 15th November (all things CV willing). This will be done 'remotely' this year, using a newly developed method of transmitting the images over the internet simultaneously to the Selectors at full resolution. Normally people can observe the Selection, but unfortunately this new remote system does not have facilities for observers. All entrants will be notified of the results by email as soon as we can after the Selection has completed, normally within a few days. The Salon is an Online National Exhibition, not a Competition, this will be available for all to view via a link which will be posted on the Club Website Salon page, and contained in Entrant's results emails. In addition to the Salon Awards, the Selectors also pick 3 'Club' Awards per Class, only for Club Members' images that have not already won a Salon Award, all Club Awards will be accepted into the Exhibition. These Salons exist to showcase some of the best UK amateur photography and to encourage people to improve their photographic skills. It is always worth looking at the images that are accepted into these Exhibitions. The Salon also raises funds for the Club, very helpful this year as it is unlikely that we will receive any income from our Camera Fairs this Club year.
Please note the three Salon Selectors will each give a short talk to the Club at our meeting on the 13th November.

Monday group
Next Monday Mark Stothard will start the meeting by giving a 10 minute talk on how to make money from your photography. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
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Newsletter 30th October 2020
First we send best wishes for a speedy recovery to Andrew Washington who is recuperating at home after a hip operation last Monday. 
This week’s meeting
This week’s speaker is Chris Fairweather, who will be talking to us about his career in photojournalism and sport. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Kingswood Salver
The judging of the Kingswood Salver will take place on 14th November via Zoom and all club member are invited to attend. The judge is Leigh Woolford DPAGB FWPF EFIAP BPE3, the judging will take place in the morning and Leigh will be giving a talk in the afternoon. I have received the following information and link from Eddy and Pam Lane: “WCPF Kingswood Salver 2020 Live Judging and Afternoon Talk Eddy and Pam Lane invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting – note pre-booking is not required Judge and Speaker - Leigh Woolford DPAGB FWPF EFIAP BPE3
Saturday Nov 14, 2020 from 10.15 AM for 10.30 AM start of Judging
Leigh’s Afternoon Talk 2.00 PM start - Title “A Search for Focus”
Join Zoom Meeting – applies to both morning Judging and afternoon Talk 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82933557464?pwd=VWpoU05DSzhGaG1XM093Z3F4WUVRUT09
Meeting ID: 829 3355 7464
Passcode: 817978  Any queries – kingswood.wcpf@gmail.com

Frome Salon of Photography
The Frome Salon closes for submissions at midnight on 1st November so you only have a few more days to send your entries in to www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html

Monday group
Next Monday Andrew de Mora will start the meeting by giving a 10 minute talk on film photography. The link is the usual one:- 
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm Join Zoom Meeting

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Newsletter 23rd October 2020
Firstly some very sad news, we have heard that club member Mark Smith died recently. Some members have fond memories of Mark and Karen joining club holidays and outings, they often attended club meetings, and will be sadly missed. Condolences and flowers have been sent to Karen on behalf of the club and our thoughts are with her and her family.

This week’s meeting
This week's meeting is entitled 10 Minutes of Fame. Ten club members will talk about their photography and interests, and show some of their images. This will be a varied and interesting programme - Loveday Powell will be showing images of Flowers, John Bishop talking about his Travel photography, Bill Collett will be giving a presentation of Reflections, David Chedgy shows a selection of his Favourite Photographs, Barry Hill  presents his latest project ‘Learnings/re-learnings August/September 2020’, David Weeks gives his Encounter with Wildlife, Alan Denison will do a piece on Architecture photography, Gayle Glover presents the Art of Burlesque, Michelle de Mora on being a 'Snapshot' photographer and Bill Aven showing us Mono pictures. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the link is the usual one:-

