RPS Landscape Group Newsletter, March 2017

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CONTENTS 01 Editorial 02 Chairman's Chat A note from Group Chair, Richard Ellis 03 Autumn Conference An update on speakers confirmed for November's conference 04 Coastal Exploration - Rye and Hastings A report and images from January's field trip.

Coastal Exploration, Rye and Hastings

Š Steve Oakes

Editorial This month's newsletter marks the beginning of a busy few months for the Landscape Group. A number of events have already filled up, in particular the dawn shoot at Stonehenge and our filters workshop with Jeremy Walker. If you missed out on Stonehenge, you can book alternative dates directly with English Heritage.

Details of our Autumn Conference and Annual General Meeting were announced a couple of weeks ago. Since then we have received an encouraging number of early bookings and confirmed a number of other speakers. For more details, see the Chairman's Chat and conference feature overleaf.

Our other features this month are a report on January's coastal exploration to Rye and Hastings and Paul Stone's images of Petersfield Lake.

The group's facebook page is proving popular, with almost 90 members signed up. It has been good to see some great images as well as supportive and constructive critique Finally, a reminder that submissions of images for the newsletter are always welcome!

With kind regards Jim Souper Newsletter Editor

06 My Favourite Place Petersfield Lake by Paul Stone 07 What's On A selection of exhibitions and events, including both photography and other forms of art, of possible interest to group members.

08 Events Details of group events 09 Members' Images More Featured Images

Submissions The next newsletter will be out in at the beginning of April 2017. The deadline for submissions is Sunday 26th March.

If you have an idea for article, please send a brief synopsis of the purpose and content of the piece.

Please submit your images as jpegs, sized to 72 dpi and with 1200 pixels along the longest edge.

Please send all submissions by email to: landscapenews@rps.org

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Chairman’s Chat Most of you will have received an email about our autumn conference and AGM to be held at The Coniston Hotel. Mark Reeves has done a fabulous job of putting together the programme - see opposite. It features Charlie Waite as the headline speaker for the first night and opportunities to understand the distinctions process and to have your portfolio reviewed. Also available are trips to local landmarks and the opportunity to meet other landscape photographers. We hope you will book and join us for what promises to be a memorable weekend. Remember, the early booking discount finishes on 1st May. As you will see from the website we have a strong programme of field trips and classroom sessions planned for the coming months. We are still looking for more volunteers to run a guided walks in their area. A frequently heard reason for not running an event is - “I am not a good enough photographer”. You do not need to be an A1 photographer, as the events are guided explorations, not workshops. What you need is knowledge of the locality and a willingness to share that knowledge. So, if you have a favourite spot please contact Mark at rps.landscape.events@gmail.com to set up an event.

I hope you all enjoy the delights of spring and prioritise your time to get out and make some photographs.

Best wishes Richard Richard Ellis Chairman RPS Landscape Group

BIPP NW Region Awards Night Landscape Photography is one of two categories open to non-members at the BIPP North-West Region Awards Night, to be held in Manchester on Thursday 27th April. The winner will receive a Mach 3 carbon fibre tripod kit.

The closing date for entries is 12th March - see here for details

SIGLINK There are a number of forthcoming events from

other Special Interest Groups, which may be of interest to Landscape Group Members.

Joe Cornish Hon. FRPS is the main speaker at the Travel Group's Springboard to Success symposium on 25th March The Historical Group have places available for their Annual Lectures at the V&A on the afternoon of 25th March. The speakers are Martin Barnes (Senior Curator, Photographs at the V&A), Brian Liddy (Research Assistant for William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné) and Pete James and Mat Collishaw (Thresholds Project on Talbot's exhibition of 93 photogenic drawings in Birmingham in 1839 presented through virtual reality).

The Documentary Group are supporting a two-day workshop, Focus on the Next Level, over the weekend of 7th & 8th October. Four members of the Chichester-based Focus Group will examine a number of ways that could change the way you approach and plan your photography, and share their experiences of how to get work seen by a wider audience.

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Autumn Conference & Annual General Meeting Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th November The Coniston Hotel, near Skipton The highlights of this, our first conference and Annual General Meeting, include a talk by Charlie Waite and a workshop on how to gain an RPS distinction with landscape images. The weekend will also include guided location shoots in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and several opportunities for delegates to exhibit some of their own work.

In addition to Charlie Waite, we have now confirmed some excellent speakers.

