On Wednesday 26th February members were delighted to view the excellent nature photography being undertaken by St. Andrews based nature photographer Abi Warner. Abi has used a camera since she was seven years of age and has studied photography. Her initial nature photography was undertaken in the St. Andrews area in locations she could easily […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to St Andrews Photographic Society member — and club president — Nicola Shepherd. She’s the recipient of this year’s Wilson Quaich, awarded by an external judge for the best single photograph in the society’s annual exhibition, for her photograph titled “Deserted Olive Grove Babarti”. This year’s judge was local photographer Peter Adamson, who’s due […]
