EASTBOURNE & BRIGHTON

Gay Pride photo by Barbie

Me standing on the Wilmington Man photo by Barbie

Over the past week Barbie and I have been staying near Eastbourne, we travelled down on the Friday. On the Saturday we went to Brighton for the Gay Pride parade had a good time. On the Sunday we walked the Seven Sisters from Eastbourne to Seaford, by the time we got to Seaford, Barbie was worn out and couldn't walk back, so I walked back on my own and got the car and drove round and picked Barbie up. On the Monday we drove to Dungeness for the day, on Tuesday and Wednesday we travelled around a bit and visited various places including the chalk man at Wilmington, I climb up and stood on him..which not supposed to do..oh well.On the Thursday we went back to Brighton, travelling back home on the Friday via the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.

BEYOND GROUP NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

sequence & photography by Barbie

Over the weekend it was the judging of the 4th "Beyond Group" National Open Exhibition, we set up the hall on the Friday afternoon and the judging took place all day Saturday and part of Sunday. We had over 3000 digital images in three sections (Colour,Monochrome & Nature) from photographers from all over Great Britain which had to be reduced to about 500 images by the judges, so you had a 1 in 6 chance of getting an acceptance. For the first time we had two print sections (Colour & Monochrome) where we had over 600 prints, which had to be reduced to 170, so you had a 1 in 3.5 chance. We use three top exhibition judges to do the job using a silent scoring machine, then discussing with each other to pick the awards. We always have two judges from outside the region and one from the Beyond Group or within the EAF region, we had Peter Young from Bromsgrove, Leo Rich from Salisbury and Me (Rusty Lindsay) from the Beyond Group. Please view the little video sequence. visit Beyond Group web site

I SAW JESUS DRIVING A MERCEDES

song written and performed by Rusty

I recorded a song I had written, inspired by my friend J Dog when he claimed he had seen Jesus driving a Mercedes, I had a little fun and distorted my voice and made a video of Kinky my cat singing the song...just press play..hope you enjoy it.

CAMDEN

graffiti at Camden Lock for Amy photo by Rusty

photo by Barbie

On Sunday Barbie and Myself went to Camden, we met up with a couple of friends at Camden Lock market, but on the way Barbie wanted to visit Amy Winehouse's flat to see the tributes left outside.

PAGB DPI CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WARWICK

On Saturday we went to the PAGB DPI National Championships at Warwick University, where our Photo group (Beyond Group) were representing the EAF by competing against over 35 clubs from all over Great Britain, for the sixth year running. We came seventh in the end, yet again making our group one of the top ten clubs in the UK, because we finished in the top eight, we automatically qualify for next years competition, next up is the PAGB Print National Championships at Connahs Quay, where again we will be representing the EAF for the sixth year running.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL 2011

Barbie's Gold medal choice photo by Rusty

My Gold medal choice photo by Barbie

outside the EPS premises photo by Barbie
Barbie and I were two of the three judges for the Edinburgh International exhibition, we got the train to Edinburgh Thursday after work, we spent the Friday and Saturday judging the exhibition. We had 2200 prints to go through, we were well looked after by the Edinburgh Photographic Society, staying in a nice hotel near the venue. Got the train back on the Sunday, we had a great time.

MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AT CAMDEN

Barbie and I went to Camden on the Sunday, had a good time as usual..