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IjustfeltthatI hadtowriteandthank

youforyouracknowledgementof

mentalhealthissuesin the 11 January

issue.Asa PTSDsuffererit ranga bell

forme– I wasdiagnosedaftermy

wife’ssuddenandunexpecteddeath

andafterserving 30 yearsin a highly

stressfulrolein theemergency

services.AndI canconfirmthatwithout

myphotographyandcameraclub

friendsI wouldnotbewritingthisletter.

HavingreadthearticleandPaul

Williams’first-classbook,it is goodto

knowthatI amnotalone,andI hope

thatotherreaderswillbeabletocome

totermswithwhatlifethrowsat usand

getoutwiththeircameras,andhelp

themontheroad to recovery.

David Bish

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The healing power

Judgesareholding

clubsback

Atthebeginningof this

yearourcameraclubhad

ourfirstheatof ourannual

Imageof theYear

competition.Toputit

mildly,thejudgehadbeen

ratherscathingwithevery

imagewhena printof a

greysealwaspresentedto

bejudged.It wasa really

wonderfuland

skilfullyexecutedwildlife

shot,butimmediatelythe

judgesaid,‘Whata horrible

print.I donotwanttosee

thisuglyprinteveragain!’

Thewholeclubwas

shocked.I wishedthatI

hadnotbecomediplomatic

witholdageotherwiseI

would have given him a

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Davidrelatedtomanyoftheissueswe

highlighted in our cover feature above

mouthful.I amangryat

myselffornotdoingso.

Theauthorhasonly

beenwithusa fewmonths

andhasshowngreat

promisewithherwildlife

images.Aswehavestruck

upa friendshipI

consoledherbytellingher

totakenonoticeof the

ignorantjudgeashe

appearsnottoknow

anythingabout

photography,considering

hisperformancethatnight.

I’vebeena professional

photographersince1966.

I havestudiedat two

collegesandhave

experiencein many

photographicdisciplines

bothprofessionallyandfor

myownpleasure.I first

joined a camera club in

1976,whenjust27,never

expectingthedomineering

rolethatcompetitionsplay

in thecameraclubworld,

andsooncametofeelthat

cameraclubjudgesretard

theprogressof camera

clubphotography,because

anythingfreshis ridiculed

bythejudge.

Lastyearwehadour

Printof theYearfinal.The

winningprintwasa dinghy

onthemudat lowtide.In

1980 at a differentcluba

similarprintwonin a

similarcompetition.No

wonderthattraditional

cameraclubsare

dominatedbysenileold

men,panderingto

brain-deadjudges.

Youngstersdon’twantto

know. And no wonder

progressivenewcamera

clubsarespringingupthat

avoidcompetitionsand

indulgemorein practical

activitiesinsteadof sitting

in thedarkeveryweeklike

brain-deadcabbages.If

onlya progressiveclub

wouldsetupnearme.

JohnHeywood

Resolutions

Newyearresolutionsare

oftenshort-livedfora

varietyof reasons.Butmy

constantthreereminders

of betterperformance,

somelearnedthehard

way,mightbeusefulasa

prompterforothers.

1] ‘Ditheringmeans

doom’.I’velostcountof

thetimeswhenwitnessing

situationswheredelay

occursbecausethelens

capis stillon,thecamerais

stuckin a case,or

adjustmentshavetobe

madebeforetheshutter

canbepressed.Whatwas

a greatpictureopportunity

thensuddenlybecomesa

fadingmemory.

2]‘Knowyourkit’.It

soundsbasicbuttoofew

peoplespendenoughtime

learninghowtohandle

theircamerain waysthat

becomesecondnature.

Quiettimespentin

non-shootingsituations

helpstoraisefamiliarity

withcontrolsandoptions.

3]‘Stayonwatch’.

Pictureopportunitiescan

unfoldwhenleast

expected.Developthe

abilitytothinkquicklyin

ordertoproducea

memorableshotfroma

photoopportunityrather

thananordinarysnapshot.

ColinLester

Catalina

Inresponsetotheletterby

GeraldPeppiattregarding

upgradingtoCatalina(AP

18 January),bewarned.I

upgradedwithongoing

problems.My27iniMac

crasheseverydayand

whenI restart,themouse

andkeyboardfreeze.After

threeorfourrestarts,it

works.I cannolonger

activatesomeolderapps.

I wouldre-installtheolder

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