RPS Southern Region Autumn Newsletter

Summer 2021 Newsletter Royal Photographic Society

SOUTHERN REGION NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2021

© Paul Rigg ARPS

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Autumn 2021 Newsletter

© Bhupinder Ghatahora ARPS ARPS

Contents Page

Welcome …………………………...…….…..……. 02

Members Gallery ………..……………………… 03

Events ……………..……………...……..…………. 07

Southern Region Society Representatives …………………….…...…….. 09

Why Volunteer Dave Peckham ARPS Bio …………......…… 10 Paul Rigg LRPS Bio ..……………..….…...…… 11

Southern Region Special Interest Groups Representatives ………… 13

HDR Using Snapseed Antony Topham ……….…….…….………..…. 15

Useful Links ……………………………..………. 17

© Antony Topham

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Autumn 2021 Newsletter

Welcome

By Paul Cox ARPS (Regional Organiser)

Dear Members, Hello and welcome to our final newsletter for 2021.

There is no doubt that this year has been a difficult one mentally, socially and physically. And we have all suffered either directly or indirectly from the effects of Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns. When the pandemic started the Society withdrew from all meetings and events that required in-person attendance, and that has remained in place until very recently As a Regional Organisation, we’ve had great success and attendance to the ‘virtual meetings’ / workshops we’ve held during 2021 and I would like to thank David Ashcroft LRPS for organising the Sony event and for hosting his own workshop on Infrared photography, also my thanks go to Dave Peckham ARPS for hosting his own [ever popular] ‘digital processing’ workshop, and big thanks go to Antony Topham and Chris Tank for hosting Antony’s workshop on the use of the Snapseed App for editing smartphone images, and last, but not least, many thanks to Bhupinder Ghatahora for her workshop on Light Painting with Smartphones.

All of these events were made available to RPS members, and non-members alike, and attracted both UK and International attendees.

The Society has now lifted the restriction on in-person attended meetings and events and is slowly reintroducing them into its own calendar. However, we all know that the popularity of such gatherings is subject to people’s appetite for them.

We, the Southern Region volunteer committee, find this re-opening of the Society very exciting and encouraged and are going to follow their lead with high anticipation.

By the time you read this we will have already kicked off our in-person attended events this year with a meet-up / photo walk at Kingley Vale Woods near Chichester. We will be quickly following that with another meet-up for a Newbury Canal photo-walk on November 26th.

Our first return to in-person attended Advisory Days is on 12th December at Old Basing Hall where both Licentiate and Associate (Visual Art) panels will be receiving advice from our own Bhupinder Ghatahora ARPS (Licentiate panels) and Paul Mitchell FRPS (Associate Visual Art).

We are following on into 2022 with a comprehensive package for you, our members, that includes Advisory Days, workshops, meet-ups and talks. Our schedule is currently being finalised but, you can see, and note, our plans in this newsletter. And there’s lots of other great content for you to read including introductions from the volunteer team and members photos.

Have a great Christmas, and I hope to see you at one or other of our events in 2022.

Paul Cox ARPS, Regional Organiser, Southern Region, Royal Photographic Society

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Members Gallery The photograph below has been taken by Paul Rigg ARPS

© Paul Rigg ARPS Windy Day I have shown this image because it has generated some discussion in the past. I found people wanted to know the origin of the image; where was it shot? Is it shot as seen or a composite? Who is the person in it? Camera settings? Best done in monochrome.

I asked people what they thought were the answers to their own questions and always got different replies and it dawned on me that the image meant different things to different people, and most were not the reality. What’s more, other people’s versions of the image were nearly always more interesting than the reality! That is, not telling observers about the shot made the image more appealing.

This actually fits with my view that photography is about the image and not the process. Yes, the journey is fine but arriving is best.

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Members Gallery Members Gallery The photograph below has been taken by Dave Peckham ARPS The photograph below has been taken by Dave Peckham ARPS

© Dave Peckham ARPS Street photography is not a genre of photography I get involved with very much but on a trip to the town © Dave Peckham centre the other day I took the chance to take a few shots ofARPS whatever took my fancy. As I was sat watching the world go by this lady walked by pushing her shopping trolly and I couldn't resist photographing her.

Street photography is not a genre of photography I get involved with very much but on a trip to the town centrewas the other day going I took on thewith chance take a few shots whatever took myshopping fancy. As trolly, I was sat There so much hertoeclectic attire, heroflittle dog adorned herwatching walking the world go label by this lady walked by pushing shopping trolly and I couldn't photographing her. stick and the hanging down from her bagher together with the colours and theresist red motif running through the image - what wasn't too like.

There was so much going on with her eclectic attire, her little dog adorned shopping trolly, her walking stick and the the light label was hanging her bag together the colours andspeed the red motifmeant running through Because quitedown poor,from I was shooting with awith fairly slow shutter which that there the image what wasn't too like.

