Celebrating 50 years as a member and volunteer of the RPS Published 25 May 2021
Dr Afzal Ansary ASIS FRPS receives a President and Council Commendation for his continued support and dedication to the RPS.
Afzal is one of the RPS most prolific volunteers. Having worked in medical and scientific imaging throughout his professional life, Afzal decided to get involved in volunteering with the RPS when he retired. He began as a committee member on the North West region and eventually became the Regional Organiser. He went on to concentrate on his other volunteer roles - as a key member of the Science Committee and Distinctions Advisory Board, and Chairman of the Imaging Scientist Qualifications Board, Chairman of the Medical Group, and Chairman of the Combined Royal Colleges Medal Awards Committee.
Film
March 1, 2021
Great film photography in black and white is about more than just loading film into an old analogue SLR and snapping, as three masters of the art reveal
February 5, 2021
A lot of digital photographers prize the unique look of black and white film. To mark the first round of APOY, we share some tips for emulating black and white film effects with digital cameras, and see how it compares to the real thing
February 3, 2021
Discover the basics of starting a camera collection, with practical advice and buying tips - it s a great project for the lockdown as you can often shop online. Vintage camera expert John Wade is your guide
Simon Hill HonFRPS, President of the RPS simon.hill@rps.org
In second-hand bookshops and at car boot sales, I find it impossible to resist any dog-eared copies of
Picture Post magazine, the publication that did for the genre of British photojournalism what
Life magazine - the inspiration for
Picture Post - did for the American genre. While writing a documentary brief for a class of A-level photography students, I was thrilled to find a link between my home town of Harrogate,
Picture Post magazine and, somewhat surprisingly via William Shakespeare, the
Hulton Getty picture library in Seattle, Washington, USA.