Competition: Movement – voting

View the photos on flickr, then place your vote here!

Newsletter! 23rd November 2009

Hello my lovelies!

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend Soooo this week’s newsletter includes, as always, a multitude of exciting things:

Workshop:

This week the models and photographers will be coming together for a photoshoot! The models will be practising the poses they learnt during last week’s meeting, while the photographers will be learning how to direct the models to get the desired pose.

This workshop will be on Tuesday 24th at 6.30pm in Keynes, Seminar Room 16. Apologies to those photographers who cannot make it, as we will be having no meeting on Wednesday due to the Love Your Body campaign photoshoot.

Love Your Body Campaign

 This Wednesday, the society is taking part in the Love Your Body campaign, and we will need your help!!

Models who assist will help make those getting their photos taken feel confident about having their photo taken, while the photographers will help take the photographs. The shoot is going on between 11am and 4pm in Rutherford Bar, you may come at any time and stay for as long as you can!

Models, you can also take this opportunity to get some good portfolio pictures so make sure you dress appropriately!

Trips:

London Photography Exhibition Tour – this Saturday, 28th November, we will be heading to London to view different photographic exhibitions on display around London. We will be travelling on the train so it will cost about £25 without a rail card, and about £16 with one. This includes tube travel. More details will be given out closer to the time, but expect to be leaving fairly early in the morning!

Please bring a packed lunch and your student cards. If you plan on travelling via another means then let us know and we will let you know where to meet up with us. There will be another newsletter with details about the trip in a few days!

Competition: This week’s winner is ‘Purple Crown’ by jonopye – congratulations!!

Next week’s topic is Macro.

Big love,

Hannah

Secretary

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www.ukcphotomodels.wordpress.com

ukcphoto@gmail.com

Newsletter! 15th November 2009

Hi guys!!

Hope everyone is fine and dandy! Got some EXCITING things to tell you about…

The Agency:

This is a new idea being put into place in order for members of different talents to contact each other. This will only work if you get involved!! So please fill out the form attached in your email, and send it to ukcphoto@gmail.com. You will then be issued with a reference number. If you would like to send us some photos for use to use as your profile photo, you may send it along with the form, but please make sure the file is no more than 500 kb.

The Agency Wedsite is: ukcagency.wordpress.com.

Guys don’t forget about the Love Your Body campaign – we will be having a photo shoot in Rutherford Bar on the 25th November, so make sure you come along!!

Models:

Our weekly session is finally back!!

In order to prepare for our next photo shoot the week after next, this week you models will be trained on various styles of posing, from traditional, high fashion and couture, to anything else we can cram in! Come along to the Peter Bird Room, Eliot at 7pm on Tuesday.

Dont forget to bring some great ideas, and girls – remember your heels!

Photographers:

Workshop…

This week you will learn how to set up the brand spanking new Studio Equipment that we recently received! This includes setting up the backdrop, and understanding how to use and position the studio lights to achieve different effects.

There will be a follow up session next week where we will be working with the models and you will learn how to direct your own photoshoots.

You guys will be in Eliot Seminar Room 1 on both Tuesday at 6.30pm and Wednesday at 5pm.

Competition…

The winner of this weeks competition is – “And you’ve woken me up because…” congratulations, Sue!

This week’s topic is movement. Remember that you post your photo in the discussion thread at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/uok/ and you vote for your favourite photo at: http://ukcphotomodels.wordpress.com/

Trips:

Just a reminder of our upcoming trips:

1. London Photography Exhibition Tour – On the 28th of November we will be heading to London to view different photographic exhibitions on display around London. We will be traveling on the train. It will cost about £25 without a rail card, and about £16 with a rail card, and this includes tube travel. More details will come closer to the time, but expect to be leaving fairly early in the morning.

2. Wingham Zoo – On the 12th of December we will be heading to a local Zoo. Wingham is about 5 miles from Canterbury on the bus that travels to Sandwich. The entrance fee is £8 and bus will cost around £6 (alternatively if you have a bus pass it will not cost you anything). Again, more details will come closer to the time.

Reminder, Gloda is selling his Canon G9 for £299. The G9 has the option of using manual controls and also has a hot shoe, making it compatible with most flash systems. For more information about the G9, click here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonG9/ If you are interested in buying this camera, please contact Gloda at gg78@kent.ac.uk

Big love!