Because the light was quite poor, I was shooting with a fairly slow shutter is some movement in the image which I think gives it a bit more reality. speed which meant that there is some movement in the image which I think gives it a bit more reality.

Although the original shot of her was full length at the editing stage I decided to crop to this format. One AlthoughI'm thestill original of her it's wasquite full length editing stage I of decided to crop this format. because not shot convinced right at tothe publish pictures someone youtohaven't askedOne to because I'm and still not quite to publish pictures photograph alsoconvinced because I it's think thisright is a more interesting and maybe novel composition. of someone you haven't asked to photograph and also because I think this is a more interesting and maybe novel composition. Dave Peckham ARPS

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Members Gallery The photograph below has been taken by Paul Sue Phillips Cox ARPS

© Paul Cox ARPS

I was recently having a nostalgic review of some of my back catalogue and came across this view of Tenby.

I took this at daybreak on an early December morning but, it reminded me of my first holiday with ‘my mates’, mid 1970’s in Tenby. We had driven (cars) and rode (Scooters) from the Midlands overnight at the start the annual Industry Summer Holiday Fortnight no M6, M5, M50 or M4, all A roads – and arrived at © Sue –Phillips daybreak on Saturday morning ready to ‘paint the town red’ for the week from our various B&B’s. Oh, The image wasand taken on 8th January 2020…. those halcyon hedonistic carefree days. Looking down at the wall of the lock at Aldermaston Wharf. I used my Olympus E-M5MarkII, creating a double exposure in the camera. The final image has been cropped to a square format.

Paul ARPS ShootCox details: Aperture: f16, Shutter: 1/320, Exposure -3, Focal length 23mm, Aperture Priority

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Members Gallery The photograph below has been taken by Bhupinder Ghatahora ARPS

© Bhupinder Ghatahora ARPS I took the above photograph in Basingstoke on a late summer’s evening, using my Sony a6000. This image was hand-held at the settings below: f-4 at 1/30 of a second, ISO 2500.

The final image has not been heavily processed, I added slight saturation in Lightroom to enhance the ambiance of the streetlights and the very strange blue sky.

Bhupinder Ghatahora ARPS

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UP COMING EVENTS Planned Events (All events must be booked via the Southern Region Website)

Advisory Days Licentiate and Associate (Visual Art)

Date

Old Basing Hall, Basingstoke Litton Cheney (Nr Bridport) Community Hall Fryern Pavilion, Chandlers Ford Birdham Village Hall (Nr Chichester) Hamworthy Sports Club, Bournemouth

December 12th 2021

Workshops

Location

Date

Smartphone Landscape Photography Editing

Littleton Hall, Winchester

Plant & Flower Photography

Knowle Gardens, Bournemouth Knowle Gardens, Bournemouth Fryern Pavilion, Chandlers Ford

April 17th 2022 (provisional) June 9th 2022 (provisional) October 13th 2022 (provisional) May 22nd 2022

Licentiate and Associate (Landscape)

Licentiate and Associate (Documentary)

Licentiate and Associate (Applied & Portraiture)

Licentiate and Associate (Visual Art)

Plant & Flower Photography

Digital Photo Editing Workshop (bring an image)

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Location

March 6th 2022

April 24th 2022

July 3rd 2022

September 11th 2022 (provisional)

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Up coming Events (All events must booked via the Southern Region Website) Photo walks

Location

Date

Newbury Canal Walk

Newbury

November 26th 2021

Living Rain Forest

Thatcham

April 2022

Silchester and Roman City Walls

Silchester

May 2022

White Hill (evening shoot)

Kingsclere

July 2022

Portsmouth Old City

Portsmouth

September 2022

Autumn Colour at Micheldever Woods

Micheldever Woods

October 2022

Other Events

Location

Date

Susan Brown FRPS Presents

Littleton Hall, Winchester

May 1th, (provisional)

Kevin Wilson on Wedding Photography

TBA

TBA

Dean Mason on Wildlife Photography

TBA

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Night Sky Photography

TBA

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Sony Event

TBA

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Capture One (on-line) event

TBA

TBA

RPS Head Office Tour

TBA

TBA

New Member Welcome Meeting

Fryern Pavilion, Chandlers Ford

February 13th, 2022

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& July 17th 2022

2022

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Southern Region Society Representatives Southern Region Officers Regional Organiser: Paul Cox ARPS southern@rps.org Southern Secretary: David Ashcroft LRPS – southersecretary@rps.org Southern Treasurer: Trevor Judd – southerntreasurer@rps.org

Area Coordinators •

Basingstoke & Southern Region – North Area

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David Ashcroft – (email as above) Bhupinder Ghatahora – info@ghatahora.co.uk

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Bournemouth & Southern Region West Area

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David Peckham ARPS – davepeckham@mac.com

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Channel Islands

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Eric Ferbrache ARPS – rpsciorganiser@gmx.com

