RPS Creative Group Newsletter January 2017

CREATIVE EYE NO. 72 January 2017

The Magazine of the Royal Photographic Society’s Crea�ve Group Cover photograph is Sunset Over The Sea, Southwold by Barry Freeman ARPS

EDITORIAL

On pages 6 and 7 this issue features a further ARPS Print Panel, this time by David Ryland ARPS. We continue to encourage recent distinction participitants to show their work in the Creative Eye. I hope volunteers will continue to offer the work? It is a good way to share your work to your fellow members.

Also featured on pages 11 and 12 are some of the latest photographs of the Creative Group Committee members. I thought it wo� forthcoming AGM. The next meeting is the AGM and Exhibition Selection on 26th February. See page 3 for agenda and details. Print and PDI exhibition entry forms/rules, a ticket application form and Committee Nomination form are available as a download fron the Website.

(For those who are attending in 2017 take note of the 2016 AGM minutes, read pages 9 and 10) On page 8 are details of the very successful Group lecture meeting held in conjunction with the East Anglian Region, held on 13th November. Another joint meeting with the Region is planned for 8th October 2017.

O� He talks about his use of two SAMYANG lens’ with plenty of pictures to illustrate.

The next issue of Creative Eye will be posted towards the end of May 2017 and copy closes 23rd April. If you would like to submit an article please get in touch with: Barry Freeman ARPS DPAGB APAGB 01379 668749 email: photo.bazfee@btinternet.com

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

ALL CHANGE - well, mostly! After 6 years as Chairman, these will be my final Notes as I shall be stepping down at the AGM to offer myself as your Treasurer. Alan Turner has been Treasurer for 11 years and has now decided it’s time to take a rest from his onerous duties and remain as an ordinary committee member. As a retired Chartered Accountant I can assure you your finances will remain in safe hands. I shall continue to act as Webmaster.

John Currant has agreed that his nomination for Chairman can go forward to the AGM. He is a long serving member of the Executive Committee of the East Anglian Federation of the PAGB, and I am confident he will have the future of the Creative Group very much at heart. John will also be managing the PDI entries and exhibitions.

A� ma� as our membership has increased by more than 230%. Bill Coles has agreed to step in as Membership Secretary with Joan’s support during his first few months.

We are looking for a replacement for Dave to take over the role of programme organiser; this involves booking one judge and two speakers each year as well as inviting members to bring along their recent work for our annual Members’ Day. This is a good opportunity for someone to be able to choose interesting and creative speakers for our delight.

Moira � many thanks Moira.

Similarly our Magazine Editor and Vice Chairman, Barry Freeman, has also agreed to continue in his role. Barry has produced thr� editions of 12 up to 32-pages, all now in full colour. The magazine is very important to all our members, but particularly those living overseas a� always be well received.

Our General Secretary, Annie Ringland, has an important role behind the scenes producing minutes of our committee meetings and I am very pleased she has agreed to stand again at the AGM on Sunday, 26th February 2017, Of course, all these changes and any subsequent nominations received are subject to the Members’ approval at the AGM. Nomination forms are enclosed for members to nominate any Creative Group member for any committee post and Annie will be only too pleased to receive them before the 28th January.

Best wishes to you all. Barry Collin LRPS

RPS Creative Group Annual Exhibition Saturday 8th April to Monday 17th April

The first showing will be at Wingfield Barns, Church Road, Wingfield, Suffolk IP21 5RA. Open 11.00am to 4.00pm (Closed Monday and Tuesday, apart from the Bank Holiday) Entrance is Free Both Prints and DPI’s will be on show at this venue.

Further showings of the exhibition will be announced in the next Creative Eye and on the Website.

Contact is MoiraEllice ARPS - moira.ellice2011@btinternet.com

RPS Creative Group Members Day: Sunday 26th June 2017

This meeting will be taking place at Whittlesford Village Hall in Cambridgeshire. It is an opportunity to share some of your recent work and creative practices with the other members of the group, in a sympathetic environment. These events only work because of the members input, so start to think about what you could possibly come up with, to contribute to the day.

