Programme of Events 2009-2010
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 Sailing Club - see the Find Us section for more details.
This is the provisional programme of events for the upcoming season. There may be a few tweaks here and there, as the final details are sorted out, but it's close enough to completion to be published. Remember to refer back to this page for the latest information.
The calendar is split into two halves - please select the appropriate tab.
- September - December 2009
- January - April 2010
| Date | Title | Details | Entries |
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| Sep 22 | Opening Night |
A presentation by Guy Phillips |
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| Sep 29 | Photoshop CS4 Alistair Knox |
Learn about the latest version of Adobe's heavyweight image editor. | Entries for Eddie Aird |
| Oct 6 | City Lights Duncan McEwan |
Photography in towns and cities covering architecture, streets, industrial areas and parks, to the people, activities and events that occur there. The importance of light and composition are stressed throughout the talk. | |
| Oct 13 | Practical Figure Lighting Al Arino |
Another welcome visit from Al of RiverDrive, this time with a tutorial on how to approach lighting for fine art and nude photography. | Entries for John Douglas Landscape Competition |
| Oct 20 | Eddie Aird Trophy Judging Angus Campbell |
First competition of the season. | |
| Oct 27 | Social Night |
This is the one night this season that the club venue is not available, so we're going to have a social evening in the pub instead. Details will be announced. | |
| Nov 3 | John Douglas Landscape Competition Judging Tommy Graham |
A welcome return for Tommy, who gave an excellent talk about HDR photography last season. | |
| Nov 10 | Changing Light Bob Fulton |
Entries for McArthur Stanton Competition |
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| Nov 17 | Mountain Rescue Bob Smith |
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| Nov 24 | GDPU Digital Salon |
Entries for Creighton Memorial Trophy | |
| Dec 1 | McArthur Stanton Competition Judging Duncan McEwan |
The theme this season is Townscapes. | |
| Dec 8 | Polar Odyssey Dave Reid |
The advertised Club Night on Tuesday next has been replaced by a presentation from Dave Reid entitled "Polar Odyssey - Journeys in the high Arctic". Dave, son of a member is visiting Helensburgh just now. He runs Polar Sea Adventures, a travel and exploration company based in the far North of Canada. Far a foretaste of his beautiful and exciting images try his website www.polarsea.ca |
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| Dec 15 | Creighton Memorial Competition Judging Bob Collins |
Judging for our annual monochrome competition. | Entries for Occuleye Competition |
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| Jan 5 | Occuleye Competition Judging Robert Spence |
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Entries for Riverdrive Fine Art Challenge |
| Jan 12 | SPF Print Portfolio |
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Entries for Williamson Competition |
| Jan 19 | How did they do that? Su Floyd |
Members' night organised by Su. Learn some tips and tricks from club members as they show the secrets behind some of their images. |
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| Jan 26 | Riverdrive Fine Art Nude Challenge |
Judge TBC |
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| Feb 2 | Guest Speaker Maggie Bruce |
Pixels and Grain - a potent blend? |
Entries for Creative Competition |
| Feb 9 | Williamson Competition Judging |
Judge TBC. |
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| Feb 16 | Raptors David Anderson |
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| Feb 23 | Creative Images Competition Judging Ian Davidson |
This is a joint night with the Helensburgh Art Club. |
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| Mar 2 | SPF Projected Images |
We'll take a look at the Scottish Photographic Federation projected images portfolio. |
Entries for Riverdrive '3 on theme' Competition |
| Mar 9 | Print Battle with Clydebank CC Judge TBC |
Our annual duel against our friends along the water. An evening of food and friendly chat. |
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| Mar 16 | Wollongong and Orlando Competitions |
We take a look at the photos and scores from our annual image exchange with Wollongong, Australia, plus our online competition judged by the Orlando Camera Club. |
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| Mar 23 | Riverdrive '3 on a theme' Competition Judging Libby Smith |
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| Mar 30 | AV Night Jim Shimmins |
An evening of audio-visial presentations on various topics by club members. |
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| Apr 6 | Annual General Meeting |
Please send items you'd like to raise to Jim Shimmins at least 2 weeks before the meeting. |
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| Apr 13 | Annual Exhibition |
A display of the best work of the season, and the season's prizes will be awarded. |
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| Apr 20 | Annual Dinner |
Members and partners get together at the golf club for a great meal to round off the season. Always an enjoyable event. |
