Bradford Photographic Society

This year the BPS was invited by friends Watford Camera Club to take part in their yearly Watford International Salon of Photography — a competition between photographic clubs from all over the world, held on 29th April.

Competitors included: Bradford & Watford (UK), Nanterre & Dijon (France), Mainz (Germany), Pesaro (Italy), Zagreb (Croatia), Novgorod (Russia), Delaware (USA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Adelaide (Australia).

The competition was won by Buenos Aires with a convincing lead. Bradford came second, with Helen Hall's "Sunset at Brimham Rocks" taking second place for individual images. Watford was close behind in third place.

The 2010 AGM passed without a fuss on 25th March. A moderate turnout discussed the last year's business, where new blood now represents 33% of the growing membership.

The competition secretaries hoped more people would take part in future trophy competitions, and, to this end, competition requirements received an overhaul, based on feedback, and should now be easier to understand and enter.

Fourteen trophies were awarded to the season's winners (see photo, L-R): (rear) Errol McQuinn, Jim Pringle, Paul Richards, Terry Kolonko; (front) Don Crabtree, Sue Zajaczkowska, Graeme Mitchell; (absent) Helen Hall, Bruce Pickering, Damian Oxborough.

The President, Paul Richards, outlined plans to celebrate the society's 150th anniversary, and urged all members to take an active role in the society's future, as a new generation of photographers bring their ideas and enthusiasm to the table.

This week, the BPS will be trying out Still Life Photography again. They will be arranging, lighting and photographing a variety of inanimate objects in weird and wonderful ways—hopefully.

So, if you want to try your hand at capturing still objects at their best, bring some suitable objects, a variety of backgrounds/surfaces, and maybe something to light them with. Oh, and don't forget your camera!