Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1933)

July 26th.. 1933 Tw AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER p 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a The Week’s Meetings announced here if the syllabus is sent to us at the beginning of the session or from time to time Saturday, July 29th ( contd .) . Societies will have their meetings Wednesday, July 26th. Camberwell C.C. Planning a Photographic Ramble. E. Gregory. Hucknall and D.P.S. Weaver’s Lane, Annesley. Leigh Lit. S.P.S. Newchurch. Bus, 6.40 p.m., Turnpike. Rochdale P.S. Local Views by Members. Southampton C.C. Outing to Winchester. Bus leaves Station, 2.15 p.m. Southend-on-Sea and D.P.S. Burnham-on-Crouch. Stafford P.S. Weston. Gaol Square, 2.30 p.m., with cycles. Staines P.S. Social Evening. Stockport P.S. Several Attempts from One Negative. Thursday, July 27th. Armley and Wortley P.S. Monthly Meeting. Ashton-under-Lyne P.S. Portfolio of Child Studies by Marcus Adams. Hammersmith H.H.P.S. Discussion on One-man Show. Miss A. G. Innes. N. Middlesex P.S. Lantern Lecturettes by Members. Twickenham P.S. Print Criticism Evening. Friday, July 28th. Wimbledon Amateur Cine Club. Members’ Evening. Saturday, July 29th. Ashton-under-Lyne P.S. Grains Bar to Roaches. Bath P.S. Cold Ashton. Return by St. Catherine’s. Bradford P.S. Colden Clough. Meet 1.50 p.m., Exchange Station. City of London and C.P.S. Cobham. Holborn Viaduct Station, 1 p.m. Halifax P.S. Colden Clough. Meet Halifax Station, 2.30 p.m. Hammersmith H.H.P.S. Guildhall Gallery and City. A. Hill. Hull P.S. Hotham House. Leader : J. W. Atkinson. Leicester and Leics. P.S. Wanlip and Birstall. Letch worth C.C. Ash well. Motor. Liverpool C. Y.M.C.A. C.C. Hightown. Luton and D.C.C. Tring. Bus, 1.25 p.m. Medway A.P.A. Higham Upshire. 2.30 p.m. bus Wainscot. Stockport P.S. Coombs, via Whaley Bridge. Twickenham P.S. An Old-World Village (Outing). Walthamstow and D.P.S. St. Albans. Meet at Abbey, 3 p.m, Sunday, July 30th. Blackburn and D.C.C. Annual Picnic. Ilford P.S. Dartford to Eynsford. Meet Ilford Station, 9.15. Leigh Lit. S.P.S. Millers Dale. Leader : W. Short. Todmorden P.S. Winters and Blackshaw. Leader : R. S. Greenwood. Monday, July 31st. Southampton C.C. Cinematograph Display. A. E. Turner. Walthamstow and D.P.S. Queries. Tuesday, August 1st. Hackney P.S. A Ramble. Rotherham P.S. My Difficulties. F. Newton and E. G. Alderman. Wednesday, August 2nd. Luton and D.C.C. Tring. Bus, T.25 p.m. Partick C.C. Stonehouse and Strathaven. Exhibitions and Competitions cu?55u£eand Notices of forthcoming exhibitions and competitions will be included here every week if particulars are sent by the responsible organisers. The Amateur Photographer Monthly Competitions for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Workers. Entries, July 31. Rules in the issue of June 28. Chicago World’s Fair Interhational Exhibition, 1933. — Open, June i-October 31. Enquiries to “1933 Salon,” Chicago Camera Club, 137, North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. Northern Photographic Exhibition (Bradford). — Open, June 17-August 20. Entry forms from A. Greenwood, Myrtle Dene, Harrogate Road, Bradford. Lucerne International Salon. — Open, July 22-August 20. Particulars from Secretary, International Salon of Photography, Lucerne, Switzerland. Polish International Salon (Cracow). — Entries, August 1 ; open, August 27-September 17. Further particulars from Fotoclub, Y.M.C.A., Cracow, Poland. Royal Photographic Society’s Exhibition. — Entries, August 11 ; open, September 9-October 7. Entry forms and further particulars from R.P.S., 35, Russell Square, W.C.i. London Salon of Photography Exhibition. — Entries August 30 ; open, September 9-October 7. Entry forms and further particulars from Secretary, London Salon of Photography, 5a, Pall Mall East, S.W.i. Zaragoza Salon. — Entries, September 15 ; open during October. Entry forms from Secretary, Sociedad Fotografica de Zaragoza, Plaza de Sas, 7, Zaragoza, Spain. Irish Salon (Dublin). — Entries due September 30 ; open, October 28-November 4. Particulars from Salon Secretaries, Irish Salon of Photography, 18, Morehampton Road, Dublin. Rotherham P.S. Annual Exhibition. — Entry forms due October 2 ; prints, October '9 ; open, October 18-21. Further particulars from E. George Alderman, Hon. Exhibition