If you listened to BBC Radio Solent the other morning you might have heard Claire being interviewed about or current photography competition & exhibition PRIMARY. If you missed it you can listen below.
The deadline for all entries is the 4th May, so if you want to have the chance for your phone camera photos hanging in an exhibition and the chance to win some amazing photography prizes then you best send in your photos quick. To find out all about PRIMARY click HERE.
Genuinely a massive thank you to everyone who sent in their contributions last month, this was a really tough one to choose. Congratulations goes to Andrew Whyte, John Neil and Cheryl Williams. Their photo’s will be used in the February section of the Strong Island 2013 Calendar.
To find out how you can get involved click here.
Jon Neil – Jon’s Flickr
Cheryl Williams – Cheryl’s Flickr and Tumblr
Andrew Whyte – Andrew’s Flickr and Twitter
Hopefully you’ve seen the previous posts about the Strong Island 2013 calendar? If you haven’t then just to recap, at the beginning of every month I’m going to be asking for your submissions for the 2013 calendar.
We are now accepting your contributions for the March 2013 page. There is no theme for this month, the ONLY rule is that there must be a link to Portsmouth and Southsea. It’d be good to see some photo’s you’ve taken over the easter bank holiday?
You can send your images to calendar@strongisland.co.uk. This email has been working however some have said they’ve received messages saying their email has bounced back, just to be sure CC your email to stuart@strong-island.co.uk. I look forward to receiving your contributions!
The February winners will be announced later in the week.
With the April Bank Holiday very nearly upon us it’s put me in the mood for a little light refreshment at The Bridge Tavern and a casual cycle along the seafront and back to get me in the mood for the Summer ahead. I might even end up at Spice Island for a cheeky tipple after. I reckon I’ll get to the Bridge Tavern for about 12pm on Sunday 8th and set off around 2pm after some lunch. Give me a shout if you’re in the area. Nudge nudge. Wink wink.
The PRIMARY Strong Island phoneography competition and exhibition is picking up real momentum, including being featured in today’s issue of The News with a two page article. As well as getting the word out to as many people in the city as possible the article also features a selection of some of the great submissions we have already received, be sure to pick up a copy and check if one of yours made it to print.
If you still haven’t submitted your photos yet there is still a little over a month, get involved HERE.
Steve Langton has been a regular reader of Strong Island since the early days. As can been seen from the original paper sticker with the old logo on it which used to grace the rear side window of his Porsche 356. Steves latest automotive acquisition is a freakin’ sweet vintage Porsche 911 and to top it off it now rolls with a new black vinyl Strong Island sticker. Sick…
With the April Bank Holiday very nearly upon us it’s put me in the mood for a little light refreshment at The Bridge Tavern and a casual cycle along the seafront and back to get me in the mood for the Summer ahead. I might even end up at Spice Island for a cheeky tipple after. I reckon I’ll get to the Bridge Tavern for about 12pm on Sunday 8th and set off around 2pm after some lunch. Give me a shout if you’re in the area. Nudge nudge. Wink wink.
After the incredible response to our Winter tees and selling out in 4 days we thought we would get another run printed. So if you missed out the first time round make sure you get in there and grab one from SHOP AHOY. There are only 5 tee left in mediums and larges.
This is still a limited run so they won’t be around forever. Thanks for all your support guys, we really appreciated it. Make sure you stay posted for more varied designs coming this Summer.
“It’s been a while but we are finally proud to announce the latest Strong Island Logo Tee. This time however we’ve gone that little bit further.
Individually hand screen printed using soft touch inks means no two shirts are the same. Each one is unique, and the print finish is of the highest quality. Over time this process will make the design look better and better with age.
Each shirt also comes with it’s own personally hand stamped Mill Cloth Drawstring Bag. These bags are ideal to hold your phone and the lightweight Mill Cloth will protect it from scratches whilst still retaining any touch screen functions without taking it out. Don’t stop there though. It will fit almost all your small day to day bits and bobs. Money, keys, cards, smokes, even your treasured marbles….
Again, like the shirts, each bag is individually hand stamped making each one different to the last. And to seal the deal they all contain stickers and badges because, lets face it, everyone loves stickers and badges. Whatever their age.
Our first tee of 2012 sets the scene for Strong Island’s approach to our clothing offerings for the future, with careful consideration in the quality in production and design. As always we’ve only done a limited run so grab one whilst you can over at SHOP AHOY.”
All design work: Tristan Savage
This year we are be proud to announce our latest exhibition PRIMARY, a Phoneography exhibition by Strong Island and we are even happier to announce that it’s open to you, the readers.
With the continuing increase in impressive camera technology in mobile phones and the ability to alter, tweak, post process and upload the photos to social media networks and websites like Instagram, the popularity of Phoneography has never been greater.
The ‘of the moment’ ability to take a photo at almost any time and any place by most people has really driven the fact that the camera does not make the photographer. By which I mean, you don’t need an expensive camera to take outstanding photos.
Agreed, the quality of the physical image may not stand up to the big guns, but new learnings in composition, style and aesthetic by a new generation of camera users via online media has really driven this popularity, and encourage people to go beyond a ‘quick shot’.
PRIMARY invites you to get out and about around Portsea with your mobile phone camera and take photos of anything and everything based around the three primary colours red, yellow and blue. What you photograph is entirely up to you, but submissions will only be accepted if they stick to the theme. Photos can be taken on any mobile phone model and we ask that a maximum of 10 photos per applicant are sent in to primary@strong-island.co.uk.
Please submit along with your photographs your name, photo title, phone model, location of photo on the island and any post process apps you used, if any, to achieve the final shot. Please note that all submitted photos will be cropped square in order to be displayed. This is mainly due to the number of Phoneography photos that are already in square format.
The call for entires has begun and the deadline is the 4th of May 2012 with the exhibition being held shorty after at Bonzo Studios on Albert Road who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space.
We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.
Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but we’ve got to say that this will be one of the best prize hauls we have ever offered.
Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.
You can download the posters HERE and HERE and it would be great if you could help promote not only our exhibition but your exhibition by putting them up locally.
Poster by Tristan Savage & Photo by Paul Gonella
We have been blown away by how well the new Strong Island tee has sold with the it’s first run sold out in only a few days. With the tee comes a hand printed mill cloth drawstring bag filled with new black stickers and badges but up until now the bag was only available with the new tee. We’ve had requests about the bag being made available by itself so from now you can visit the online Strong Island store and buy the drawstring bag with stickers and badges for only £3 (plus £1 p&p).
These bags are ideal to hold your phone and the lightweight Mill Cloth will protect it from scratches whilst still retaining any touch screen functions without taking it out. Don’t stop there though. It will fit almost all your small day to day bits and bobs too.
We also still have a few mediums and larges left of the second run of tees so get in now while there is still stock.
Visit the store HERE.
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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