Contact me on 01603 866475 or at daveandjoanjordan@yahoo.co.uk if you have any thoughts or contributions for this event.

David Jordan FRPS Programme Secretary 2

RPS Crea�ve Group Membership Secretary’s

The Crea�ve Group started 2016 with 455 members, with 157 members having le� the group during the year and 190 new members joining. Current membership as I write stands at 482. We have sadly had 3 members who died during the year, namely Mr M Dunwell ARPS, Mr C Sheehan and Sir George Pollock Hon FRPS. 10 Members of the Crea�ve Group have le� the RPS during the year. Overall this gives us a net increase of 11 members from January 2016.

The East Anglia region remains the largest area with 66 members currently. The London area is a close second with 62, followed by overseas members of which there re 52. With 25 members residing in the South East, the majority of Crea�ve Group members con�nue to be in the South Eastern corner of the UK. We therefore con�nue to hold our mee�ngs in the Cambridge area which is fairly accessible to a good number of members.

Monthly updated lists con�nue to be received by email from the RPS Headquarters in Bath and all those whose names appear on the ‘lapsed’ list are sent an email or le�er expressing regret, but are asked to check that the informa�on is correct and not just that they have omi�ed to pay their subscrip�on. Some have re-joined as a result of this communica�on.

Every new member is welcomed into the Group with a le�er enclosing a copy of the most recent Crea�ve Eye magazine and an invita�on to send ar�cles or images to the newsle�er editor, a gallery of images to the webmaster and to join the Electronic Por�olio Group. All members have the opportunity to submit their images to the website and/or par�cipate in the Electronic Por�olio Group. These are great ways to share with other members. The newsle�er editor always welcomes ar�cles and news from members too. So, even if you cannot get to the members’ mee�ngs in Cambridge during the year there are other ways to keep in touch.

I have been membership secretary since 2011 and now feel that it is �me to move on to other tasks. So, with effect from the AGM in February 2017 I will be stepping down from this role and handing over the reins to Bill Cole who, I am sure, will do an admirable job when he picks up the baton. I have enjoyed my �me on the commi�ee in this role and plan to remain an ac�ve member of the Crea�ve Group in the future.

Joan Jordan ARPS

ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY CREATIVE GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING No�ce is hereby given that the Annual General Mee�ng of the RPS Crea�ve Group will be held on Sunday, 26th February 2017 in Whi�lesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whi�lesford, CB22 4NE at 10.30am, followed by PDI selec�on.

Doors open 9am.

Prints must be in by 10am or their entry will not be accepted Lunch�me will be around 1.30pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, but a�endees should make their own arrangements for lunch.

The Commi�ee Nomina�on forms are enclosed herewith separately. Nomina�ons properly signed by both the proposer and nominee must reach the General Secretary by post or by hand, not by email, not later than 28th January 2017. Both proposer and nominee must be members of the RPS Crea�ve Group.

A list of nominees and a copy of any accompanying statement they may have made in support of their nomina�on will be supplied by the General Secretary to any member from whom she has received an applica�on accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope at least 14 days before the date of the AGM, which is by 12th February 2017.

AGENDA • Apologies • Minutes of the AGM held on 28th February 2016 [See pages 9 and 10 of this Crea�ve Eye] • Chairman’s Report • General Secretary’s Report • Treasurer’s Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2016.

• Subscrip�on for 2017-2018 • Commi�ee Members’ Reports • Elec�on of Officers and Commi�ee Members. There will also be elec�on of a representa�ve to serve on the Advisory Board.

Anne Ringland LRPS, General Secretary, 5 Swan co�ages, The Street, Ha�ield Peverel, CM3 2DW 3

SAMYANG WIDE ANGLES FOR MIRRORLESS CAMERAS

Samyang is a Korean lens manufacturer who mainly produces reasonably priced ‘exo�c’ manual focus lenses for DSLR’s. They are now extending their range to produce lenses for mirrorless and MFT cameras. These manual focusing lenses are made in the MFT mount and a range of APS C mounts including: Sony E, Fuji and Canon M, they have metal mounts and are otherwise made from high quality plas�c and have aperture rings! The lenses do not have any electrical connec�ons on their mount, so that only very basic Exif data is recorded about the image.

