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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
Sep 22

Opening Night

A presentation by Guy Phillips

 

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
Nov 17

Mountain Rescue

Bob Smith

   
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The advertised Club Night on Tuesday next has been replaced by a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
 
Dec 15

Creighton Memorial Competition Judging

Bob Collins

Judging for our annual monochrome competition. Entries for Occuleye Competition
Date Title Details Entries
Jan 5

Occuleye Competition Judging

Robert Spence

Entries for Riverdrive Fine Art Challenge
Jan 12

SPF Print Portfolio

 

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.

 
Jan 26

Riverdrive Fine Art Nude Challenge

Judge TBC

 
Feb 2

Guest Speaker

Maggie Bruce

Pixels and Grain - a potent blend?

Entries for
Creative Competition
Feb 9

Williamson Competition Judging

Judge TBC.

 
Feb 16

Raptors

David Anderson

 

 
Feb 23

Creative Images Competition Judging

Ian Davidson

This is a joint night with the Helensburgh Art Club.

 
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.

 
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.

 
Mar 23

Riverdrive '3 on a theme' Competition Judging

Libby Smith

 

 
Mar 30

AV Night

Jim Shimmins

An evening of audio-visial presentations on various topics by club members.

 
Apr 6

Annual General Meeting

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

 
Apr 13

Annual Exhibition

A display of the best work of the season, and the season's prizes will be awarded.

 
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.