Our Photographic displays in the community 2017
Party in the Park is always a wonderful opportunity for PPS to meet the Public and share our work with those who visit our Tent. This year we offered Free Portraits and over fifty people – families, children and their numerous dogs – took advantage of this chance of having their portrait done by well-qualified […]
How to Sort, Select, Display, Print and Mount
Members enjoyed a very informative session delivered by Veronica Congleton and Katherine Guellard. Veronica led us through the practical stages of recording and storing photographs. The most important advice she gave was to choose a method of saving, cataloguing and working with images and sticking to that method, which works for us personally. Light Room […]
Open PDI 23 October 2017
OPEN PDI 23 October 2017 This year we were very lucky to have Keith Suddaby FRPS MPAGB EFIAP FBPE as our judge for the Open Projected Digital Images Competition. With almost 50 entries Keith certainly had his hands full but still managed to provide an interesting critique of every picture. We were also given an insight […]
Club competition judged by Keith Suddaby, FRPS (2006), MPAGB, EFIAP, ABPE
A Zip file of 48 images was sent to the well-known judge in the Photography world, Keith Suddaby. Even with his long experience, it was clearly a challenge for him to choose the winners. However, he led us through the photographs and commented on issues which make or break a photograph’s selection. Judicious cropping, perhaps, […]
Guest Speaker: Mavis Ord DPAGB of Durham Photographic Society with ‘Retrospective’.
As we helped Mavis carry her boxes of photographs into Merton Hall, we knew we were in for a special presentation, one which reflected her long independent career, as she developed her own style and her own criteria. Her images were of global origin; clearly she enjoyed seeking out those special moments in time in […]
A Journey through India presented by Veronica Congleton
Veronica, a former Chairman of our Club, took us into a world of nature, architecture, friendly people and most importantly the Tiger, as she recalled her ambitious and challenging Tour of India. Her longed-for dream of seeing tigers in their wild habitat was about to be realised! Not only did we have a sensitive insight […]
Preparing our entries for Inter-Club Competitions
We had a lively evening, selecting our entries for the following competitions: Ryton and the North Tyne. Kath Guellard, Competitions Secretary, ably explained the rules and highlighted the points to use and to avoid. Each member had four votes and gradually we arrived at the required number for each competition. Thanks to everyone who submitted […]
CL FRAMING
Formerly LJFraming, this company opens on Monday 2nd October. For those members living north or east of Ponteland this may prove a useful company. Hours: 10.00 – 1600 Monday to Friday and 9.00 to 13.00 on Saturdays.
Britannia Pictures
STOP PRESS A reminder about this small Company, whose support the Club enjoys, especially for our new members. Here is a message from Kath Guellard Britannia Pictures, Brunswick Industrial Estate, NE13 7BA tel 0191 236 7949 email: brit.pics@virgin .net You can email your images to him for printing and mounting – cost aprox £8.00 – […]
Keeping abreast of technology
Last night’s meeting brought members up-to-date with the possibilities of using our mobile phones and iPads as well as our cameras. It was enlightening but in some respects a challenge when faced with ever-changing tools and software. Rod Smith, our Chairman followed this with a very useful review of our Club website and encouraged us […]