I have recently acquired two of these lenses for my Canon EOS M3, an 8mm f2.8 fisheye lens and a 12mm f2 wide angle lens.

Now the ques�on could be asked - what about focusing these lenses? This is because working with fast wide angle lenses can be challenging. The cameras that these lenses are designed to work with have excellent focusing aids. In addi�on, using the considerable depth of field that these very wide angle lenses generate simplifies many of the focusing issues.

One advantage to using a manual focusing lens is that the camera will respond immediately because it does not have to wait for the lens to focus. Annoyingly neither of these lenses has a depth of field scale, which would aid focusing on some occasions.

Samyang 12mm f2

The 12mm lens equates to an 18/19mm full frame lens with an effec�ve aperture of f2.8, but with the light transmission of an f2 lens. It costs in the region of £275. One of the very few lenses around that match this is the Zeiss 12mm f2.8 Touit, which is admi�edly an auto focus lens, but it costs about £700. The Samyang lens only weighs 245g and has a filter size of 67mm, it has a sophis�cated op�cal construc�on using 12 elements in 10 groups, with 1 aspherical element, I hybrid aspherical element and 3 ED elements.

By carefully selec�ng the principle of hyper focal distance focus, you do not have to focus this lens much to use it effec�vely.

Focus Distance Aperture Nearest Focus Distant Focus 4.5m F2 2.24m infinity 2m F2 1.38 3.62m 3m F2.8 1.54m 59.8m 2m F4 0.98m infinity 1.4m F5.6 0.69m infinity

These figures were calculated using an excellent IOS APP called Simple DoF This is a versa�le lens, it is excellent for landscapes, urban photography and ‘gig’ work, where it’s focus free speed in difficult ligh�ng condi�ons is welcome.

Samyang 8mm f2.8

I love fisheye lenses; they are for the brave photographer and can create powerful and intriguing images if used intelligently. The secret is to try to avoid the cliché images that these lenses create.

This is a rectangular fisheye lens; it is a �ny and very solid lens with 11 elements in 8 groups using 2 aspherical elements and 3 ED elements. Filters cannot be used because of its bulbous front element and fixed lens hood. The Sony and Fuji mounts give you a diagonal field of view of 180°; the Canon mount gives you a diagonal view of 167°.

It weights 220g and costs about £240.

By using the principle of hyper focal distance, this is essen�ally a focus free lens.

Focus Distance Aperture Nearest Focus Distant Focus 1.2m F2.8 0.6m infinity 0.86 F4 0.43m Infinity

This lens is very sharp and for a fisheye lens it is almost free of purple fringing. I don’t normally pixel peep at images, but I was looking at some 300% enlargements from this lens and was very impressed with the quality of the images. It uses stereographic projec�on, which distorts the image less than a normal fisheye lens. This means that if the lens is held level horizontally, the image cropped into a moderate le�erbox format and with a small amount of lens correc�on applied, it can be used as an ultra-ultra-wide angle landscape lens. I have found it very useful for ‘gig’ photography where you can get a real sense of space in an image and in addi�on allows you to get close to the ac�on.

This lens is highly regarded for use with astro-photography, something I will try out in the future.

So, if you can live with some of the opera�onal limita�ons of these lenses, they offer high image quality at very sensible prices.

You will not get affordable crea�ve lenses to these specifica�ons anywhere else.

David Jordan FRPS

Le� to Right: Venice Jono Singing Worship Norwich [All taken with the 12 mm Lens]

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All pictures on pages 4 and 5 were taken by Dave Jordan FRPS with a SAMYANG Wide Angle Lens

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Right Hand Column, from top: Paris Tomb - Redwood Tree - Salisbury Catheral Roof 1 - Salisbury Cathedral.

