Milngavie and Bearsden Camera Club is a progressive and enthusiastic photographic society with 73 members, open to those with a keen interest in advancing their enjoyment and skills in photography. Club activities are centred on weekly meetings, held on a Tuesday evening between late September and April. These normally take place in person at the Community Education Centre in Milngavie although occasional Zoom meetings take place during the season. For enquiries about membership, offers of lectures from experienced speakers, or comments, please read the About page and e-mail the club secretary. Alternatively, you can use the contact form on our ‘About‘ page. Any questions or suggestions for the website will be welcomed by the web editor .

Enter a Competition (Members only)

See the competitions dates page for the club year 2023-2024. Please note the Hand-in Dates. Competition entries for club members only are made through https://compent.photoentry.uk/compent. Members are reminded that all entries in past competitions can also be viewed in photoentry.

2nd Competition 2023/24 – Tuesday 28th November 2023

A special thank you goes to our external judge Campbell Skinner, both for the time taken in evaluating all images and, thereafter, for his positive approach and encouraging critique on the evening

Prints

DPI

Results

These pictures together with the full results of the competition can be found in the Competitions Section of the website on Thursday 29th November

MBCC Welcomes Guest Lecturer Colin Prior

On Tuesday 21st November, we were delighted to be joined by Scottish based and internationally acclaimed landscape photographer Colin Prior. His presentation was titled ‘Inspired – My creative influences shaped my own world’. Amongst other topics, it included his travels to the stunning Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan, his British Airways commissions together with the creative images in his ground breaking documentary book , Fragile – Birds, Eggs and Habitats. Later in the evening he gave members a preview into his current ongoing Scottish landscape project. The image below pictures Colin (centre) flanked by Club President Duncan and Syllabus Secretary Elaine.

Returning Member – John Stringer

The Club is delighted to welcome back to the fold former member John Stringer. John has already provided images for his new gallery

New Member Gallery – Ian Watt

Congratulations to Ian for being the first of the 2023-4 New Members to provide images for the creation of his New Gallery. All of Ian’s images can be viewed here

Norman McNab wins Judges Choice at the 2023 Scottish Photographic Federation Annual Portfolios

Many congratulations to Norman for winning an SPF Judges Choice for his Mono Print – Kilchurn Church. Details of MBCC members who submitted commendations for there prints submitted for this year’s awards will follow shortly in the National Recognition section of the website.

A special mention must also go to Competitions Secretary David Ritchie. In addition to organising internal competitions, David has worked tirelessly on constructing our portfolio for these national awards over many years. David’s meticulous selection of current club images has ensured that MBCC is recognised in the upper echelons of Scottish Club Photography.

National Recognition for George Robertson

George recently entered the 2023 Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition a National Competition and part of the British Photographic Exhibition series. George had a total of 5 images accepted including one ‘Glacial River’ which was awarded a PAGB Silver Selector’s Medal. Well done George!

New Season Syllabus 2023-24