MBCC achieved a very creditable recognition at the 2026 Awards. We came 14th equal in the Digital Portfolio, 7th equal in the Colour Print Portfolio and a great 2nd place in the Mono Print Portfolio. Very well done to all members who took part. To cap it off Norma McNab was awarded a Silver Medal for Best Landscape which can be viewed in the National Recognition section and also here
On Saturday 15th August Denis Taylor, Ian Watt and Ian Mitchell attended the WPB Championships in Glasgow. A selection of their images from the day are available in the Galleries section and also here.
Its a welcome back to another new season commencing Tuesday 15th September at 7.15 at the Milngavie Community Centre. This meeting focuses around the introduction of our new members with committee members talking about their roles within the Club – eg Competitions, Website, Syllabus, Finance and Club Outings, Role on the new season!
The Tea Rota for the new season is now live within the Members Section. It includes 4 recent agreed swaps.
A huge congratulations to David Muir and George Robertson who shared 4 Short listings in the Black & White Round of the 2026 Amateur Photographer Of The Year Competition. David had 3 short listings with Lighting The Void, Wemyss Bay Railway Station (multiple exposure) and Bright Spark (composite) whilst George landed a short listing with Labyrinth. Not only do these entries further improve our impressive start to the competition but Round 2 heralded a record number of MBCC members entering, many for the first time. In addition to our stalwart FAB 4 ( Lynne, David, … Read more
David Muir has received an Expert Shortlisting in the 1st round of the 2026 Amateur Photography of the Year Competition. His image ‘May Your God Go With You‘ received a shortlisting in the recently completed ‘Street’ round. This follows on from his similar shortlisting ‘Lofoten Sunrise’ in the final round of the 2025 competition. Well done again David. His image can be viewed in the National Recognition Section and also here.
We are delighted to welcome Christine Cormack to the Club. After joining very recently Christine wasted no time in creating her first personal gallery which can be viewed in Galleries – Members Galleries – A – G – Christine Cormack and also here.
This year’s competition received over 90 entries and a special thanks go to Milngavie Week members Wilson Blakey and judge Eleanor Barron and also to MBCC Committee members David, Derek and Malcolm, for making this event such a success. Prints of the 5 shortlisted winning images will shortly be on display in Tesco Milngavie. These prints include the winner Sandy Barr, 2nd & 3rd Neil MacGregor together with highly commended Richard Arnold. A special shout out goes to Anna Dalby aged 8 who … Read more
Towards the end of May 2026 Denis led a significant contingent of members on a day outing to the Isle of May. Pictures submitted are from Norman, Denis, Andy, David Muir, Steve, Derek,Tom and Ian English. Despite the puffins being a tad shy the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all with a selection of images from the day displayed in the Galleries Section – Excursions and also here. Clicking on each individual image within the galleries will enlarge them, most effective on tablets, … Read more
To be read in conjunction with Neil’s image based IOM presentation Denis Taylor has provided an excellent guide to the Isle of May and bird photography in general. His guide can be viewed in the hints & Tips section and also here.