They are:-

Malham Cove

© Jim Souper

Steve Gosling http://www.stevegoslingphotography.co.uk/ – to talk about lensless (pinhole) landscape photography. Steve is a professional landscape photographer, tutor, speaker and exhibiter known for his monochrome and pinhole works.

Carol Emmas http://www.carolemmas.com/ – to talk about her close up abstract landscape images.

Carol is a successful exhibiting photographic artist who creates abstract landscape images from small scenes seen in decaying materials.

Jesse Alexander https://perspectivesonplace.wordpress.com/about-2/ - to talk about trends in contemporary landscape photography. Jesse is the course leader of the landscape course in the OCA photography degree and author of Perspectives on Place.

Peter Paterson FRPS – Peter will be leading the Saturday morning distinctions workshop.

Our venue, The Coniston Hotel, is a few miles from Skipton in North Yorkshire and a great base for location shoots in the Yorkshire Dales. It is a 4-star luxury hotel set in 1,400 scenic acres. Guests have free use of the hotel’s excellent fitness and leisure suite during their stay and nonphotographers have a range of activities available onsite including 4x4 driving, fishing, archery, clay pigeon shooting, walking, cycling and spa treatments. The hotel is a short taxi ride from Gargrave rail station.

Full details of the conference can be found on our events page. An early bird discount of £50 is available until 1st May. Places are limited, so you are encouraged to book early.

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Coastal Exploration Rye and Hastings

by Richard Ellis After our last foray to the south coast was under cloudless skies we were hoping for a little more favourable weather for this trip and the weather gods delivered ‌‌. well at least a bit. There were definitely clouds in the sky but they were propelled along by a stiff wind, which made good camera technique very important.

We started on a rising tide at the entrance to Rye harbour and soon had nice shots of the breakwaters, navigation markers and the old sea defences. Leaving before high tide, we headed to Wincheslea to photograph the old sea defences. These were built when it was believed that defences parallel to the waves were the best form of defence. They are now very gnarled and degraded and make excellent structures for long exposures. Our final stop was Hastings harbour with the sea wall and shingle beach.

The weather had definitely read the forecast and bang on 16:00, it started to rain bringing our day to an end.

Beach at Rye Harbour by Liz Akers

by Carmel Yearwood

by Steve Oakes

Breakwater by Nick Akers

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Eleven Posts at Pett by Janice Payne ARPS

by Carmel Yearwood

Petts Level Beach by Liz Akers

Rye Harbour by Janice Payne ARPS

by Paul Bathers Rye Harbour by Alan Bousfield ARPS

by Paul Bathers Pett Levels 2 by Alan Bousfield ARPS

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MY FAVOURITE PLACE Petersfield Lake

by Paul Stone This is a series of images that I have taken, with the camera being stood in more or less the same place, at Petersfield Lake in Hampshire. The images have all been taken at different times of the year, over several years and at different times of the day. One is even taken in moonlight. It never ceases to fascinate me how the resulting photographs can be so different all according to when you show up to photograph them.

We all have favourite places that we like to photograph, so take a look back through your images and see the results from different shoots at the same location. .

Images Š Paul Stone

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What's On

A selection of exhibitions & events which may be of interest to landscape group members

Exhibitions Sea, Sand and Steel Darlington Chris Walker's black and white project of the Teeside coast. Showing in the Town Hall exhibition space, until 10th March.

On Landscape Exhibition II: Inspired by First Light Northallerton The second On Landscape photography exhibition, co-curated by Jo Rose, Curator at Joe Cornish Galleries and Tim Parkin, editor of the online photography magazine On Landscape, is themed around Joe Cornish's 2002 book First Light which is cited by many landscape photographers as a major inspiration for their photography. The exhibition will feature work by Joe Cornish and five photographers who have a close working relationship with the On Landscape magazine.

The View from Here | Landscape Photography from the National Galleries of Scotland Edinburgh A selection of landscape photographs from the 1840s to the present day, drawn entirely from the permanent collection of photographs at the National Galleries of Scotland. At the Scottish National Portrait Gallery until 30th April 2017.

The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection London Classic modernist images from the 1920's to 1950's, at the Tate Modern until 21st May. Wolfgang Tillmans London Alongside portraiture, landscape and intimate still lifes, Tillmans pushes the boundaries of the photographic form in abstract artworks that range from the sculptural to the immersive. At the Tate Modern until 11th June.

Britain in Focus: A Photographic History Bradford In partnership with BBC Four, this exhibition explores the changing ways we share and consume photographs, from the rapid technological progress of the 19th century to today’s selfies on social media.

