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The 1st 'BEYOND GROUP' OPEN NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DIGITALLY PROJECTED PHOTOGRAPHY has now been judged. It was a marathon task for the 3 eminent judges who had over 2800 images to go through. Nearly half of these were multi-award winning images, but alas the exhibition only needed 1/5th of the entries to be accepted. So a lot of cracking work has been unsuccessful this time round (my work included). But WOW what an exhibition it is going to be.

Who said that Northerners were the friendliest people in England? I can't say that I found this to be the case in  the North East of England during our recent visit 'Tup North'. At least not regarding the retail industry in the N.E.  I felt as if I was interrupting their day and really struggled to get them to be civil, let alone get a smile out of them, despite buying their wares at the time! ......Backtrack...... The lady in the Goth Shop was super..... (Perhaps it was the pink hair that frightened the others). They certainly have no reason to be grumpy, as the city cultural amenities together with the gorgeous nearby coastline is superb. Having said this, the general public were great, very helpful and amiable. Perhaps the shop staff are just getting paid appalling wages! Anyway, CHECK OUT North East England for photos taken during our rather wet August vacation. >>> P.S. A very BIG thankyou to those who did proffer a warm welcome to us during our stay.

  

The only Angel of the North ?

 

BARBIE HAS BEEN BACK TO DERBY FOR THE ANNUAL TATTOO CONVENTION WITH SUPERB BANDS PLAYING OVER THE WHOLE WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GO ON THE SATURDAY. NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE WHOLE WEEKEND. GO TO State of the Art '08 TO SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE DAY.
ASLO CHECK OUT LONDON in May  FOR IMAGES TAKEN DURING BOTH OF THE MAY BANK HOLIDAYS IN LONDON. TWO BRILLIANT WEEKENDS WAS HAD, AS PER USUAL, IN THIS GREATEST OF PLACES IN THE WORLD.

BARBIE WITH CAMDEN FASHION DESIGNER PATTI BELL ~  PHOTO COURTESY OF RUSTY LINDSAY

THE LABOUR PARTY HAS BEEN GIVEN A HIDING AND DESERVEDLY SO TOO. I AM A STAUNCH SOCIALIST BUT THIS LABOUR PARTY HAS BECOME MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THE CONSERVATIVES! GORDON BROWN THOUGHT IT WAS HIS RIGHT TO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME PRIME MINISTER WHEN TONY BLAIR STEPPED DOWN, BUT NOBODY WANTED HIM, AND THESE LOCAL ELECTIONS HAS REFLECTED THAT. STEP DOWN GORDON BEFORE YOU GET THROWN DOWN. DO THE COUNTRY A FAVOUR. 

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Go to Music at The Twist to see these Photos individually & click to enlarge them.

UNPAID NUDE MODELS REQUIRED FOR NEW PROJECT IN THE OFFING. MUST NOT HAVE PERFECT BODIES!! I NEED OVERWEIGHT, UNDERWEIGHT, AGING, ONE LEGGED ETC., ARE YOU WILLING? If so contact me on barbiefujis5@aol.com

MY CAMDEN!  MY BELOVED CAMDEN. 

Forget the 'Hawley Arms' (which may take 6 months to repair). What about my 'After Dark' Goth shop, & 'Punky Fish', 'G Heaven' & 'Concessions', amongst numerous other smaller vendors who are now totally out of business. We have been back to Camden several times since Easter and are as devastated as Camden Lock Market is itself. I was given to understand that only a small percentage of the traders were affected. NOT SO! The whole of the East side canal market is gone. Either totally burnt out (as was my favourite Goth shop) or they are no longer able to trade there.  Some have relocated, but where to? They are supposedly going to rebuild but we haven't seen much progress except for the Hawley Arms.

HAPPY RELAXED ATMOSPHERE BEFORE THE FIRE

& NOW BARE & DEPRESSING AFTER THE FIRE

SEE MORE IMAGES UNDER 'CAMDEN 2008'

Recently we were honoured to be one of the selectors for the very popular internet based digital images exhibition hosted by the Vale of Evesham Camera Club. An enjoyable if not busy day was had by all. A difficult job to narrow down winners from 2,400+ entries.

