Syllabus 2024 - 2025

Date
07/10/24Welcome evening with print exhibition & slide show of ‘best of last year’s images’ + byte-sized learning (subject & speaker?)
13/10/24Perthshire Photographic Alliance 3-way competition (Perthshire Civil Service/Kinross/ Auchterarder) at Civil Services Club Perth. Judge - David Sadler
14/10/24Improving your photography - what makes a good image? - what do judges look for? - talk - Dave Ferguson
16/10/24Improving your photography - visit to Loxley Colour 10 a.m. - 1.5hr tour
21/10/24byte-sized learning 2 (subject & speaker?) + landscape photography (Logan Steele)
28/10/24Member’s Evening - in-house talk:- travel photography (Logan Steele/Wendy Hamlet/Allan Perera)
04/11/24Jackson Salver - phone images - in-house judging +Monochrome Comp -in house judging + discussion
11/11/24byte-sized learning 3 + Lightroom Demo - bring your own laptop to be involved or sit back and learn (Tom Langlands)
17/11/24SPF Digital Championship 2024 - Dunblane
18/11/24byte-sized learning 4 + The Art of AV (Allan Perera)
25/11/24Mallis & Robertson Trophies - judge Roy Robertson (tbc - currently on holiday - 10 Sept 2024
02/12/24Member’s Evening - in-house talk: part 1 macro photography by Bill Tilstone - part 2 portrait photography by Bill Tilstone
09/12/24Christmas Party and Quiz Night
16/12/24Holiday - no club
23/12/24Holiday - no club
30/12/24Holiday - no club
06/01/25Member’s Evening - part 1 your best summer and autumn images - part 2 your best street photography images - part 3 your best sports images
13/01/25Visiting Speaker - Morag Forbes + byte-sized learning 5 (subject and speaker?)
20/01/25Visiting speaker - David Jones RSPB Wildlife Photography - ‘From The Mountain Tops To The Sea Shore’
27/01/25Visiting speaker - Land of Ice and Fire by Roy Robertson
03/02/25AV Trophy in-house judging
10/02/25Member’s Evening - in-house talk: Street Photography – Annan Through A Pandemic – (Tom Langlands)
16/02/25SPF Print Championship 2025- Dunblane
17/02/25Tourist Trophy ‘This is Scotland’ - judge & presentation after - Ian Sturrock
24/02/25Chalmers & Insh Trophies - judge Colin Joyce
25/02/253 - way competition (Crieff/Stirling/Auchterarder) at Crieff
03/03/25Ramsay & Dacre Trophies - judge Gordon Scott
10/03/25byte-sized learning 6 (subject and speaker?)
17/03/25PAGB/SPF/RPS disc of winning photos to show? + discussion + explain these organisations & how they work
24/03/25Informal in-house discussion – should you be aiming for PAGB/RPS accreditation for photographic merit - rules/standards and available help
31/03/25Perera Quaich awarded by a members' vote on the best image of the season from the competition winning images.How much has your photography improved? - show us your best 3 images taken since this camera club season started + discussion
07/04/25AGM