RPS Digital Imaging News July 2022

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‘Eggatar’ by Ken Ness ARPS Winner of the Digital Imaging Monthly Competition for June

NOTES FROM THE CHAIR There’s lots to look forward to in the autumn, but in the meantime there’s plenty going on.

What’s Next Our next online event is ‘Infrared Artistry: Re-visualising Your World’ with Tony Sweet on 30 July. Register at rps.org/DIGONLINE35.

Garden & Flower Photography For the last several months Digital Imaging has been working with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to plan online (and eventually real-world) events on garden and flower photography.

This began January when we hosted an online session with Polina Plotnikova and the RHS to explain how to enter (and succeed in) the annual RHS Portfolio photography exhibition. Much to our great delight RHS and Digital Imaging members did very well, some even winning RHS Gold Medals and Best in Show at the exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London in the spring.

On 6 August we are once again collaborating with the RHS to present another online event explaining how to enter the RHS Portfolio competition and how the entries are judged. The competition will take place early in 2023, giving you plenty of time to find out about it and prepare an entry. Find our more and register for ‘Plants, Panels and Passion’ here: rps.org/DI-RHS-6Aug22. Later, on 26 November, there will be an online Advisory Day where those who want to enter can get advice on their prospective panels from some of the judges.

On 3 September two RHS garden photographers, Paul Debois and Clive Boursnell, will be offering an online session on Great Garden Photography. I’ve often wondered why there are so few photographs of gardens in the Garden Photography of the Year competition and exhibition. It’s not so easy as you’d imagine.

Going forward we expect to have real-life and virtual workshops on the subject as well. If you want to be notified of garden and plant photography events and opportunities, sign up for our Garden and Plant Photograpy mailing list Projected Image Competition The time has come for everyone to rake through their images, find the best in the three categories Open Colour, Open Mono and Altered Reality and enter them into this year’s Projected Image Competition. It’s free for Digital Imaging members to enter starting 1 August. Closing deadline is 31 August 2022.

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2022 Print Exhibition We’re looking forward to the first showing of the 2022 Print Exhibition in York next month and are delighted to report that Marilyn Taylor has volunteered to begin work on touring the exhibition to other venues around the UK. In the meantime, if you’re visiting York, the exhibition will be at York Theatre Royal from 9-28 August.

The RPS Website It is a truth universally acknowledged that IT projects take much longer than anyone ever expected. So it should come as no surprise that the RPS CRM project continues to occupy whatever energy and attention those RPS staff who haven’t been derailed by COVID can muster. You may have seen the notices on the website, or various apologies via email. This has been immensely frustrating and inconvenient for everyone, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

The only thing to do is wait and hope it’s not an on-coming train.

Stay cool!

Rex, Deborah & Janet Rex Waygood

Deborah Loth

Janet Haines

Digital Imaging Co-Chair Digital Imaging Co-Chair Digital Imaging Co-Chair digchair@rps.org

digchair2@rps.org

digchair3@rps.org

The DI News will not be published in August but look out for a bumper edition in September, including the winner of the friendly competition for entries for July and August combined. Enjoy the summer weeks, sun, sea, relaxation, perhaps some photography and maybe time to read a book! The Editor DI News July 2022

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The Digital Imaging Group for Yorkshire and the North East

For those living or holidaying in Yorkshire in August here is somewhere to visit.

The DIG Print Exhibition 2022 in York from 9th to 28th August at York Theatre Royal.

We are pleased that we have been given space within the cafe area where you can see the prints from the short exhibition and digital images of the remaining accepted prints.

For now, keep those dates in your diary, there will be other events going on during the three weeks the images are displayed.

Make a day of it in York, see the exhibition, see the sights and enjoy!

Further information contact: Sue Gibson at digyorkshirerps@gmail.com

MONTHLY ONLINE COMPETITION The winner of our June monthly online competition was ‘Eggatar’ by Ken Ness ARPS, featured on the cover. (For more information about the friendly monthly competition, including how to enter, visit www.rps.org/DIGMonComp. Keep an eye out for video slideshows of monthly competition entries on our YouTube channel.)

Ken Ness ARPS Wow! First time ever for a win on the DIG monthly, and would you be believe it, I also won the Scotland Monthly with "Eggbox" part of an original set that was to be my Fellowship panel. "Eggatar came about as a result of a conversation within the Visual Art Peer 2 peer group. I had intended to produce twenty images based on a box of Old Cotswold Legbar Blue eggs from Tesco's. Struggling with my statement, David Rutter FRPS suggested I rewrite my SOI again and, in a rebellious mood, and as he also plays bass guitar, I decided to produce this image after he offered me £50 for my Hofner (cheek!)