Wednesday Critique Evening
Tomorrow evening there will be the second opportunity for anyone considering entering the Frome Salon to submit images for critique and advice. The link will be the same as the one above for the usual club meetings and the meeting will start at 7.30. You will need to send your images in by midday tomorrow at the latest, to Alan on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html 
Themed Competition – Reflections
Don’t forget the deadline for entry in the latest competition is midnight on Friday 23rd October. Please make sure they are in the correct format as shown in Jane’s presentation which I sent to you all in pdf. format a couple of weeks ago. Please send your images to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com 
Frome Salon of Photography
The Frome Salon webpage is still open for submissions on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html
Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images, email him on fsopmail@gmail.com

Monday group
The Monday group will take a slightly different format this week and Mick Yates will be kicking off the meeting with a 10 minutes talk. The link is the usual one:- Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

and finally …
our congratulations go to Alan Denison who this week received 6 Acceptances from the recent Shrewsbury Salon, one image receiving a Commendation. This means that he has received 102 Salon acceptances in total which qualifies him for the BPE3* award. Well done Alan.
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Newsletter 16th October 2020
This week’s meeting
This week we have as talk by Phil Savoie. Phil is an ex BBC Natural History unit staff producer/cameraman, and his images cover all genres from Macro to Landscape, Sport, Wildlife, People and Astrophotography so it promises to be an interesting evening. The link is the usual one:-

Wednesday Critique Evening
Tomorrow evening there will be a critique evening for anyone considering putting entries in for the Salon. The link will be the same as the one above for the usual club meetings and the meeting will start at 7.30. There will be another Critique Evening on Wednesday 21st October so send your images in to Alan on fsopmail@gmail.com 

Themed Competition – Reflections
This is our first themed competition of the season, and it is being judged by Eddy Lane ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP, who many of you will know is also a respected National & International judge. The deadline for entry is midnight on Friday 23rd October, but it would be helpful if images could be sent early to Jane so that she can prepare them for sending to the judge in good time. Please make sure they are in the correct format as shown in Jane’s presentation which I sent to you all in pdf. format a couple of weeks ago. Please send your images to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com

Frome Salon of Photography
Don’t forget that the Frome Salon webpage is now open for submissions on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.htmlRules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images, email him on fsopmail@gmail.com

and finally …
Barry tells me that a number of members have now joined the Monday afternoon discussion group and, as well as meeting old friends and making new ones in the new virtual world, some interesting and useful discussions have been taking place. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
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Newsletter 9th October 2020
This week’s meeting
This week’s meeting it the judging of the first club competition of the season. The judge will be Aleks Gjika EFIAP, CPAGB and I know that many members have entered their images.
The link for Friday is the usual one:-

Frome Salon of Photography
The Salon webpage is now open for submissions on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html 
Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images, email him on fsopmail@gmail.com for advice.

Club website
Many thanks to those members who have sent in photos for the website home page, but it would still be great to have more. It is an ideal opportunity to show newcomers and prospective members the range of interests and abilities in the club so please submit your images in ‘Landscape’ format only at 1600 wide. We aim to show a variety of subjects which will be changed from time to time. Please send them to fwccprogramme@gmail.com

and finally …
​don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:-
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Newsletter 2nd October 2020
This week’s meeting
Firstly, if you need guidance in accessing Zoom please do not hesitate to contact me. We have some excellent speakers in the coming weeks and it would be a shame to miss them.
This week our speaker is Matt Inwood. Matt’s background is in cookery book design and in recent years has been shooting mainly with iPhone. This is an entirely different direction from our usual speakers and it promises to be an interesting night. Check out Matt’s work on http://mattinwood.com/
The link for Friday is the usual one:-

Preparing your images for competition
Despite Jane Wiltshire’s excellent workshop and helpful pdf. on resizing and preparing your photos for competition, some members have not adhered to the guidelines when submitting images for the upcoming competition. This does involve Jane in a lot of work preparing images to be sent to the judge so please refer to the pdf. I sent round with the newsletter of 16th September before submitting your images. If you didn’t receive the pdf. please let me know and I will resend it to you.  If you are a new member and need help with preparing your images please contact either me or Jane on fwccdigital@gmail.com 
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Club website
Many thanks to those members who have sent in photos for the website home page, but it would still be great to have more. It is an ideal opportunity to show newcomers and prospective members the range of interests and abilities in the club so please submit your images in ‘Landscape’ format only at 1600 wide. We aim to show a variety of subjects which will be changed from time to time. Please send them to fwccprogramme@gmail.com

Kingswood Salver 
The five images needed for the Kingswood Salver Competition have now been selected and congratulations to the following members whose images have been selected to represent the club – Gayle Glover, Linda Croft, Barry Hill, Mary Maynard and Jane Wiltshire.

