The Scottish Photographic Federation are currently campaigning for new speakers and judges as many have retired from the local circuit whilst existing judges and speakers are over stretched. In respect of new speakers an excellent entry point to develop your presentation skills is of course at MBCC and thereafter you would be welcomed at other venues. For instance we have 2023 new member talking to us about Japan in December with longer term member Diane Smillie talking to us in February about Mongolia. If you are interested please make contact with Malcolm, Elaine or the SPF directly.
In respect of becoming a judge, a good starting point for information is the SPF’s new dedicated webpage – https://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/interested-becoming-judge-or-lecturer. It is of course worth speaking to David. If their was interest we could consider finding time in a future syllabus where potential judges could be given the opportunity to access a gallery of pictures and thereafter existing judges within the club give guidance on how they would assess such pictures.