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Ripon Photographic Society A G M 2009

In her opening address our President Sarah Harrison felt that we had had a very successful year. Membership was slightly up, The tutorials and lectures had been informative, and interesting. The Exhibition in the new venue had been excellent with maximum print entry of high quality.

She introduced our treasurer Andrew Liscott, who said the club was in a sound financial position.

The two Programme secretaries outlined some of the years successes and were positive next year would be even better. Paul Bullock said competition entries had been so high a limit may have to be imposed..

The YPU representative David Morland resigned from the committee after 19 years, his experience and enthusiasm will be sadly missed.

Sarah then proposed Diane Bowes as our next president who in turn proposed Kathryn Carter as vice president, both were accepted enthusiastically by members.

In closing Sarah noted that next year the club will have it's 60 year anniversary, and some major events are planned.

In the disposable camera competition Keith Wagner won the print prize and Denise Carrigan and Kathryn Carter were joint winners of the sheet prize.

Photography rights: Snappers to descend on Scotland Yard

Photography rights: Snappers to descend on Scotland Yard

via The Register on 12/02/09

Papping the police shouldn't mean a pop to prison

Comment The individual right to take photographs is being threatened, and distrust of police and government motives in respect of photography is growing. On Monday, the issue will be defiantly, peacefully raised as a mass demonstration, supported by comedian Mark Thomas, converges on New Scotland Yard to assert the right of snappers to take pictures.…

Paul Miguel Updates

Got this from Paul Miguel,

Good afternoon,

To increase my presence on the internet, and keep people up to date with
new projects and workshops, I have added an extra page to my website
which can be viewed from this link
www.paulmiguel.com/Paul%20Miguel/news.htm

I now also have a blog at wwwpaulmiguel.blogspot.com/  which will be
updated at least once a month. This blog is mainly a chance for me to
talk about photography, discuss what I've been up to, and also gives
people a bit of an insight into the life of a professional nature
photographer - in short; it gives me room to ramble a little about
everything... from techniques to field craft... from wildlife issues to
the age of digital photography...

You can biew the blog at any time, or sign up to follow and post
comments etc.

All the best,

Paul

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New Law in the UK May Make it Illegal to Photograph the Police After February

 

 

New Law in the UK May Make it Illegal to Photograph the Police After February 16th

via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on 1/30/09

I was disappointed to read a post that Paul Buchheit posted on FriendFeed today regarding recently passed legislation in the UK which might make it illegal to photograph the police there. The article, from Prison Planet, cites the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 as containing the relevant legislation:

From Prison Planet:

"According to the British Journal of Photography, the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, which is set to become law on February 16, "allows for the arrest and imprisonment of anyone who takes pictures of officers 'likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism'." The punishment for this offense is imprisonment for up to ten years and a fine.

However, even before the passage of the legislation, police in Britain have already been harassing and arresting fully accredited press photographers merely for taking pictures of them at rallies and protests."

In the UK, the section of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 that deals with this is in section 76, where it states that it will now be a crime to "elicit, publish or communicate" information about members of armed forces etc.

From the legislation:

"(1) A person commits an offence who—

(a) elicits or attempts to elicit information about an individual who is or has been—

(i) a member of Her Majesty's forces,

(ii) a member of any of the intelligence services, or

(iii) a constable,"

While I'm still not exactly 100% sure what "ellicting and publishing information" about members of the police might entail, I could certainly see the issue being raised where an officer was identifiable, perhaps even with their name on their uniform. In any event, it certainly would seem to give the police more ammunition, so to speak, to be able to use when asking photographers not to photograph them.

This legislation would appear to be yet another chilling move by the UK in encouraging harassment of photographers. Last year you might remember that the London Metropolitan Police launched a very public advertising campaign asking people to turn in "odd" looking photographers.

Retaining our rights to photograph the police is important. Whether the Rodney King case or the more recent case of BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle's killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, it is important that as citizens we be allowed to record the day to day activities of our police officers. Police officers wield an incredible amount of power over the general citizenry in our day to day lives. Being able to record their activities (as certainly they record ours) is an important right and power in ensuring that they handle their own power with the responsibility with which they should.