At the National Media Museum, Bradford from 17th March to 25th June.

Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography Bradford The European premiere of an exhibition of original prints of pinhole photography from around the world. The images were collected by Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer in San Lorenzo, USA over the last 30 years, revealing an alternate version of reality and a visual form of poetry.

At the National Media Museum, Bradford from 17th March to 25th June.

Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year London Winning and highly commended images from over 4,500 entries to the 2016 competition will be on show at the Royal Greenwich Observatory until 25th June 2017.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 London The exhibition features a collection of 100 exceptional images, drawn from more than 50,000 entries. The images reveal the astonishing diversity of life on our planet, from urban foxes to mountain hares. At the Natural History Museum until 10th September 2017.

Conferences, Fairs and Festivals The Photography Show Birmingham The UK's largest photography show returns to the NEC, Birmingham from 18th to 21st March 2017.

Do you have an exhibition of your own?

Do you know of a local exhibition which may interest members?

Please let us know at landscapenews@rps.org.

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EVENTS The Landscape Photographers Calendar Workshop with Tony Worobiec FRPS Sunday 5th March, 10:30 to 16:30 Bath HQ See here for details.

Workshop - using filters to improve your landscape photography Saturday 11th March, 9:00 to 16:00

Bristol Harbour This full day workshop led by professional landscape photographer Jeremy Walker will start with theory and then go out into the field for practical tuition and image making.

The group size will be limited to a maximum of 15.

Each participant will be able to borrow a range of Lee filters for the duration of the workshop and will have access to exclusive discounts following the event. See here for full details.

Nightshoot Saturday 11th March, 18:00 to 22:00

Bath Explore the wonders of night-time photography during this hands-on evening photography workshop.

You will learn various creative techniques for working in low light conditions and painting with light. See here for full details.

RPS Scottish Northern Group Sunday 19th March, 9:00 to 18:00 Inverness Meet in Inverness for forward travel to Wester Ross (Torridon and Gairloch Area). See here for full details.

Around Lock Eck Saturday 1st April, 10:00 to 16:00

Near Dunoon, Argyll A Field trip to the beautiful Loch Eck in Argyll, led by David Fiddes whose images were featured in the December newsletter. See here for details.

Could you host an event?

If you know of a promising and photogenic location in your area, and you would be willing to organise an informal session for other members of the Group, please email to rps.landscape.events@gmail.com.

We welcome all volunteers and would very much like to hear from members in all parts of the UK.

Nash Point and the Heritage Coast Saturday 8th April, 10:00 to 16:00

Nash Point, St Donas An informal photo-walk to photograph Nash Point Lighthouse and low tide rocks on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, with Peter Douglas-Jones, See here for full details.

West Brecon Beacons photography walk Saturday 22nd April, 10:00 to 14:00 Llanddeusant An informal, but strenuous, photo-walk with Peter Douglas-Jones. See here for full details.

Welsh Waterfall Walk Saturday 6th May 2017, 10:30 to 16:00

Glynneath An informal walk to photograph some of the waterfalls along the rivers Nedd, Pyrddin, Mellte and Hepste, with Peter Douglas-Jones, See here for full details.

Lee Filters Factory Visit Tuesday 20th June, 11:00 to 15:00

Andover, Hampshire A rare opportunity to see Lee filters being made!

See here for more details.

Norfolk coastal field trip Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th June

Norfolk - exact location to be confirmed Guided photographic trip to part of the Norfolk coast. See here for contact details.

Stourhead National Trust house and gardens 14th October, 9:00 to 13:00

Near Mere, Wiltshire With hills, water and classical architecture overlaid by a fabulous collection of trees and shrubs, Stourhead was described as "a living work of art" when first opened in the 1740s. See here for details.

For details of all Landscape Group events listed above and of additional workshops and events of interest to group members, please visit the group's events page.

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MEMBERS' IMAGES

Storm Approaching Cowie Shore

© Dawn Black ARPS

Autumn Walk in Tatton Park

Sea Wall

© Nick Akers

© Nilay Ucer © Paul Bather ARPS

Submission Guidelines Please send your Members' Images by email to landscapenews@rps.org.

Please submit your images as jpegs, sized to 72 dpi and with 1200 pixels along the longest edge. It would also be helpful if you would provide a caption and a note of any RPS distinction that should be added to your credit for the image.

The deadline for the next newsletter is Sunday 26th March 2017. Thank you!

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