Downloads

 (Click on the links below to download the files

This season's programme:  2025_26programme.pdf   

Tutorials/Guidance/Files
  1. A comprehensive printable document with help and guidance for entering our club competitions.
  2. Competition Secretary, Paul Robert's crib sheet to using PhotoEntry for entering our club competitions.
  3. John Gorham's "Astrophotography Apps and Programs" notes from his talk on the 22 November 2024
  4. Adrian McGarry's iPhone Presentation Follow-up
  5. Paul Robert's and Simon Cotter's guides to entering the club's competitions- Jul 2025
  6. Wolverhampton Photographic Society's  guide to Preparing Photographs for Projected Digital Image Competitions  - Very comprehensive guide for Lightroom, Photoshop & Affinity Pro (the final section on submitting PDI's is specific to their club)
  7. Simon Cotter’s YouTube video on Preparing images for club PDI competitions using Lightroom (September 2023)
  8. Simon Cotter’s YouTube video on Preparing images for club PDI competitions using Photoshop (September 2023)
  9. A copy of Tom Dodd’s procedure for monochrome conversion of images
  10. A pdf version of the slide show from the Smart Photography Member’s evening on the 14th of October 2016 including links to the various apps mentioned
  11. ​4 Photoshop actions for re-sizing images to the club’s NEW PDI resolution of 1600 pixels wide by 1200 pixels high, with and without adding a coloured outline (stroke). Double click on the downloaded file and they should be available in the BMBCC 1600 x 1200 folder in the Actions Panel in Photoshop.  
  12. 4 Photoshop Elements actions for re-sizing images to the club’s NEW PDI resolution of 1600 pixels wide by 1200 pixels high, with and without adding a coloured outline (stroke). Double click on the downloaded file and they should be available in the BMBCC 1600 x 1200 folder in the Actions Player (Edit, Guided Mode).
  13. Rolf Kraehenbuehl’s notes on using on-line print houses and pre cut mounts.
  14. Matworks - Mount cutting measurement software (runs on latest versions of Windows (Inc. 10) ignore error messages
  15. A Guide to the major Photographic Distinctions (pdf)
  16. Notes from Susan Clark’s ''Hints, Tips and Quick Fixes in Photoshop'  talk 17th January 2014 (0.3Mb pdf)
  17. Notes from Simon Cotter’s Print Mounting demonstration from the Mini Workshop’s evening 10th January 2014 (0.5Mb pdf)
  18. Terry Hewitt’s Talk “Where’s that ****** Photograph” on Digital Asset Management - January 2014 (9.7Mb pdf)
  19. John Gorham’s presentation on Close-up and Macro photography - October 2013 (3.8Mb pdf)
  20. Simon Cotter’s guide to Layers and Layer Masks (pdf)
  21. ​BMBCC Constitution 2023
  22. BMBCC Rules for Safeguarding Club Funds
  23. BMBCC ​Privacy Notice​​

Here are some reference documents and actions that can be downloaded following Terry Wagg's photoshop talk on 5 October 2018.
The actions are for use in Photoshop CC, but may work in other versions. Once the action has been downloaded, all you need to do is double click on the action and they will automatically load into Photoshop.
The Power Of Photoshop (pdf)
Mono Conversion (action)
​Dodge and Burn (action)
​Understanding Sharpening (pdf)
​Converting For The Web (action)