The image comprise of the two Guitars I own, a Hofner "Beatle" Violin bass and a Fender Stratocaster copy (neither of which I play well). The Stratocaster body was used as a background and was linked with a strong texture to reduce its impact on the main image which was the Hofner. Stripping away the body of the Hofner and replacing it with a Legbar egg from the many component in my "F" catalogue, the result was more or less as I had hoped for. A texture film border was added to reduce the "reality of the whole and gave the final effect. It never got to my "F" panel as I swapped my direction from Visual Art to Applied and am now making the last final touches before submitting in that panel in November."

Melanie Chalk DI News Editor dignews@rps.org (Many thanks to Robin Claydon and Lois Wakeman for their assistance compiling this newsletter.)

A smile is being sought during the summer months, look out for the September Edition!

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Second place was ‘Purple and Cream Stocks’ by Cherry Larcombe ARPS

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Third place was ‘Rush Hour in London’ by Morag Forbes LRPS

Tell us about your Photography Journey.

Do share your story by writing an article for DI News.

Write about 500 words and include 5 or 6 images to illustrate your work.

This request is for articles for the Autumn

Please send your article to dignews@rps.org Birdsong by Jan Beesley ARPS

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PDI COMPETITION A message from Ian Thompson ARPS our Competition Secretary with news of the forthcoming Projected digital competition “The annual event of the Digital Imaging Group’s projected image competition is on the horizon: the competition opens for entries on the 1st. August and as usual, there are three classes: Open Colour, Open Monochrome and Altered Reality.

You can enter a maximum of 3 images per class with an overall maximum of 6 across the classes. Only DI group members can enter: entry is free and images can be uploaded at www.rps-dig.org. You will need your RPS membership number to log in to the upload system. The competition rules will be available to be downloaded from the entry system on the 1st. August.

Our selectors this year are Holly Stranks FRPS, Cathy Roberts FRPS and Trevor Yerbury FRPS. Each selector will award three ribbons (one each per class) and will jointly award one gold medal per class along with the Raymond Wallace Thompson trophy to the overall best image.

The closing date for entries is the 31st August 2022 (at midnight) and the selection process will happen using Zoom video-conferencing at 10:00 a.m. BST on the 17th September. Please note that for operational reasons, we will NOT be carrying out the event at RPS house as previously declared and advertised. but all members will be able to register – free of charge - to attend the Zoom presentation on the selection day – details of how to register will be distributed in the near future.”

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The detailed RULES can be found HERE

Good Luck to all prospective entrants, we look forward to receiving lots of entries, and will enjoy seeing all the images.

Here is a reminder of last year’s Gold Medal Winner All 2021 entries can be viewed here.

The Window Cleaner by Colin Douglas ARPS

Kites Flying by Dr Barrie Brown LRPS

Fading Away by Raymond Bridges LRPS DI News July 2022

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As detailed in the Chair’s report, we are thrilled to be offering more events in collaboration with the RHS. expanding our repertoire of events. The genre of photography, encompassing plants and garden landscapes has a huge, and enthusiastic following . Going forward we are hoping to roll out real-life and virtual workshops and more talks on the subject, inviting knowledgable photographers to show us how they approach capturing their images and processing them too. Would you like to be notified about our planned garden and plant photography events and opportunities, if so go here to sign up for our Garden and Plant Photograpy mailing list Our September event ‘Great Garden Photography’ is also now bookable HERE Now read about Roger Crocombe’s successful entry in the Portfolio Comp in 2021.

Register for your free place, at the first event in August CLICK BELOW.

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RHS PORTFOLIO COMPETITION Entering the Portfolio category brings a variety of benefits for professional and hobbyist photographers alike. All submitted entries are carefully reviewed by the judging panel and feedback is provided on request, whether or not you are shortlisted. If your work is shortlisted and selected for exhibition, it will be seen by visitors to the show including potential buyers and commissioners. You have the opportunity to sell your work and promote your participation in the exhibition. In addition, a selection of Portfolio entries may be part of the RHS Photographic Competition exhibition at RHS Gardens, bringing your work to an even larger audience. The RHS is also committed to sharing the best images from Portfolio in The Garden magazine and on the RHS website bringing your work to an audience of over 450,000 RHS members.

