DIARY OF EVENTS 2020/2021
Thurso Camera Club Programme 2020/21 - Issue 2 | |||||||
Due to Covid19, meetings will be virtual ones using Zoom software until it is safe/allowed to having meetings in the Pentland Hotel, Thurso | |||||||
Date | Session 1 - 7.30 to 8.30 | Comfort break/Passed Event | Session 2 - 8.40 to 9.20 | Comments | |||
07-Sep | AGM & Business meeting | Business meeting continued | |||||
21-Sep | Show of members images from Summer project – local tourist attractions and/or local heritage | Monthly competition 1 – Trees or Bushes. One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | |||||
05-Oct | Talks by club members Bob Murdoch and Colin Campbell – “My Best 30 Photos” | Images from Summer Project – local tourist attractions and heritage | Assumes that there was not enough time to show all the summer project images on 21 Sept. | ||||
19-Oct | Talk on street and landscape photography by professional photographer Stephen Cosh from Ayrshire | Monthly competition 2 – Street Scene (judged by Stephen Cosh) One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | Images to be submitted by 5th Oct. | ||||
02-Nov | Talk about sports photography by professional photographer Domenic Aquilina from Malta | As per session 1 | He is an official photographer with UEFA and has won numerous international awards | ||||
16-Nov | Talk on portrait photography by Duncan McLachlan from Murkle https://www.studiograff-photo.co.uk/ | Monthly competition 3 – Transport (judged by Duncan McLachlan) One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | Images to be submitted by 2nd Nov. | ||||
23-Nov | Dingwall Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting “Sport, In Camera Creations & More” Les Loosemore ARPS, AWPF, DPAGB (Port Talbot) | ||||||
07-Dec | Talks by club members Gareth Watkins and Julie Catterall “My Best 30 Photos” | Show of images taken by members for the Caithness Collection 2021 calendar | The actual calendar will be on show. Members can buy it by ordering in early Oct. | ||||
21-Dec | Quiz with Quizmaster Neil Buchan | As per session 1 | |||||
04-Jan | Dingwall Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting “From Paintbrush to Pixels” Jane Lazenby LRPS, CPAGB, BPE3, AFIAP, LMPA (Barnsley) | As per Session 1 | Organised by Dingwall CC | ||||
18-Jan | Dingwall Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting “Long Exposure & Processing in Mono” Joe Houghton (Dublin) | As per Session 1 | Organised by Dingwall CC | ||||
26- Jan (Tue) | Nairn Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting John McPherson 'Making Photos Work' | As per Session 1 | Organised by Nairn CC | ||||
01-Feb | Talk by Neil Buchan about the Castlehill Heritage Centre in Castletown http://castletownheritage.co.uk/centre.htm | Monthly Competition 4 - The Coast One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. Judged by Steve Kirkby, Southern Counties Photographic Federation judge. Images to be submitted by Saturday 16 January. | Neil has been involved with the centre since its inception in 2006 | ||||
15-Feb | Dingwall Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting “Title tbc” Brian Northmore (Plymouth) | As per Session 1 | Organised by Dingwall CC | ||||
01-Mar | Talk by Owen Cochrane, Inverness Camera Club. “Judging by Judge Dread” | Monthly competition 5 – Architecture One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. (judged by Owen Cochrane). Images to be submitted by 15 February. | Owen will cover his experiences of becoming a photography judge | ||||
15-Mar | Dingwall Camera Club Zoom Meeting @7:30pm Contact James Gunn for a Link to the Meeting "Architectural Photography, in search of the genius loci" Inake Hernandez-Lasa FRPS, FIPF, AFIAP (Dublin) | Next Meeting | As per Session 1 | Organised by Dingwall CC | |||
March (TBC) | Highland Challenge competition in Nairn (TBC) | Postponed from 2020, date TBC. May be held on Zoom. | |||||
05-Apr | Talk by James Gunn “The Early Years of Dounreay” James is Dounreays Heritage Officer. | Monthly competition 6 - Lucky Dip. One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. Judged by club members on the night. | Topics and themes have been issued to members by Jane Foster | ||||
19-Apr | AGM & trophy presentations | Business meeting & ideas for next summer and winter sessions | |||||