This is a new forum to provide constructive discussion and feedback on your photographs. Please bring any current or completed work. This will also be a chance to talk about what people would like to get from the group, over a drink or two.

Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Function room (first floor), The Kings Head, 214 High Street, Acton, London W3 9NX
Cost: A £1 contribution to cover the cost of hiring the room would be appreciated.

Contact Peter Spurgeon if you would like further information at 07968 210533 or info@peterspurgeon.com

The usual as usual: bring something or sit and watch or both; one pic or more; bring a friend; be amazed. Tea, coffee, sympathy & chat as ever.

Kick off at 7, gentle ushering out at 9. Please join us at the Viewfinder Gallery

Here’s the map

Contact John Levett at 01223 521058 or john.levett1@googlemail.com

Many thanks to outgoing Chair Brian Keane, who at the AGM four years ago volunteered for the position. He initiated redesign of the LIP magazine and website, modernizing and greatly improving both which resulted in a doubling of the LIP membership.

We are very grateful to Louise Forrester for all her design work on the last several issues of the magazine. She is leaving the position to focus her attentions on running the Viewfinder Gallery in Greenwich. Welcome to Anita Chandra who is our new magazine designer.

We thank Avril Harris our outgoing Exhibitions Organiser,  for her work coordinating many successful group exhibitions and for being instrumental in obtaining the Cotton Atrium space. John Stead who has worked as her assistant for the past two exhibitions will replace her, with assistance from Melany Darke, Brigitte Flock and Susanna Suovalkama,

Posthumous thanks to Mary Dunkin for her contribution as Programme Organiser. And to Julie Long and Heather Martin who stepped in to take over when Mary became ill. They have agreed to continue.

2008 Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 28 October from 7-9PM
at Rudolf Steiner House
35 Park Road, NW1 6XT (click HERE for directions)

This will certainly be an eventful AGM as Members will be invited to elect our new Chairman for LIP, among other open positions! The following positions require new and energetic volunteers from our membership to further develop and manage our independent community:

- Chairman
- Assistant Exhibition Organiser
- Events Programme Organiser
- Magazine Designer

All organisations experience change and we are no different. In a healthy organisation it is an opportunity for progress and evolution. Your attendance at this meeting is invaluable!

Members who wish to step forward for election, please send a brief proposal statement to len-salem@zen.co.uk

There will be a bring and buy book sale before and after the meeting.

Nothing recent? Just bring pictures of the kids. Nothing? Come anyway.

Start at 7, finish at 9. Hope you can make it along. Tea & coffee in assorted flavourings as always.

At Viewfinder Gallery, Here’s the map

Contact John Levett on 01223 521058 or john.levett1@googlemail.com

Speakers include Gerry Badger, Stephen Gill, John Blakemore Hon FRPS, Richard Sadler Hon FRPS, Peter Kennard, Bill Jackson, Daniel Meadows and Paul Hill MBE Hon. FRPS.

This unique event should be of major interest to photographers with a wide range of interests, and will be open to all, whether or not they are RPS members. You are invited to express your interest in attending and to reserve a place as numbers are expected to be limited.

Download the booking form here (.doc) along with further details of the event.

Earlier this year the question was raised: how do we know what’s a great photograph & what’s a might-have-been? Holly Stevenson (LIP mag Summer 2008) said: by looking at the work of great photographers. Quelle horreur! Good idea! So let’s do it.

The idea is this …Holly will lead out the session with the photographers & their photographs that have influenced her & we take off with those that have inspired, surprised, animated, shaped, touched our spirit & knocked our socks off.

So … for one month only, bring someone else’s pics—any format … a cutting, book, folio, magazine, print, catalogue, postcard by ‘the great & the good’. This century, last century or the one before that. Talk about them if you want to or just bring ‘em along for us to admire.

Holly, very conveniently, is part of the new exhibition at Viewfinder & she’ll be telling us something about her approach to photography & her current work with tableaux vivants.

Something for all the family.

Start at 7, finish at 9. Hope you can make it along.

Tea & sympathy as always.

Here’s Viewfinder: http://www.viewfinder.org.uk/index.html and a map

Contact John Levett on 01223 521058 or john.levett1@googlemail.com

The location is 29 Sharps Lane, Ruislip HA4 7JG.

We hope to have a lively and broad ranging chat including organising an exhibition for the group. Do also bring please your work for helpful, non-judgmental comment. It’s worth the trip out to West London’s suburbia.

If you haven’t attended before, please contact Robert on 07770 988348, 01895 675676 or robertd299@yahoo.co.uk

Directions are:
Ruislip (Metropolitan Line) and West Ruislip (Central Line) are both within 15 mins walk.

From Ruislip Station: Walk straight out of station past the buses. Turn left and then right at traffic lights into Ruislip High Street. Walk right down the High Street until you get to Cafe Rouge. Take the left fork at the mini roundabout and walk past the Harvester. Then turn left into Sharps Lane. 29 is 125 yards down on the left.

From West Ruislip Station: Turn right out of station and cross the road at the crossing. Continue away from the station down the hill passing a row of shops on your right. You will also pass a petrol station on your right. After about 400 yards you will reach a roundabout. Take the first left into Sharps Lane. At the T junction (after about 200 yards) turn right - this is still Sharps Lane - we are 100 yards down on the right.”

The moment of The First Greenwich Annuale has (more-or-less) arrived. For a brief but perfectly-judged moment in August the Viewfinder will be given over to the work of (at the final count) thirty-four of our group. The opening bash is on the evening of Wednesday 20th. August from 6.30pm until 8.30pm & it would be just fine & dandy if you can make it along to the viewing.

So … our regular monthly meetup has moved from the Tuesday (hanging day) to the Wednesday for just this month. If it’s been some time since we’ve seen you in Greenwich it would be great to have you along along so we can reacquaint. If you’re a complete stranger to us then remain so no longer.

At a loose end? There’ll be masses of special people around, fine photography, a stunning sunset, just-cut fashions, individually-wrapped crisps.

Directions to the Viewfinder can be found here

I’m here: 01223 521 058 or john.levett1@googlemail.com

Hope you find the time to be with us.

The submission deadlines are at the end of August (6 weeks at time of writing).

For all information including entry deadlines, application forms, FAQ and an introduction to the selectors click here

As ever if you do have any questions around mounting,framing, printing, deadlines etc please feel free to contact either of us directly via phone or email.

John & Avril
LIP Exhibition Organisers

John John@LightImpact.com

Avril avrilrharris@blueyonder.co.uk