Syllabus 2021-22
Speakers will again be coming from much a wider variety of locations as was the case last year. Lectures will be held online by Zoom until further notice. At some point the committee anticipates switching to hybrid meetings that are both in-person and online simultaneously.
This page will be updated as more information becomes available.
September 2020
21st ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Trekking on Africa’s Highest Mountain’ the speaker is club member George Robertson
See See George’s website, Instagram page, Flickr pages, and his commercially available stock images on Dreamstime.com.
28th “A Year in East Anglia” – speaker Harry Wheeler-Brand. Harry is a professional British landscape photographer from East Anglia. Harry specialises in inspirational photography of the wonderful landscapes of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex & Cambridgeshire.
See Harry’s Web site at https://www.harrybehindthelens.com/, Instagram page, and Facebook page
1st Competition Hand in Date
October 2021
5th – “My Photographic Journey ” – speaker Lee Sutton Lee is a photographer from the North west of England and shoots weddings, lifestyle portraits, sport, wildlife, street, landscapes and pretty much anything.
See Lee’s Website
12th “Living and Working in Namibia” – speaker Scott Hurd Speaker Scott Hurd Scott is a professional photographer living in Namibia. His work can range from photographing freedom fighters to African wildlife. His images have spearheaded major conservation campaigns and used in publications worldwide.
See Scott’s Website and Facebook Page
19th 1st Club Competition – judge Charlie Moore
See Charlie’s web gallery at Eastwood PS
26th “Beyond Life Size – the Unique Challenges of Extreme Macro Photography”” – speaker Allan Walls Allan is a very accomplished macro and closeup photographer based in the US, but with a link to Glasgow.
See Allan’s website, YouTube channel, Facebook page, and Twitter feed
November 2021
2nd “Wildlife Photography Around the UK” – speaker Alison Jenkins After many years of photographing wildlife Alison will present to you some of her favourite photographs and show you some fantastic and not expensive to get to locations to capture stunning wildlife shots. She will also explain shooting techniques and settings and show you the equipment used.
See www.alison-jenkins.photography
9th “Adventures of a Wildlife Photographer” – speaker Simon Roy Simon is an award winning wildlife photographer based in Wetherby. He says the talk has “images and stories from some of my best wildlife encounters”.
See Simon’s website: https://www.simonroyphotography.co.uk/, Instagram page, Facebook page, and Twitter Feed.
2nd Competition Hand In date
16th Members’ Night
Members will give some short presentations of their work. Please let the Syllabus Secretary know if you would like to present a short talk.
23rd “Wonders of the Hashemite Kingdom” speaker Richard O’Brian Richard is based in Yorkshire. An IT instructor by profession but now also an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and avid photographer.
See Richard’s website, his description of the talk, and Facebook page
30th 2nd Club Competition – Judge: Rob Davis
See Rob’s gallery page at Ayr Photographic Society
December 2021
7th “Land of Fire and Ice” -speaker Danny Green Danny is based in the UK and has been photographing the natural world for over thirty years. He travels to many parts of the world in search of images and has a passion for the colder climates. His work has been widely published around the world and he is represented by some of the leading picture libraries.
See Danny’s website https://dannygreenphotography.com/
12th Quiz Night by Zoom possibly with some SPF later in the evening
21st Hand-In date. Monochrome Competition – Digital Only
January 2022
4th Members’ Night Presentations (or perhaps tutorials) from the members. Please let the Syllabus Secretary know if you would like to participate.
‘Mixing up the Genre’ by Ian Mitchell
‘The Sale of a beautiful Girl’ by David Muir
Sunday 9th 3rd Competition Hand-In date
11th Monochrome Competition – judge Peter Paterson
See Peter’s website https://peterpaterson.website/home
18th ‘Photographing the Edinburgh Military Tattoo‘ speaker Stephen Ball
https://www.stephenballphotography.com/
25th 3rd Club Competition – judge: Ken Lindsay
See Ken’s Blurb book
https://www.eastwoodps.co.uk/Galleries/Members-Galleries/Ken-Lindsay/
February 2022
1st – “TBC” Speaker John Farnan John is based in Motherwell and considered one of Scotland’s foremost traditional landscape and street photographers.
See John’s website https://www.johnfarnan.co.uk/
8th – “Fine Art Photography Workflow” – speaker David Garthwaite.
See David’s website, his talk description, Instagram feed, Twitter feed, Facebook page, and 500px.com page.
15th “Under a Tuscan Sky” – speaker Ashley Franklin Ashley is based in Derbyshire. He will be presenting images from his Tuscany workshop in the D’Orcia Valley.
See Ashley’s website, Facebook page and Twitter feed
22nd Interclub Competition with Hub Singer – Judge Gordon Rae from Dumfries Camera Club.
Gordon was Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2016. See Gordon’s Website https://www.gordonraephotography.co.uk/
March 2022
1st “A Balkan Journey” – Speaker Chris Leslie Chris takes us on a photographic journey through the towns and cities of post-conflict Former Yugoslavia in this extensive and previously unseen 24-year archive from the region in his new photobook.
See www.chrisleslie.com and www.balkanjourney.com
8th “Creative Landscape Photography” -speaker Guy Edwardes
See Guy’s website at https://www.guyedwardes.com/, on Getty Images, his Instagram account, and Twitter feed.
15th Robert Simpson Trophy – Digital Images – Judged by members
22nd “New Features in Lightroom and Photoshop” -speaker Martin Sproul of ‘fstop Training’
See https://fstoptraining.com/ and Martin’s website at https://sproul.photography/work
29th Interclub Competition – judge Dr David Sadler ARPS, CPAGB, EFIAP/b, BPE3 from Dundee
Hosted by Milngavie and Bearsden CC.
April 2022
5th Members’ Night — Speakers: David Muir “Backpacking through China – Silver Surfer Style” and John Hannah “Maryhill Exotica : the Ring-necked Parakeet ”
Annual Competition – Hand-In date ( now extended). This year’s competition will be in digital form only.
12th ‘Photographic Opportunity’ by Leigh Preston. In 2021 Leigh said “This show contains a random, but considered set of images, all taken with a reason in mind, covering a number of paths which my photography has taken. My overriding thought is that an image has to convey something. This can be emotion, drama, design or a sense of ‘place’. This recorded show has a running time of 64 min.
See Leigh’s website: http://www.leighpreston.co.uk/
19th Annual Competition – judge: Hunter Kennedy
See Hunter’s gallery page at Carluke Camera Club
26th Outdoor Activity More details closer to the time
May 2022
3rd AGM
Please come along and support the club to ensure we have another successful year.
10th Annual Dinner Venue to be confirmed