The Society welcomed Guy and Paula Davies to our last Zoom talk of the year. This couple from North Yorkshire are members of the Stokesley Photographic Society and give Permajet supported lectures around the country. The first part of the presentation was by Guy followed by Paula and it was aptly titled “Double Act 2”. […]
Photographic images of Sport can be both dramatic and evocative. This was ably demonstrated by this weeks guest speaker Andrew Moss from Beckenham in Kent with his presentation “He Shoots, He Scores”. Andrew now acting in a professional capacity has attended a mixed variety of sporting events including minority participation sports (for which he is […]
Our president Emily welcomed this weeks guest speaker Tony North who hails from Manchester and specialises in Landscape and in particular Macro photography. His talk entitled “ The Art of Macro” was in fact an absorbing and entertaining tutorial on the subject. After introductory remarks he went on to describe in detail his seven Challenges […]
Congratulations to the winners of our 2nd Internal Competition judged by Les Loosemore via Zoom. Colour Images:1st Place: “Drying Day” by Caroline MacDonald 2nd Place: “Jump About” by Mathew Schwartz 3rd Place: “Ridge Lines” by Philip Graham Highly Commended: “Yachts” by Chris Reekie and “Picture Window” by Nicola Shepherd Commended: “Barnacles and Twine” by Emily […]
On the 11th we had something completely different from Newport based Neil Sneddon who is a social worker working with addicts in Dundee. His thought provoking presentation entitled “Developing Recovery” was accompanied by a series of black and white images with captions. These were taken by recovering addicts, their family or carers. Neil had handed out […]
I am delighted to report that St Andrews PS has had it’s best result ever in the SPF Digital Championship. In the Interim Digital Championship this afternoon we came 2nd overall in the Ian Bowie trophy with 294 points, Dumfries CC were 1st with 298 points. 36 clubs across Scotland competed and six out of […]
To the theme of mindfulness in photography the societies thought provoking presentation this week was by Ken Scott with its title “Joy of Seeing”. Ken from Brighton, with a background in Psychology, is by profession a photographer who holds workshops both at home and in Europe being best known for his landscapes and the different […]
Dawn S. Black Photography (dawnsblackphotography.com) The River Dee Project was the subject of the most recent zoom meeting for members who received a presentation by former professional photographer Dawn Black who is now based in Stonehaven. Dawn’s professional work was undertaken with partners in the Netherlands where her specialisation was in architectural and interior photography.On […]
The Societies talk this week “Galapagos, a little world within itself” was by retired architect Brian Anderson a Fifer from Newport on Tay but now living on the Wirral. He is a much travelled photographer who describes himself as an adventure tourist. His travels have taken him from the Artic to the Antarctic and many […]
The speaker at the weekly meeting of the Society this week was Chris Rickard on the subject of underwater photography in Scotland. Chris is a keen diver who has completed some 1500 dives mainly in Scottish waters and at the McDuff Marine Aquarium where he works on a part time basis. Members were introduced to […]