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Salisbury & South Wilts Area

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Paul Rigg ARPS – paulrigg@outlook.com

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Southampton & South and East Region Area

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Paul Cox ARPS – southernevents@rps.org

Specialist Volunteers • • •

Web Editor: Chris Tank – southernweb@rps.org Publishing Editor – Position vacant Social Media Editor – Position vacant

Volunteers •

Salisbury & South Wilts Area

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Anthony Topham – atopham9@gmail.com

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Why Volunteer

Why I joined the RPS I joined the RPS more for social reasons than anything else but with the thought that I might be able to use my photographic experience to perhaps help less experienced photographers improve their skills. However, after joining I was sort of coerced into applying to the Southern Region committee as a volunteer by two former members. I originally contacted the then RO who, at the time as I learnt later, was unfortunately quite unwell.

After not hearing anything at the time a little while later I was contacted by the new RO Pail Gilmore who asked if I'd care to join his committee and the rest as the saying goes is history.

David Ashcroft and myself joined the committee at the same time and both have now been volunteers for about 8 years.

Dave Peckham ARPS

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Why Volunteer

I first came into contact with the RPS when labouring over my LRPS attempt and realised how much I had learned as a consequence of the distinction process and that it would be "cool" to become involved with the organisation.

I found the aims of the RPS compatible with my own photographic aspirations and that the people I met during RPS events were enthusiastic and helpful in equal measure.

I learned that the RPS cannot exist in its present form without a small army of volunteers making it work so I became a "foot soldier" as a member of the Southern Region Committee. My advice to anyone considering volunteering is - go for it; you will meet some great people and be making one of the premier photography societies continue.

Paul Rigg ARPS

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Call for Volunteers Volunteering As Covid-19 (and RPS) restrictions start to lift and in-person meetings and events can return to our schedule of advisory days, workshops, presentations, and meet-ups we are about to become increasingly busy and active in the Region. To be able to achieve what we would like to we have some vacancies for Volunteers, both general and for specific roles.

We would like to hear from members who are considering helping out in the Region and from members who would consider taking on the roles of either Southern Publishing Editor and Southern Media Editor.

The Publishing Editor is the go-to person for organising newsletter content and publishing newsletters and (perhaps) an annual magazine.

The Social Media Editor is the go-to person for social media content and publishing the content on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.

Both roles have impact on our members facing contact and are therefore important to the Region.

If you are interested in helping out in the Region, we are always looking for help in rolling out our vision for more presence in all parts of the Region, East, West, North and South So, if you would like to put yourself forward for either the two specific roles (Social Media and Publishing Editors) or to lend help as a Volunteer in general please get in touch by email to southern@rps.org or by phone on 07748 115057.

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Southern Region Special Interest Groups Representatives The Southern Region has three Special Interest Groups with a presence in the region. Below are the contacts for those groups should you wish to join or need further information on the group and what is happening in the area.

You can also visit the main SIG page on the RPS website, here: https://rps.org/groups/ where you will find more information on these and all other Special Interest Groups in the RPS.

Documentary Group (Main) •

Christopher Morris – christopher.wmorris@btopenworld.com

Documentary Sub-group (Chichester) •

Jeff Owen – mrjeffowen@gmail.com

Digital Imaging Group •

Barry Senior Hon FRPS – digsouthern@rps.org

Landscape Group •

Andy Mclaughlin – landscapesecretary@rps.org

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HDR Using Snapseed

By Antony Topham

Here are some images by Antony Topham’s HDR presentation. All these images were created in the smartphone photo app called Snapseed.

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HDR Using Snapseed

By Antony Topham

Here are some images by Antony Topham’s HDR presentation. All these images were created in the smartphone photo app called Snapseed.

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Autumn 2021 Newsletter

HDR Using Snapseed

By Antony Topham

Here are some images by Antony Topham’s HDR presentation. All these images were created in the smartphone photo app called Snapseed.

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Useful Links Southern Region Events https://rps.org/regions/southern/southern-region-events-page/

Distinctions Qualifications https://rps.org/qualifications/

Licentiate Assessment • • • •

Dates: https://rps.org/qualifications/lrps/licentiate-assessment-dates/ How to apply: https://rps.org/media/murnekmk/dg001-a-guide-on-how-to-applyjanuary-2021.pdf Requirements: https://rps.org/media/andlqgih/dg002-lrps-requirements-january2021_v3.pdf Panel Members: https://rps.org/qualifications/lrps/licentiate-panel-member-list/

Associate Assessment •

Dates: https://rps.org/qualifications/arps/arps-assessment-days/

Fellowship Assessment •

Dates: https://rps.org/qualifications/frps/frps-assessment-days/

1:1 Portfolio Reviews: https://rps.org/advice

Lockdown & photography guidance https://rps.org/news/bristol/2021/january/lockdown-and-photography-guidance/

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