Roger Crocombe ARPS was a first time entrant to this competition in 2021 and was very pleased to be awarded a Silver medal for his ‘Woodland Impressions’ panel. When completing the entry form you are asked to provide a written statement explaining your motivation for the images, here is Roger’s.

Woodland Impressions by Roger Crocombe ARPS ‘Walking into a wood or forest at any time of year always has a profound effect on me. The peace and tranquillity, and evidence of the endless cycle of nature from birth to death and rebirth being played out transports me to another plane.

Revisiting the place over the seasons, I become aware of its gradual evolution and my senses, heightened and attuned to the endless shapes and colours presented to me, increase my enjoyment, pushing the clamours of modern life away. The sounds and sights inspire me to build a three-dimensional impression in my head, encouraging me to look beyond my immediate surroundings to the splashes of colour and texture further afield, giving depth and complexity to my enjoyment.

In my panel I try to give an impression of these dappled colours, shapes and patches of light that peep through the canopy as autumn progresses into winter.

All the shots were taken in the South of England using a Canon 5Ds camera during a three week period in late autumn 2019. Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop applications were used to selectively emphasise or de-emphasise different aspects of the scenes to encourage the viewer to explore the image as if they were there in real life.

The images are printed on 100% Cotton Fine Art paper to complement the subjects and to retain the reflective approach of the panel. Never has there been more need to protect our woodlands and forests as “lungs for the world”. They are both an incredible amenity for our communities and an essential asset for our future good health’.

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MORE CREATIVITY FROM A MEMBER I have long admired Jan Beesley’s work, her amazing talent not only for taking arresting images but adding some poetry, beautiful words capturing the mood, the atmosphere and the moment. Enjoy!

Haikography - Words and Image

By Jan Beesley For me the joy of photography is not so much “the decisive moment”, but being in the moment, being fully engaged in what I am seeing, hearing, feeling and trying to capture that via this two-dimensional visual medium. My aim is not to represent what I see, but how I am affected by what I see and what thoughts arise from it.

I see the act of creating an image as a moment of mental stillness. This fleeting sense of being at one with the world is what makes photography, or any creative art, so compulsive. I am lost in wonder and lose all sense of time becoming seduced by light, shadow, colour and texture.

Moments of mindfulness occur when we allow ourselves to be drawn in and absorbed by what we are seeing and feeling, removing thought and allowing our senses to prevail. I am sure all photographers have all experienced those moments of being completely absorbed by something we have seen. Often these moments of “flow” are triggered by those subjects we are drawn to photograph over and over again - just look through you back catalogue, you’ll be surprised how the themes emerge.

In 2012, I was keeping a daily photographic journal as part of an online community called Blipfoto. Most of my photos were taken on my daily walks with my dog. These walks were a precious time when I wasn’t beset by the demands of daily life and I could just enjoy and observe the world around me.

Walking regularly in the same area I noticed the tiny changes of the seasons. I started to compose words in my head as I was walking and then began to write a daily haiku to go with each journal image. I started to call this combination “Haikography”.

Haiku is a form of poetry originating in Japan. In the simplest terms a haiku is a short poem of three lines with the first and last having 5 syllables and the middle line having seven. Although, sticking to the 17 syllables has less meaning when writing in a language other than Japanese.

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The haiku form has been aptly described as ‘a poem of a single breath’. Haiku were traditionally about nature and the changing seasons, or about small details of domestic life. The essence of haiku is to portray a single thought or observation, leaving the reader to find any deeper meaning the words may invoke.

In my mind the words and the image are different ways of expressing the same idea– the words being the poetic equivalent of the mindfulness of making the photographic image.

Writing words to go with an image helps me to reflect on what it was that drew me to make the image and what mood, thought, feeling I am trying to convey.

My poems are probably not true haiku in form or subject, but I like to think that they are in their essence and approach. Also, latterly I quite often write more than three lines!

Jan Beesley ARPS Web: janbeephotography.com Insta: @jan.beesleyv Ghost Tree The stories of the leaves, the secret habits of the birds, still sing in your soul

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A wet walk in the park Inside each raindrop a wash of summer colour waiting for release

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Summer Storms Intense skies Fleeting shadows All storms pass

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South Downs Spring Days lengthen The sun gives green to the earth A skylark sings

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Calm Amidst the noise There is a still point In the curve of the hill And the light of the sun

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Have you received your DIGIT issue number 93?

