Morning All

I hope you all enjoyed the talk last Wednesday from Kevin, great commentary and fantastic images – well, I thought so!

Notices:

April Exhibition: Reminder!
Attached is a document with the prints that are needed – if poss! Please have a look!
This exhibition of prints is open to all members who wish to submit prints to be shown in the Arts Centre.  
These prints are ones that have NOT scored 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 points in any of our competitions.
You can submit any other prints that have not been entered in any competition as well.
If you have what I call ‘postcard’ size prints please bring these in as well ‘cos we will be devoting an area on the wall to these type of prints.
The deadline for prints is Wednesday 11^th March, that’s this coming Wednesday!
Maurice is coordinating all of this and he has asked that all prints have, on the back, your name and a title.Many thanks to Maurice for his co-ordination and efforts!

Anything Goes Cup Competition: Any image on any theme
This is our 5^th and final internal competition of the season.
Last date for entry: 18^th March
Competition date: 15^th April

Members Presentation Evening: Early Reminder!
Wednesday 20^th May – Members Presentation Evening. Presentation of certificates and trophies.
Freda now taking bookings!This did prove very successful last year so please support the club (partners of any persuasion all welcome!).
The cost this year is £20 per member, this includes a tip to the caterers.
This is our end of season social and presentation get together with catering from ‘Betty’ and her team.
Menu: two cold meats, quiches, coleslaw and salads, rolls and butter and hot new potatoes plus a choice of 3 desserts; meringue nests, fruit salad and café Renoir. Please speak to Freda who is taking reservations.

Quiz Teams: Saturday 11^th April, 7pm at The Arts Centre
Still time to enter your name to join a team for the Charles Flatt intergroup quiz.
If you would like to be part of the team, PLEASE let me know via our website on  info@garstangcameraclub.co.uk or chat to me next Wednesday. Ta.

Message from Paul Dunmall – ‘live’ speaker on 18^th March; an interactive night, Titles Why do we have them?
So please, if poss, take part! We need your images!
Max of 15/20 images, this allows time for any statement to be read out, the image to be appraised and then a short discussion with the photographer/group if required.
The idea is to have more people share their work that they would not normally put into club competition because “the judge won’t get it,” or they just don’t enter because some/much of the comments are negative.
It is also to help photographers who are looking to improve their images, but not under the spotlight of a judged competition night.
This is not a competition but an interactive night of appraisal and discussion, between the appraiser (judge) and the photographer/group.
It will also allow for the images to not just have title, but could have a short statement of intent, or no title at all whichever the photographer prefers.

The Format:
1^st half: A short talk about image titles and what effect they have or not when being judged.
2^nd half: What I am looking for is some images that people feel need more than just a title – an artist statement, max of 30 words. We will need about a max of 15-20 images for the second part of the evening.

Coffee duty this Wednesday:
Coffee and tea duty for this coming Wednesday is Barry and Brenda – many thanks in advance!

Up and coming programme of events:

Wednesday 11^th March – Our 4^th internal competition The Humanity Cup; judged ‘live’ by Daryl Giles. We have 81 entries so a full evening!

Wednesday 18^th March – Paul Dunmall, Live: A talk titled ‘Titles: Why do we have them.’ See above for details.

Wednesday 25^th March – Members evening: A talk by Tim tilted ‘A Journey Through Six Countries of South-East Asia.

Wednesday 1^st April –Ade Gidney, ‘Live’ –
Ade says – “It’s a talk about landscapes your members might be able to visit. So it will be Landscapes of the North, Lake District, North Wales, Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland. I may or may not include parts of Scotland (depends how many suitable images I have covering the other areas.) As well as showing the Landscapes I will try and include some hints and tips to get better Landscape photographs.”

That’s all folks and see you Wednesday!

Mike