BPIC's very own Photographer of the Year competition kicks off with the first round being Studio Portraiture. There are great prizes to be won in POTY - for winners of each round (in both beginner and advanced categories) including Amazon vouchers - so get entering!
This round will be print only allowing each member to submit 2 prints, one mono and the other colour. Usual size of 40x30cm applies.
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Coming Up: 13th March - Guest Speaker - Photoshop Master – Glenn Norwood
As the title suggests, and as many of you will know, Glenn is an absolute master of Photoshop, i addition to his many other talents. Glenn has been a professional photographer for over twenty years. He has won the prestigious Kodak European Gold award on no-less than three occasions and also been named Kodak portrait photographer of the year and Bippni Northern Ireland Photographer of the year 2010. Holding Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Art & Design and Interactive Multimedia Design, Glenn is also an educator and faculty member at the Metropolitan College, Belfast.
http://www.glennnorwood.co.uk/
Coming Up: 6th March - Club Outing
This week see's BPIC members visit one of belfast's prime attractions. Hid away under the secret layer, it will prove to be an exiting event with lots of photo opportunities.
Coming Up : 27th February - NIPA Round 5 Selection – Subject - "Portraiture"
Round 5 is a NIPA themed round, the subject being "Portraiture". On this evening we will select the BPIC entries. Each member can submit up to 2 colour prints, up to 2 mono prints and up to 2 PDIs.
Coming Up : 20th February - Studio Night – Macro/Creatures
Back by popular demand. Karl will be returning to Morton with some exotic creatures for a macro photography extravaganza!
Coming Up : 13th February - Competition – Street Photography
This is an internal club competition. From Wikipedia: "Street photography is a genre of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places and does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. 'Street' simply refers to a place where human activity can be seen, a place to observe and capture social interaction. The subject can even be absent of any people and can be that of object or environment where an object projects a human character or an environment is decidedly human. Framing and timing are key aspects of the craft, with the aim of creating images at a decisive or poignant moment. Alternatively, the street photographer may seek a more prosaic depiction of the scene, as a form of social documentary.
Beginner & Advanced categories, PDI only, maximum of four images per member, maximum of two colour and two mono.
Congratulations Matt Jeanes - Sony World Photography Awards
A massive congratulations to Matt Jeanes who was successful with one of his images in this year's "Sony World Photography Awards". Matt's photo was commended in the top 50 images in the Architecture Category in the Open Competition.
This is an incredible achievement given that 139,554 images entered from 166 countries!
"In addition, thirty three images by British photographers were Commended across the ten Open categories."
http://www.rps.org/news/2014/february/wpo-2014
See below Matt's entries. Commended image will be announced next week!
Coming Up : 6th February - Guest Speaker – Paula O’Hara – Wedding Photography
Paula graduated from the University of Ulster in 1997 after completing a Visual Communications Degree. She worked as a designer/art editor in Northern Ireland for over 12 years. It was her time spent working as a designer for bridal and lifestyle magazines that gave her the taste for photography with a stylish, editorial feel. Since 2008, Paula decided to concentrate solely on her work as a photographer. She has been commissioned to shoot weddings and bridal editorial all over Ireland and internationally. She lives in Bleary with her very patient hubbie Des, her two children Seanan and Niamh, the cats and Molly the hyperventilating Wheatie.
Coming Up: 30th January - NIPA Round 4 Selection - Open
Back to the open rounds, so again anything goes (no theme). Each member can submit one colour print, one mono print and one PDI.
Coming Up: 23rd January - Studio Night - With Models
An opportunity to take pictures of professional models under studio conditions. We will have both male and female models booked for this session. Don't miss the opportunity to get some images for the forthcoming NIPA Portraiture round.