It has come to our attention that some members may not have received their most recent copy of DIGIT but of course we have no way of knowing which ones. By now all UK deliveries should have arrived; fair enough if you are in Ireland or an International member as we would expect them to take a little longer.The DIGIT was wrapped with the Print Exhibition catalogue so both should have been in your wrapper.

If, by the time you receive this newsletter you have not received your copy can you please email janet.haines@me.com to let her know. Once we know the scale of the problem, we will then find a solution.

Only full DI Group members receive printed copies of the magazines, so this message does not apply to DI Online only members.

THE NEXT DI EVENT 30th JULY

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

The RPS Digital Imaging is searching for someone with the knowledge and capability to drive its Social Media presence via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even TikTok! An exciting opportunity to promote us – our publications, exhibitions, Centre activities, talks and workshops - on different social media channels so as to maximise engagement, promote and raise awareness of DI and its programme for our membership, the wider RPS and beyond.

Would you be interested in joining our team in this important volunteer role?

It involves: •

Keeping our social media channels updated on a frequent basis

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Researching & creating creative content for different social media channels

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Being up to date with DI’s programme and activities and promoting these across different channels

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Thinking of innovative ways to engage new audiences.

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Identifying target audiences, staying up to date with current trends and monitoring social media for new opportunities

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Working with us to ensure that our content on social media aligns with our culture and objectives

Do you have: •

A passion for social media

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Good communication skills and attention to detail

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Ability to think creatively when sharing content

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Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and motivation to work as an individual in a professional way

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And we know you have digital photography experience!

Would you like to join our team?

Please DM Melanie dignews@rps.org - We would love to have a chat.

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A MEMBER’S STORY I recently enjoyed watching the RPS Creative Eye members day, all the contributors shared their creativity through their images. For me the originality of Steve Varman’s stood out, being just that bit different. This type of photography is something we could easily do in our own homes, but its having the idea in the first place. He has kindly agreed to share his with you, and gives all his trade secrets away!

Creative Food Photography

By Steve Varman LRPS If something has an interesting shape, texture or colour, there is an opportunity for an interesting photo. Everyday food items fulfil this criteria in abundance and only requires a trip to the fruit bowl, fridge or pantry to find a world of possibilities. Because of this convenience, food is a recurring theme in many of my photo projects.

‘Mashed Potato and Pea’ was my epiphany moment - after dinner one day, I fashioned some leftover potato into a mountain and popped a pea on top.

Spotting a photo opportunity I transported my dinner plate to a more suitable location. I hung a sheet in the background and lit the scene with a soft-box and reflector.

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‘Gravy Boat in a Sea of Mashed Potato’ came from thinking of other food pairings, and fun ways to depict them. The gravy boat was empty, so the gravy was digitally painted in Photoshop.

‘Ice Fishing’ started with an igloo modelled from sugar cubes glued together.

Pleased with my efforts, I went about building a scene to set it in. I covered a pasting table with white paper and added a generous sprinkling of icing sugar.

A silk scarf for mountains and two currants ice fishing (the ice hole is black cardboard) completed the scene.

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For ‘Breadscape’ I wanted to recreate Durdle Door (from the Dorset coast) from a stale crusty loaf. I fashioned half the loaf into rock formations, and reduced the rest to breadcrumbs. After failing to make a convincing sea, it morphed into a sort of Uluru (Ayers Rock). This change of direction is not uncommon, sometimes you just have to move things around, and play until something comes together (note: sometimes it doesn’t and is abandoned).

As I glance around my desk now, I have 4 wrinkled sprouting potatoes and an almost complete dried onion skin waiting for a project. These might be hanging around for a while, but at some point I’ll have a lightbulb moment. This was the case with ‘Crash Landing’ - wondering what to do with the breadcrumbs from ‘Breadscape’, I remembered a dead fly that I had been keeping in a tissue - this was its moment - a composite of Eastbourne pier, breadcrumb sand and a smoke image from my personal stock.

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When composing a scene, a low camera angle helps to force perspective. I mostly use one light source, either a softbox or an LED panel light. I then use card, paper and reflectors to modify and bounce the light until I’m happy.

The Finished image using this set up.

All images shown by Steve Varman LRPS

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Broccoli Tree

For post-processing composites, apply Curves and Hue & Saturation to individual layers to make them consistent with each other. Adding a solid colour layer on top of everything with Soft Light blending mode (with opacity at 20% or less) can also help unify composites. For special effects, try a Lookup Table (LUT) adjustment layer.

