At the latest meeting of the Society we had the privilage of having as our guest speaker a local from Fife, Phill Cooke a renouned award winning Seascape and Landscape photographer. Our President Chris Reekie welcomed members and Phil with his customery aplomb. Phil`s talk was titled “ Shooting Seascapes”. This was a toure- de- […]
Emily Noaks warmly welcomed out first guest speaker of the winter program Andy Hall. Residing in Stonehaven he titled his talk Decisive Moments – the Art of Photography. A member of his local Camera Club Andy is a well known and respected and published Scottish photographer of landscapes and abstracts. After a lifetime in teaching […]
This week was Presidents Night at the Society. Our retiring President Nicola Shepherd has been in situ for a number of years and is held in the highest esteem by the members as she has been such a progressive driving force for the Society. The President choses the theme of the night and Nicola invited […]
Peter Adamson is a very well-respected photographer. One might say is Mr Photo in St Andrews. He has covered a wealth of events and occasions in St Andrews over many years. Peter told the members he would be splitting his talk into three sections. History of photography, specifically in relationship to St Andrews. The now […]
Respected photographer and educator Dawn White, a member of Dundee Photographic Society spoke to members on the ‘Magic of Monochrome’. Dawn broke down her talk into three sections, all relating to monochrome images. Looking at the editing powers of Lightroom and Photoshop. Images from the Scottish Photographic Federation and Advanced editing for monochrome. What makes […]
Nigel Spencer ‘Journey To The Arctic’ With a title including journey and Arctic you know you are in for a special talk. And, so it proved, with guest speaker Nigel Spencer. An avid walker and climber, having completed over 200 Munros, Nigel became interested in photography as an extension to his outdoor activities. Catching the […]
Getting close to live action in sport is always exciting. To get up close and personal with the cars, drivers and fans of the Federation Internationale De L’Automobile, is a dream for many motor racing fans. For Jeff Carter this was a journey which started when he was still in the RAF and went to […]
Roy Robertson spoke to STAPS members on his visits to China, providing a photographer’s view of the country. His visits were initially through invitations when he held the post of President and Vice President of the Royal Photographic Society to attend and art exhibition, including photography and the world fair. Being part of a Royal […]
The speaker this evening was the Societies own member, David Ogden. And to start his presentation by telling the assemble members, ‘don’t try it’, certainly grab everyone’s attention. And throughout his talk he maintained a rapt audience as he described, demonstrated and presented how he went about Macrophotography, the equipment he utilised (and ingeniously assembled) […]
