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Next meeting: Tuesday 7th February - Projected Image Competition
     
     
1st February 2012   Report on the latest meeting - "Looking Up" - added.
Don't miss the Gallery for "Cuppa & Capture" and details of upcoming Extra Activities too.
     
22nd January 2012   Details of an extra meeting for interested members - Tuesday 14th February.  This will be an introduction to portrait photography from club member, Rob Rivron.
See "Extra Activities" for more information.  There will be a small charge to cover room hire.  Please let us know if you are interested.
     
21st January 2012   Long-term members may recall Ros Marvin, a member of BCC before she went to University to study medicine.
Now qualified as a doctor, Ros hasn't let her photography go - see some of her work here: http://www.capturedelight.com/
     
19th January 2012   Latest meeting report added.  Cuppa-and-Capture Gallery updated.
     
16th January 2012  


Helen Jones with her winning image at the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Exhibition:

http://outdoorphotographymag.blogspot.com/



(Image by Outdoor Photographer magazine.)

     
4th January 2012   Report on our first meeting of the New year - Patterns - added.  There are some hints included for those who would like to experiment. further.
Details of next Cuppa-and-Capture meeting added - see Extra Activities.
     
2nd January 2012   A new section has been added to the site - "For sale & wanted" - have a look, it might have just what you need.
     
29th December 2011   In preparation for our first meeting of 2012, Bryan has prepared four tutorials showing how to make pattern pictures in Photoshop (or Elements).
You'll find them in our Resources area.
     
22nd December 2011   If you're serious about getting good photos, look at this.
     
21st December 2011   More Christmas Photos added to "Cuppa & Capture" Gallery.
Full report on the Knockout Competition added.
     
18th December 2011   Great news - Helen has won "Outdoor Photography Magazines' Outdoor Photographer of the Year, in the British Wildlife Class".
See more here.
     
16th December 2011   Meeting Report for the "Favourite Things & Social" now on-line.
     
15th December 2011   "Cuppa and Capture" Gallery updated.
     
5th December 2011   Resources for "Pictures to Exe" now deal with version 7.  New help sheet for using music with Pictures to Exe added.
     
1st December 2011   Report of the Print Competition and complete results sheets added.
"Cuppa & Capture" Gallery updated.
     
20th November 2011   A report of our last meeting - "An Urban Odyssey" with Erica Oram - now on-line.
     
11th November 2011   Gallery for "Cuppa & Capture" updated.  Have a look then check the date for the next session.
     
4th November 2011   If you use Lightroom and take portraits, this "walk-through" might be just what you need:
http://www.clickinmoms.com/blog/full-portrait-retouching-in-lightroom/
     
4th November 2011   Bryan Oxley's complete presentations from our meeting of 1st November are now on-line.

You can reach them through the meeting report or via "Resources" - in the Photoshop area.
     
2nd November 2011   Report on the meeting of 1st November, 2011 - "Transformations" - added.  Well-worth a look.
     
2nd November 2011   The report for Frank Ash's "Elements of Composition" presentation has been revised to include more of the images used.
     
24th October 2011   "Cuppa and Capture" gallery updated with images from the latest session.
     
23rd October 2011   Report on Frank Ash's talk on "Elements of Composition" added.
     
11th October 2011   "Cuppa and Capture" gallery updated with images from the latest session.
     
7th October 2011    Details of the first "Cuppa & Capture" Sunday session (on 23rd October) added.  See "Extra Activities".
     
5th October 2011   A report, Image Gallery, and results of this season's 1st Projected Images competition added.
     
1st October 2011   Details of the next "Cuppa & Capture" meeting have been added to "Extra Activities".
Cuppa & Capture now has its own Gallery too!
     
23rd September 2011   A report of our "Close-up & Macro" session is now on line.  Don't miss it - there are some great tips and useful links!
     
16th September 2011   Click on "Extra Activities" where you'll find links to Chris's handout on club competitions and also information on resizing photos.
     
9th September 2011   Look at "Extra Activities", find "Cuppa and capture" and you'll see a link to a gallery of images from the last meeting of the group.
     
7th September 2011   The first meeting report of the new season is now on-line.
     
4th September 2011   Don't forget we have an extra meeting on 13th September to look at preparing for the club's competitions.  Please let us know if you'll be attending.

The links to Chris Sharples' resources have been updated today.
     
21st August 2011   There's a report on the Driffield Steam Fair on our "Extra Activities" page.  We enjoyed it so much that there's a gallery of images too - see our "Gallery" page.
     
9th August 2011   We have a new entry in our "Extra Activities" section - "Cuppa & Capture.  Intrigued?  Then click the "Extra Activities" link to see what this is.
While you're there, you'll find a link to photos taken at Fraisthorpe on Saturday, 6th July. 
     
1st August 2011   The public print exhibition is now at Bishopthorpe Public Library, until 15th August.
If you can't get to see it, there are some photos here.
     
20th July 2011   A new page has been added to the site to give details of "extra-curricula" activities.
Look now as the first is coming-up very soon!
     
19th July 2011   The public print exhibition is now at Copmanthorpe Public Library, until 1st August when it moves to Bishopthorpe.
We had to reduce the number of display boards (and prints) as there is less room available at Copmanthorpe.
     
6th July 2011   Following the committee meeting held 5th July, a new document has been added to our "Mainly for members" resources.  This provides "job descriptions" for committee members.
So now there's no excuse for not volunteering next time we elect a new committee.

We also decided that the guest fee should be £2 per meeting.  Where a guest subsequently decides to become a member, guest fees already paid will be subtracted from the subscription amount.
     
4th July 2011   Our first public print exhibition of the summer is now on display at Dringhouses Public Library - until 18th July when it will move to Copmanthorpe.
     
1st July 2011   A few more images added to the Farne Islands Gallery.
     
25th June 2011   A revised Gallery of images from our trip to the Farne islands and a report on the AGM added.
Don't miss the report if you want to see Ron get his certificate!
     
22nd June 2011   The complete list of awards from our AGM held 21/06/2011 is available here.
Following the AGM, a small change has been made to our Competition Rules.  Get the latest version here.
     
11th June 2011   A new gallery added showing images from our Annual Projected Image Competition, June 2011.
Everyone gets a look-in.
     
     
     

 

 

           

     

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