Secretary, Ruardean, Newton Street, Rotherham. Belgian Salon (Brussels). — Entries due August 1 ; open, September 23-October 1. Particulars from Association Beige de Photographie et de Cinemato¬ graphic, 28, Rue de Locht, Brussels, Belgium. South African Salon (Johannesburg). — Entries due August 2 ; open, August 28-September 2. Entry forms from Hon. Sec., South African Salon of Photo¬ graphy, P.O. Box 7024, Johannesburg, South Africa. Barcelona International Salon. — Entries, September, 1 ; open during October. Entry forms and further particulars from the Secretary, International Salon of Photographic Art, Duque de la Victoria, 14, pral. Barcelona, Spain. Johnson’s “ Holiday ” Competition. Cash prizes. Closing date, October 31. Full particulars from Johnson & Sons, Ltd., Hendon, London, N.W.4. “Iris” Christmas Salon (Antwerp). — Entries due November 15 ; open, December 24-January 7, 1934. Full particulars from J. Van Dyck, Secretary of Fotografische Kring “ Iris ” Ballaer Str., 69, Antwerp, Belgium. Isle of Man Publicity Board, Douglas. — Prizes amounting to £200 offered for photographs depicting scenes taken in the Isle of Man. Five classes : Land¬ scape, Seascape, Sport, Children and General. Further particulars from above address. Hong Kong University Amateur Photographic Club Fifth Annual Exhibition. Entries due September • 16 ; open, October 16-23. Particulars from the Hon. Secretary, Hong Kong University Amateur Photo¬ graphic Club, Hong Kong. Leicester and Leicestershire P.S. International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography. Open, February 26-March 3, 1934. Particulars and entry forms from H. Fosscutt, 19, Doncaster Road, Leicester. “Sashalite” Competition. — Cash prizes of £25, £15, £10 and 34 smaller prizes are offered by The General Electric Co., of Magnet House, Kingsway, W.C.2, for novel night photographs taken with “ Sashalite” Flash Bulbs. Conditions are simple and full particulars are obtainable on application to above address. A Booklet for Beginners PHOTOGRAPHY: HOW TO SUCCEED,” by W. L. F. Wastell, with a foreword by Olaf Bloch. Price 6d. Evans Brothers, Ltd. Precisely where other manuals are getting into their stride, Mr. Wastell in his latest handbook leaves off. Not from mere perversity, mark you, or a morbid craving for originality, but from a frank recognition of the need of the moment. Setting aside professional work, the vast bulk of prints produced to-day are made by the “ D. & P. man,” and very good many of them are. How many times also have we been told that the fate of a photograph is decided once for all when the exposure has been made ? What most camera-users need, therefore, is help in button¬ pressing and its preliminaries ; it will be time enough to tell them how to develop negatives and to make prints when development and printing come within their notion of photography. By stopping short where the writer does, he is able within the limits of a sixpenny booklet to deal adequately with photography as it is mostly practised to-day. He explains the camera and those of its appurtenances which concern the button-presser ; he gives the soundest advice on the choice of a subject and viewpoint, illustrated by some admirably reproduced pictures of his own as well as by some examples of what to avoid ; he deals with making the exposure and timing it ; he tells us how to fold up the camera after making the exposure ; and then — the curtain falls. There is no need to inform our readers that Mr. Wastell is clear, concise and adequate ; they know this from his articles for beginners in these pages. No one is better fitted by practice and by experience to show the novice how to make the most of his unfamiliar camera, with the very minimum of failure ; and he does not fall short of what we expect from him. There is a large field of usefulness for such a book, not only amongst those who want to know how to use a camera, but also amongst the many in whom we wish to create that appetite. A glance at its illustrations tempts one to read what its author has to say about producing such pictures ; and that once done, a camera of some kind becomes a necessity. The booklet may be obtained through many photographic dealers, booksellers and newsagents, or post free for yd. from Messrs. Evans Bros., Ltd., Montague House, Russell Square, W.C.i. 97 29