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Speaker – Dawn Black – Wednesday 27th October 2021

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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 […]

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Speaker – Brian Anderson – Wednesday 3rd November 2021

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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 […]

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Speaker – Chris Rickard – Wednesday 13th October 2021

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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 […]

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Annual Exhibition 2021 – Winners

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The Societies Annual Exhibition 2021 was not a mounted print exhibition in Holy Trinity Church which would be available for public viewing but once again a digital competition as a result of the current Covid 19 restrictions. The event took place on Zoom on Wednesday 6th October and was attended by some twenty four Society […]

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Speaker – Sally Sallett – Wednesday 29th September 2021

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“Never Underestimate an old woman with a camera” was the title of this weeks Zoom presentation by Sally Sallett. The title was really intriguing  from a lady originally from Kent but now living in Castleford in Yorkshire who joined the  camera club in nearby Wakefield in 2012. She is not only very proficient with a […]

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Speaker – Rory O’Conner – Wednesday 22nd September 2021

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This weeks presentation was by Rory O`Conner from the Irish city of Cork by courtesy of Zoom which was titled “My world in photography” Seascapes. Rory  considers himself to be self taught but took up photography seriously in 2011 when he joined his local camera club. He specialises in seascapes but enjoys landscapes as well […]

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Speaker – Les Loosemore – Wednesday 5th May 2021

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As part of our summer program on Zoom the Society had the pleasure of welcoming Les Loosemore from Bridgend in South Wales to give us a wide ranging presentation on his style of photography. In his younger years Les  was a footballer, then after this career ended became a referee for many years. To cement […]

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Speaker – Ian Boulton -Wednesday 5th April 2021

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The Society has decided this year to have a summer program with a Zoom talk once a month as a way of involving the membership in place of our popular day outings. The speaker this month was Ian Boulton from Bristol with his talk “Each to his own way, I`ll go mine”. Ian is an […]

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Margaret Coull Trophy Wednesday 3rd March 2021

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Congratulations to Chris Reekie on winning this years Margaret Coull Trophy with his picture “Fight Club”. This year the competition was judged by Stan Farrow FRPS who commented on the varied content and high standard of entries. The following images were highly commended.

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4th Internal Competition 2021

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Congratulations to the winners of our fourth Internal Competition for the season which was judged on zoom by John Alexander from Dundee Photographic Society. Colour Images:1st Place: “Dream Of Flying by Mathew Schwartz2nd Place: “The Red Shed” by Alison Smith 3rd Place: “Ready for Take-off” by Chris Reekie Mono Images:1st Place: “Our Wullie” by Frank […]

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