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Elaine has made a few updates to the current syllabus and these can be viewed at the top of the Syllabus Section. On the 3rd March we have presentations from both David Muir and Ian Watt. David’s topic is Travels around Costa Rica capturing some of the sights and wildlife whilst Ian will present on Motoring Around Europe and Beyond. Fiona Bimms will now be unable to present on the 24th March so Elaine will be making efforts to find a replacement topic … Read more

On the 17th we welcomed award winning landscape photographer Damian Shields to the Club. He is also Deputy Picture Editor of The Herald & Times Group and his topic for the evening was My Journey In Landscape. 

Congratulations to John Stringer for his recent recognition at the Royal Photographic Society. His image College Reimagined depicts Strathclyde University’s Thomas Graham Building. The image can be viewed at the top of our National Recognition Section and also here.  

The Scottish Photographic Circle Exhibition is still open to viewing in Kirkintilloch until 12th March. It is being hosted at the Auld Kirk Museum, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, G661HN. The exhibition is open Tuesday – Saturday between 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm. It goes without saying that MBCC is represented and highly recognised within the event. Margaret, George and Norman account for 12 of the 66 images on show.

On the 10th we had our our very own Ian Mitchell and Malcolm Boddie present at the club. Ian’s topic was A Little Bit Of Everything whilst Malcolm presented on his long term passion for sailing.

Our 3rd League Competition of the season took place at the Club on 27th January 2026. Congratulations go to Stephen Phillips for winning the print competition with The Alternative Decoration – Morticia and, in respect of the PDI competition, congratulations go to George Robertson with Three In A Row. A special thanks go to judge Gordon Rae for his expert adjudication, guidance and sense of humour on all the prints and PDIs on the evening. All placed, Highly Commended and Commended prints and PDIs can be viewed in the Competitions … Read more

Our guest speaker on the 3rd was Peter Benson talking on the subject of  Photography on the Darkside. Presenting via Zoom, his night-time photography took us on a tour of the UK, Europe and the US providing us with tips on how to maximise our skills within the genre. https://www.peterfbenson.co.uk/

The latest collection of slider images at the top of the homepage include the winning print and pdi images from our league competitions to date, together with our most recent expert short listings at APOY2025 from David Muir, Neil MacGregor and George Robertson, Well done to all that participated.

Congratulations go to George Robertson, Neil MacGregor and David Muir for gaining a hat trick of expert short listings in the penultimate round of APOY 2025 – Urban Life. Image can be viewed in the National Recognition Section and here.

One of George Robertson’s images has this month received the Gold Award in the Open Colour Section of the Latvia Photo Salon 2026. The Salon had three sections Colour, Mono and People. George gained acceptances in all 3 sections but landed the Gold Award in the Colour Section, one of only three awarded in the whole Salon. George’s award and winning image can be viewed at the top of the National Recognition Section and here