So, contrary to my parents’ advice, I think it is perfectly acceptable to play with your food - and photograph it.

Steve Varman LRPS stevevarman.co.uk

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BYTESIZE WORKSHOPS

A few places remain on these 2 Text and Typography Bytesize Workshops, Starting in September, £10 Send me an email to book and pay manually as the website is still not operational. digse@rps.org

Click HERE to find out more details.

See below what can be achieved in Photoshop.

Transform plain text into digital artworks. Photoshop has the tools to generate unique and interesting text effects that catch your attention. On these two workshops you will learn how to place an image in text, turn words into bling, set your text on fire and blend text over displacement maps. It’s not all fun and creativity – there is a serious overview of working with typefaces, character and paragraph settings combined with layer effects and filters.

Quick ways to perfectly align text for professional presentation. Explore text attached to paths and shapes.

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DI TUESDAY PROCESSING GROUP

By Holly Stranks FRPS Currently sporting nine members, the DI Tuesday Processing Group meet up via Zoom on the first Tuesday of each month at 5pm.

Co-Ordinated by myself we have a good mix of people, experience, knowledge of software and types of software used.

I have always been interested in other people’s workflows and often learn from that, so personally I find it very interesting and stimulating. I am a firm believer that you never stop learning.

The remit of our group is to share a RAW file from one member between the group and edit the image to our own interpretation and individual preferences.

For the first month I volunteered my own RAW file of a sunrise taken on 7th November 2020 at 7.15am at Southwold Pier. I took it on a Sony A7R3 with a Sony 24mm f1.4 GM lens. Also used a Lee reverse ND grad to cut out the brighter light from the sun. Exif data: f11, ISO 100, 0.8 sec exposure.

My intent for this image was to create a beautiful sunrise image using a longish exposure.

I was happy to leave the group to any interpretation of what they wished to do it.

This is the original RAW file:

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My own edit and what I visualised when I took the image.

Group members interpretations:

John Knight

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And the last two are from Trevor Litherland who couldn’t decide which one of these two to share with the group, so we agreed he should submit both – particularly as they are so different from the rest of the group’s edits.

Here’s what Trevor had to say about his editing choices: “With first image I chose to flip the image horizontally as I believe some images benefit from this as it concurs with the direction that we read from. As the image was of a sunrise, I thought it should have the sun flaring in the background with sun rays and lens flare to make a dynamic image.

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With the second image I wanted to create a more impressionistic image.

This I did by using Photoshop's art history brush. I brushed over the image with a large brush that distorted the image but left the general tones in, then brought back the salient features with a finer brush.”

The first meeting went very well despite some technical problems with Zoom (the members assured me it was fine and actually broke the ice!).

We have since had our second meeting where we were joined by the other members Barbara Sheldrake, David Loxley-Blount and Mark Woods. It is nice that everyone has now had a chance to meet up and get to know each other and get an idea of what the group can do and the various skills of one another. We have also set up a private Facebook group where we are sharing images and asking questions of one another.

Personally, as the co-ordinator I am really pleased that everyone is so enthusiastic and wanting to put in and get out of the group more than we visualised when it was first proposed by the DI Committee.

However, don’t just take my word for it – here is what the others have to say….

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John: “It’s great to see how others interpret the same image. It’s even better to learn from their work and employ some of those different actions into my own workflow. All in a friendly, and sympathetic environment” Trevor: “I'm interested in what other photographers see in their images and how that influences their processing in post. Prior to joining this group I'd never used Zoom and the idea of sharing my desktop seemed alien but the whole group seems to have taken to it like ducks to water” Lorraine: “I joined the Peer-to-Peer Group, as I felt it would be a great way to interact with other photographers on a regular basis. It was a little daunting, but it worked out very well with a group of photographers who are all willing to discuss their edits and answer any questions you may have. After just two meetings we are already forming a very interactive group” Sue: “A great opportunity to hear how other members approach processing and to discover how they achieve particular effects” So all in all going very well at present. If you are interested in joining any of these Peer support groups please contact Jean Robson at jrobson1957@sky.com

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RPS DISTINCTIONS Some dates for assessments from September 2022 are now on the RPS website – for the various genres of ARPS and FRPS you may need to keep checking back for updates. This page allows you to see links to assessments for all distinctions and genres (not just LRPS): Assessments.

The Distinctions team is offering in-person assessments at Bristol, and is also live streaming some assessments (except for photobooks). Observers can find dates here: Watch assessments.

