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

This week’s meeting
Friday’s meeting will be another critique evening by David Chedgy & Alan Denison.
Please email up to three digital images (numbered 1, 2 and 3). Please include in email subject field "Images for Critique Evening".
Images to be taken in turn (all 1s, then all 2s etc) until allocated time is up. The meeting will start at 7.30
Best of the Best digital competition
The Best of the Best digital competition images have now been sent to the judge, John Tilsley. You should all now have received the chart for the Best of the Best print entries, if you have not done so already, please make sure digital versions of your winning print images, resized appropriately, are sent to Mary by midnight Friday 15th at the latest,
Members’ Galleries
If you have explored the club website you will have noticed that one feature is the Members’ Galleries section under the ‘More’ dropdown menu. This is where we can show off the creativity of our images, and our areas of interest, to other members and to visitors to the site. Already there are some excellent galleries from members, but please don’t think the galleries are just for competition winners, not every member wants to enter competitions but every member will have some great images to share. So if you would like a gallery of your images, or would like to refresh your existing gallery, please send the proposed content or amendments to Alan Denison and let us all enjoy your images. Don’t forget to check the Members Gallery section for guidelines.
and finally …
times are very difficult for all of us at the moment, but the Club has been working hard to continue our weekly meetings during lockdown, with talks, webinars and competitions. What the committee would now like to know is how to keep the programme going during the summer months, when we would normally meet up for outings, workshops and photoshoots, and you can all help by letting us know what you would like the Club to put on via video conferencing during July and August. These could be talks, critique sessions, workshops by members, like Andrews excellent Lightroom webinar (maybe you have an area of expertise that you could share with members). Committee members can organise the technical side of things, so please let us have your ideas by sending them to me. I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Stay safe.
Best wishes,
Criss

IMPORTANT REMINDER - We are at Frome Rugby Club, Gypsy Lane, Frome BA11 2NA this Friday.

This week Richard Price is giving his talk ‘Micro to Massive’ which he describes as “An evening of two halves. First we examine the world of macro - what is it? How can I do it? Ideas and inspiration from bugs to droplets. Part two we explore the depths of space and Astro photography. The opportunities that can be found, after dark and the amazing things you can do without specialist kit.”
Check out his work on https://www.freedomphotographic.com/
 Guy Edwardes talk
The DVD of Guy Edwardes talk is ready and Jon Durrant will bring it to Club on Friday. He has agreed with Guy that it will only be seen by Club members. Several of you will want to see it, so it may take a while to pass round. None of the content can be copied as he has given his word to Guy.  
Improving your photography – Critique Evening – Thursday 12th March
David Chedgy and Alan Denison plan to run a number of additional 'critique' evenings each year in the same manner as the evening that was run in preparation for FSoP19. The first meeting will be on 12th March so please register your interest in attending with Alan Denison or David Chedgy by 10th March.
Preparations for Tri-Battle
Although the Tri-Battle with Frome Selwood and Norton Radstock is still some way off it is worthwhile having a look at the Themes listed on the club website for inspiration for your prints and DPIs. Hand in date is 1st May.
Brick Lane photoshoot
This may have to be postponed until the situation regarding coronavirus becomes clearer.

