RPS Events for 2011

[Richard Olpin]

Quick list of all the local stuff going on with the RPS this year:

9 Jan: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath. 9:30am - Noon (Doors open 9:15am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. Regional Annual General Meeting: A chance to get involved with the Western Region and to voice your suggestions. followed by Speaker: Edmund Clark - Photo Journalist and 2011 RPS Sponsored Speaker.

6 Feb: Gloucester and Cheltenham Area Members Meeting: Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 10.00am - 1.00pm. £5.00 includes tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits."FotoSpeed" presents a demonstration of it's range of Digital Papers, Canon Printers, and Canvas Framing Systems. Sample packs to be taken away.

13 Feb: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. Members' AV's and Projected Images.

13 Mar: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £7.00 includes tea & coffee. Speaker: Marc Aspland FRPS Chief Sports photographer for the Times

10 Apr: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. Members' Prints.

17 Apr: Distinctions Advisory Day: (LRPS and ARPS.) Fenton House, Bath 10.30am - 4:30 pm (Doors open 10:00 am) £10.00 to observe £15.00 to have work appraised. Reservation in advance essential contact Tony Cooper ARPS (tony@photoscoop.co.uk)

1 May: Gloucester and Cheltenham Area Members Meeting: Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 10.00am - 1.00pm. £5.00 includes tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. Prints from the Digital Imaging Group's 2011 Exhibition will be presented.

8 May:
Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. "Six of the Best". Six members (from outside the Western Region) will present work which we hope will spark a lively dialogue.

12 Jun: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £7.00 includes tea & coffee. Speaker: Mark Mumford ARPS presents "A Gorilla in a Yellow Field" also 1st Hand-In for 2011 WR Members Annual Print Exhibition. (See RPS-WR Members Exhibition 2011).

10 Jul: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. Bring along Members Prints, AV's and Projected Images. 2nd Hand-In for 2011 WR Members Annual Print Exhibition. (See RPS-WR Members Exhibition 2011).

17 Jul: Distinctions Advisory Day: (LRPS and ARPS.) Fenton House, Bath 10.30am - 4:30 pm (Doors open 10:00 am) £10.00 to observe £15.00 to have work appraised. Reservation in advance essential contact Tony Cooper ARPS (tony@photoscoop.co.uk)

7 Aug: Gloucester and Cheltenham Area Members Meeting: Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 10.00am - 1.00pm. £5.00 includes tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. Bring along Members Prints, AV's and Projected Images.

14 Aug: Western Region Field Outing: To be Announced.

11 Sep:
Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee.
3rd & Last Hand-In for 2011 WR Members Annual Print Exhibition. Exhibition Prints will be sorted and reviewed. (See RPS-WR Members Exhibition 2011).

3 - 15 Oct: 2011 Western Region Members Annual Print Exhibition - Bath:
The Library Gallery in the Podium, Bath. 9:30am - 5:00 pm daily. Entry free of charge.

3 Oct: (Monday) The Library Gallery in the Podium, Bath. 6:30 pm. Medal presentations, Wine, Soft Drinks and Finger Buffet.

9 Oct: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £7.00 includes tea & coffee. Faye and Trevor Yerbury - "Nude Photography since 1864".

16 Oct: Distinctions Advisory Day: (LRPS and ARPS.) Fenton House, Bath 10.30am - 4:30 pm (Doors open 10:00 am) £10.00 to observe £15.00 to have work appraised. Reservation in advance essential contact Tony Cooper ARPS (tony@photoscoop.co.uk)

6 Nov: Gloucester and Cheltenham Area Members Meeting: Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 10.00am - 1.00pm. £5.00 includes tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. Bring along Members Prints, AV's and Projected Images.

13 Nov: Regional Members Meeting: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 includes tea & coffee. 2011 RPS Projected Image Exhibition

11 Dec: Regional Members Christmas Party: Fenton House, Bath 10.00am - Noon (Doors open 9:30am) £2.00 per head includes a glass of wine & nibbles. Please bring along Members prints for discussion.

[Richard Olpin]

Went up the Gloucester meeting this morning, well worth it.

First up we had a talk about colour profiling and inkjet printing on fancy papers from a chap from Fotospeed (the people that sell all the posh Hahnemuhle papers) which was pretty interesting. Then, after a quick tea break it seems the usual thing is that local members can bring along a selection of images on disk/memory stick or mounted prints to show off. There were quite a few people that did so, with quality ranging from the decidedly average to a few stunning shots and everything in between. Certainly I'm quite confident that any of our lot could hold their head up and show off a few of their photos without fear of embarrassment and I'm going to take some along next week to see what people think.

If anyone's free on Sunday morning and fancies a trip over to Bath then let me know and we can meet up

[Kor]

Pick us up

[Richard Olpin]

Pick us up

Yeah ok. I'll meet you at Parkway as usual




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