News Season 2025 - 2026
23rd April 2026
There was an excellent turnout for the presentation of trophies and certificates. The ceremony was followed by a finger buffet enjoyed by all present.
The results of the year's competitions are as follows.
Invercauld Trophy – Photographer of the Year
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Rodger Shearer
3 –Iain Ferguson
Moira J Gore Trophy - Beginners
Winner - David Yardley
James T Adams Trophy - Beginner scoring highest number of points in all competitions
Winner - David Yardley
Tom Dixon Quaich - Projected Images
Winner –Linda Greenhill
2 – Dominic Smith
3= Margaret Dewar
3= Rodger Shearer
Adams Buchers Trophy -Advanced Landscape and General
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Douglas McEwen
3 – Rodger Shearer
Holytown Community Centre Trophy – Advanced Portraits
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Ashley Hanlon
3 – Iain Ferguson
Bill McKelvie Memorial Trophy – Most 1sts in all Main Competitions
Winner – Linda Greenhill
Molly Shearer Trophy – Highest Scoring Print
Winner –“The Unhappy Couple” by Linda Greenhill
Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy
Winner – Dominic Smith
Fergus Smith Memorial Trophy - Theme Competitions
Winner – Prints – Rodger Shearer
Images – Rodger Shearer
Overall Winner – Rodger Shearer
22nd April 2026
A large numbers of members turned out for the opening of our exhibition in Bellshill Culture Centre.
The membership is well represented with sixteen of our members displaying prints on a varied number of subjects from Wildlife, Portraiture to Landscapes etc.
The evening was free and tea and coffee was provided by the council. We are very grateful to the staff for all their help in hanging the prints.
We are also indebted to The Scottish photographic Union for allowing us to borrow their frames which all the members thought showed off their prints really well.
2nd April 2026
The Annual General Meeting took place tonight. The meeting was chaired by club President Rodger Shearer. Following approval of the minutes of last year’s AGM, the office bearers each presented their annual reports. The office bearers and committee members for the 2026-2027 season were then elected as follows:
President – Rodger Shearer
Vice President – Iain Ferguson
Secretary – Margaret Dewar
Treasurer – Bill Robison
Competition Secretary – Wilson Murray
Syllabus Secretary – Dominic Smith
Publicity Secretary – Linda Greenhill
Committee Members – Brian Saberton and David Anderson
26th March 2026
Charlie Moore from Eastwood judged The Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy Competition tonight.
The winner was Dominic Smith with a print entitled "Up and Over". In joint second place was Sabu James with "2 Boats at Dawn, Loch Rusky" and Linda Greenhill with "The Unhappy Couple". Douglas McEwen was in third place with "There's Still Room for More".
The themes for next season are Transport for prints and Movement for digital images.
19th March 2026
Members enjoyed a presentation entitled “The Power of Photography” by Brian Saberton who is one of the longest serving and stalwart members of the club. Brian got his first camera for his birthday when he was eleven and has been taking pictures since then. He took us through his journey starting with movie cruises in the nineteen eighties. Sprinkled with the reasons that he takes pictures and the benefit he feels we can all get from photography we were then taken to various foreign places he has been to on P & O cruises over the years as well as well as The Glasgow Garden Festival, Wakefield where he was brought up and Strathclyde Park. Four audio visual shows began and finished each half of the presentation, the last one with all the pictures from Scotland newly finished and hot off the press.
Members present enjoyed the evening and thanked Brian for the time, care and attention to detail he had put into the preparation of the show.
12th March 2026
The members viewed the digital image section of the Scottish Photographic Federation’s Annual Portfolio. The SPF Annual Portfolio is a competition for member clubs featuring projected digital images as well as monochrome and colour prints. There was a wide variety of subjects on display, with natural history images making up a large part of the portfolio. We were delighted to have two images selected for the portfolio, “Mummy’s Fur Coat” by Rodger Shearer which was awarded 14 out of 15 points and “The Jersey Pullers” by Dominic Smith which was awarded 12 points. Overall, the club finished 10th equal out of the 32 camera clubs that submitted entries.
At the next meeting, on Thursday 19th March, long-serving club member Brian Saberton will give a presentation entitled “The Power of Photography”.
5th March 2026
Member Iain Ferguson gave a presentation on smartphone photography. Iain displayed a variety of images that showed the quality of photography that can be produced using a smartphone. He demonstrated a range of accessories that he uses when out and about with his smartphone and also explained how to make collages and calendars using readily available apps. It was a very entertaining and informative session that was enjoyed by all the members present.
The members then had the opportunity to try some still life photography using one of the club’s studio lights.
At the next meeting, on Thursday 12th March, we will be viewing the Scottish Photographic Federation’s annual portfolio. This will also be the hand in date for entries for the Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy competition. Members can submit up to five prints which they can have used before this season with no restriction on genre.
3rd July
A good number of members made the journey to Newarthill today for the funeral of Thomas McGinn. (We knew him as Tom) It was a sad occasion but a lovely service and some of us spoke to the family at the graveside on behalf of the club.
8th June
We have had the very sad news this week that one of our members has died. Thomas McGinn has passed away last week. He was a member of the camera club and of the committee for a very long time and until quite recently was an active member, putting in a variety of genre of images into our competitions from birds in Strathclyde Park to surfers in San Sebastian.
He will be sadly missed.