Hannah

Secretary

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Competition: Purple – voting

Have a look at the entries on flickr, then place your vote: http://www.flickr.com/groups/uok/discuss/72157622738582584/

Newsletter! 7th November 2009

Hello my lovelies!

 

Hope everyone is having a sparkly weekend! We have LOTS of news for everyone this week!

 

Models:

  

We had the first round of Fashion Show auditions last week – it was a great turnout and lots of people came along, so if you don’t want to miss out on being part of the Fasion Show, get yourself along to this week’s round of auditions! They will be held this coming Tuesday 10th, come along anytime between 7pm and 10pm, in the Peter Bird Room, Eliot!

  

Models remember that being part of the society does not give you automatic entry into the Fashion Show!!! Some remember to come and audition.

 

Due to the auditions, there will yet again be no meeting for the models this week, apologies guys.

 

From 23rd – 27th November, Kent Union will be running a ‘Love Your Body’ campaign which intends to help people to focus on being comfortable with their own skin, along with sexual health awareness and debating current issues on ‘body image’. We are holding a photo shoot day in Rutherford Bar on the 26th November in conjunction with this campaign, so would be great to see lots of you models there! The shoot is open to anyone, so it would be great if we could have some members of the modelling society to help them out with their posing. Email us if you are interested! ukcphoto@gmail.com

 

We have had interest from you guys about some general photo shoots, so if anyone has any ideas for a shoot, send us an email and let us know.

 

Also a bit of bad news, but unfortunately Bekki has stepped down from her position as Modelling Vice President due to personal issues. For the time being, the rest of the committee will be assisting Dan where necessary and we will update everyone in due course about any further decisions from the committee.

 

Photographers:

 

The photos from the Halloween Social are now up! To view them, please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyrap/sets/72157622735463912/ 

  

  

Workshop

This week you are back in the darkroom, and this time you are learning how to develop your own film.

Even if you did not get a chance to take and photographs with a film camera, still come along to learn the process, you never know when you may need the knowledge. Please meet at the darkroom at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 5 p.m. on Wednesday PROMPT. If you are to late you will not be allowed into the darkroom, as we not be able to let any light in during the process. If you do not know where the darkroom is, give Mikey a call on 07597506929.

Photography Competition. 

We have finally organised an appropriate system! Voting for last weeks competition begun on Friday, and a new topic has begun. While voting for the last topic goes on, the submissions for the next topic will be open at the same time. Voting can be done on the website (link at the end of the newsletter)

This weeks topic is purple. We ask that when you submit your photo that you also submit a topic for next week that will be used if your photography wins!

Trips

We have 2 exciting trips coming up this term…

1. London Photography Exhibition Tour – On the 28th of November we will be heading to London to view different photographic exhibitions on display around London. We will be traveling on the train. It will cost about £25 without a rail card, and about £16 with a rail card, and this includes tube travel. More details will come closer to the time, but expect to be leaving fairly early in the morning.

2. Wingham Zoo – On the 12th of December we will be heading to a local Zoo. Wingham is about 5 miles from Canterbury on the bus that travels to Sandwich. The entrance fee is £8 and bus will cost around £6 (alternatively if you have a bus pass it will not cost you anything). Again, more details will come closer to the time.

 

Also, Gloda is selling his Canon G9 for £299. The G9 has the option of using manual controls and also has a hot shoe, making it compatible with most flash systems. For more information about the G9, click here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonG9/ . If you are interested in buying this camera, please contact Gloda at gg78@kent.ac.uk

 

Much love,

Hannah

Secretary

 http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=5161714902

www.ukcphotomodels.wordpress.com

ukcphoto@gmail.com

 

The society is hosting an event during the ‘Love Your Body’ week and we are setting up the studio equipment in Rutherford Bar on the 25th November between 10:30am and 4pm. If any members are interested in helping us out, we would be very grateful! We need some photographers to hepl take photos and models to help the public with their posing. Email the society email if you would like to help out.

 

Competition: Autumn – voting

Have a look at the entries on flickr, then place your vote! http://www.flickr.com/groups/uok/discuss/72157622651820954/

Newsletter! 1st November 2009

Hi guys and dolls!