Note: the RPS website is still unable to allow member login or bookings, but most documents are freely available anyway FIND OUT MORE Each of the pages below includes handy links to guidelines and genres for distinctions, and a “how to apply” document: • Licentiate (LRPS) • Associate (ARPS) • Fellowship (FRPS) The Photobook genre, available for all distinctions, has its own special guidelines and submission process (as opposed to an LRPS, ARPS or FRPS submission in book form). You can find out more here: Photobooks. Assessments are next offered in October. You might also like to see a recording of a recent Zoom talk hosted by Stewart Wall which is both informative and inspiring And don’t forget, as well as projected and printed images, you can also apply for a Film, Digital and Multimedia Distinction at any level, and also a written Research Distinction: Film and Research.

To help you prepare, you can request a 1:1 portfolio review – an online session with a panel member appropriate to your genre/distinction, but be aware there will be a waiting list, and you are advised to book at least 4 months before an assessment. (The waiting list will be open again from 12th July, and separate 1:1 statement of intent reviews are not being advertised.)

Some Regions are now offering Advisory Days in person and online – you can search for these on the website using the link. You can generally attend as an observer if you aren’t ready to step up yet. In addition, some Chapters and Regions have begun to offer online Distinctions Study Groups. You can also find these by searching the RPS website.

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The Facebook Group RPS Distinctions **Official Group** has over 4100 members, and . has a number of new posts celebrating distinction successes to inspire you. It’s a civilized venue to ask questions, share your successes – and disappointments – and ask for critique or expert advice on your proposed portfolio. If you aren’t sure which genre or level to apply for, you can post 6 images (plus your SOI if appropriate) and request moderator advice.

Accolade, which celebrates Digital Imaging members’ Distinctions successes, is useful for insight into the process in many different genres and at all levels.

Issue 10 of Accolade is now available. All issues of Accolade can be found on the Digital Imaging website: DIG Accolade.

Due to the Website problems it is not possible to publish all the Distinction successes, will list in full in September Edition.

DIGITAL IMAGING EVENTS & LISTINGS Although some real-life (as opposed to online) events have been organised, they still may be disrupted by the COVID pandemic. So check on the events page or with the event organiser for the latest status of any event. There are more events in the pipeline. You can sign up to receive our events listing email at bit.ly/ RPSDIEvents. And if you’d like to lend a hand, Centres need volunteers to help with Zoom events, so contact Lyn Phillips (digsecretary@rps.org) to get involved.

Please check that you haven’t already registered before you book so as to avoid duplicate bookings.

Click on any of these ads to visit the event page:

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SIG-LINK Clicking on any of these ads will take you to the RPS Events page where you can find more information about events from other Special Interest Groups (SIGs):

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DIGITAL IMAGING DISCUSSION GROUP If you’re feeling a bit isolated and would like to hang out and chat about photography, please drop by Digital Imaging on Facebook where you can also ask – and answer - questions. You’ll need to join it before you can participate, but the advantage is that it’s a closed group open only to Digital Imaging members. It’s especially useful if you are experiencing FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out - as a number of useful things often show up there first.

THE RPS WEBSITE For guidance from the RPS on its website basics, visit https://rps.org/newwebsite. For detailed information on setting up your profile and how to set up a gallery, visit https://rps.org/media/i3aaf51z/myrps-editing.pdf.

The RPS maintains a page with updates to COVID-19 issues here: https://rps.org/ covid-19.

For everyone’s convenience, we include this list of shortcuts to the main Digital Imaging pages at the end of each newsletter.

Digital Imaging website shortcuts: Digital Imaging Home page www.rps.org/DIG Membership www.rps.org/DIMembership Committee www.rps.org/DIGCommittee News www.rps.org/DIGNews Monthly Competition www.rps.org/DIGMonComp Accolade www.rps.org/DIGAccolade Print Circle www.rps.org/DIGCircle AGM www.rps.org/DIGAGM Print Exhibition www.rps.org/DIGExhibition Projected Image Competition www.rps.org/DIGPDI Tutorials www.rps.org/DIGTutorials Publications www.rps.org/digpubs There are links to all the Centres from the Digital Imaging Home Page.

The three members-only links (DIGIT Archive, Accolade and Welcome Page) are to be found in the email message announcing this newsletter.

The RPS Digital Imaging constitution can be downloaded HERE. You can subscribe to our events listing email here: bit.ly/RPSDIEventListings.

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