This law in the UK is unfortunate. It further muddies the water for what photographers can and can't photograph with regards to the police and further paves the way for police officers to harass photographers. While the law seems to be targeted towards people who would photograph the police with the intention of using it for terrorism, I could easily see how it could be used by any police officer to try and stop photographers from photographing them. I would much rather have seen wording in this legislation that specifically said that regular citizens have every and all rights to photograph the police at any time.

I've taken a lot of photographs of the police here in the U.S. You can see my photoset "Cops" here.

 

 

 

 

2nd Feb Meeting Cancelled due to snow

All,

 

In view of the weather forecast for this afternoon and evening, we have decided to call off tonights Camera Club meeting... hopefully we'll be able to reschedule Paul's talk for another evening.

 

I am trying to ensure that the message reaches everyone in advance of the meeting, so please pass on to everyone you are in contact with.

 

Thanks very much, see you next week...

 

Sarah

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Presidents competition 2009 Results

Well done to the winners of the Presidents competition 2009

The theme was "movement" to be submitted in a 3 prints panel.

And the winners were,

Digital Entry

1st Won by a mile Paul Bullock

2nd Training Shirley Wildsmith

3rd Grasstrack Racers David Morland

HC Water Flows 2 Whitfield Benson

HC Military 2 step Shirley Wildsmith

HC Freezing Water Ian Whittaker

Print Entry

1st Flowing and Frozen David Morland Best Overall

2nd First Steps Richard Littlefair

3rd Splashing Time Norma Clark

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Polaroid: R.I.P. in 14 Days :(

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Polaroid: R.I.P. in 14 Days :( By kelly on Tips Orders placed in the Photojojo Shop today will arrive for Christmas In stock items to the U.S. only, choose flat-rate $6 Priority Mail shipping at checkout (Or choose 2-Day shipping by 12/21 or Next Day by 12/22) Photojojo Store goodies have been on Boing Boing, Wired, Gizmodo, and Digg in the last two weeks! Best-sellingstocking stuffers that will ship in time for Christmas! Bottle Cap Tripods 1 for $10, 3 for $27 Magnetic Photo Ropes 5 new colors, starts at $12 Wall Decal Photo Frames$20 for 8 frames! 110pc Fotoclips 1 for $10, 3 for $27 More photo goodies that will ship in time for Christmas! Flickr T-shirts For any Flickr fan on your list Eye-Fi Give any camera Wi-Fi and Geolocation! Striped Hoodie Camera Case Carry that new cam in style Gorillapod Original and SLR Bendy versatile pocket tripod and more… Well gang, we fought the good fight, but it's official: Polaroid isn't making any more film after December 31st, 2008. Sad though we are, we've found a few bits of good news scattered amid the wreckage. 1) The New Instant Camera Fuji's instant camera, the Instax, is now available in the United States. The photos are rectangular instead of the old familiar square format, but it's the next-best-thing to our beloved Polaroid cameras. Have a look at the Flickr Instax pool to see what the photos look like. 2) There's Still Some Film Left Unsaleable, our favorite source for Polaroid goodness, has morphed into Polapremium. You can still buy film there, sorted by camera type or film type, along with books, accessories and stuff like that. (The name's no lie: it's quite pricey now that supplies are limited.) Polaroid no longer sells film on its website, but it lists sources including Calumet, Amazon, and B&H. 3) Fuji Makes Substitutes Fuji makes versions of Type 100 and 4×5 Polaroid film. That means if you use a medium-format Polaroid back, a Polaroid pinhole or Holga camera, or a 4×5 view camera, you can still get film. 4) New Zink Technology Instead of making film, Polaroid's branching out with the portable digital PoGo printer. We were a little disappointed when we tried it, because it's basically just a tiny printer. It doesn't feel the same as having instant photos magically pop out of your camera. Sigh. We have higher hopes for the TOMY xiao, which combines the camera and printer in one, but so far that's only available in Asia. 5) You Can Take Action If you refuse to go down without a fight, get an action pack from Save Polaroid. It includes pre-printed postcards to send to the powers-that-be at Polaroid. It's worth a shot, right? 6) There's Still Time to Play While you can still scrounge up some film, you can still mess around with it. Try double exposures or manipulating the emulsion, especially if the film's already expired. What have you got to lose? 7) There's Always Poladroid If all else fails and there is no more film, at least there's Poladroid. It's a free application that's as close to real thing as it gets. You can drag & drop your photos into Poladroid to make them look like Polaroids. You can even shake the picture while it develops. Aaaahhh, that's nice. Bye Polaroid! We still love you! Please sell the 600 and Type 80 rights to another manufacturer so we can have them back! Pretty pretty please? Save Polaroid News, information, and hope for the lovelorn Polaroid fan. p.s. We've teamed up with our superpals at Vimeo for a contest for the best Stop-Motion Video! Three winners get gift certificates to the Photojojo Store, and 1st place gets their video printed in our upcoming book! Go read all the details and enter. (Already on Vimeo? Just tag your video "PhotojojoBook" to enter.) p.p.s. Check out some fun Photojojo photo projects in December's issue of Macworld magazine!  Link to this | Filed under Tips. Comments

