News Season 2025 - 2026
29th January 2026
The guest speaker tonight was George Robertson a member of Milngavie and Bearsden Camera Club and the Scottish Photographic Circle. George is a mountain leader with Mountain Treks and an award-winning photographer. He gave a presentation on exploring Kathmandu and the Khumu Valley on a journey to Everest Base Camp. George started his presentation with images showing the colourful chaos that fills the city of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. There were images of people in the vibrant Thamel area of the city, Buddhist monks and beautiful temples. A 50 minute flight from Kathmandu to Lukla airport, regarded as the most difficult airport in the world to land a plane, takes travellers to the starting point of the trek to Everest Base Camp. George showed the club members a series of images of the villages and terrain taken while ascending over 5000 metres to Everest Base Camp. At lower levels the images contained lush vegetation. At higher altitudes there were no trees but stunning views of the rugged landscape of the Himalayas. The images were fantastic with shots taken at first light being the most spectacular.
22nd January 2026
Margaret Lothian from Mid Calder Camera Club judged the last digital image competition. Margaret gave constructive feedback on each image commenting on impact, focus, depth of field and composition. She also explained how she felt images could be improved at the editing stage.
The top image of the night scoring 20 points was “Two Boats, Loch Rusky” by Sabu James. “Eyes Ahead” and “Smooth Operator” by Linda Greenhill and “The Vennel Viewpoint” by Iain Ferguson scored 19 points. “I am Off” by Sabu James, “Holding a Pose” by Rodger Shearer, “Strathclyde Loch” by Iain Ferguson, “The Highlander” by Linda Greenhill, “Orchid” by Margaret Dewar and “Spot the Ball” by Dominic Smith scored 18 points.
15th January 2026
Last night we were delighted to welcome Ken Lindsay of Eastwood Camera Club as our guest speaker. Ken is a well known and respected amateur photographer who regularly gains acceptences in National and International competitions. The first half of his presentation was "Travels in Italy" when he showed images taken over a number of years visiting northern Italy. The second half was entitled "How to Get the Most from Your Images". Throughout the presentation the images were stunning and the evening both entertaining and inspirational. A most enjoyable night.
8th January 2026
The second half of the season went off with a bang with one of the highlights of the season with a talk from Libby Smith of Carluke. The talk was on files required for projecting on a screen and the changes which would have to be made if you wished to make a print. Libby illustrated her talk with international salon quality images. Members agreed that the evening was both entertaining and very informative and were keen to try Libby's hints and tips about making the best of their pictures in whatever medium they were working in.
18th December
We held our Christmas Social tonight. Wilson arranged a finger buffet, thanks to him for that. There was a Secret Santa lucky dip and a picture quiz. Some of the members had their photos taken with a Christmas backdrop. A fun night among friends was enjoyed by all.
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.
