OPS Weekly Newsletter 6 October 2024
- Please start selecting your prints for our print competition on 22 October – two colour, two mono-chrome
- Bring your print, or prints, for Ivor’s fundraising exhibition
- And if you have not paid your subscriptions yet please do
- Last week’s meeting Tues 1 October: Take 5
The scores of Take 5 were as follows, in alphabetical order:
| Name | Final total |
| Dave Atkinson | 422 |
| Mike Ashcroft | 318 |
| Jill Bain | 289 |
| Simon Beirne | 280 |
| Dave Belcher | 413 |
| John Boteler | 331 |
| Ian Bray | 392 |
| Adrian Cubitt | 384 |
| Sandra Devaney | 419 |
| Rob Farrands | 305 |
| Steve Field | 338 |
| Les Gordon | 374 |
| William Hall | 367 |
| Alan Lewis | 389 |
| Dave McKay | 381 |
| Ron Perkins | 363 |
| Dave Stroud | 318 |
| Peter Warrington | 340 |
| Phil Warrington | 301 |
| Keith Worthington | 415 |
| Karahan Yilmazer | 280 |
Congratulations to all and many thanks to everyone who entered their images and to everyone who participated on the night. Special thanks to Jill who managed to get all the totals together on the night and pulled all the scores together.
- Next Tuesday’s meeting 8 October at 19.30: Ivor’s nature and wildlife photos – with a twist
Ivor will present his nature and wildlife photographs. It won’t be your usual presentation, so expect something different for this evening’s show.
- Upcoming meetings
Tues 15 October 19.30: Tabletop Photography led by Ian Bray
A practical evening when you use your cameras and shoot anything on the tabletop you fancy having a go at. There will be continuous lights provided, background material, reflectors, diffusers and things to shoot. Bring your camera, a flash, small items to shoot, and most importantly, your photographic creativity.
Tues 22 October 19.30: Print Competition No. 1
Judge will be Peter Cox.
Tues 29 October 19.30: Inter-Club Competition, Bicester and Oxford
Competition consists of 40 images from each club. OPS members to judge Bicester images, and Bicester club members to judge OPS images.
Tuesday 5 November 19.30: Fireworks: light painting photography on bonfire night
Our take on bonfire night where we will do some painting with light: using light to add silhouettes of people, spiral and circular light trails, light orbs and other methods of light painting. Bring your camera, tripod and sparklers! Parkin optional.
- Photographer required by the Oxford Guild Business Society
Hello, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Caitlin, and I am the Director of Luxury Business at the Oxford Guild Business Society. The Guild is hosting a high-profile speaker event with the CEO of a well-known luxury brand in Oxford on Friday, October 25th. As such, I was wondering if any of your members would be interested and willing to shoot the event. We are looking for both photographers and videographers (non-beginners, as this is a particularly important event). This would not only be a great opportunity for the photographers and videographers of your society to hone their craft, but also to interact with people from the fashion and luxury business industries. Please let me know if this would be of any interest, and we can discuss further. Thank you.
Caitlin Lin
Please contact Caitlin directly if you’re interested
- Members’ news
Les gets a photo piece in The Rugby Paper
Congratulations to Les for getting his photos of Oxford Harlequins versus Henley Hawks in last week’s edition of The Rugby Paper. See here, subscription required to see the full spread of Les’s photos and read the report on the game.
- Annual Subscriptions
Subscription details are as follows: –
- Full annual membership £55.00
- Joint membership £100.00
For those of you who are associate members because you have moved away from the area, please email me if you wish to continue. The annual cost is £30. Please note if you are an associate you can attend three meetings per year for which you will be required to pay the visitors fee. . This year’s “visitors fee” will be £5.
Early membership payment is appreciated and will be accepted now. This can be done in the following ways.
- Payment directly to the club’s bank account for online bankers is always appreciated. The details for this are:
Bank. – Barclays
Account Name. – Oxford Photographic Society
Account Number – 60707872
Sort Code – 20-65-18
Please include your name as a reference.
- For those wishing to pay via debit or credit cards, this will be available via “stripe” using the following link under “Store”
- Payment can also be made directly to the above bank account via “the high street banks”.
- Programme Secretary vacancy
We have a full and varied programme for you this season thanks to the hard work and excellent choices by Les. Unfortunately, due to unexpected changes in Les’s work commitments he cannot continue in the role and we need someone to step forward to start the planning and booking of speakers for next season’s programme. Please do contact me or any other committee member if you are interested in taking on the role.
- Events photographic in Oxford
Learn to Use a Film Camera and Develop Your Own Black and White Film at Home
Enjoy your vintage camera and cut the cost of film photography. Safe, satisfying and a lot of fun.
Sessions start at £60 for one person and £90 for 2. Mondays and Fridays
The River Studio, Salter Brothers Yard, Folly Bridge, Oxford OX1 4LB
https://stoneandco.uk/Develop-your-own-Film/
Paul Kilsby: The Pensive Image – exhibition
These photographs, in their different ways, allude to the complex ways in which art and science co-exist, sometimes sharing a single vision while at others occupying a much more ambivalent and uncertain dialogue.
The North Wall Arts Centre
South Parade
Summertown
Oxford OX2 7JN
2 October – 19 October 2024
Free
https://www.thenorthwall.com/whats-on/paul-kilsby-the-pensive-image/
Ashmolean NOW: Bettina Von Zwehl
The Flood
18 Oct 2024 – 11 May 2025
Gallery 8
Admission is FREE
The third in the Ashmolean NOW exhibition series, where contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections.
This exhibition will feature photographs by London-based artist, Bettina von Zwehl (b. 1971). Von Zwehl’s aim is to rekindle wonder and curiosity as critical tools for exploring new ideas and practices.
During a residency in Oxford from 2022–23, von Zwehl spent time researching the Ashmolean’s founding collections – the wonderfully diverse objects and works of art which were displayed when the Museum first opened in the 17th century.
The artist’s time at the Ashmolean served as inspiration for a unique photographic ‘Wunderkammer’ installation that moves between portraiture, silhouetted fragments, still-life, monumental and miniature elements, as well as non-art objects and specimens from natural history collections.
https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/ashmolean-now-bettina-von-zwehl
- General photographic interest
Abbey Road music photography awards – the winners
The winning images and the photographers on how they captured them
Nominated entries will be displayed at the Royal Albert Hall in London from 8 October-12 November and at The Other Art Fair this month
‘Spend up, drink up, eff off!’ My 12-hour Babylonian crawl in search of old Soho’s louche magic
It was a bohemian enclave of drinking dens, dodgy bookies and after-dark decadence. As a famous book about the London quarter’s bygone charms reappears, our writer downs a breakfast negroni and sees if they can still be found
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/02/soho-london-in-search-of-old-louche-magic
Bird Photographer of the Year
2024 Winners
With over 23,000 images entered into the competition this year, Bird Photographer of the Year is pleased to present our winners. Celebrating bird life from around the world, these images comprise some of the most incredible bird photos in the world taken by talented photographers, whilst also raising vital funds for our partner charity Birds on the Brink.
https://www.birdpoty.com/2024-winners
Twenty-one Stunning Winning Images From Siena Photo Awards
An inspiring photographic tour of the best drone images, fascinating faces, gorgeous wildlife, amazing sport shots on exhibit at the Siena Awards Festival.