Guidelines to help photographers

Revised stop and search policy is released - The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) have released the revised practise advice on stop and search policies.

The guidelines which may stop some of the problems photographers have had when photographing in the street may be put to an end as the NPIA have finally released their new policy.

"The guidance has been circulated to forces for final comment. As with all guidance, following consultation, it will require formal endorsement by ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers), when it meets in the next couple of weeks," said Peter Mandich the NPIA's Press and PR Manager.

The policy clearly states that: "The Terrorism Act 2000 does not prohibit people from taking photographs or digital images in an area where an authority under section 44 is in place. Officers should not prevent people taking photographs unless they are in an area where photography is prevented by other legislation."

It does say if a police officer suspects that the photographs are being taken as part of hostile terrorist reconnaissance, a search under section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 or an arrest should be considered. The document then goes onto explain in detail how this should be carried out.

The policy can be downloaded from the NPIA's website and the section relevant to photographers is section 2.8.

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Ripon Photographer's Award

David Morland , a member of the Ripon Photographic Society was this week made a Licentiaship of the Royal Photographic Society in Audio/Visual display. This is great honour and privilege for David as he had to take the appropriate examination in Audio visual by presenting a 10 minute display of his work before a panel of 6 highly critical judges who assessed every detail.
It has taken David two years to prepare his display to reach the high standard necessary to pass the examination. Now he can proudly use the letters LRPS after his name.

Jim Griffin

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Annual Exhibition 2008

Our Annual exhibition was held at the Allhallowgate Methodist Church in their new hall, a great place.. An early start by volunteer members ensured that over 100 visitors enjoyed a superb display of 94 of the members prints. The Visitor Vote for best print was won by none other than Dorothy Morland, well done that gal. Bill Forster was the lucky visitor to win the print. Photo shows President Sarah Harrison holding the print, supported by some members.

Pictorial 2008 Competition Results

1. Pictorial competition 20th October 2008 - Judged by Richard Egan

Print Entry:

1st 22 West Burton Falls Ian Whittaker

2nd 03 Where's The Loo Jim Griffin

3rd 08 Mountain Sunset Denise Carrigan

HC 27 West Burton Falls Shirley Wildsmith

HC 17 Masai Mara Andrew Linscott

HC 16 West Burton Woods Shirley Wildsmith

Digital Entry:

1st 03 Easter Day Ian Whittaker (Best Overall)

2nd 25 Straw Hat Kathryn Carter

3rd 19 Newby Hall Diane Bowes

HC 23 St Mary's Frosty Morning Ian Whittaker

Hopefully I'll be able to post some of the winning pictures here soon.

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Report on the meeting 29th September 2008

First meeting of our new season and "wow " it started well. 35 members and visitors enjoyed the famous photographer Derry Brabbs. He took us on a Magic Carpet tour of the Coast to Coast walk when he collaborated with THE MAN Alfred Wainwright.

Each photo had a story and Derry is a great raconteur, technical tips, humour and an explanation of how and why he took that particular photograph kept the audience captivated. Anecdotes about the great man unfolded all evening, if there were two paths Alfred took the highest,he was always right in any argument about paths and if the tripod was moved the photo was useless.

Starting from St Bees in the Lake District to Robin Hoods bay, up the coast, left at Newcastle to Hadrian's Wall, Derry brought back to the audience memories of favourite places and hills with his stunning photographs. Apparently the way to catch the best light is to get out early or stay out late. But then he gets paid for his photos....

If you would like to come to a meeting they are every Monday, 7 30pm at the Hugh Ripley Hall. See our website for the full programme, www.riponphotographic.co.uk or phone 01765604353

From Jim Griffin

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2008/9 season

Hi all,

This is Jim your photo club sect.