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween and had lots of fun modelling those amazing outfits…

Thanks to all those who came to the social and helped us raise money afterwards – everyone did a great job and it was good fun!

Photographers:

This week is reading week for most people and so we are taking a break from workshops. However, we are giving you guys a chance to take some photos using film, because next week we will be back in the darkroom showing you guys how to develop your film.

The competition has been extended to the 4th November. We are a little bit disorganised because this is a new system we are putting in place. Therefore those who haven’t had a chance to enter a photo, it’s not too late!

Models:

The Photography and Modelling Society are holding auditions for the annual charity Fashion Show! Come along and strut your stuff and see if you’ve got what it takes… All the proceeds of the Fashion Show held in March will go towards our chosen charity Barnardos so do your bit and take part!! Girls please wear heels.

Anyone is welcome so come along!

Place: Peter Bird Room, Eliot College

Date: Tuesday 3rd November, Tuesday 10th November (and a 3rd date to be confirmed)

Time: Drop in anytime from 7pm til 10pm

This week and next week are the auditions for the Fashion Show!! This means that there will be no regular meetings for the models.

Have a lovely week, guys!

Hannah

Secretary

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ukcphoto@gmail.com

Newsletter! 25th October 2009

Hello beautiful people!!

Hope this newsletter finds you well and having had a good weekend J

So here is all you need to know for the coming week…

We have some exciting SOCIALS coming up!

- This coming Tuesday there is a social in Rutherford Bar where we will be getting everyone involved in a bit of Karaoke! Meet at Rutherford Bar at 8:30pm for some crazy singing fun.

- Get excited about Halloween because we will be having a fun Halloween photo shoot in Eliot before the Halloween Massive! We will be meeting at the top of the stairs leading down to the hall at 8pm. There will be a studio backdrop where members can have their photo taken in costume. Afterwards, the shoot will be open to the public in order to raise funds for the society so you can then choose to stick around or head off to whatever party you were planning on going to!

Models:

There is a meeting is this Tuesday, 7pm in the Shirley Barlow room, Eliot. This week the models will be broken down into groups, focussing on what they need improvements on – we will be developing posing, walking, and advertising.

We will also be taking photos for The Agency, so dress to impress!

Models who were at the Workshop on how to express emotions can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyrap/sets/72157622523624865/

“See you there you sexual beasts.” – Dan.

Photographers:

This week the photographers will be learning the basics about the Darkroom. This includes:
1. How to acquire the keys
2. Where the room is
3. Safety measures
4. How to develop Photography Paper.

We will meet at the Shirley Barlow Room (Tuesday at 6:30 and Wednesday at 5) and then move to the Darkroom.

Those of you who usually go to the Wednesday Workshop, PLEASE try and make it to the Tuesday Workshop to help even out the numbers, because currently the Wednesday group will not be able to fit in the room.

Photo Competition:

Winner: Gloda -  Buddies

How the competition will work:

1. Deadline will be Thursdays

2. Voting will be done on Fridays on the website: http://ukcphotomodels.wordpress.com/

4. Lucky winners will be announced in the newsletter!

3. The winners will be displayed on the website, as well as in a display Cabinet in Eliot when it gets installed. They will also be allowed to choose the next week’s topic…

This Week’s Topic: Autumn

Deadline: 29th October

Have a great week!

Hannah

Secretary

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www.ukcphotomodels.com

ukcphoto@gmail.com

Competition: Hands – Voting

Have a look at the contestants for the Hands competition on flickr and use the poll to vote for your favourite photo.

Tricks of the Trade

Photographers

This week we will be teaching you guys a few tricks of the trade when it comes to using natural light. We will also be watching a Photography related film, and you guys will get to choose which one we watch. Genres range from documentaries to horrors.

Remember we now have two days photographers can choose from;

Tuesday at 6 30 – Eliot Seminar Room 3 (Hosted by Mikey)

Wednesday at 5 – Eliot Seminar Room 1 (Hosted by Alison)

The weekly competition has been extended to this Wednesday and details on how to vote will be explained during the meeting

Models

You guys will be meeting on Tuesday at 7, in the Peter Bird Room, where you guys will be undergoing some catwalk training so that you are ready for the Fashion Show Auditions that will be happening next month.