Visit to Dungeness
A number of members have already signed up for the Dungeness trip starting on Friday 9th October. Dungeness is a great site for seascapes and possibly astro-photography and there are still places available. For more information contact Harvard on las518@icloud.com or Jane on fwccdigital@gmail.com

Frome Salon of Photography
The Salon webpage is now open for submissions on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html


Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images.

and finally …
don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:-
​Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm - Join Zoom Meeting

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Newsletter 25th September 2020
Hi Everyone,
It's me (Mary) writing the newsletter this week. 

This week’s meeting
This week’s meeting is a chance to see last year's WCPF (Western Counties Photographic Federation) members' exhibition. This is not to be missed and we will be treated to some inspirational and beautiful images. The evening will be hosted by Bill Aven and Loveday Powell.
The link is the usual one

Frome Salon of Photography
This, our very own Salon, is now open for entries and here is the link; www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html 
The Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images. 

First Club Open Competition
The club's first competition is now open and will close for entries at midnight this Friday 25th September - this Friday. This is an Open Digital competition and will be judged on 9th October by Aleks Gjika EFIAP, DPAGB. Please send your entries to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com
 
Wells Food Festival 2020 photography competition
There is a photo competition at this event. It's free to enter and you can enter up to five images. Closing date is next Wednesday 30th September. Here is the link https://www.wellsfoodfestival.co.uk/photo-competition/

and finally …
don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. This is a friendly group and is an opportunity to show your work to other members and to ask photographic questions. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
The link is the usual one
pp Mary Maynard (Chair)

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Newsletter 18th September 2020
This week’s meeting
This week we have a guest speaker, Robert Millin will be giving his talk ‘A Competition Addict’ and will cover all his genres - his main interest is sport photography, closely followed by travel but he also likes to photograph nature and people in their environment.
The link is the usual one:-

Resizing your images for competition
Following Jane Wiltshire’s excellent workshop on resizing your photos, she has provided a useful pdf guide which I attach to this newsletter. Many thanks to Jane. 
Club website
Anyone who has visited our club webpage recently will have noticed that we don’t have many photos on display there. This is an invitation for members would like to see some of their images on the front page. It is an ideal opportunity to show newcomers and prospective members the range of interests and abilities in the club so please submit your images in ‘Landscape’ format only at 1600 wide. We aim to show a variety of subjects which will be changed from time to time. Please send them to fwccprogramme@gmail.com

First club competition of the season
The first club digital competition, which has an open subject, will be judged on 9th October and the cut off for submissions is fast approaching. The last date for submission is Friday 25th September at midnight. Any images received after this time will not be accepted, so please send your entries to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com

Frome Salon of Photography
The Salon webpage is now open for submissions on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html
Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images.

The Photography Show
The Photography Show, which always has interesting talks and information about equipment, is going digital this year and there will be over 100 exhibitors plus talks, demos, and galleries - all completely FREE to access on the 20th  and 21st  September.
To access it you need to register for free on the website and the link is https://www.photographyshow.com/ 
Visit to Dungeness
Harvard Dallibar and Jane Wiltshire are planning a weekend trip for three nights on Friday 9th October to Dungeness, a great site for seascapes and possible also astro-photography. Jane and Harvard have booked caravans at the Parkdean Romney Sands resort. Three-bed caravans are £159 for the three nights but smaller ones may be available cheaper. If you would like to join this trip please contact Harvard on las518@icloud.com or Jane on fwccdigital@gmail.com for further information. 
and finally …
don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

Newsletter 11th September 2020
A packed newsletter this week:-
This week’s meeting
This week’s meeting will feature Jane Wiltshire explaining how to resize images to enter for battles and competition. Alan Denison will be talking about his Dance Photography and David Chedgy will be giving the second part of his talk on using Alamy. 
The link is the usual one:-

