BENEFITS

Whether you are already an accomplished underwater photographer; whether you have just bought your first underwater camera; or whether you are somewhere in between… BSoUP is for photographers of all levels of skill and experience and with all types of camera.

We want to make it as easy as possible for everyone to come along to a BSoUP meeting – and to keep on coming. The purpose of this page is to help you find us more easily; to give you an idea of what we do; and to find out how joining BSoUP can help you to improve your underwater photography.

WHERE AND HOW TO FIND US

Meetings are at 8pm on the third Wednesday of the month at Imperial College in South Kensington: get full directions here. We meet in a room in the basement of the Holland Bar: to find it go to the far corner of the bar, along the corridor and down the stairs. (Buy a drink on the way and take it down with you; it’s a university bar, so the drinks are cheap!)

SOMEONE TO MEET YOU

The idea of just walking into a room full of people you don’t know can be daunting for many of us. To overcome this, a couple of BSoUP Committee members are in the meeting room downstairs from 7.30pm to greet new and potential members; so come along early and introduce yourself.

If you have any questions before you come, feel free to contact Alan Larsen or any other committee member. A list of committee members and their contact details can be found here.

IMPROVE YOUR UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

At the monthly meetings you will be able to learn from talks on different techniques, as well as be inspired by presentations from other underwater photographers talking about what they do and showing their images. Take a look at this year’s programme of speakers/events to see the usual format, topics and speakers. There is also ‘social’ time during the meetings!

A photo competition takes place every month. Whether you enter it or not, seeing the competition is a great opportunity to get an idea of what makes a good underwater image – and to see how your own images ‘measure up’ against the rest. Competition subjects for this year are listed here.

Most important of all, you will meet other underwater photographers at BSoUP meetings. During the social time you can talk to others about techniques and ‘how to do it’, equipment and how to use it, places to go and what to see there, and find out what’s hot and what’s not! 

Attending as regularly as you can, and taking part in competitions and other activities will help you learn more, be more inspired, and get to know people better.

‘LONG DISTANCE’ MEMBERS

Many members travel long distances to come to monthly meetings. However, for those who are too far away, there are still many benefits to joining BSoUP. As a member you will receive the magazine ‘In Focus’, be able to participate in members-only monthly competitions (and view competition entries before and after the competition takes place), pay reduced entry fees for the Splash-in competitions and other events that BSoUP organises from time to time, have full access to the Forum on the BSoUP website to exchange information with other members and advertise equipment for sale, and if you have your own website we will provided a link to it from the BSoUP website, where we also highlight one member’s website each week in the News.

We look forward to meeting you soon.

There is no better way to improve your underwater photography without getting wet!

To join BSoUP download and print out an application form (Adobe pdf file) and send it, completed, together with a cheque for the relevant amount, made out to BSoUP, to the Membership Secretary at the following address:-

Alan Larsen
BSoUP Membership Secretary
35 Kilgour Road
Honor Oak Park
London
SE23 1PG

Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed A5 envelope if you would like to receive a copy of the most recent issue of 'in focus'

Renew your subscription to BSoUP

If you have access to your own bank account online you can arrange a transfer.

Here are BSoUP’s  bank details

Sort Code: 40-05-31
Account No: 71021273
Reference: Your name & “Membership Subscription 2011”

But do please let our Membership Secretary Alan Larsen know that you have done so!