The Camera Club made a bid to West Sussex County Council on behalf of the Tangmere Village Centre Users’ Group for a grant towards a defibrillator, and we heard yesterday this was successful.  The defibrillator will be available for all users of the hall, should the need arise.  The £1,000 grant will be topped up by the Parish Council.

I’m covering for Jan while he’s away for a while and had the pleasure of introducing Tim Pile yesterday evening.  Tim is a self-confessed amateur photographer, but one of the highest standards, and a highly awarded photographer with a world-wide reputation at that.  He self deprecatingly also claimed to be the creator of the most corny talk tiles, and it has to said that his ‘Have I got nudes for you’, while clear in its intent, does some disservice to the beauty and quality of his images, many shot with just superb natural light in the natural and built environments.  He’ll be back in area at Bognor Camera Club next April if you missed his polished and excellent presentation – or indeed would like to see it again.

Next week there’s a change to the programme as Barry Senior, who was to judge the first Advanced PDI of the Year Competition, was caught up in the accident on the A27 earlier this week.  I’m pleased to say he was unhurt, but he and his wife were pretty shaken.  We wish them both a speedy recovery, and will be pleased to welcome Giles Barkley as out judge who has kindly stepped in.

Lorna Brown

Vice Chair

We are making  the Christmas card for the Mayor of Chichester.  Please send your images to me by email before Wednesday midday.  I will then take images to Mayor to make their choice and Peter Rocchiccioli will contact the winner for a full size file.  Good luck.

Jan

There is a PAGB meeting on Monday the 5th at 7pm.

Come along to the Portrait Shoot 50s & 60s “the age of dinosaur portraiture” with Reg Wilson Tuesday at 7:30 and Melissa as our model.

Don’t miss the Nudes that Tim Pile has for us, Thursday the 8^th October. Also the En Print Competition first round.

Gavin Hoey is doing the rounds and you can catch him the 19^th Oct at Southampton Camera Club, 27^th Oct at Worthing Camera Club and the 12 th Nov at Southwick Camera Club. Check their websites for location and timing.

Thursdays meeting was a resounding success with Pete Whieldon’s incredible engagement and dedication that rewarded us with a series of outstanding wild life images coupled with his explanations how they were achieved. He brought along his array of equipment and his owls that were as silent and enraptured as all our members.