Club website
This is an invitation for members to have some images on the front page of the website. Please submit only ‘Landscape’ format images at 1600 wide. We aim to show a variety of subjects which will be changed from time to time. Please send them to fwccprogramme@gmail.com 

Open competition
We are now open for submissions to the first competition of the season. This is an Open Digital competition and will be judge on 9th October by Aleks Gjika EFIAP, DPAGB. Please send your entries to Jane at fwccdigital@gmail.com
The last date for submission is Friday 25th September at midnight. Any images received after this time will not be accepted

Wells Food Festival 2020 photography competition
Although the physical festival has been cancelled, the event will move on line. It will also include the photography competition that was so successful last year. The competition will run through the month of September with the winners being announced in October. To find out more information, please visit the WFF web site at  https://www.wellsfoodfestival.co.uk/. The competition will again be judged by Neil White, an accomplished commercial photographer based in Somerset (https://www.neilwhite.co.uk/). Information about the competition should appear on the web site over the next few days. It would be great to see an entry from all members of the group.

The Photography Show
The Photography Show, which always has interesting talks and information about equipment, is going digital this year and there will be over 100 exhibitors plus talks, demos, and galleries - all completely FREE to access on the 20th  and 21st  September.
To access it you need to register for free on the website and the link is https://www.photographyshow.com/  

Visit to Dungeness 
Harvard Dallibar and Jane Wiltshire are planning a weekend trip for three nights on Friday 9th October to Dungeness, a great site for seascapes and possible also astro-photography. Jane and Harvard have booked caravans at the Parkdean Romney Sands resort. Three-bed caravans are £159 for the three nights but smaller ones may be available cheaper. If you would like to join this trip please contact Harvard on las518@icloud.com or Jane on fwccdigital@gmail.com for further information. 
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Frome Salon of Photography
As I reported last week thanks to the continuing hard work of Alan Denison and Colin Dewsbury, the Frome Salon will be going ahead this year, although under restrictions compliant with Covid19 advice, and the Salon webpage is now open on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html The Rules and Conditions of entry can be downloaded as a pdf. from there. This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images.

and finally …
don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:- 
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

Newsletter 4th September 2020

A message from our Chair, Mary Maynard:-
"Hello Everyone,
I do hope you will all be able to join the zoom meeting this Friday. 
As you know from the mailed invitations, during the first half of the evening we will be having a 'Meet and Greet' session when every member will get a chance to introduce themselves to the club. The idea is for each member to introduce themselves and say a few words about their photography. This could be from showing us your favourite equipment to telling us your latest photo project, what you've been up to recently photographically, or simply what you like to shoot or are hoping to shoot. We'll have to restrict these introductions to about 2-3 minutes each depending on how many members are attending, otherwise we won't have enough time to fit everyone in. It will be very informal and light hearted, nothing fancy. It's just good to get to know each other, or as much as we can over a zoom meeting.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing from you on Friday,
Yours in friendship,
Mary
PS If anyone is having trouble handling the zoom side of things, please don't hesitate to get in contact with any member of the committee who will be able to give you a hand. Or, just reply to this email. MM"
Visit to Dungeness
Harvard Dallibar and Jane Wiltshire are planning a weekend trip for three nights on Friday 9th October to Dungeness, a great site for seascapes and possibly also astro-photography. Jane and Harvard have booked caravans at the Parkdean Romney Sands resort. Three-bed caravans are £159 for the three nights but smaller ones may be available cheaper. If you would like to join this trip please contact Harvard on las518@icloud.com or Jane on fwccdigital@gmail.com for further information.
Frome Salon of Photography
As I reported last week thanks to the continuing hard work of Alan Denison and Colin Dewsbury, the Frome Salon will be going ahead this year, although under restrictions compliant with Covid19 advice, and the Salon webpage is now open on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html  This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. For further information checkout the Salon 2020 section on the club website.. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images.

and finally …  don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:-  Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 


