Programme of Events 2008-2009
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 another great season for 2008 - 2009. 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 2008-2009 season calendar. It has been split into two halves - please select the appropriate tab.
- September - December 2008
- January - April 2009
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| Sep 23 | Opening Night Various Club Members |
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| Sep 30 | Portrait Night Gordon McMann |
A visit from Gordon McMann of Port Glasgow who is going to give us an evening of practical portrait experience. Gordon will be bringing a lighting setup and a model....so bring along your camera and have a go. | Entries for Pixart Trophy |
| Oct 7 | Guest Speaker Anndra Dubhacan |
Thanks to Allan Carrie for filling in with his Travelogue presentation, after Anndra failed to show. | |
| Oct 14 | Guest Speaker Rikki O'Neill |
Dundee-born artis Rikki is a professional artist illustrator by trade. He puts his artistic talents to great use in his creative digital photography. Be sure to check out his website | Entries for John Douglas Landscape Competition |
| Oct 21 | Pixart Trophy Judging Malcolm Allan |
First competition of the season. | |
| Oct 28 | Quiz Night John Crawford & John Allan |
Better brush up on your general knowledge... | |
| Nov 4 | Royal Navy Photography Warrant Officer Ian Arthur |
Always a popular evening with Ian Arthur, part of the Navy's press relations unit. Take a look at some of the Royal Navy's work here. | |
| Nov 11 | John Douglas Landscape Competition Judging Bob Copeland |
Details of Landscape Competition. | Digital entries for Frank Walton Competition |
| Nov 18 | GDPU Digital Salon |
AV presentation of accepted and winning entries. | Entries for McArthur Stanton Competition |
| Nov 25 | Wollongong Competition Dr Robert Cumming |
Results of the annual image exchange with Wollongong Camera Club, Australia. Helensburgh Australia is a suburb of Wollongong. | |
| Dec 2 | My Journey in Photography Campbell Skinner |
A welcome return for Campbell... | |
| Dec 3 | Frank Walton Competition Judging Malcolm Allan |
To be held at: Room 7, Community Education Centre, Manse Brae, Lochgilphead. Starts at 7:30pm. | |
| Dec 9 | McArthur Stanton Competition Judging Bill Craig |
The theme this year is castles. | |
| Dec 16 | Wilderness & Words Robin Lloyd Jones |
We'll find out what this is about on the night... | Entries for Creighton Memorial and Occuleye Competitions |
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| Jan 6 | SPF Prints |
Presentation of the accepted entries for this Scottish Photographic Federation competition. |
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| Jan 13 | Secret Glasgow David Walker |
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| Jan 20 | Creighton Memorial & Occuleye Shield Judging Matt Johnston |
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| Jan 27 | HDR Photography Tommy Graham |
Well known to members of ePhotozine, Tommy has posted a lot of great work on that site. For a selection of his best shots, check out Tommy's website. |
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| Feb 3 | AV Night Jim Shimmins |
An evening of audio-visial presentations on various topics by club members. |
Entries for Williamson & Creative Competitions |
| Feb 10 | Figure and Fine Art Al Arino and Mhari Goodfellow |
This is something completely different for the Club - an evening to look forward to. |
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| Feb 17 | Antartica Martin Varley |
Wrap up warm. |
Entries for Loch Lomond through the Lens Competition |
| Feb 24 | Williamson Projected ImagesCompetition & Creative Images Competition Duncan McEwan |
Another busy night of judging. |
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| Feb 26 (Thurs) | Joint meeting with Art Club |
The theme for the evening is 'Music'. |
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| Mar 3 | Loch Lomond through the Lens Competition Friends of Loch Lomond |
A panel of judges decide on the images that best reflect the spirit of Loch Lomond. |
Entries for Eddie Aird Competition |
| Mar 10 | Dingwall Competition |
Some high-class images on display. |
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| Mar 11 (Weds) | Print Battle with Clydeband CC Judge TBC |
Our annual duel against our friends along the water. An evening of food and friendly chat. The event is at Clydebank this year. |
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| Mar 17 | TBD |
Guy still has his thinking cap on... |
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| Mar 24 | Eddie Aird Competition Duncan MacDonald |
The final competition of the season. |
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| Mar 31 | Angus Johnstone |
Take a look at some of Angus' work on the Houston Colour website. |
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| Apr 7 | 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 14 | Annual Exhibition |
A display of the best work of the season, and the season's prizes will be awarded. |
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| Apr 21 | Annual Dinner |
Members and partners get together at the golf club for some good. |