See the selected images on www.photo2008.net

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By Daniel Fawbert Mills 'EVESHAM JOURNAL'
Barbie Lindsay, one of the judges for the Vale Camera Club's 2008 exhibition, is pictured next to her Personal Selector's Medal winning entry Dark Secret' by Mike Lawrence
Barbie Lindsay, one of the judges for the Vale Camera Club's 2008 exhibition, is pictured next to her Personal Selector's Medal winning entry Dark Secret' by Mike Lawrence

THE winners of the Vale of Evesham Camera Club National Photographic Exhibition 2008 were selected by judges at Wickhamford Village Hall on Saturday 8th. Entries were divided into four categories of colour, creative, monochrome and natural history and judges spent over seven hours choosing the winners from 2,426 entries, an increase of 23 per cent on last year.The gold medal winners for best image in each category were Colour - Simple Diet' by Christine Widdal from Saddleworth, Oldham; Creative - Flying high' by Matt Johnston from Houston, Scotland; Monochrome - Let Us Pray' by Graham Heywood from Nottingham; Natural History - Potato Grouper and Snappers' by Len Deeley from Wormley, Surrey. Club chairman John Kellet said: "We would like to thank our four distinguished PAGB accredited selectors Russell and Barbie Lindsay, Tony Wharton and Irene Froy. Their efforts, supported by the camera club team, has created another quality exhibition." Now in its sixth year, the original Evesham Camera Club exhibition was the first totally digital format exhibition in the UK. It hosts accepted entries on the internet, and to-date it is still the largest national digital entry photo exhibition in the country.

     BEYOND GROUP NEWS

RESULTS OF THE VERY LASTEST PAGB NATIONAL SLIDE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH WERE HELD AT WARWICK 12/07/08 WERE AS FOLLOWS:-

1st WIGAN 10

2nd CARLUKE CC

3rd WREKIN ARTS

THE 'BEYOND GROUP' CAME 11th AND THEREFORE DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT TO THE FINALS. BUT WE WERE WELL SUPPORTED .

BUT THE 'BEYOND GROUP' IS NOT DOWNHEARTED AS IT HAS JUST BEEN GRANTED £6,000 FROM THE AWARDS FOR ALL LOTTERY GRANT, TO HELP FUND THE 'BEYOND GROUP'S 1ST NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DIGITAL PROJECTION PHOTOGRAPHY'. 1ST PRESENTATION TO BE HELD AT WASHBRROK & COPDOCK VILLAGE HALL ON 13TH SEPTEMBER AT 2.30pm.

 

RESULTS OF THE EAF PRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT BILDESTON SUNDAY JUNE 8TH 2008 

1st 'BEYOND GROUP'                       293
2nd Ipswich & DP                                 285 (they won the tie break for 2nd place)
3rd  Cambridge CC                               285
That means that both the Ipswich based clubs will represent the EAF at Connah's Quay for the National Print Championships in October, together with Cambridge who automatically qualified after being placed at last year's event.
 
Results of the EAF Slide Championships held at Harlow 17th February, the 'Beyond Group' won for the 3rd year in a row. Still a 100% record so far, and an EAF record to boot.  We won quite convincingly this year with a 23 point lead over Ware & District Photographic Society (with Chelmsford just missing out and taking 3rd place, 1 point behind them.)
    
BARBIE OF COURSE IS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE 'BEYOND GROUP'. A SMALL BUT ENTHUSIATIC
BUNCH OF PHOTOGRAPHERS SEEKING TO PUSH THEIR PHOTOGRAPHY TO NEW HEIGHTS.

The Beyond Group may only be a small group but they are not small in enthusiasm and so entered amongst the BIG boys in the 1st GB digital competition. The full results of the 1st Great British Club Cup (BIG CLUBS) competition are as follows:- (I'm not going to list the small club results but just to say that Hoylake PS won it with a score of 221).