Centre Column, from top: Paris Tomb - Inside the Big Top - Rosary Graveyard - Mar�n Smith in Concert - The Moment performing at Lincoln.

Leďż˝ Hand Colmn, from top: Growth - Urban Skyscape - Salisbury Catheral Roof 2 - Venice 1 - Venice 2 - Worship in Lincoln [All taken with 8 mm Fish Eye, except for those marked 12 mm]

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My ARPS panel by David Ryland.

Having been successful at gaining my LRPS dis�nc�on some while ago, I was encouraged to a�empt the Associate dis�nc�on. The problem was on what to base my submission. My wife and I visit the Lake District each year in December, so my first thoughts were to put together a panel based on Cumbrian landscapes. I thought I had a reasonable selec�on of images, so I booked an advisory day at Foxton and took them along. This was a very sobering experience indeed, as the images were not well liked and I was advised to find a subject with more variety and one that I could easily return to for subs�tute images. Back to square one!

I have long been interested in steam railways and trac�on engines and also in monochrome work, so this seemed like a good op�on. I am fortunate in being within striking distance of both the Mid Norfolk and North Norfolk Railways, based at Dereham and Sheringham and there are several steam rallies in Norfolk and Suffolk to a�end. So this became my project for the next couple of years. I was encouraged by and given helpful advice by members of the Crea�ve Group and in par�cular by my friend David Jordan FRPS. Eventually I had the makings of a worthy panel, so I took this along to another advisory day at Foxton. Will Chung and Anne Miles were amongst the advisory team and I was given good advice and encouraged to proceed. I submi�ed my panel for assessment in May 2016 and received a le�er saying that two of my images were being referred for resubmission due to small over sharpening errors, but the panel was considered otherwise up to standard. Having reworked these and then resubmi�ed the panel, I was pleased to hear that all went well at the September assessment.

David Ryland’s ARPS Panel Layout

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David’s pictures con�nue on page 7

More pictures from David Ryland’s ARPS Panel

David’s panel is a successful Applied Category dis�nc�on. Some may ques�on why it featured in the Crea�ve Eye, but it meets our defini�on of Crea�vity detailed in our Cons�tu�on, which in-part says “Crea�vity is not restricted by subject ma�er and neither requires nor excludes manipula�on of an image either at the point of taking or subsequently” - ED

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RPS Crea�ve Group and Eastern Region Joint Mee�ng The mee�ng took place at Foxton Village Hall on 13th November 2016 Two speakers were involved: The first speaker was Dianne Owen FRPS, her work was presented as prints. She extensively used textures and brush techniques to enhance her images. Ian Wilson and myself arranged regular ‘shuffle breaks’ so that her work could be viewed close up. Some of the work she presented was exquisite.

The second speaker was Glynn Edmunds ARPS ABIPP APSARAS AMPA APAGB, who also used prints for his presenta�on. He presented a wide range of his work from his first successful prints in the 1980’s to his present work.

Again, we arranged for a couple of shuffle breaks to view his work in detail.

Everyone was asked to bring a print along for Glynn and Dianne to each select a favourite print from those presented. The winners were given a print by each of our speakers.

A�endance was good with about 70 people a�ending at the start of the mee�ng. In the later part of the a�ernoon some people le� early, which was a li�le disappoin�ng.

The day was, as usual, well organised by Ian Wilson and his team. An excellent meal was provided for the helpers and speakers.

This event again sa�sfied the RPS requirements for the regions and the SIG’s to work together.

Glyn Edmunds ARPS - Dianne Owen FRPS - Ian Wilson ARPS

Dianne showing her pictures

David Jordan FRPS Programme Secretary Crea�ve Group Glyn showning his pictures

Dianne and her chosen member’s print by Lynne Blount LRPS and below presen�ng one of her prints as an award Glyn and his chosen a�endee’s print by Andrea Caws and below presen�ng one of his prints as an award

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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday, 28th February, 2016 at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, CB22 4NE

Apologies for Absence: Minutes of AGM 2015: Matters arising:

None Signed by the Chairman None

Chairman’s Report: We have the necessary quorum so I will start by introducing all of us: I am Barry Collin, Chairman and Webmaster.

