01 March 22 Sherie Beazley – Portraits

Hello everyone, we had the great pleasure of having a very interesting and informative talk from Sherie Beazley on how her photography journey began in portraiture and where that journey has taken her over the years. SPG would like to sat a huge thank you to Sherie.
Next week we have Beverly Thain (from Harvest Mice) talking about her experiences on achieving her Qualification of The Societies Wildlife Panel.
We look forward to seeing you all next week. Thank you everyone

Results Night- Seasons- Judged by John MacGregor

Tuesday 22nd Feb was our results night for the second round of the Print League. John MacGregor delivered the results giving his usual detailed critique. There were some fantastic images entered into this round with John finally settling on his top three. Congratulations to all who entered but especially to his chosen winner and runners up.

1st Place – Bill Rennie LSWPP – Autumn Rut Stag

2nd – Place – Paul Scott – Ice Blue

3rd – Bill Rennie – LSWPP. – Winter Scene

 

At the next meeting, which is on Tuesday 1st March we will welcome Sherie Beazley who will be talking us through her Portrait work. hopefully see you all there for another enjoyable evening.

Tue 25 Jan 22 – Results Night – 3rd round of Small Prints and Studio 8.

What a fun and informative night it was, many thanks to Tony Winfield for not only judging the 3rd round small prints but also for a very well presented feed back on each picture, so many thanks to him and to Tommy Thomas Thain for coming first place. Also a huge thanks to Lenny Smith for judging the Studio8 competition on water, it was very interesting to see the very different ways members interpreted the subject, some fantastic results and congratulations to Liam McBride for winning the Studio8 competition.
Next week we have Willie Horsburgh on Drones for the first half and Thomas Thain on “An Introduction to Astro Photography” so we look forward to that.
Thanks Everyone 😃

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Club Night 11 Jan 22

We welcomes everybody back from the Christmas and New Year break with a ‘what’s in your bag’ chat from Lenny Smith FSWPP. It was a thoroughly enjoyable gaze into a masters toybox, which was enjoyed by all who were in attendance.

After another successful committee meeting we are pleased to announce that the website calendar has now been updated with the confirmed syllabus for the remainder of the season.

Please note that the hand-in deadline for the Print League 2nd round-‘Seasons’ has been moved to Tuesday 18 Jan 22 and the deadline for Grampian Eye entries is now 01 Feb 22.

Hopefully see you all next week for the presentation of results from the Digital League 2nd round – ‘Portraits and Pets’ being hosted by Sherie Beazley.

Tuesday 14 Dec- Last club night until 11 Jan 22

Ok so this Tuesday is our Christmas quiz which will be a lot of fun. Please come in the Christmas mood with some nice Christmas jumpers. We will have mince pies, snacks and hopefully some non alcoholic wine.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members for there support since we started up after lockdown it really has been amazing. Our membership is sitting just under 40 and at the moment we have capped it due to covid regulations and the library’s rules.
And finally a huge thank you to the committee of this great club without which there would be no club. Most of you came on board when we were struggling and what a difference you have made and I can’t praise you enough for your commitment to your duties as a committee member. I hope you all stay when the AGM comes around.
Merry Christmas to you all and have a very happy New Year. Stay safe.
Lenny A very proud president.

Tuesday 30 Nov – Back to basics. Bring your Camera.

This Tuesday we will be having a back to basics night. Bring along your camera and any other equipment you may have, for a chance to ask the group for help, tips and advise for using

your equipment. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions about editing using photoshop. So have a think and come along with your questions and we will try are best to answer them for you.

This was a fantastic night where members were able to ask some interesting questions to the group. Willie gave a very insightful answer in relation to the regulations connected to the operation of Drones. He has promised to be a speaker in the New Year to give us some more information on all things Drones.

Results Night – Monochrome 1st round of prints & small print 2nd Round.

Tonight we welcomed Scott Marshall to SPG. He gave some fantastic critique on our Monochrome prints. Throughout his presentation he gave some valuable advice to all competitors of areas to consider when  entering images into competition which I am sure all members will utilise going forward.

Results;

1st- Dafydd Walters

2nd- Lenny Smith

3rd- Paul Scott

   

Tonight Bill Rennie also delivered on behalf of Lenny Smith the results for the small print. Again some fantastic advise from the judge for all participants.

Results

1st- Tommy Thain

2nd- Tommy Thain

3rd- Margaret Black