Newsletter 28th August 2020
Firstly, many thanks go to club member Roger Hyman who has once again done an excellent job of printing out the invitations to the first club meeting of the season which you should have all now received. This meeting will include an introduction to the new committee members and an informal chat about the coming season. If you haven’t used Zoom before, don’t try to join the meeting before the night, you will only be able to join once the host has opened the meeting. When you first try to join the meeting a window will come up asking if you will let the Zoom programme to make changes to your computer. It is important to tick the ‘allow’ box because only then will the software download that will enable you to join Zoom meetings. An alternative is to download the Zoom software before the meeting as described on the invitation. Once you have clicked to join you will have to wait until the host accepts your request which should only take a few seconds.

This week’s meeting
On Friday, 28th August Phil Taylor and Lisa Rendall will be showing and talking about their photography, Phil on Panoramic photography and Lisa on Creative Macro – flowers and insects. The link is the usual one –
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Kingswood Salver
The club selection committee have asked me to remind you that, although the theme is a Still Life with Camera, it does not have to include a vintage camera, in fact not enough images using modern cameras have been received to enable a choice from a broad enough range. Whilst the theme for the images is the same there can be many different interpretations to express the creativity and skill of our club members. Time is short as the hand-in date for the selection is 1st September, so please don’t delay in sending up to three of your still life images to David Chedgy on fwccbattles@gmail.com

Visit to Floral Acre
A visit to Floral Acre Farm near Doulting has been organised for this Wednesday 26th August, so if you are interested please contact Loveday Powell 
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Frome Salon of Photography
Thanks to the continuing hard work of Alan Denison and Colin Dewsbury, the Frome Salon will be going ahead this year, although under restrictions compliant with Covid19 advice, and the Salon webpage is now open on www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon.html  This Salon is free to enter for all members who live within the normal catchment area of the club (in practise within 20-25 miles), although those remote members who live further away will have to pay for entry as usual. Submission dates for entry into the Salon open on the 11th September and close on the 1st November, so you will have plenty of time to prepare your entries. Alan is willing to advise anyone considering submitting images.

and finally …
don’t forget to drop in on the Monday social group, which Barry Hill is now running. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 

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Newsletter 21st August 2020
​On Friday, 21st August Bill Aven, Bill Collett & Barry Hill will be showcasing their photography. The link is the usual one –

Monday Group
As you all know Barry Hill agreed to take over the hosting of the Monday informal discussion group on Zoom. Many members enjoy these social evenings as a way of keeping in touch with the club. The link is the usual one:-
 Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm
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Kingswood Salver
A final reminder, the hand-in date for the Kingswood Salver selection is 1st September, so please don’t delay in sending up to three of your still life images to David Chedgy on fwccbattles@gmail.com
and finally … keep an eye on the post for an exciting mail-out from the club in the next couple of weeks.
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Newsletter 14th August 2020
On Friday, 14th August Joao Sanches will be talking about his Favourite Photographs with Andrew de Mora on Rangefinder Cameras and Paul Wakely - My Photography. The link is the usual one –

Photoshoot
Harvard Dallibar has asked that, if anyone is interested in shooting the thunder storms that are forecast for the coming days, to contact him on Facebook

Club trips
Don’t forget the trips that Michelle de Mora is organising. A number of members have already expressed an interest in some of the trips, and as they are for small groups it’s important that you let Michelle know if you would like to go asap. Her email address is fwccsocial@gmail.com
A reminder of the trips on offer, and a couple of new ones have been added on member recommendations:
Stonehenge ttps://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times/
Frome Dissenters’ Cemetery 20 Vallis Rd, Frome BA11 3EF
Nunney Castle https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/nunney-castle/opening-times/
Stourhead https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
Floral Acre Flower Farm near Doulting – http://floralacre.co.uk
Gardens at The Newt in Somerset, in Bruton – https://thenewtinsomerset.com
Facebook competition
Many congratulations to Steve Hawkins, our very first Facebook fun competition winner.

