Syllabus 2025 - 2026

Date
06/10/25Welcome evening with print exhibition & slide show of ‘best of last year’s images’ + byte-sized learning by Gordon Shankland – general tips
12/10/25Perthshire Photographic Alliance 3-way competition (Perthshire Civil Service/Kinross/ Auchterarder) at Civil Services Club Perth.Kinross to book judge
13/10/25Visiting speaker – Michael Glostein
20/10/25byte-sized learning 1 – in-house critique of members' images since last season
27/10/25Field visit (where/what to be decided)
03/11/25Mallis & Robertson Trophies (2026 theme friendship) – judge Peter Paterson
10/11/25Visiting speaker – Fiona Brims – Creative Portraiture
16/11/25SPF Digital Championship 2025 - Dunblane
17/11/25In-house talk – Wendy Hamlet
24/11/25Tourist Trophy “This is Scotland” - judge and presentation afterwards Roy Robertson Note: hand-in for members'evening
01/12/25Member’s Evening - part 1 your best summer and autumn images - part 2 your best street photography images - part 3 your best sports images
08/12/25Christmas Party and Quiz Night
15/12/25Holiday - no club
22/12/25Holiday - no club
29/12/25Holiday - no club
05/01/26Holiday - no club
12/01/26In-house talk – Logan Steele
19/01/26Jackson Salver - phone images + Monochrome Competition – both in-house judging
26/01/26Chalmers & Insh Trophies – judge John Boyd
02/02/26Visiting speaker – David Jones
09/02/26AV Trophy – Announcement of winners with feedback Note: Hand-in for in-house critique of members' images
15/02/26SPF Print Championship 2026- Dunblane
16/02/26In-house critique of members' images
23/02/263 - way competition (Crieff/Stirling/Auchterarder) at Crieff
02/03/26Field visit (where/what to be decided)
09/03/26Ramsay & Dacre Trophies - judge David Sadler Note: Hand-in for review of field trip images
16/03/26Review of and discussion about field trip images
23/03/26Byte-sized learning 2 – (who/what?) + internal fun competition ??
30/03/26AGM + awards incl. A Perera Trophy