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TuesdayOur very own competition secretary DuncanLocke LRPS presents this week’s talk, BeThere Early! Travels with a Camera. He says:-  Being on location early with yourcamera to get a clear view was vital duringthe five weeks that I spent in China in2017.    There's no shortage of people inChina with many keen photographers(and  the rest of the population  just has tohave a selfie!).  The first half of my talk willfeature landscape and wildlife images fromeight locations in China.    After the break Iwill show cultural and landscape imagesfrom a country, which like China is home toan ancient civilisation,  but unlike modernChina is rarely visited by westerntourists.  Where is it?  Come along for 7.30pm and find out!

WCC Photonews

Worcestershire Camera Club Editor: w-news@worcscc.uk

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Header: Lee Newton, Reflections

ContentsProgrammeDigital GroupRemember…DiaryAGM - important informationCompetitions & exhibitionsWCC Flickr groupCongratulations!Playing with fractalsLlechweddCommercialOther news

Digital GroupWe meet as usual on Thursday 21 March at7.30 pm at the Royal British Legion,Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7RL.

James Boardman-Woodend is doing   LongExposure Photography, equipment,techniques etc, with examples. He will betelling you how to keep things sharp.Martin is also doing Long Exposurephotography and will show how to makesure that your images are definitely NOTsharp, with lots of examples!Please bring up to 10 images to share withthe rest of the group.£2 inc refreshments.  Bar also available.

Remember…Paul Mann would still like to receive yourmounted photos for Thorneloe &mounted/framed photos of Spetchley forThe Spetchley Exhibition. Please do takethese opportunities to exhibit your workand promote WCC! See here for details.

Last chance to hand in your AV entries is 19March (PhotoHarmony and Opencategories). Please do join in!

WCC members will present a selection ofwork to Kempsey Camera Club on

Wednesday 27th March 2019. Why not popalong in support?

Duncan at work!

Cormorant fisherman, Duncan Locke LRPS

Competitions & exhibitionsBPE

Midland MonochromeCotswold Monochrome is unable tocontinue for the time being with runningthe Salon, due to a lack of resources. Thegood news is there will be a MonochromePrint Exhibition in the Midlands, asSmethwick Photographic Society isstepping in to ensure an exhibition devotedto black & white photography.   The website will be open for entries from the 20thMarch 2019 and full details of theExhibition rules etc.can be found there.Closes 17 May.

Rushden Open - 7 April

Robin Hood 20 April

Neath    closes 21 April

Dates for the diary18-19 March last chance to visit ThePhotography Show..13 & 14 April Smethwick AV Festival.Book your tickets here.

16-19 May Photolondon. The talksprogramme has been announced.

Carousel - A Herefordshire life through aLens. Various screenings including at thecharming Regal, Tenbury Wells this week.

OtherHave you sorted out your best Britishwildlife shots yet? BWP Awards close on 6April 2019.

LensCulture Street Photography closes 24April (one single image is free).

Portrait of Britain closes 18 April.

London Salon closes 20 May.

12th i-phone photography awards  close31March 2019.

Cityscapes - win equipment Closes 31 Mar

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust calendarcompetition closes 8 April.

The Hive has the RoyalMeteorologicalExhibition of WeatherPhotography until 31March.

24 March Owl encounters.

20-24 March is MidPhot at Smethwick - doget along if you can!

Grayson Perry Landscapes at Croome,various dates.

23 March Croome Panorama Tower OpenDay - chance for some unrivalled views!

6/7 April SVR Open house weekend.

AGM - important informationOur AGM will be held on 16 April 2019.  Nominations are now open for the Officers andCommittee Members.  A Nominations form will be available at all Club meetings betweennow and the AGM.

All members were recently sent an email outlining some recent changes to the structureof the Committee.   Please read the note attached to the email   to see the newCommittee structure and how it relates to all the activities undertaken to keep the Cluboperating successfully.

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Congratulations!A hearty round of virtual applause for Barrie Glover  ARPS DPAGB BPE4* WSDP2, please! Barrie has had aflurry of acceptances as follows:-

two acceptances in the Southport National Exhibition,

five in the 106th Southampton International Exhibition andfive in the Vale of Evesham 2019 Exhibition.

Evesham also awarded him two highly commended PAGB ribbons and one commended BPE ribbon.(Choose by author in the menu on top left and pick Barrie’s name to see his award-winning images. The

experimental/creative gallery is well worth a browse while you’re there….)

