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Programme of Events 2007-2008

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. We meet at the Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club - see the Find Us section for more details.

Our events co-ordinator, Guy Phillips, has setup a great season for 2007 - 2008. There's a wide variety of activities, including competitions, tutorials, interesting talks and slideshows, and of course some social events.

Below are the details of the 2007-2008 season calendar. It has been split into two halves - please select the appropriate tab.

  • September - December 2007
  • January - April 2008
Date Title Details Entries
Sep 18

Opening Night

Various Club Members

  1. Informal Q&A session
  2. Introduction to Club Competitions
  3. Workstations on camera basics, photoshop basics and print mounting.

 

Sep 25

Quiz Night

Guy & Kim Phillips

Guy and Kim have come up with a quiz at short notice, due to a cancellation.  
Oct 2

Royal Navy Photography

Ian Arthur

A popular evening with the return of Warrant Officer Ian Arthur, part of the Navy's press relations unit. Ian's own site

Entries for Pixart Trophy
Oct 9

Marine Photography

Peter Clarke

Peter's own site  
Oct 16

SPF Slide Portfolio plus

Helensburgh CAG

Kathleen Siddle

Helensburgh Conservation Area Group update from Kathleen. Entries for
Landscape Competition (new)
Oct 23

Pixart Trophy Judging

Jim Dyas

Details of Pixart Trophy.  
Oct 30

Bermuda Slides

John Russell
Photoshop Demos

Practical Still Life session was cancelled.  
Nov 6

Landscape Competition Judging

Campbell Skinner

Details of Landscape Competition. Digital entries for
Frank Walton Competition
Nov 13

Practical Portrait Session

This has been cancelled - Q&A session instead. Entries for McArthur Stanton
Nov 20

Club Print Knockout Competition

Bring along up to 4 prints each. 'Sudden death' knockout voting until we find a winner.  
Nov 27

GDPU Digital Salon

AV presentation of accepted and winning entries.  
Dec 4

McArthur Stanton Competition Judging

The theme this year is bridges.  
Dec 11

Landscape Photography

Duncan McEwan

Duncan is a freelance photographer specialising in Scottish landscape photography - see more at his website.  
Dec 18

International Slide Competition

Showing of slides from Dingwall 2007 competition. Entries for Occuleye Competition
Date Title Details Entries
Jan 8

Underwater Photography

Gavin Anderson

Gavin has taken some amazing underwater shots of various reefs, wrecks and marine life. See more at his site.

 

Jan 15

Occuleye Competition Judging

Sandy Wallace

Sponsored by local opticians Occuleye, here are the competition details.  
Jan 22

Club AV Presentations

Jim Shimmins & others

Jim has organised an evening of audio-visial presentations on various topics by club members.

Entries for Creighton Memorial Competition
Jan 29

History of photography and Other Topics

Andy Green

Andy, formerly of Kodak, talks on an eclectic mix of topics, including the history of photgraphy, how the first photograph was sent over the internet, and much more...

First date for LLTL entries
Feb 5

SPF Print Portfolio

AV presentation of Scottish Photographic Federation entries. Entries for
Williamson & CGL Creative Competitions
Feb 12

Creighton Competition Judging

TBD

The Creighton Memorial Competition is open to monochrome entries only. Final date for LLTL entries
Feb 26

Williamson Cup Judging

CGL Creative Judging

Graham Johnston

A busy night, with judging of two competitions. The CGL creative competition is for digitally manipulated images. Entries for Eddie Aird Competition
Mar 4

LLTLCompetition Judging

Friends of Loch Lomond

Q&A Session

Guy Phillips

Any questions you'd like answered in the second half, please send to Guy. Entries for Clydebank CC Competition
Mar 11

Print Battle with Clydebank CC

Alastair Knox

Our annual duel against our friends along the water.  
Mar 18

Eddie Aird Competition Judging

Charlie Moore

The last competition of the season.  
Mar 25

Somthing Different

Angus Campbell

Greenock-based photographer Angus shows us some of his work, and talks about how we can break out of the usual camera club habits.  
Apr 1

Annual General Meeting

Please send items you'd like to raise to Jim Shimmins at least 2 weeks before the meeting.  
Apr 9

Annual Exhibition

A chance to display the best work of the season.  
Apr 15

Annual Dinner

Members and partners get together at the golf club for some good food and prize giving.