Morning All
Spring is in the air, the sun has got his hat on, though a tad chilly first thing this morning; went out hoping for a lovely sun rise but didn’t develop here at Forton! Hey ho. Though I did hear a Greater Spotted Woodpecker.
Anyway, more importantly – last episode of ‘Happy Valley’ tonight; I’m sure I saw Tommy on Cleveleys promenade Friday morning!
Notices:
Big thanks here to Michael for his ideas, time and effort:
Two from Michael about possible future camera trips:
- Michael says – “I have been in touch with Trevor Devanport, experienced photographer from Southport Club. He has years of experience of capturing insects, flowers and fauna.
He would be available to take out an ‘un-official’ small group onto Ainsdale Dunes. It’s about an hour in the car.
It’s one of the largest sand-dune complex in England covering an area of approximately 2100 ha; that’s around 5,200 acres.
It is a fascinating and ever-changing habitat with many photographic
opportunities throughout the seasons. Spring / summer is usually when the dunes are richly rewarding for both botanic and entomological subjects.
If we could get a list of interested members, then we can re-approach Trevor for cost & further details.”
So, if you are interested, please get in touch
- Queen St Mill, Burnley. Michael emailed Sarah Stewart, the assistant Museum Manager, in the first instance to see if the camera club could visit for a ‘shoot.’ Her reply below:
“Unfortunately, as we are a very small team, we wouldn’t have any staff available in period costume, I do apologise about that! We have staff on site from 9am till 5pm so anytime between that would be fine with us, we would just need to confirm in advance what time you would like to arrive so you don’t clash with other bookings!
As we have a few events, school bookings and filming coming up, it would be useful to know if you have any dates in mind? Until the end of March we have staff on site from Tuesday to Friday, and from April we will be onsite from Tuesday to Saturday.
For photoshoots we usually charge £500 for a full day which is between 9-5, which works out roughly at £62 an hour. We could arrange for you to have 3 hours for £150 if that works for yourselves? We can include tea and filter coffee within that price.
We would also just need yourself and your members to sign a licence just to say that the photos won’t be used for commercial purposes and they are for personal/educational/research purposes only. If they were to be used for commercial purposes you would need to sign a separate agreement and there is an extra fee.”
So, Michael replied:
“Obviously, I would be interested in the 3 hour shoot – which I think is an ideal time frame on which to explore the site.
I think we would need a minimum of 10 (equating to £15 plus tea & coffee). If we could get 12 (£12.50) or the maximum 15 (£10).”
So, again, if you are interested, please get in touch
Reminders:
Tuesday 7th February: NZ ‘Battle’ at the Arts Centre; 7.15am arrival, latest; bacon butties, toast and sparkling ready! Big thanks here to Freda for organising the catering.
Tuesday 7th February: up to 6 ‘Long Exposure’ images; these to be shown, along with, if poss, a commentary of where, why and how. All images to be sent to me, Mike, via Wetransfer or email. I’ll put together a PowerPoint presentation and he will present them (anonymously if required)! Please have a go!
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Evening ‘shoot’ on 2nd March 6pm – 8pm. The sun sets at 17.49pm. We had a great time when we first visited and this time will be under the floodlights – certainly a challenge! Please get in touch, if you haven’t already, if you are interested.
Wednesday 15th February Humanity Cup: Last day for entry (prints and DPIs).
Many thanks to all members who have managed to put on their respective thinking caps for possible destinations for the Events Cup destinations for this coming spring/summer. More ideas still needed PLEASE.
Up and coming programme events:
Wednesday 8th February: Presentation of members long exposure images; plus, minimalistic images with commentary.
Wednesday 15th February: Presentation ‘Live’ in the Arts Centre by Martin Jump on ‘Lancashire landscapes, flora and fauna. Humanity Cup: Last day for entry (prints and DPIs).
Wednesday 22nd February: Members evening – Talk by Michael on ‘Extracting Video Stills’; talk by Stan on ‘Exporting from Lightroom using different Colour Space settings for both DPI and DSCL Prints, Mono and Colour.’ Details of further activities will be forthcoming soon!
If any other member would like to give a talk/presentation PLEASE get in touch.
Wednesday March 1st: Talk by Adrian and Sue on ‘AV Presentation’
Wednesday March 8th: Judging of the ‘Humanity Competition’, arbitrated by Steve Proctor DPAGB BPE5*
That’s all folks Mike and Lewis
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