Barry Freeman is Vice Chairman and Newsletter Editor. Alan Turner is our Treasurer. Annie Ringland is our Secretary.

Joan Jordan, Membership Secretary and Dave Jordan, our Events Organizer, and Moira Ellice who is our Exhibitions and Publicity Officer.

Waiting in the wings are Bill Coles and John Currant who are both standing for election today. We have had another successful year thanks in no small part to your hard working committee and the support of you, the members. Over 1000 unpaid hours were given in the last year by your Committee.

Committee Reports: The Secretary had nothing to report.

Treasurer’s Report and Accounts to 31st December 2015: Provisional accounts for year ending 31st December 2015 have been prepared and will be submitted to Bath for audit when finalised. The accounts are provisional as the figure for the Life Members’ subscriptions for 2015 have not yet been sent from HQ due to a staff absence because of indisposition, so I have included a figure similar to last year on advice from HQ. We obtained a surplus of £2,643.88 for the year compared with a deficit of £452 last year.

Referring to the Income and Expenditure Account you will note on the left hand side of the statement a column headed 2014, this being the figures for the financial year ending 31st December 2014.

Our total income was £2,812 more than last year, primarily due to a considerable increase in membership income of £3,437 as the result of a large increase in membership. However there was no income this year from the Lecture day, which was a joint meeting with East Anglian Region. John Thompson said that this joint event sustained a small loss which was borne by East Anglian Region.

Otherwise the remaining items were roughly similar to last year.

Our total expenditure decreased by £284. The printing, postages and stationery increased by £967 due to a number of factors including the increase in membership, including the number of overseas members, increased postal charges, printing leaflets, etc.

However there was no expenditure for the lecture day but a small increase in committee travel. Purchase of sundry equipment for the Group was down by £949. Otherwise the remaining expenditure items were roughly similar to last year. The postage for some of the overseas items was £5 each. A spare projector blub has since been purchased.

Peter Cox said the procuring of a judge for entrants for the Exhibition was a geat improvement and should be kept for future years.

The Group assets as at the 31st December 2015 were £11,243.01.

Acceptance of the Treasurer’s Report was proposed by Nigel Rea and seconded by Melvyn Frewin and was carried unanimously.

Subscriptions: The Group Committee are recommending that the subscription for 2017 remains at £15.00.

It was proposed by Alan Turner and seconded by David Ryland that for 2016/2017 it should remain as at present. It was carried unanimously.

Newsletter Editor’s Report: Last year we produced three Creative Eye magazines each with colour pictures, which we were able to produce and keep within an affordable budget. Providing there are no great increases in the cost of printing and distribution, the membership of the CG supports the continued programme of three issues next year. As the membership level improves we take advantage of the extra revenue to develop the Creative Eye editorial and content.

The 2015 May issue was of 20 pages, mainly devoted to the annual Print and Projected Image Exhibitions giving a good coverage of images from all the entrants and in colour. This issue also featured recent distinction panels, which has now formed one of the main subjects for subsequent issues.

Many members now submit articles for publication, including their distinction panels, which enabled us to regularly produce 16 page magazines. More articles are still needed to ease the content composing job and to widen the interest of the magazine for members. Articles featuring techniques would be very welcome. These feature in the other SIGs’ magazines.

The Creative Eye and the website are the only communication within the Group and it is hoped to encourage the overseas members to get involved.

The posting of the Creative Eye since the 2015 AGM was near to the target dates in May, September and January 2016. The next issue (No 70) is due for postage at end of May, which will feature the 2016 Exhibitions. (Editorial copy required by 24th April).

Extra copies are printed of each issue, which are used to promote the Creative Group and attract new members and a PDF of the Eye is featured on the Group’s Web-site.

