“From There to Here” was the title of the presentation made to members on the 19th February when award winning landscape photographer Neil Barr provided members with an extensive look at his work from the last six years spent exploring and photographing the Scottish Landscape. Having only taken up landscape photography in 2014 as an […]
What do the outrageous American rock star Marylin Manson and our own more staid Prince William have in common? The answer is they have both had their photographs taken and published by our latest speaker the entertaining Tom Haresign from Largo. Commercial Photography was the title of his talk. Originally from Doncaster where he trained […]
When St Andrews twinned with the historical French town of Loches-en-Touraine nestling as it does in the Loire Valley in 2016 it cemented a relationship which began back in 1996. As part of the cultural exchanges between the picturesque towns the St Andrews Photographic Society in conjunction with the Camera` Photo Club Du Lochois have […]
This week was our 3rd internal competition which was judged by Shahbaz Majeed a member of the Dundee Photographic Society. Shahbaz is a well published photographer taking some of his shots from a helicopter, he does not use drones. One of his images of the Forth Railway Bridge features on the Clydesdale Bank polymer £5 […]
The Society last week had as a guest speaker Kit Martin whose talk had the intriguing title, Cyanotype and other Darkroom Experiments. The Cyanotype process to create photographic images was first used in 1842 but was adopted as a copying technique now known by the term “blueprint” as used in technical drawings. This is because […]
The Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF) Digital Championship was held in Stirling on Sunday 17th November where St Andrews Photographic Society achieved a fantastic result, finishing joint 4th alongside Carluke CC in the competition. In total 28 clubs from across Scotland were competing on the day. Dumfries Camera Club finished 1st, Ayr Photographic Society 2nd and Eastwood […]
The members of the Society this week were treated to an outstanding presentation by the renowned wildlife photographer Nigel Spencer. Although based in Leicestershire he spends much of his time in the Western Islands of Scotland. As well as being a wildlife photographer he is an avid climber and Munro bagger but his true love […]
Edinburgh International Salon is one of the most highly regarded international exhibitions in the UK, typically attracting around 3000 entries from all around the world. This salon has been in existence for over 150 years and during that time has built a strong reputation. A print only exhibition they only accept what they can display, […]
Huge congratulations to the members of St Andrews Photographic Society on winning the BEST COLOUR CLUB – THE HENRY COATES TROPHY in this years Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF) Annual Portfolio competition. The three Judges for 2019 were – Christine Widdall from L&CPU, Richard Speirs from NCPF and Dave Symonds from the SPF. A total of […]
Congratulations to Chris Reekie LRPS of St Andrews PS for achieving a score of 15/15 for his image “Snow Fence” at the annual Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF) Print Championship in Stirling. 3 judges score each print with a minimum score of 2 and a maximum score of 5 in this well attended event. 31 camera […]
