Programme of Events 2006-2007
We meet each season from September through April, with the summer months off to give us a chance to take some photos! Meetings are every Tuesday from 7:30pm until around 9:30pm.
Below are the details of the 2006-2007 season calendar. It has been split into two halves - please select the appropriate tab.
- September - December 2006
- January - April 2007
| Date | Title | Details | Entries |
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| Sep 19 | Opening Night Various Club Members |
About the club. Competitions, websites, equipment to hire. |
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| Sep 26 | Conservation Area Project Kathleen Siddle Members' Prints |
Please hand in photos for the Helensburgh Conservation Area Group project by the end of October. In the second half of the evening, some members will show prints to explain what makes a good print or a bad one! | |
| Oct 3 | Beginners/Experienced Teach-In |
Your chance to learn more from the more experienced members of the club. |
Entries for Pixart Trophy |
| Oct 10 | Cine and Video |
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| Oct 17 | SPF Slide Portfolio |
AV presentation of Scottish Photographic Federation slide portfolio entries. | |
| Oct 24 | Pixart Trophy Judging Bob Cumming |
A new trophy sponsored by Pixart World. | |
| Oct 31 | Professional Photographer Roy Robertson |
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| Nov 7 | HPC Project 200 Kenneth Crawford |
Final report on HPC Project 200, a snapshot of Helensburgh in her 200th birthday year. | |
| Nov 14 | Professional Photographer DW Robertson |
More details at David's site. | Entries for McArthur Stanton (Doors & Windows) |
| Nov 21 | National Park Photography | ||
| Nov 28 | Frank Walton Trophy Judging Clive Turner |
Inter-club competition with Cowal, Helensburgh, Mid-Argyll and Oban. | |
| Dec 5 | McArthur Stanton Competition Judging Sadie Turnbull |
The theme this year is doors & windows. | |
| Dec 12 | International Slide Competition |
Showing of slides from Dingwall 2007 competition. | Entries for Occuleye Competition |
| Dec 19 | Club Print Knockout Competition | Try your hand against the harshes voters around! |
| Date | Title | Details | Entries |
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| Jan 9 | Studio Session Neil Cox |
Your chance to learn about studio lighting and portraiture. Bring your camera along to have a go with the studio setup. |
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| Jan 16 | Creighton Memorial & Occuleye Competition Judging Malcolm Allan |
Sponsored by local opticians Occuleye. | |
| Jan 23 | Image Exhange with Wollongong |
An exhange of images between HPC and Helensburgh (part of Wollongong) Australia. Take a look at the Wollongong CC site. |
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| Jan 30 | Glengarnock Steelworks Bill Craig |
Bill gives us insights into this closed steelworks through his photographs, past and present. |
First date for LLTL entries |
| Feb 6 | SPF Print Portfolio |
AV presentation of Scottish Photographic Federation print entries. | Entries for Williamson & CGL Creative Competitions |
| Feb 13 | Let me be the Judge of that Various club members |
Club members try their hand at the fine art of judging. | Final date for LLTL entries |
| Feb 20 | Travelling Digitally Valerie Crookston |
An AV presentation from Valerie of the Diaporama AV Group. | |
| Feb 22 | Meeting with Art Club | Theme this year is Spring/Summer. | |
| Feb 27 | Williamson Cup Judging CGL Creative Judging Duncan MacDonald |
A busy night, with judging of two competitions. The CGL creative competition is for digitally manipulated images. | Entries for Print Battle with Clydebank CC |
| Mar 6 | LLTLCompetition Judging Friends of Loch Lomond |
Loch Lomond through the Lens. | Entries for Eddie Aird Competition |
| Mar 13 | Meeting with Writers Group |
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| Mar 20 | Slide Show Demo Jim Shimmins & Elaine Humphrey |
A demo of some slideshow software. | |
| Mar 27 | Eddie Aird Trophy Judging Bob Collins |
The final competition of the season. | |
| Apr 3 | Annual General Meeting | Meeting at the Helensburgh Tennis Club. | |
| Apr 10 | Annual Exhibition |
A chance to display the best work of the season. Held at the Helensburgh Tennis Club. | |
| Apr 17 | Annual Dinner | Members and spouses get together at the golf club for some good food and prize giving. |