The Editor hopes the content and quality of the Creative Eye meets the membership’s requirements.

David Ryland suggested tutorials on the website and Barry Collin said this would not be a problem. Peter Cox suggested a link to YouTube videos from the website too. BC said that was not practicable as there were hundreds available so members would do better to access YouTube direct then search for any specific tuition they require.

Membership Secretary’s Report: The Creative Group started 2015 with 407 members, with 146 members having left the group during the year and 196 new members joining. It would appear that new members to the RPS are taking advantage of the offer of a free year’s membership to a special interest group but then quite a number of them are not remaining with the Creative Group. By 31 December 2015 the group’s membership had risen to 459, but this in fact only gives us a net gain of 45 members. Of the 146 who left 2 sadly died and 8 resigned from the RPS completely. Of the 196 new members 5 were members who have re-joined the group.

At the end of 2015, 52 members of the Group reside overseas, which is an increase of 12 from the previous year. The East Anglian Region continues to have the most members with 61, a decrease of 9 from the previous year, followed by the London area with 56; the overseas members being the 3rd largest group. The London area has increased dramatically since last year from 20 members at the beginning of 2015 to the current 56 members due to the realignment of boundaries of the South East and London areas by the RPS during the year. This, of course, has meant a reduction in the numbers of members in the South East area from 53 at the end of 2014 to 29 at the beginning of 2016. The majority of members continue to reside in the South Eastern corner of the country. Currently this is 60% of the membership.

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Monthly updated lists continue to be received by email from the RPS Headquarters in Bath and all those whose names appear on the resigned list are sent an email or letter expressing regret, but are asked to check that the information is correct and not just that they have omitted to pay their subscription. Most re-joining members are a result of this communication.

Every new member is welcomed in with a letter enclosing a copy of the most recent Creative Eye magazine and invitations to send articles or images to the newsletter editor; a gallery of images to the webmaster and to join the Electronic Portfolio Group. We realize that not every member is able to attend the national meetings, all of which are based in Cambridge shire, United Kingdom, so everyone is encouraged to stay in touch via these other means.

All members were invited to enter the 4 on a theme competition, the second of its kind, which was held during the autumn of 2015. However, due to the vast amount of work involved and the relatively small number of members who took advantage of this competition, this will most likely not take place in 2016. The print and projected image exhibitions continue to take place annually and all members are encouraged to participate.

Roger and Angela Ford said they joined when they lived overseas but have now come back. It was asked whether there was sufficient awareness of other events.

Barry Collin said he would welcome any suggestions as to how we could encourage more of our members to participate. Dave Jordan said this was down to the Regional Organizers to publicize events more widely.

Melvyn Frewin asked who paid for the first year for the new members. It was confirmed that HQ in Bath pay this.

Barry Collin said that HQ is considering whether to allow new members to change their free group during the first year if it wasn’t what they wanted.

Angela Ford asked why more people weren’t involved in the Annual Exhibition. Joan Jordan said that exhibitors from abroad did not have to mount their prints for the selection process.

Barry Collin said that every entrant gets a CD of entries and the Exhibition will also be online.

Programme Secretary’s Report for the Year 2015: We had three meetings this last year: The first meeting, in March, was our AGM and exhibition (print and PDI) selection which was reasonably supported. After a brief AGM the exhibitions were selected. The exhibitions were well travelled with showings at Wingfield Barns, Woodbridge in Suffolk as well as Smethwick, The Apex and Edinburgh.

The second meeting was a members’ meeting, held at the end of June. This was well supported with a wide range of members’ images in addition to some potential ARPS and FRPS panels being presented for feedback. Members’ meetings are in my opinion a very important part of the Creative Group’s programmer as it gives opportunity for any member to show their work.

The third meeting of the year took place on 4th October 2015 and it was a joint meeting with the East Anglia Region of the RPS. It featured two excellent speakers with Colin Southgate FRPS and Kathryn J Scorah MPAGB FBPE, both offering different visions of creativity and inspiration. This meeting was very successful and reasonably well supported, we intend to hold a similar joint meeting in 2016 on 13th November, when it will be Glynn Evans and one other not yet confirmed.

