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'Best of British Photographers'
public lecture series

Niall Benvie
Beyond the Frame - Storytelling with Photography
Monday 22nd November 2010

For ticket details phone Mike on     01569 763877

Summer Outings 2010 (Meet at Community Centre)

Monday evening May 10th 7:30pm

Saturday morning May 22nd 8:00am

Monday evening June 7th 7:30pm

Sunday morning June 20th 8:00am

Monday evening July 5th 7:30pm

Saturday morning July 17th 8:00am

Monday evening August 2nd 7:30pm

Sunday morning August 15th 8:00am 

Club Syllabus 2010-2011 (Members version in Members Section)

6th Sept - Opening Night – Special General Meeting  followed by  Assignment Night – “Movement”

13th* - Equipment Workshops * = Hand in date for Open I Competition

20th* RPS International Projected Image Exhibition 2007 *= Hand in date for digital images for Assessment Evening on 4th October. Maximum of 3 per member. (Prints should be brought on the night.)  Upload digital images to your personal album in the Gallery, naming them AE1_ImageTitle, AE2_ImageTitle, AE3_ImageTitle. (AE1’s from all members will be taken first, then AE2’s, then AE3’s – so if there is not time for all images submitted, each member will still have had 1 or 2 images commented on.) 

27th – “Sports! Camera! Action!” – Donald Stewart  

Sunday 3rd Oct – Treasure Hunt

 

4th Oct Assessment Evening  

11th* Open I Competition Judge: Douglas L. Anderson LRPS* = Hand in date for Open II Competition

18th “Camera in Captivity” – Stuart Usher   

25th – An Introduction to Photoshop – Tom Macpherson

1st Nov – “Travels with a Kite” Simon Harbord  

8th* Open II Competition - Judge: Gordon Milne * = Hand in date for “Transport” Competition

15th – Low Light  - Bring your cameras, etc. for an evening of outdoor photography. The first half hour will be spent inside with club member Martin Sim giving hints / instruction before we go out. In the event of bad weather, we will instead have a Question Time session. Please note that we are in the outside room tonight.

22nd – Best of British Photographers – “Beyond the Frame: Storytelling with Photography” - Niall Benvie Our annual “Best of British Photographers” presentation, which is open to the public.

http://www.wild-wonders.com/the_photographers_featured.asp?show=02

29th – Studio Workshop Night

6th Dec** Set Subject Competition – “Transport” - Judge: Douglas Dewar LRPS ** = Hand in date for Open III Competition & for Annual Slide Competition

13th – Christmas Meal venue to be arranged

20th – No Meeting

28th – No Meeting

3rd Jan – No Meeting

10th* Open III Competition - Judge: Mike Hall LRPS                        * = Hand in date for “Sport” Competition

17th - Annual Slide Competition – Judge: Kevin McIntosh

24th* “13 Ways to Look at a Photograph” – Mike Reid                                   * = Hand in date for images for Treasure Hunt Competition

31st - Question Time / Low Light  - Whichever we did not have on 15th November – details in that listing. Please note that we are in the outside room tonight.
 

7th Feb* Set Subject Competition   “Sport” - Judge: Jim Snedden     * = Hand in date for “Portrait” Competition

14th* “How I Do It” – Peter Paterson ARPS DPAGB EFIAP           * = Hand in date for prints or digital images for Ian McCurrach’s critique (see 14h March) – Digital images should be resized as for competitions

21st – Treasure Hunt Competition

28th* - SPF Portfolio * = Hand in date for images for Knock-Out Competition on 21st March (Up to 6 digital images per member – Brian will give instructions about naming these for uploading onto the website)

7th March – Set Subject Competition – “Portrait” - Judge: Howard M. Kennedy

14th – “Comment & Critique on Submitted Work” – Ian McCurrach
 

21st – Knock-Out Competition

28th – “Classic Images and Others” – Mark Woodfin

4th April – Portfolio Evening

11th - Web Browsing – Allan Sutherland

18th - AGM

25th - Awards & Social Evening venue to be arranged

  

Away Competitions

Bon Accord Print Challenge - Thursday 25th November 2010 at Bon Accord 

Angus Cup – 15th March 2011 at Brechin 

Grampian Eye – Date to be arranged            

Exhibition of Prints 

Stonehaven Library:    2nd – 31st August                                                                       Mike Reid will be collecting your prints for this exhibition. He needs them by 30th July – see what you would like to exhibit!

Workshops with Niall Benvie

Sunday 21st November 2010 – The day before giving his “Best of British Photographers” presentation, Niall will conduct two half-day workshops for club members. Details to follow later from Mike Reid. There will be a charge for these workshops.

 

Enquiries are welcome.  Please contact us using the details on the 'Contact' page.


Mearns Camera Club, The Secretary, Stonehaven Community Centre,
Bath Street, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire AB39 2DH. 
Tel:  0789 189 2370

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Webmaster: Brian Doyle

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