This Tuesday we had the first competition of the season. We had 66 entries over all 4 categories covering a wide range of subjects. Images were judged by Darren Pullman. There were 4 images scoring 20 points, Andy B with “Go For It”, Robert B with “Trees In The...
This week we were treated to a presentation by Linda – website here – who talked us through her journey to professional abstract artist. Her work is based on photography but her completed imagery is clearly influenced by her artistic skills, informing her...
This week’s meeting had a strong ‘photo edit’ theme. Jim gave us a live demo, showing us how he creates impressive abstracts using Serif software. If you weren’t with us to watch, note it was Jim’s abstract image that Sally H used to create the widely seen flyer to...
Fran showed us her images of the night sky, and her very interesting journey of learning and discovery since first falling in love with the heavens in Australia in 2017. Fran’s images have been captured in the Dordogne, Cairngorm, Northumberland, and especially,...
This week we enjoyed another packed evening at the Poldrate. Paul showed us images taken early in the season on the Isle of May – no Arctic Terns at that time, but a few (grumpy) Puffins, some bunnies, Eiders, Guillemots, Shags and Razorbills. A trip to the Farne...
This week saw another meeting in the Poldrate Mill – we could get used to this post-zoom normality, I think. There was a Location presentation by Elaine, of Mid-Lothian – Dalkeith Country Park, and Penecuik House, a breadth of subjects showing...