30.04.07 OPS Members are successful at the PAGB photo awards again! with Niall Riddell and Helen Webb both gaining their CPAGB awards and Adrian Triggs his DPAGB. Congratulations to you all.

This now puts OPS in third position in the country with a total of 25 PAGB awards behind Southport with 30 and Dumfries with 37 and first in the CACC we are closly followed by Ashford Quest and Northallerton with 23 each.

23.04.07 OPS member Doug Vernimmen has had his image Michelle accepted into the Royal Photographic Societies 150th print exhibition, this is a great achievement his print was selected from 2200 prints from 33 countries.
we would like to congratulate him on his successes .

16.03.07 Success for club member Phil Ball at the New Dig 5th projection challenge he came 1st in the Creative section with Parklife and had a Commended with Splash.

24.02.07 Rose Bowl 3rd round at Harpenden 20 Feb 2007

1st Oxford PS 271

2nd Buckingham 251

3nd Harpenden 243

4th BA 238

Well done to Phil B and Steve F for stars on Kings Charles Square and Frozen Tree.

full score sheet on our External comp page.

11.02.07 The acceptances for the 2007 Shouthampton International exhibition, are rolling in, well done to all the club members who have had acceptances, you can see these on the Exhibitions pages of the site.

02.01.07 Well done to Doug Vernimmen who has had one of his prints accepted in the Oxford Port Meadow exhibition, The new gallery at the Town Hall will be holding the exhibition from 5 to 17 March 2007, so drop along and see.

23.01.07 Phill Ball takes first place In the creative section of NEWDIG 5th DPC with his picture park life and makes second place in the colour section with The Splash! Well done Phill.

20.12.06 Port Meadow Exhibition Port Meadow is a much-loved and very special part of the Oxford. It is a vast expanse of open space, part of the Thames flood plain and an ancient area of grazing land that has never been ploughed, within a mile of the city centre.
Many people have photographed or painted it, trying to capture its beauty at different times of the day and at different seasons of the year. The new gallery at the Town Hall will be holding an exhibition of some of the best of these paintings and photographs from 5 to 17 March 2007.
This exhibition is the idea of city councillor, Susanna Pressel. Susanna says “I’ve lived in Oxford for most of my life and I’ve always loved Port Meadow. I’m very lucky now because most of it is in my ward. Also, this year I’m the Sheriff of Oxford and the main duty of the Sheriff is to look after Port Meadow. That’s really what gave me the idea of holding this exhibition.”
Anyone wanting to take part in the exhibition should send images and dimensions of the items they wish to display to Owain Pearce at the Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX, including a s.a.e. for the Council’s response, and return of your images. You can also email Owain on opearce@oxford.gov.uk. They must reach him by 12 January. The selection panel will include representatives of the City Council and OVADA. For more information, please phone Owain on 252776 or Susanna on 554001. The works must be ready framed. If an item is sold, the Council will charge 25% commission to contribute towards exhibition costs. Please note that the gallery will not be staffed, so exhibitors may wish to insure their works.

First commiserations to the members who were unlucky this weekend at the PAGB photo awards, Congratulation to the six that were successful, The club is pleased that four members gained their DPAGB awards Phillip Ball, Ivor Porter, Ian Lees and Peter Warrington, while Dave Foster and Douglas Vernimmen gained their CPAGB awards.

25.10.06 New England slide show

One of our Members Richard Wade has just finished a short trip to New England to take pictures of the Fall foliage he has put together a musical slide show of his images. You can view it here at Photodex.

24.08.06 PAGB Print Championship at Connahs Quay,

OPS will be representing the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs at this event near Chester on 28th October and we require 15 of our best prints – please bring prints taken in the last 4 years to our first club meeting, to be included in the selection process.

This event also offers an ideal opportunity to have an overnight stay in Chester (or thereabouts) and spend Sunday taking pictures in North Wales/Merseyside. Ivor will be taking the prints to this event and is happy to co-ordinate the accompanying photo-trip – if you would like more details please ring Ivor on 01865-880802 or speak to him at a meeting.

16.07.06 Well It’s official Oxford Photographic Society are ranked third in the country,

After a fantastic day at the PAGB Photographic Alliance of Great Britain National slide competition Oxford was placed third only 1 point behind the Second placed Club Amersham, both clubs where narrowly beaten by the top club Wigan 10.
A big thank you to Colin Harrison, for making the selections and his hard work on the day. I am sure Colin would like to thank all the members that made it all possible with their wonderful images. Well done OPS.

31.05.06 Congratulations to all the OPS 2005/06 competition winners

Gary Irvine Colour Slides	Don Byatt Colour Print	Colin Harrison Monochrome Print	Ivor Porter Three on a Theme Slides	Dave McKay Print Panel	Adrian Triggs Digital Imaging Print Trophy	Colin Harrison Take 5 Competition	Shelagh Roberts Traditional Slides	Philip Joyce Traditional monochrome prints