Glasgow University Photo Society

Hi all,

Tonight’s meeting will be in Boyd Orr LT2 from 7pm. We’ll be watching
“Timecode” which is an experimental film (1hr 37mins long) shot with
digital cameras and no editing. It’s award-winning, dramatic,
influential and more than a little brilliant.

If you’d like more info check out http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220100/
or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecode_(film)

We’ll be starting fairly sharpish at 7:05pm so please aim to be there by
7pm; earlier if you want to bring up any other business (e.g. the
exhibition) and if you just want a chat about something (e.g. gnome
decoration or “HDR” versus “exposure blending”) then we’ll probably have
a post-film discussion, possibly at Firebird or another bar/pub!

Regards,
Sean.

“This was a triumph!
I’m making a note here:
“HUGE SUCCESS!!”

It’s hard to overstate
my satisfaction.”

GU Photosoc:
We do what we must
because we can’t be arsed doing coursework etc.

Perhaps I’m jumping the gun a little bit, particularly as “huge success”
does not include the web form breaking for many. However, we’ve received
loads of submissions to the exhibition. A big thank you to all those
that have submitted!

65 photographers and photographeresses have submitted a total of 270
images. Whether or not your images make it into the final ~30 on the
wall of Firebird, I hope you’ll all join us for the opening night on the
29th of this month at Firebird and particularly the closing auction on
27th April.

If you’ve been trapped down a well or having problems with the form (the
latter is perhaps more likely) please feel free to send us submissions
throughout the weekend and this will probably be alright if you catch it
before we start judging – no guarantees, so be quick!

Sean.

Hey all,

Deadline for the exhibition is TOMORROW!

If you are having problems with the submission form, please attach (or
link to) between one and five images and send by email to
guphotosoc+exhibition@gmail.com with the following info filled in:

Name:
Email:
Phone (optional):
Accept use of images for publicity: Accept or Deny (select one)
By sending us images you confirm that (1) you’ve had a look at
http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/terms/ and (2) you’re willing to
provide high resolution originals or prints if an image(s) is(are)
shortlisted
Additional Details:

Terms/FAQ is at http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/ and
http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/terms/ and if you have any further
questions you can contact us at guphotosoc@gmail.com

Regards,
Sean Anderson.

Hey all,

Tomorrow’s meeting will be held in Boyd Orr LT2 where Stuart will be
leading a play-around-with-Photoshop session; if you have a favourite
technique or tool in Photoshop please come along and demonstrate it.
This event should be useful for those familiar with Photoshop but also
those that are complete beginners to it or digital image manipulation in
general. Afterwards: off to Firebird or similar venue :)

There are now only five days to submit your images for the exhibition!
If you haven’t yet done so please head over to
http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/submit/ and send us some of your best
images. We plan to start picking apart the submissions **this weekend**
so this is not a soft deadline. Please don’t not submit out of modesty
or indecision – all submissions are worthwhile and you never know how
your images will be interpreted by others. Often people are very
self-deprecating of great work.

If you have a particular reason for delay (e.g. waiting for scans to get
back from a lab) please get in touch at guphotosoc@gmail.com and
hopefully we can work something out.

See you tomorrow!
Sean.

Hi all,

Thanks to Scott, our room booking problems are resolved! We’ve booked
Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre 1 from 7pm for tonight’s meeting.

Tonight’s meeting will primarily be about the exhibition, Stuart will be
talking about selecting images to form a small portfolio. If you have
any questions or clarifications needed about the exhibition or the terms
at http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/terms/ tonight could also be a
good opportunity to do so.

And there’s always http://flickr.com/groups/guphotosoc/ and
guphotosoc@gmail.com of course :)

See you all there!
Sean.

Hello all,

We’re having trouble with booking a room this week, but there *will* be
a meeting tomorrow at 7pm! This will either be in the Boyd Orr Building
or in the Williams Room of the John Mcintyre Building.

Made your submission to the exhibition yet? (y/n)
Yes = Excellent! Have a cookie.
No = Hrmm. No cookies for you today I’m afraid.

http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/

Regards,
Sean.

Submissions for the exhibition are now live! If you want to be involved
in this exciting project, please head on over to
http://guphotosoc.co.uk/exhibition/ for more info and a submission form.

If you have any queries about this or anything else, please email us at
guphotosoc@gmail.com

Details about next week’s meeting TBC.

Regards,
Sean.

Hey all,

There’s a ceilidh on Thursday night in the GUU Debates Chamber. If
you’re interested in taking pictures, get in touch with
info@ceolan.co.uk and let them know you’re from the photosoc :)

Next GUPS meeting will be another informal at the QM Food Factory, 7pm
Monday 15th.

Stuart and I will be going around lecture theatres *next* week (as
oppose to this week) to advertise the upcoming exhibition, so if you’d
like to help out with this (particularly if you have lectures with large
numbers of people in them) please get in touch. Thanks to those that
have already e-mailed with regards to this!

Sean.

Hey all,

Things are really hotting up with the exhibition. More details about
that forthcoming. If you’re free for some time this week or next to go
around with Stuart and I to some big first year classes and hand out
leaflets to those that put their hand up, please get in touch.

The next GUPS meeting will be another informal at the QM Food Factory at
7pm. If you’ve never been to a meeting before, these are very informal
occasions excellent for meeting some new people!

Give it a try, though we may bite.

Regards,
Sean Anderson.

Hey all,

The Applied Visual Arts Society (GUAVA) will be holding a
photosurrealism workshop tomorrow in Boyd Orr 610 from 6pm, see below
for more details.

As for GUPS events, we’ll be having another meeting in the QM Union on
Monday at the usual time of 7pm at which Stuart and I will settle our
differences over the exhibition with a heptathlon of manly contest,
including mud wrestling and bear fighting.

***
The first workshop will be held this Thursday, and comprise of a short
talk about photographic surrealism in the 1920s and a short
demonstration of photographic techniques. We will then have a wander
around campus and take photographs, so bring along a camera! We will
have a few digital SLRs for you to experiment with if you prefer, but
please bring along whatever equipment you have (including tripod,
external flash, etc).

Date: Thursday, Feb 4th
Location: Boyd Orr 610
Time: approx. 6-8pm
Cost: 2pounds

The second workshop, held in a few weeks time, will involve manipulating
your own photographs using Adobe Photoshop. Details still to be announced.

Hope to see you there!

the GUAVA team
***

Best wishes,
Sean.

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