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.

Amateur Photographer of the Year (APOY) is the UK’s most prestigious photography competition for amateur photographers. The competition has 10 rounds, each with a different theme. The themes for the 2026 competition will be: Street, Black & White, Animal Kingdom, Celebrating Colour, Architecture, People & Portraits, Landscapes, Close-up & Macro, Night & Low Light, and Open (anything goes!). Thanks to George, Lynne, Neil and David Muir the Club at Scottish, UK and international level exceeded all expectations in the 2025 competition. Just think what … Read more

A big thank to Denis for organising and hosting our latest far travelled adventure along Allander Water on Wednesday 22nd April 2026. In attendance were Malcolm, Andy, Sandy, Dik, Iain Kennedy, Denis and Jack. A very enjoyable day of photography, banter and exercise. The gallery can be viewed in the Galleries Section and also here with the possibility of more images to follow

Congratulations go to Fiona Bryden & George Robertson for jointly winning the overall League Competition for PDIs and to George for landing the Print title. The First Competition Winners were Derek Manson (print) & Ian Mitchell(pdi). The Second Competition Winners were Norman McNab (print) and Fiona Bryden (pdi). The 3rd Competition Winners were Stephen Phillips (print) and George Robertson (pdi). The Black & White Winners were Stephen Phillips (print) and Isobel MacLeod (pdi). The Winner of the Robert Simpson Trophy was Sandy Barr … Read more

Following on from her CPAGB in 2024 Lynne Watson has recently been awarded her DPAGB Distinction Level – Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Lynne would like to give a special thanks to Ian Tully, who kindly mentored her for her final prints. Lynne valued his experience as a judge and his keen eye to spot improvements and his suggested tweaks were invaluable support throughout the whole process. Further details together with Lynne’s 15 images can be viewed in the National Recognition Section and … Read more