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Next
BSoUP meeting: Wednesday
16 June at 7.30 for 8.00 p.m.
The
Holland Club, Imperial College, London SW7 5BD.
This month
we are very proud to present our 'resident' husband and wife
team Linda and Brian Pitkin. Both are extremely experienced
and accomplished photographers and both have the honour of
being life members of BSoUP.
PHOTO
TECHNIQUES - COMPOSITION by LINDA PITKIN
By profession,
Linda is a biologist studying insects at The Natural History
Museum in London, and for decades her passion for nature has
led her to photograph marine life with equal enthusiasm. She
approaches her image making with a biologist's fascination
for living organisms, but even more with a photographer's
eye for composition and lighting. She believes that achieving
good composition is what photography is all about and is as
basic
as focus and exposure. She will use her photographs to demonstrate
a range of ideas, many of which are very simple, about what
goes into making good pictures.
Linda is
the author and photographer of four books, and her photographs
feature widely in books, magazines and various other media.
Linda has won many national and international photographic
awards, and in 2003 she proudly
became an honouree in the Women Divers Hall of Fame. For some
samples of Linda's work see her website at www.lindapitkin.net
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FOCUS
ON COMPETITION - PATTERNS
We will
shortly be introducing regular digital competitions. However,
for June we stick with slide format. Maximum two 35mm slides
of 'Patterns', visible dot on the bottom left hand corner
as you wish the slide to be viewed, no sticky labels please.
WEB
TECHNIQUES - CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE by BRIAN PITKIN
Brian will
introduce, discuss and demonstrate the practice of creating
a simple pictorial website using Dreamweaver.
Currently
President of BSoUP, Brian served as Editor of the Society's
newsletter "in focus" between 1983 and 1996 and
Chairman between 1987 and 1998. Along with Mike Portelly,
he is currently one of Diver Magazine's Photography Editorial
Consultants. Brian has contributed more than 90 articles on
Underwater Photography to Diver Magazine and other underwater
publications and also took the underwater photographs for
Reg Vallintine's book "Learn to Scuba Dive in a Weekend".
Brian has been on the judging panel in underwater festivals
in Egypt, France, Indonesia, the Seychelles and the United
Kingdom.
In his
spare time he is webmaster for both BSoUP and his wife's websites:
and www.lindapitkin.net
It
should be an extremely interesting and informative evening.
For those who can make it, see you there.
Gill
McDonald
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BSoUP
Member's web pages
Fancy a
page on the BSoUP website? Whether or not you have your own
website, if you are a fully paid up member of the Society
you are invited to submit copy and images for your very own
web page. |
Send a
maximum of six jpg images 200 x 132 (or 132 x 200 pixels)
and accompanying text about yourself and your images to Brian
Pitkin.
Include
links to your own website if you have one. Include brief contact
details, preferably your e-mail address. |
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BSoUP
T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and jackets.
Martha
Tressler, our Hon. Treasurer, has a selection of BSoUP
branded items of clothing for members to purchase. T-shirts
will be available in navy blue or white with a white or blue
BSoUP logo and the full name of the Society.
Other items, sweatshirts and polo shirts, in navy blue with
white BSoUP logo and name. Caps by special order!
Prices from £10 for T-shirts to £24.00 for jackets.
You can buy yours at any of the monthly meetings of the Society
or contact Martha
Tressler |
To
order please contact
Martha
Tressler
109
Lisbon Ave, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 5HL
Tel
: 0776 460 3657 (days)
Tel
: 0208 255 4765 (eve, wknd)
E-mail
:
martha@mtressler.com |