And finally …
Barry Hill has agreed to take over the hosting of the Monday informal discussion group on Zoom. Many thanks to Barry for keeping this popular event going. The link is the usual one:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
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Newsletter 7th August 2020
This Friday John Bishop will be talking about Travel Photography, Georgina Jackman with her ‘Favourite’ photographs and for the second half of the evening Jon Durrant will be giving a talk on Canals and Landscape. The link is the usual one - 
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Kingswood Salver
I know many members are working hard on their still life images for the club’s Kingswood Salver entry and to give you ideas I attach a pdf (with your emailed version of the Newsletter) of Jane Wiltshire’s popular talk together with some of her still life images.

Club trips
A number of members have already expressed an interest in some of the trips, and as they are for small groups it’s important that you let Michelle know if you would like to go asap. Her email address is fwccsocial@gmail.com
A reminder of the trips on offer, and a couple of new ones have been added on member recommendations

Stonehenge ttps://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times/
Frome Dissenters’ Cemetery 20 Vallis Rd, Frome BA11 3EF
Nunney Castle https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/nunney-castle/opening-times/
Stourhead https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
Floral Acre Flower Farm near Doulting – http://floralacre.co.uk
Gardens at The Newt in Somerset, in Bruton – https://thenewtinsomerset.com

Facebook competition
The first Facebook favourite photograph competition closed this week with lots of impressive images submitted and the winner will be posted in the next days. 
Monday Discussion Group
The Monday informal discussion group will continue until the end August. However, if schools do go back in September Michelle will no longer be able to host the group. If there are any members who think they would like to host this popular group please let either me or Michelle know. The link for the Monday group has changed (See your emailed version of the Newsletter) Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm ​ 
And finally …
Although a number of members have volunteered to do a 10 minute talk on their photography for the 10 Minutes of Fame night on 23rd October, we still need 3 or 4 volunteers to make it a good night. If you think you could do this please contact either me or Gayle on fwccprogramme@gmail.com



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Newsletter 28th July 2020
In keeping with our usual varied programme this week we have two members’ talks. The first is Simon Johnson talking about ‘Wildlife on Safari’, and the second is Anjalika Baier on ICM and Abstract images.

Club trips
Michelle de Mora, our Social Secretary, is hoping to organise trips for the next few weeks. The trips will be for groups of no more than 6 so that social distancing can be maintained, and rely on members making their own way to the venue travelling separately, unless they are in the same household of course. Initially Michelle would like an idea of how many members will be interested in the trips on offer. So far the options are:-
Somerset Lavender Farm http://www.somersetlavender.com
Stonehenge ttps://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times/
Frome Dissenters’ Cemetery 20 Vallis Rd, Frome BA11 3EF
Nunney Castle https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/nunney-castle/opening-times/
Stourhead https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
If you are interested please contact Michelle on fwccsocial@gmail.com

10 Minutes of Fame
On 23rd October the club plans to run an evening of 10 minute talks by 10 members, on anything photographic that interests them. So if you have any interest of area of expertise that you would like to share please contact either me or Gayle Glover on fwccprogramme@gmail.com

Facebook competition
Just for fun we are running a Facebook competition, the winner will have their image posted as an announcement on the club Facebook page. The image must be taken over the next 2 weeks and there can only be one entry per member. Post your image as a comment under Michelle de Mora’s Facebook competition post, the closing date is 31st July, and a member of initially the P group will be invited to choose their favourite photo.

Monday Discussion Group
Don’t forget the Monday informal discussion group, this has been very popular with many members popping in for a chat. The link for the Monday group has changed.
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
And finally …
Don’t forget to get your still life images for our Kingswood Salver entry in by the 1st September at the latest for selection, so please send your images to David Chedgy on fwccbattles@gmail.com

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Newsletter 21st July 2020
This week’s meeting will be Sandy Whitton’s talk on Astro Editing and David Chedgy will be talking about the do’s and don’ts you need to take into account when you’re shooting for Alamy or other photographic libraries. The link is the usual one -
 
