Our meeting on Friday 5th February featured Mac Bouchere FRPS from South Devon with his talk “Getting the ‘F’ in FRPS”
Living in Jersey at the time, Mac took us through his adventures in achieving the Fellowship of the RPS. Using the medium of monochrome prints, his first attempt was unsuccessful, and he was able to show us which pictures were replaced for a second application. This panel too, was unsuccessful so he set about changing the direction of the content and the third application strongly featured the buildings and structures remaining from the German occupation in WW2. His determination and tenacity was evident, and this final Panel – which we were shown, was successful. Mac also displayed a selection of his current work in both monochrome and colour.

On Friday 29th January a full house of members and visitors enjoyed a stimulating evening with Clive Haynes FRPS and Martin Addison FRPS titled 'FOTO-SYNTHESIS' They arrived with numerous boxes and cases and erected their unique illuminated print stand before proceeding to bombard us with over 250 prints in sets of 8 or 10. The work was varied, exciting and inspiring and certainly an evening to remember.

We congratulate our Publicity Secretary Peter Phillips on his success today in being awarded the Licentiate Distinction of the Royal Photographic Society!

On Friday 15th January we were delighted to listen to Deborah Brady telling us all about her life as a Photo-Journalist - the lecture was entitled "A Female in Fleet Street" and was her final lecture in a series of talks to five Western Counties Clubs during the week.
Deborah projected numerous pictures from her press cuttings book and it was interesting to note that she commenced her successful career with a News Agency in Bristol before going on to London and working on many national newspapers.
One of our members - Elizabeth Restall - was "volunteered" to be loaded down with the cameras and other gear that a Fleet Street Photographer would carry on location - including the ubiquitous step ladder!
A fascinating and inspiring evening!

On Friday, 11th December our speaker was Barry Senior HonFRPS,APAGB, the Immediate Past President of the Royal Photographic Society with his talk "An evening with Barry Senior" During the first half of the evening Barry talked about the RPS Distinctions, and projected many successful panels. After the break we were transported to China and enjoyed pictures of his travels there during his RPS Presidency.

On Friday the 4th, we had a visit from Hugh Milsom MFIAP - his 6th visit to the society - with his talk "Collections II"
It was a magical evening demonstrating his unique style with prints showing wonderful pastel colours and many exciting infra-red pictures. He took us to various places including Southern Ireland, the Isle of Harris and Iceland.
He is seen here with Pat, his partner - who also displayed some of her fascinating pictures

David Beese, a long-time member of Kingswood Photographic Society, was presented with the CLUBMAN 0F THE YEAR award at the Annual General Meeting on Friday 20th November. This trophy was originally presented to the Society by Grace and Jack Cotton, who in years gone by visited us almost every year with their amusing travel stories - they were keen Cyclist Touring Club members.