1st   249 Wigan 10
2nd   244 Dumfries C C
3rd   242 Amersham P S
4th   241 Smethwick P S
5th   237 Carluke Camera Club
=6th   225 Beyond Group
=6th   225  Arden Photo Group
8th   221  Dorchester C C
9th   220 Tonbridge Camera Club
10th   217 Southport P S
11th   214 Bristol Photographic Society
=12th   212 Ashford Photographic Society
=12th   212 Worcester Camera Club
=14th   211 Basingstoke Camera Club
=14th   211 Slic
16th   210  Ayr Photographic Society
=17th   208 Stafford PS
=17th   208 Shillington & District CC
=19th   207  Farnborough Camera Club
=19th   207 Worksop & District P S
=21st   206 Bury Photographic Society
=21st   206 Harlow Photographic Society
=21st   206 Tenby & District
24th   205 Newton Abbot Photo Club
=25th   204 Peterborough P S
=25th   204 Wrekin Arts Photo Club
=27th   200 Beeston Camera Club
=27th   200 Harrogate Photographic Society
=27th   200 North Cheshire PS
30th   199Helensburgh Photographic Club
=31st   198Gwynfa Camera Club
=31st   198Wolverhampton Photo Socy
=31st   198York Photographic Society
34th   197Chorley Photographic Society
=35th   196Brentwood & District Photo Club
=35th   196Gateshead Camera Club
=35th   196Southampton Camera Club
=38th   195Bracknell C C
=38th   195Crewe Photographic Society
=38th   195Northallerton C C
=41st   193Reflex P C
=41st   193South Liverpool P S
43rd   192Chelmsford Camera Club
=44th   191Colchester Photographic Society
=44th   191Fordingbridge Camera Club
=44th   191Harpenden Photographic Society
=44th   191Horndean Camera Club
=44th   191Stevenage Photographic Society
49th   190Shirley Photographic Society
=50th   189Barnet & Finchley P S 
=50th   189Bromley Camera Club
=50th   189Sheffield Photographic Society
=53rd   188Cheam Camera Club
=53rd   188Clacton Camera Club
=55th   187Kirkbymoorside & District C C
=55th   187The Vale Photographic Club
=57th   186East Kilbride C C
=57th   186Warrington P S
=57th   186Whickham Photographic Club
=60th   185Lowestoft P & DI
=60th   185Rushden & District Photo Socy
62nd   183Cheltenham Camera Club
=63rd   182F4 Photographic Club
=63rd   182Morton P S
=65th   181Dingwall Camera Club
=65th   181Llanelli Photographic Society
=65th   181Steyning Camera Club
=68th   180Beckenham Photo Soc
=68th   180Perthshire Photographic Society
=68th   180Ripon City Photographic
=71st   179Bleadon Photographic Group
=71st   179Poole Camera Club
=71st   179Viewfinders of Romsey C C
74th   178Hebden Bridge C C
75th   174Neath Photographic Society
=76th   173Buckingham Camera Club
=76th   173Windsor Photographic Society
=78th   172Padiham & District
=78th   172Wallasey APS
80th   169Hampstead Photographic Society
81st   168Bangor & North Down C C
82nd   166Blaenau Ffestiniog C C
83rd   161Enniskillen Photographic Society
=84th   160Bradford Camera Club
=84th   160Shepshed & District C C
86th   157Rye & District Camera Club
87th   156Carmarthen Photographic Society
88th   140

Carradale Camera Club

Slightly old hat news now...................     

                                  

Congratulations to Felixstowe Photographic Society, they are celebrating their Diamond Jubilee this year!

 photo by Jim Williams LRPS

They hold a very special place in my heart, as it was down to all of them, that my photography took off beyond all expectations. It was the first Camera club that I ever joined, they gave me the much needed encouragement to push myself further.  Always willing to give  friendly advise, tips etc., The likes of Basil, Granville, Claude, Tony, Wally, Peter, Steven, Ivan, Geoff & Dennis, to name but a few, who were such an inspiration to me. I THANK YOU. I would also like to thank them for including me in their recent jubilee celebrations. A good time was had by all.

   I also was judging at Felixstowe PS on my birthday and at the break I was presented with this lovely cake. Many thanks once again to all concerned.

Whilst Camden was burning back in Februaury, we were down in Swansea giving a lecture to Swansea Camera Club. Many thanks to Phil Davies and his lovely wife for giving us the use of their son's beautiful Seaview/Marina apartment for the few days that we were there. See Swansea Feb 2008  for some of the photographs taken during our stay. I have fallen in love with Swansea !  >>

Photo courtesy of Rusty Lindsay.

I have just proved what I have always known, that excercise is bad for you!  It is a dangerous pastime best to be avoided at all costs. Back in January I started jogging/brisk walking every morning at 6.30am. In February I tripped over a raised paving slab and fell like a goal keeper trying to save a goal and failing badly, and grazed my hands, knees and elbows in the process. Proof positive that excerise is dangerous! And NO I wasn't running in my high heels, perhaps I should have done. I was wearing pink trainers. Despite my lifelong motto that "I won't run if I can walk and I won't walk if I can be carried", I will be continuing this most dangerous of extreme sports. However, I have now purchased a treadmill and can exercise in the comfort and safety of my bedroom. Starting at 6.00am, usually with my eyes still closed for the first couple of minutes.

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