It was a pleasure to welcome this week Tina Boswell a former member who gave us a presentation which she titled “From clueless beginner to wildlife photography obsession.” It was on a field trip with the society to Morton Lochs near Tayport that kindled the light in Tina that became her passion. She was originally […]
Most people take photographs during daylight, but those dedicated photographers who venture out during darkness show a different take of light that eminates from the streets, buildings and the darkening sky. Alistair How our guest speaker on Zoom this week hails from near Leeds and the title of his talk was “Urban Night Photography”. With […]
Neil Scott FRPS, another excellent speaker this time from Edinburgh presented our latest monthly Zoom talk. The title of his talk was “Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow`s Ear”. He went on to describe what he meant with his title by showing and talking us through the techniques he employs to turn an […]
Does the weather affect how or what you photograph? The answer to this was the basis of this weeks talk on Zoom by the award winning photographer Tony Worobiec. The title of his presentation was “ Photography in any Weather “. Tony is a well traveled photographer particularly to the USA. He now lives in […]
Every season, our penultimate meeting is the President’s Night, wherein the society’s president offers up a surprise, typically in the form of a special guest. This year was no exception, with our president, John Cuthbertson, bringing in the excellent Barrie Spence, a very award-winning portrait photographer from Bathgate. Barrie’s talk, titled “An Evening With,” offered […]
This week saw our first monthly Zoom talk which was given by Kevin Pigney with a superb presentation titled “Passion for Wildlife”. Kevin hails from Burwell on the Suffolk / Cambridgeshire border. He only took up photography later in life as a hobby just over 7 years ago and is now an established professional photographer. […]
A warm welcome this week was extended by Chris Reekie to the members attending the society’s first internal competition of the season. We were privileged to have judge Alan Gaulthorpe, a former president of the S.P.F. who’s a knowledgeable and well-known Scottish photographer, hailing from Aberdeen. Alan regaled us with humorous anecdotes along with serious […]
This week the society had its first talk of the season that was on Zoom*, rather than in-person. Our guest speaker was the gifted Claire Carter, a nature and landscape photographer who now lives on the fringes of Fort William but is originally from Shropshire. Her talk, titled “Studio Botanical and Macro Photography,” admirable showed […]
Members of the Society last week enjoyed an evening away trip to Perth. The Perthshire Photographic Society were hosts and extended a warm welcome to their guests for the annual 4-way competition with neighbours Dundee, St Andrews and Glenrothes. Unfortunately, Glenrothes were unable to participate this year but this did not make the competition any […]
Last month the Society held its first internal competition and the entries were up to their usual high standard. In the competitive PDI section 3rd place went to Mathew Schwartz with Angel, 2nd was Frank Riddell with Jelly Fish and in 1st place was Chris Reekie with Catch. The Mono Prints results went 3rd to […]