WCC Flickr group up and running

23 members are currently sharing their images and feedback on Flickr. Do join in! (G+ will be closing down soon.) Information on joiningFlickr is at the end of last week’s newsletter and the Quick Start guide on how to post to the Flickr Group can be found here (downloadand keep for reference if you wish).

Please remember that you are kindly asked to set pictures to private (Viewing privacy = you only) when uploading for the WCC group. Ifyou wish to share the picture publicly, please upload a second, public copy.

Playing with fractalsBarrie also says he has been ‘fiddling and diddling’ with fractals again. Here are a few of the results - part 2 next week.

Mexican Hat Flowers

Marbled White

Wild Flax

Apophysis

Barrie Glover ARPS DPAGBBPE4* WSDP2,

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LlechweddLlechwedd opened in 1846 and became one of the largestslate quarries in the world.

The Ffestiniog Railway, which already connected BlaenauFfestiniog to the coast at Porthmadog was instrumental inthe success of Llechwedd venture.   John WhiteheadGreaves, the owner of Llechwedd, was also chairman of theFfestiniog Railway and this long association becameanother factor in the success of the quarry.

After decades of expansion, the 1960s saw a steep declinein the demand for slate and eventually the quarry closed.

Today, the site has been developed as a visitor attractionwith visits to the deep mine workings and limited access tothe upper quarry areas.  Here also, for the adventurous andthrill-seekers, is 'Titan', Europe's longest zip-wire course.

My infrared images represent something of the desolate remains of buildings and the open-cast mining ravaged landscape.   Slatequarrying and working on a very limited scale is still carried out.

Clive Haynes FRPS

Mountainside above Llechwedd - Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Cottage Ruins- Llechwedd

Slate Quarry Buildings - Llechwedd

Llechwedd

Slate Quarry Ruin - LlechweddClive Haynes FRPS

Commercial

Tenerife

I'd like to introduce myself as a potential photography tutor/guide for your members who may travel to Tenerife on holiday.

You can see my work and read more about me at:Website:        Instagram:                Facebook.                  Altered landscapes gallery

When you go on holiday you want to get some great images to take home. With over thirty years professional experience I can help andguide you. Why not also take the time to improve your photographic skills? Whatever your skill level, novice to advanced I can help youto get some great images from your time on Tenerife.

Learn to control your camera more efficiently to make the most of the tools at your disposal and spend more time finding compositions,looking at texture, lighting, colours and lines that make great photos instead of struggling with settings.

If you're already competent with all the controls I can concentrate on getting you to the best locations, places the average tourist willnever see and you can discover some of the drama to be captured in the landscape on Tenerife. I'll be there to help with all technicalaspects as well as assist with compositions, using the light and weather conditions to make the most of some amazing scenery rangingfrom wild Atlantic seascapes to rugged volcanic landscapes.

Also possible is a trip to old towns and villages with fine examples of Colonial architecture and ramshackle rustic buildings, and in thecapital there are examples of some cutting edge modern architecture.

I can also provide tuition/guidance tailored to suit any particular requirements.

Tenerife has lots to offer whatever style or genre of photography you prefer and having lived here over twenty years I have an extensiveknowledge of the island.

Phil Crean

Some recent commercial offers sent to the club. Please note inclusion does not imply endorsement.

Other newsBritish Journal of Photography with news of Arles 2019…

PAGB enews 226 with news about the AV adjudication events 18-19 May, a SmartPhone Group , Irene Froy’s last workshop and more….

CarterArt Challenge Day 24 MarchOur first Challenges Day on 20 January was a great success so we are planning a second - a day of photography challenges and surprises,aimed at developing your photography style and skills. We have access to two floors of a wing of Stokesay Court, that are not presentlyused, and the waterfalls and cascading pools in the gardens of the estate.

We are not giving too much away in advance but be assured that the challenges will stretch you to think about different approaches toyour photography. It will be fun and rewarding, sometimes eerie, other times a hoot.

The day is suitable for all from serious beginners to experienced photographers. All you need is a camera, a tripod if you have one (wehave spares), a choice of lenses, a sense of fun and to be prepared to try new things.

Stokesay Court, nr Ludlow, SY7 9BD

Sunday 24 March 2019, 9am-5pm

£90 per person

Please click here to book.

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