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Last week’s meeting Tues 11 March: Janteloven – ‘No one is better than the other’ with Michele Peters Michele has visited Denmark on many occasions, and she introduced us to the Scandinavian concept of ‘Jantoven’ which is a social code that emphasises the ‘we are all in it together’ approach to society. She would pick up this ‘no one is better than the other’ approach in her second half of her talk.

There were some extremely effective and creative panels as members shook off the shackles of the single image and played around with panels. Phil talked through each panel, discussing how they worked and how successful they were. The winners were: Print: Helen Stewart with her black and white portraits of model and shadows. Digital: Jill Bain with her sea sickness panel of a ferry journey on a choppy water. A very enjoyable evening and congratulations to all who took part.

Ivor’s funeral will be at 4pm on Tuesday 4th March at North Oxford Crematorium, Tackley.  Refreshments afterwards at Sturdys Castle nearby if you would like to attend. Ivor’s nephew, Mark, says that one of Ivor’s specific requests was that those attending his funeral wear “normal” clothes as opposed to funereal black.

Last week’s meeting Tues 18 February: What Does Photography Mean to You? Grant Scott Grant, who is now 60 years old, started from humble beginnings. His father was a bricklayer and his mother was a hairdresser. He was brought up a proud Londoner, and though not born within ear shot of Bow bells, Tooting Broadway station was just across the road. His introduction to photography was from his father who took family photos on films bought and developed next door to Tooting Broadway station.

Our judge on the evening was Chris Palmer and there was an embarrassment of riches for him to choose from. The results were: Colour John Boteler Misty Forest First Nigel Finch Coming into Land Second Terry Carpenter Communication Old and New Third Peter Warrington Becalmed Highly Commended Ian Bray Noxon Pond Highly Commended David Belcher Speedway Action Oxford Highly Commended Peter Marshall The North America Nebula (pink) Commended William Hall Morning Hare Commended Dave McKay Monks Kick About Commended Keith Worthington When the Dancing Stops Commended Monochrome Sandra Devaney Smile Please First Helen Stewart Studio Model 2 Second Sandra Devaney Flat White Third Jill Bain Staircase Highly Commended John Boteler Fisherman’s Hut, Dungerness Highly Commended Philip Joyce Cardiff Highly Commended John Boteler The Traveller’s Hat, Stow Gipsy Fair Commended Ian Bray Jubilee Pool Commended Dave McKay Hornstrandir Commended William Hall Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Commended

Last week’s meeting Tues 4 February: I Also Fight Windmills – Ania Ready Ania is a former OPS member who is a photographer, a publisher and a mother. She now has three children and has moved to rural Oxfordshire. She had been researching the life and work of Polish writer Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska (1872-1925) after coming across an archive of her work. This led Ania to a seven-year research project which involved reading hundreds of manuscripts in English, French, and Polish, and travelling to rural Poland, Krakow, Lviv, Paris, New York, London, and Wotton-under-Edge to piece together the writer’s life and produce a Literary Photo Book on Sophie’s life and work.

Last week’s meeting Tues 7 January: Astro-photography with Gareth from LCE Gareth took us through the ins and outs of astro-photography. He had planned to have us trying out some of the techniques but unfortunately it was too cloudy to photograph anything in the sky.

1. Last week’s meeting Tues 7 January: Round two of the Rosebowl Competition And the result was: 1st with a score of 272: Oxford Photographic Society 2nd with a score of 270: Pinner Camera Club 3rd with a score of 264: Harpenden Photographic Society 4th with a score of 258: Northfields Camea Club It was a high scoring competition and a very tight finish with Oxford and Pinner neck and neck before the appropriately titled ‘Bailey on the Charge’ photo by Dave Belcher pipped Pinner at the post.

Last week’s meeting Tues 7 January: Phil and Pete’s Show – Planes, Trains and Imbeciles Before the presentation we were treated to an old (no one admitted how old) photograph of our two presenters in a very Chas and Dave pose… and they duly started to ‘rabbit’. First up was a digital version of a colour ‘slide’ audio-visual presentation about a train journey to and from Gatwick airport. No ordinary passenger journey but one in the driver’s cab.

Last week’s meeting Tues 10 December: Projected Digital Image No. 2     Our judge was Colin Mill and the results were: Commended John Boteler – Misty Forest Dave Atkinson – Cub in the Meadow Pete Warrington – Black Light, Bexhill on Sea Dave McKay – Traditional Fishing, Cao Bang Highly Commended Dave Stroud – Greater Flamingo Dave Atkinson – Red Squirrel Snacking in the Snow Pete Warrington – Into the Bleak Wood Third – Dave Stroud – Avocet Second – Keith Worthington – Cheetah Cub has strayed First – Dave Stroud – The Elephants of Amboseli Many congratulations to all who entered the evening’s competition