The BPE was formed in the late 80's to encourage photography there are currently 19 exhibitions around the country. Several of our members have already joined the circuit and have enjoyed successes.
Colin Mill will be telling us about the BPE circuit and be showing us a few of his successful images that have got him to BPE2 and we'll also be viewing a few of the sections from one of the local exhibitions, the Rushden Open.
Anyone can enter - you just need to carefully read the rules, pay the appropriate fees and send your images.
The images are then assessed by a panel of 3 selectors with each selector awarding each image a mark from 1 to 5. Each exhibition sets its acceptance mark in each of the sections and if your image was awarded enough marks it is accepted and appears in that exhibition - there are usually catalogues and CDs available for a small fee and of course you can always visit the exhibition itself. Each acceptance is worth 1 point in the BPE Crown Awards scheme.
BPE1 Crown Award = 25 points
BPE2 Crown Award = 50 points
BPE3 Crown Award = 100 points
BPE4 Crown Award = 200 points
BPE5 Crown Award = 300 points
Thursday 13th April : Lee Miller's photography
Anthony Penrose, photographer and biographer of The Lee Miller Archive, "The Legendary Lee Miller" and "Behind The Scenes at Farley Farm" presents some of Lee's work to us.
This promises to be a very special evening. We are open to members and non-members alike.
See a short video below with Kate Adie as she examines the career of the pioneering Second World War photographer who was able to bring to light the key role of women in the conflict
This week : Wedding Photography lecture
This thursday evening at NCPS we have a guest speaker, Bernie Raffe, who will be delivering his lecture 'Bernie's Guide to Wedding Photography'. If you are interested check out his website here.
