DIARY OF EVENTS 2020
Thurso Camera Club Programme 2020/21 - Issue 1 | |||||||
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 | 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. | ||||
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 | Christmas meal in Pentland Hotel | As per session 1 | Assumes that Government restrictions are lifted | ||||
04-Jan | No meeting | ||||||
18-Jan | Talk by James Gunn “The Early Years of Dounreay” | Monthly Competition 4 - The Coast One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | James is Dounreay’s Heritage Officer | ||||
01-Feb | Outdoor photoshoot - 1 hour “Photo Scavenge” challenge (in Thurso) | 1 hour to capture images of 4 subjects (detailed on the night) | |||||
15-Feb | North Highland College model photoshoot (TBC) | As per session 1 | Portfolio for the Hair & Beauty students | ||||
01-Mar | Talk by Neil Buchan about the Castlehill Heritage Centre in Castletown http://castletownheritage.co.uk/centre.htm | As per session 1 | Neil has been involved with the centre since its inception in 2006. | ||||
15-Mar | Showing of the Thurso Camera Club’s 2006 Caithness slideshow | Monthly competition 5 - Architecture One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | Slideshow is narrated by Bob Johnson | ||||
March (TBC) | Highland Challenge competition in Nairn (TBC) | Postponed from 2020, date TBC | |||||
05-Apr | TBC | Monthly competition 6 - Lucky Dip One Colour and one B&W Image for each subject. | Topics and themes have been issued to members by Jane Foster | ||||
19-Apr | 16 - AGM & trophy presentations | Business meeting & ideas for next summer and winter sessions | |||||