All three events are thoroughly enjoyed by those who attend and I would encourage any member who has not yet done so and who is able to get to Cambridgeshire to make the effort.

Barry Collin asked whether it would be worth having techniques on laptop at one of the members’ meetings.

Peter Cox asked if it was possible for the Committee Members’ Reports to be sent out with the notice of meeting beforehand to enable members to digest them. Joan Jordan wondered whether it would put people off coming to the AGM. Peter Cox’s comments would be considered by the Committee.

Exhibition Secretary: Annual Print Exhibition The first showing of the annual exhibition was held in May, at Wingfield Barns in North Suffolk. The second showing of the exhibition was at Smethwick Photographic Society in the West Midlands, for two weeks during the summer and in November, the Edinburgh Photographic Society displayed a selection of prints in the Society’s gallery. The exhibition returned to the Woodbridge Library in January for the third year in succession. In February, this year, the Group has had the opportunity to show a selection of prints at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds, along with prints from the East Anglia Region’s members’ annual exhibition. Moira Ellice thanked Matthew Clarke for his help with the Exhibition at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, which was gratefully received.

Annual Projected Image Exhibition The exhibition was on show along with the print exhibition in May, at Wingfield Barns in Suffolk, Smethwick Photographic Society in the West Midlands during the summer, the Edinburgh Photographic Society in Scotland in November and the Woodbridge Library, Suffolk in January 2016.

For the second year running, Hughes Electrical sponsored the exhibition at the Woodbridge Library, providing the Group with a large TV monitor. Hughes has agreed to sponsor the Group’s future exhibitions in Suffolk.

Publicity - Details of the print and projected image exhibitions were published on various websites, the RPS website, the RPS Journal, the Creative Eye magazine, East Anglian Federation Website and local newspapers. Posters and flyers were distributed.

A Creative Group information leaflet was designed and printed.

The Group’s new banner was produced.

There was still a need for a venue to display the exhibition in the southern part of the East Anglian region.

East Anglian Daily Times and the Society’s E-News were very supportive of the Exhibition. The HQ in Bath was too small a venue.

Acceptance of all of the Committee Members’ reports, other than the Treasurer’s which had already been accepted, was proposed by Philip Quarry and seconded by Melvyn Frewin - accepted unanimously Election of Committee Members: The Committee were re-elected unanimously.

Bill Coles and John Currant were also elected to serve. They had been proposed by Barry Collin and Moira Ellice respectively.

It was proposed by Philip Quarry and seconded by Peter Cox that they be elected. This was accepted unanimously.

Any Other Business: It was suggested by Gillian Beckett that we should use a PA system in future as it was difficult to hear everything at the back. Barry Collin would deal with this item.

Meeting closed at 1.15pm

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Some of the latest pictures produced by RPS Crea�ve Group Commi�ee members

Clockwise from th top right: Harris by Barry Collin LRPS - Thames Barrier by Bill Coles LRPS - Dragon Fruit by John Currant ARPS Corn on the Cob by John Currant ARPS - Beyond the Gates by Annie Ringland LRPS - Saxted Mill by Alan Turner ARPS - The Old Barn by Alan TurnerARPS The two colour pictures at the bo�om right are by John Currant, using Coral Painter Pro program. The palle� knife oil pain�ng effect was created with a ‘Impasto Effect’ Brush

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Clockwise from the top right: Wash Day in Venice by Joan Jordan ARPS - Venice Impressions by David Jordan FRPS - Tea Pots by Barry Collin LRPS - Building Reflec�ons by Annie Ringland LRPS - Pylons in the Rain by Moira Ellice ARPS - The Lamp by Bill Coles LRPS - Cromer Pier, Entrance Steps by Barry Freeman ARPS - Venice View by Joan Jordan ARPS - Wave Form by David Jordan FRPS

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More pictures by the RPS Crea�ve Group Commi�ee members