PSW EST: 1972

* PhotoSnowdonia Workshops *

and the

Zone 8 Photographic Society EST: 1977

PRESIDENT: Bruce Alexander Carter, FZPS . . . . FIRST & PAST PRESIDENT: Kenneth A Nelson, Hon.FZPS

 

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Updated: Monday 22 May, 2006 21:50

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

The first members' traveling exhibition comprised 50 framed prints, selected by five Fellows of the Society at the first meet, from a submission of 450 entries. Interestingly, they were all (but one) monochrome fine quality prints, of a variety of topics - but majoring on landscape; the colour print was via the Cibachrome process (now Ilfochrome Classic) from a colour transparency.

Mounting and framing the exhibition was done voluntarily by Brian Allen and Ken Nelson, who spent a full week ensuring this would be a really well presented show.

At first, it proved difficult to find venues willing to show the work but sterling work by a couple of members produced the first venues. Suffice to say that the initial reaction to the work produced such comments as "The best exhibition ever seen at this venue" and "What superb quality". Because of this successful reception, we obtained other venues on recommendation.

At every venue, the exhibition has been enthusiastically received, with requests to host the next and the next too!

The Second Exhibition has followed. Member Bruce Carter cut all the mounts and Dr Peter Watt and Alan Ellison (over at Easter 2000 for the Meet from Northern Ireland) helped with the framing. The exhibition comprises a mixture of conventionally and digitally produced work. There is a LINK in the left column so you can view the selected entries.

In the future, because of difficulties in staging exhibitions and finding suitable venues, the Society has opted to produce a book of images, selected from submissions by members. The first selection of images took place at the 2003 Meet at Harlech, a sample of the layout shown at the 2004 Meet, also at Harlech.

Images selected for the book (a limited edition) "Drawn By Light" (title suggested by Dave S Allen, Hon.FZPS) can be viewed on the Society's online Gallery on http://www.base.com/zps

If you are not a member of the Zone 8 Photographic Society (membership details are available by sending an e-mail using the link shown) you will not have access to the free advice facility on photographic conventional, digital imaging and related computing topics nor all other membership benefits such as Newsletters, informative e-mailouts, Forum, Gallery, Meets, Technical Information Leaflets, etc!