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Good Picture 2012
The latest in our series of Good Picture symposia took place on 15 Dec 2012 at the University of Westminster. PDF versions of papers presented are being added when available.

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Qualifications

RPS Imaging Scientist Qualifications are available to candidates who can demonstrate a level of achievement in the field. Candidates are required to demonstrate their ability to undertake a programme of work, write reports and papers, work within a team and produce results. Members who acquire an Imaging Scientist Qualification will also receive a Society Distinction.

See the RPS website for more details.

Welcome to the RPS Imaging Science Group


Astronomy – Height profile of a plate defect in astronomical plates

Who are we?

The Imaging Science Group is one of several Special Interest Groups of The Royal Photographic Society. The Group’s fields of interest cover all aspects of the science and technology of imaging – embracing both conventional photography and electronic imaging with image analysis, aerial and satellite technology and much more. The Group channels these interests in three main directions, scientific publications, scientific meetings and education. The Group plays a major role in the Society’s scientific publication, the Imaging Science Journal, as well as keeping members in touch via this website.

The Imaging Science Group adopted this name (the Scientific and Technical Group was originally formed in 1920) in recognition of the need to reflect the Group’s broad scope. The Group attracts Members who are professionals in the fields of imaging science and technology (and encourages them to apply for the Society’s qualifications in Imaging Science), but also appeals to those with an educational or amateur interest in the science of imaging. See the History page for more information.

What is Imaging Science?

If radiation of any kind, emitted from, or affected by an object, causes a representation (the image) of the object or some aspect of the object to be generated, then the systematized body of knowledge relating to the generation, properties and processing of the representation may be defined as Imaging Science. See the Imaging Science page for more information.

Interested in joining?

Meetings
If you are already a member of the Royal Photographic Society, then all you need do is let the membership office at the Society headquarters in Bath know. The additional annual subscription to join the Group is £12 above the basic RPS subscription. Once a member you will receive, at no additional charge, on-line access to current and past issues of The Imaging Science Journal. See the Imaging Science Journal page for more information.

If you are not a member of the RPS, then simply contact the membership office and ask to join, adding that you would like to join the Imaging Science Group as well. Details of RPS subscription fees, etc. can be found on the RPS website. 		One or more scientific meetings are arranged each year by the Group. Of notable mention are the current annual series of Digital Futures and Good Picture symposia. These lectures and discussions provide imaging practitioners, keen amateurs and students with insights into Imaging Science and all technical aspects of Digital Imaging. One-day specialist meetings, sometimes held in collaboration with other Learned Societies, are also occasionally organised on topics such as Advances in Medical and Forensic Imaging. See our Future Events page for upcoming meetings.

Mailing list

  
If you would like to be notified of forthcoming meetings, events, etc. organised by the Imaging Science Group, please consider subscribing to our mailing list. See the ‘Mailing List‘ page for more information.