More good news. The club competed last weekend in the Warminster Annual Inter-Club battle, and beat 6 other local clubs to come first. Special congratulations to Andrew Washington who received the 'Best in competition award. The images are on the club website alone with a photo of a proud David Chedgy accepting the club award. Well done everyone.
This week’s meeting
This week is members critique evening, bring along no more than 3 of your DPIs (on a memory stick) or prints, tell us a bit about your photography and receive feedback from other club members.
WCPF Members exhibition
This is for individual club members with online entry which members do have to complete by 7th March through the WCPF website http://www.wcpf.org.uk/pages/members-exhibition-2020.php . Our WCPF representative and is also an assistant MPIX member and will collect prints to take to the selection weekend on 21/22nd March. The venue for the exhibition is Bovey Tracey Golf Club TQ13 9NG and will run from 3rd-17th May.
Mifsuds Photographic
Mifsuds, who regularly come along to the club Camera Fairs, are currently offering 10% off all new and used stock. Order from Mifsuds.com using the online discount code: DISC10
FWCC Distinction Print Group
Don’t forget to speak to Bill or Loveday if you want to join the Distinctions print only group which has its first meeting on 4th March.
Brick Lane trip
After the success of the January London trip, Harvard Dallibar would like to know if anyone is interested in a Brick Lane photo trip on 4th or 5th April. If you would like to go along either contact me or Harvard.
Upcoming events
Don’t forget that the hand in date for the club open print competition is 21st February. The competition will be judged on 13th March and the judge is Julie Kay.
Upcoming battles
The Tri Battle is being hosted by Frome Selwood this year on 13th May 2020. It's at Frome Cricket club, starting at 7.45pm. Please see the subjects sheet attached, there are no restrictions on how many members may hand in for consideration per subject. Tri battle images, can be either print or DPI, (DPIs should be the normal Digital competition size). Please hand prints to the Battles Secretary and send DPIs.
Name format should be: Name of subject_Members name_Club number.

Great news from the 2020 WCPF DPIC Competition on Saturday. The club had an excellent result – runner up – which will mean that we go forward, with the winners, Dorchester Camera Club, to represent Western Counties against all the other club federations in the UK at the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain championships in June. Well done everyone.
This week’s meeting
This week is the club open digital competition. The judge will be changed from Cynthia Jory.
Club Competition Questionnaire
You should all now have received my email about this. David Chedgy is collating all the responses so please return your voting slip to him by Sunday evening 16th February at the latest.
Tripod
Sadly new club member David Laycock has had a disaster with his tripod and asks if any member has a reasonably priced tripod for sale. Contact me if you have and I will pass it on to David.
FWCC Distinction Print Group
Following last year’s success we realise how useful such a group can be to the club and its members. Loveday and Bill are prepared to run another one this year. As they are unable to cater for lots of members just wanting to improve their photography they will still need to restrict the number to prospective distinction seekers, understanding that it may be some time off for some. (The club already runs an ‘Improve your Photography group’)
They aim to start off with a bi-monthly meeting but adding more as and when members are getting close to their adjudications or assessments. These distinctions will cover PAGB, RPS and other bodies.
It is not possible for them to fairly be assessing DI’s as it requires a calibrated projector. (This will be dealt with in another club group.) Therefore they will restrict their group to prints only, requiring all members to actively take part by bringing work each time. Our first meeting will be on the 4th March at Loveday’s studio and will run from 7-9pm.
Topic - To discuss members’ requirements and expectations. By all means bring some prints along and with time allowing you can make a start.
Brick Lane trip
After the success of the January London trip, Harvard Dallibar would like to know if anyone is interested in a Brick Lane photo trip on 4th or 5th April. If you would like to go along either contact me or Harvard.
Upcoming events
Warminster CC inter-club print battle 2020 – this is being held on Saturday 15 February at the Lakeside Centre, Warminster Pleasure Park. Doors open at 1.15pm. Tickets on the door £5 to include a finger buffet and tea/coffee. Members encouraged to come along as it's a great insight into how battle images are critiqued and scored, plus you get to see some great images.
Don’t forget that the hand in date for the club open print competition is 21st February. The competition will be judged on 13th March and the judge is Julie Kay.
Upcoming battles
The Tri Battle is being hosted by Frome Selwood this year on 13th May 2020. It's at Frome Cricket club, starting at 7.45pm. Please see the subjects sheet attached, there are no restrictions on how many members may hand in for consideration per subject. Tri battle images, can be either print or DPI, (DPIs should be the normal Digital competition size).Please hand prints to the Battles Secretary and send in DPIs.
Name format should be: Name of subject_Members name_Club number.