Programme of meetings 2012
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BSoUP meets on the third Wednesday of each month at the Holland
Club, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, SW7
5BD, unless otherwise stated. |
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| Past Meetings |
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| January 18th, 2012 |
Mark Koekemoer: Latest Compacts & Accessories for Underwater Photography.
Focus On Competition: Images taken in 2011 (Show us your favourite – the one which hasn’t won a competition yet!).
Joss Woolf: Come Dive With Me. |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| February 15th 2012 |
Alex Tattersall: Hot New Toys
Focus On Competition: Yellow (anything alive under water that is yellow – fish, other marine animals or whatever you can find).
Alex Tattersall: Different Tools for Different Jobs
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Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| March 21st 2012 |
Colin Doeg: Useful Photographic Websites
Annual Event: Theme Portfolio Competition for the BSoUP Theme Portfolio Trophy – a portfolio of 6 images.
Mark Webster: A Different View – new ways to approach familiar subjects, dives sites, habitats to create interesting images and maintain the passion’ |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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March 31st – April 1st 2012
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London International Dive Show |
Excel, London Docklands |
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| April 18th 2012 |
Nick Robertson-Brown: The challenge of competing and progressing in the BIPP - driving my photography to a higher level by making me think outside the underwater world.
Focus On Competition: Two of something (any pair of underwater creatures).
Helen Rushton: Using Land Photography to Inform Underwater Photography |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| May 16th 2012 |
‘Out of the Camera vs the Final Image’ : An evening looking at what types of post-production we are doing and a discussion/ debate on the merits/ demerits of different levels and types of post-production, what you as photographers want to be achieving and what we as a Society should be helping you to do.
Focus On Competition: Crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimps and even copepods and barnacles - give us your best crusty image).
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Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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June 20th 2012
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Talk: To be announced.
Focus On Competition: Anemonefish with a difference (find a different slant to this common but captivating subject).
Talk: To be announced.
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Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| July 14th 2012 |
Annual
Event: Splash-in Competition.
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Mount
Batten, Plymouth. Map |
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| July 18th 2012 |
Annual Event: Splash-in Review.
Focus On Competition: Wide-angle reef scene (show the beauty of the overall reef; very difficult to capture) .
Summer Party: Come eat, drink, chat and bring images with questions for some coaching. We will also be inviting our retail friends to bring some of their toys to show off and to answer your questions about equipment. |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| August
15th 2012 |
Talk: To be announced.
Focus On Competition: Conservation (an underwater image that highlights a marine conservation issue or tells a story about what mankind is doing to the underwater world).
Talk: To be announced. |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| September 19th 2012 |
Talk: To be announced.
Underwater Excellence: A portfolio of 3 images.
Martyn Guess: How I got the winning shot – various techniques used to produce successful images |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| October 17th 2012 |
Talk: To be announced.
Annual
Event: Best
of British Portfolio Competition. A portfolio of 3 images.
Paul Rose: Behind the Scenes of BBC Underwater Film Making |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| November 21st 2012 |
BSoUP / DIVER Print Competition Awards.
Annual
Event: Beginners
Portfolio Competition for the DIVER Trophy:
A portfolio of 6 images.
Jane Morgan & Gill McDonald: Beauty in Bunaken & Losing Yourself in Lembeh.
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Usual
venue - Holland
Club |
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| December 19th 2012 |
Annual
Event: Annual General Meeting.
Annual
Event: Open Portfolio Competition: A portfolio of 6 images.
Annual Event: Winter party. |
Usual
venue - Holland
Club
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