New season starts September 29 th, with a visit from Derry Drab, Who?. He is only the bloke who collaborated with Alfred Wainwright when he wrote the Coast to Coast walks.Stunning pictures are accompanied by a narrative laced with plenty of tips on technique, composition and lighting...not to be missed.

Sarah our new president is raring to go ,Diane and Kathryn have put together a programme laced with new exciting ideas,plus,all the popular sessions form last year.New judges,different lecturers, practical practicals and competitions to stretch your imaginations.We even have a mike and speaker now so we can hear at the back.!

First competition is of course THE PICTORIAL, start getting your prints mounted now ,entries to be in by October 6 th.

For fuller details see our website, www.riponphotographic.co.uk
It's the Hugh Ripley Hall as usual,7 30 pm, Monday evenings. Bring a friend there is even "nibbles " on the first night.You will be impressed.

Jim

Provisional Programme for 2008/2009 session

Provisional Programme for 2008/2009 session

Autumn
2008

September 29th	LECTURE #1 (with nibbles)	Derry Brabbs
October 6th	PRACTICAL #1	AV Presentations Lecturer: David Morland entries for Pictorial competition
October 13th	YPU	Review selection of digital images from last year’s YPU competition
October 20th	COMPETITION #1	Pictorial Judge:
October 27th	PRACTICAL #2	Prepare prints for exhibition & select digital images for exchange
November 3rd	LECTURE #2	Paul Miguel Entries for Natural History competition
November 10th	PRACTICAL #1 – follow up	Review AV work
November 17th	COMPETITION #2	Natural History Photos taken in British Isles only Judge:
November 24th	LECTURE #3	Andrew Linscott with The Animals of the Masai Mara Entries for Transport & Travel comp.
December 1st	Exchange	USA 1
December 8th	COMPETITION #3	Transport & Travel Judge: Michael Voice
December 15th	PARTY NIGHT	Quiz/Food
December 22nd	NO MEETING
December 31st	NO MEETING

Spring
2009

January 5th	PRACTICAL #4	Print critique } 3 x ‘experts’
January 12th	LECTURE #4	Tony & Marjorie Furmston or Harrogate College Entries for President’s competition
January 19th	EXCHANGE #2	USA 2 Give out disposable cameras
January 26th	COMPETITION #4	President’s Competition Panel of Three Images: Subject Movement Judge:
February 2nd	LECTURE #5	Review of Paul Bullock’s Work
February 9th	PRACTICAL #4 – follow up	Look at photos from the cameras Entries for Still Life competition
February 16th	HALF TERM – NO MEETING
February 23rd	COMPETITION #5	Still Life Judge: Paul Bullock
March 2nd	PAGB Entry	Print selection for competition Entries for People at Work competition
March 9th	LECTURE #6	Patti & Ray Rumbold Algarve & Beyond
March 16th	COMPETITION #6	People Subject: People at Work Judge:
March 23rd	AGM with nibbles
March 30th	DINNER & PRIZE PRESENTATION

Annual Exhibition 2008

We have confirmed the location and date of our annual exhibition for this year.

It is in the Allhallowgate Methodist Church Hall on Saturday 1st November from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

We hope to see you there!

Click here for a map.

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Bloglines - UK man hassled by cop for not having a "camera license"

Sad state of affairs.......

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UK man hassled by cop for not having a "camera license" A quick-thinking police officer spotted a 49-year-old man taking photos of Christmas lights and busted him on the spot for not having a camera license. When the photographer failed to produce a license (which would have been a neat trick, since there's no such thing as a camera license in England or any other free nation) the officer kept the world safe from terror by making the man delete all the photos in the camera. "People were still taking photos with mobile phones and pocket cameras, so maybe it was because mine looked like a professional camera with a flash on top," he says. "I wasn't very pleased because I was taken through the crowd and through the barriers at the front and people were probably thinking 'I wonder what he was doing.' "To be pulled out of a crowd is very daunting and I wasn't aware of my rights. "It's a sad state of affairs today if an amateur photographer can't stand in the street taking photographs." Here are Flickr photos of the Christmas lights of Ipswich, every one taken by terrorists no doubt. Link...

Annual Dinner

From the club's annual dinner.

Thanks to Jim for the images.