A message from Mary about the club Kingswood Salver Entry
As you know, our entry this year is going to take the form of a Still Life. Hopefully, you will have been able to watch Jane's excellent presentation on how to compose, light and take a Still Life, but if not Andrew De Mora will put the recording on Facebook soon.
We have a further refinement to the entry in that the Still Life should feature a camera of some kind. This camera may be of any kind; vintage, old, modern, iphone, polaroid, pin-hole...any kind of camera at all. The still life should have some supporting prop(s) in order to convey a feeling or an idea. For example;
1. A time or an event when that camera was used, for example; a vacation, a birthday, a competition, a family day out, a studio shoot, a portrait, a picnic, and so on
2  The era when that camera was manufactured. For a vintage camera, for example, props could be a vintage photo frame, a book of that era, stockings, an LP, an EP, a CD, and so on.
But, these are just possibilities. It's up to you. 
We may issue a style guide for the Still Life later on, but this text is just to get everyone thinking about it. A good Still Life takes a lot of prior thought and practice. So, give it some consideration and save up any questions for the club meeting on Friday. Or, put some practice try-outs on our closed Facebook site. 
It's a challenge for everyone, but together we can do it.   
Mary (Chair)
PS If you don't have an old camera we have some to loan out.  

10 Minutes of Fame
On 23rd October the club plans to run an evening of 10 minute talks by 10 members, on anything photographic that interests them. So if you have any interest of area of expertise that you would like to share please contact either me or Gayle Glover on fwccprogramme@gmail.com

Facebook competition
Just for fun we are running a Facebook competition, the winner will have their image posted as an announcement on the club Facebook page. The image must be taken over the next 2 weeks and there can only be one entry per member. Post your image as a comment under Michelle de Mora’s Facebook competition post, the closing date is 31st July, and a member of initially the P group will be invited to choose their favourite photo.
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Monday Discussion Group
Don’t forget the Monday informal discussion group, this has been very popular with many members popping in for a chat. The link for the Monday group has changed and it now:-
Topic: Monday Discussion Group 5pm 
Join Zoom Meeting
And finally …
A message from WCPF –
Bath Photographic Society is pleased to announce their web-based Summer Exhibition. Members of the Society have each entered just one image – the one they like the most, or are most proud of, or has special significance for them. Each image is accompanied by a short narrative describing the photographer’s thoughts when it was captured or the events that led to it. We invite you to view these images here: bps-summer-exhibition.weebly.com  
Zoom meeting links are with your weekly email from the club secretary




Newsletter 24th April 2020  
This week’s meeting
This Friday Andrew Washington, with technical support from Andrew de Mora, will be running a Lightroom Workshop at 7.30.
Weekly Zoom club get-togethers.
Following the success of last week’s Zoom meeting and other online meetings, Michelle de Mora is planning to run some sessions each week where members attend a Zoom call and discuss what projects they are doing during lock-down. It will give members a chance to discuss and share ideas. The first meetings are planned to run on Monday at 5pm and Wednesday at 2pm, and I will send out the links later in the week.
May 8th – Competition ‘Abandoned Places’ – as previously advised this is now a digital competition. The judge is Clive Greenland (LRPS, QGPP) and judging and feedback will again be online. The criteria is –
‘A photograph which depicts an uninhabited man-made structure in a location e.g. buildings, villages, outhouses, ruined castles.  Internal views of abandoned structures are permitted, as well as external views.’
These photos should evoke a mood or feeling of the passing of time, loss or change to a way of life. Please submit images by 24th April.
If there are any other members who would be willing to make a short talk or video about their photography for us to share with club members please let either me or David know. The Club has grown into a supportive and vibrant community and we would like to keep this spirit going during this challenging period.
Donations from Club Funds
As previous advised we had such a successful Salon in 2019 that we found ourselves with surplus funds in the account. The Committee decided to donate £100 each to the Dorothy House and Frome Foodbank charities as their fundraising ability has been severely restricted during this difficult time and this money has now been sent to them.
Upcoming battles.
Don’t forget that the deadline for submitting images for the PAGB Interclub Projected Digital Image Championship is 24th April, so please send up to 6 of your best images to Jane.
and finally …
If you have any problems accessing the Clubs online programme please let me know.
Stay safe.
Best wishes,
Criss