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
On the 27th we held our 3rd League Competition of the 2025/26 Season with all results listed on the website. We were joined on the evening by judge Gordon Rae from Lockerbie. We would like to thank Gordon for his expert adjudication, guidance and sense of humour.
On the 20th we had the opportunity to look at a selection of the best images from 2025 across the GDPU, SPF & PAGB
Great News – Yet another APOY 2025 shortlisting for Neil, This time with Creel Boats At Dawn , St Andrews Bay submitted in the eighth (latest) of ten categories within the APOY competition. The image was taken with an exposure of around 1 sec @ f11 with a little ICM to give the streaking effects of the creel boats lights. The image can be viewed as the 1st 2026 entry in our National Recognition Section.
Our Annual Black & White Competition of the season took place at the Club on 6th January 2026. Congratulations go to Stephen Phillips for winning the print competition with Contemplation-Sarah and, in respect of the PDI competition, congratulations go to Isobel MacLeod with Curiosity Framed In Zimbabwe. A special thanks go to judge Ken Lindsay for his critique and adjudication on all the prints and PDIs on the evening. Full results and images can be viewed in the Competitions Section of the website and also from here. Clicking … Read more
David has kindly extended the closing date for the above until Friday 9th January. The competition will take place on Tuesday 27th January when our judge will be Gordon Rae from Lockerbie
On the 13th we were delighted to welcome acclaimed Astro Photographer Ian McFadyen ARPS to the Club.