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Photoshop Express Beta

You can now use Photoshop Express online for free. I'm guessing you'll need a fast internet connection.

Justin Seeley.com News, Tips, and Reviews from Renowned Software Trainer Justin Seeley.

Photoshop Express Beta By Justin Seeley on photoshop express Adobe has announced the (beta) release of its online photo-editing service called Photoshop Express. This service is offered by Adobe completely free of charge and you can sign up now by visiting the Photoshop Express Website. When you sign up you'll get 2GB of space to house your work and you will also be able to showcase the photos you edit in a gallery (which is also hosted free of charge by Adobe). As I continue to test this service I find myself wondering who will actually use it… Adobe says they are targeting entry-level photographers and consumers and they also justify the service only being available online by stating that they believe more users are spending time online and they want to be available to those online users 24/7 and hopefully attract more people to the Adobe Family. As I said before, I'm still testing the site and compiling my notes, but I will be sharing some how-to videos here on the blog, so be looking for those very soon! Comments

AGM 2008 Report

RIPON CITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Annual General Meeting

17^th March 2008…Hugh Ripley Hall, Ripon

Commenced 7.45 pm…Michael Voice in the chair.

1. Apologies…David and Dorothy Morland and Andrew Linscott

2. No Minutes from last meeting, will take as read.

3. Presidents Report…Michael Voice…Thanked the members for allowing him to be President. The year has been exceptional, increased membership, successful tutorials; the Annual Exhibition was the best ever! The donations from the summer tutorials and the Sponsors had been sufficient to cover hall hire costs. The President thanked all members and committee who had helped throughout the year with the essential labour for the meetings, exhibition Etc.

4. Treasurers Report…Andrew was unable to attend tonight but his balance Sheet was presented by Michael. Although Andrew had had to take over at short notice with no records he had now managed to balance the books correctly.

Although cash in hand is good at the moment, income is slightly down on

Expenditure. We have committed funds to buying new equipment and need

£600 for reserves The Council have increased hall hire for 2008 so he suggested a rise in subscriptions for 2008,

Members to £27,

Seniors to £22

Students to £9

By a majority vote the report and subscription increases were accepted.

5. Competition Secretary’s Report. Sarah Harrison We had covered 8 competitions

Over 7 evenings, with 24 members submitting 450 entries. Most entered

Competition was Monochrome; least was sadly the Presidents Competition. So a

Big well done to all members. Also entries were sent in for the YPU

Competition, and the Hague and Berwick interclub “fun nights “

6. YPU report, as David was not present there was no report.

7. Programme Secretary’s Report….Diane Bowes, in conjunction with Kathryn Carter presented the report. Although this was their first attempt as Programme Secretary’s they were reasonably satisfied with the results. Some teething problems had caused them anxieties but they had overcome them well, and were more aware of what to do next year. There had been a variety of topics from different speakers and all had gone down very well. The Christmas party was enjoyed by all. X Factor , a new approach was well received and supported and giving the members their own choices for the PAGB was innovative and appreciated

8. Summer meeting dates are…April 14^th, May12th, June 9^th and July 14^th. All will be tutorials on Photoshop, open to non members; these will be published on our website.

9. Diane Bowes was proposed by Michael to be our new Vice President, seconded by Keith Wagner... unanimously passed

10. Nomination of Officers for 2008. The existing officers were prepared to stay in office for another year unless there were any proposals from the floor. There was none. Sarah as our president had to resign as Competition secretary but a proposal that Paul Bullock be elected to the committee was accepted. Paul has kindly agreed to have a go as Competition Secretary

Michael stated that as he was retiring this year he will probably move out of the area sometime so did not wish to take an office but will assist Paul initially

As we are still short of committee members we will co-opt as necessary...

11. Any other business…

A There will be Photographer of the year next session, judged on points scores at Competitions, with a trophy for the winner.

B Possibility of 2 classes in competitions, novices and experienced. The committee had talked about this, although not happy with this way will approach the problem.

C We are still waiting for feedback from our entry to the PAGB

D Paul asked how many junior members we had, answer 2. Could we approach the local colleges, give open nights etc thoughts will be carried forward.

E Chase up the report from the Hague group, has it got lost in transmission, all will be revealed later….

Meeting closed at 8 15 pm

Signed ……………………………………… President

……………………………………………….Secretary