News
8thJune
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.
1st May
There was a good turnout for the first Summer meeting tonight. Rodger was 70 and we had birthday cake to celebrate.
A small group of members are going to Kinclaven woods to photograph the bluebells on the 9th May anyone wishing to join them should contact Wilson direct.
24th April
There was a good turnout last night for the presentation of trophies and closing social.
The trophy and certificate winners are follows:-
The Invercauld Trophy – Photographer of the Year
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Rodger Shearer
3 –Dominic Smith
The Tom Dixon Quaich - Projected Images
Winner – Rodger Shearer
2 – Linda Greenhill
3 – Margaret Dewar
Adams Buchers Trophy -Advanced Landscape and General
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Rodger shearer
3 – Douglas Mcewen
Holytown Community Centre Trophy – Advanced Portraits
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Dominc Smith
3 – Douglas Mcewen
The Bill McKelvie Memorial Trophy – Most 1sts in all Main Competitions
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Molly Shearer Trophy – Highest Scoring Print
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Fergus Smith Memorial Trophy - Theme Competitions
Winner – Prints and Overall Winner – Rodger Shearer
Images – Dominic Smith
17th April
The AGM took place tonight. The following committee was elected.
President Rodger Shearer
Vice president Vacant
Secretary Margaret Dewar
Treasurer Bill Robison
Competition Secretary Wilson Murray
Syllabus Secretary Dominic Smith
Publicity Secretary Linda Greenhill
Committee Members David Anderson
Tom McGinn
Brian Saberton
27th March
David Spinks was the judge for the Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy competition tonight. After awarding each print a mark out of 20 David announced his top prints. “Land Girl” by Linda Greenhill scored 20 points. “Blue Ghost in the Forest” by Dominic Smith and “Freestyle BMX” by Linda Greenhill both scored 19 points. “The Leap” by Rodger Shearer, “House Sparrow” by Douglas McEwen and “Trio” by Linda Greenhill all scored 18 points. Linda will be presented with the Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy at the annual awards night on 24th April.
Following a tea break David showed the members the panel of 10 prints that he has submitted to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain to be considered for the Credit Award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (CPAGB). The club members were impressed by the quality of the prints and the variety of subjects that David had selected. We wish David the best of luck for his assessment.
20th March
Libby Smith from Carluke Camera Club was the guest at the meeting tonight. Libby, who is always a very welcome visitor to the club, gave a tutorial on Photoshop. She demonstrated how to make adjustments to images in Camera Raw and gave an overview of how the various brushes and sliders work. Libby also showed how to separate the subject from the background in Photoshop and how to remove distracting features from images.
Club Vice-President Rodger Shearer proposed a vote of thanks to Libby for explaining the advances in Photoshop and passing on useful techniques that will assist the members in their own photo editing. It was a very entertaining and informative evening that was enjoyed by everyone in attendance.
13rd March
The members of Motherwell Photographic Society viewed the print sections of the Scottish Photographic Federation’s annual portfolio at the latest meeting. Three judges from the Northern Counties Photographic Federation awarded each print entered into the annual competition a score of between 2 and 5. There were 378 entries submitted in the monochrome section with the 108 highest scoring prints making it into the portfolio. There were 552 entries submitted in the colour section with the 182 highest scoring prints making it into the portfolio. The club had one print accepted in the monochrome section and one print accepted in the colour section. In the monochrome section “Lost in the Moment” by Linda Greenhill scored 13 points. In the colour section “Leaning into the Bend” also by Linda Greenhill scored 13 points.
3rd March
The judging of the third print competition of the season took place at the latest meeting. The judge for the competition was Libby Smith from Carluke Camera Club. Libby is an award-winning photographer who is well known in the photography community and we are always honoured to welcome her to the club.Libby provided constructive and helpful feedback on each print commenting on composition, lighting, depth of field, colour and contrast, and explained how she felt the images could be improved at the taking, editing and printing stages. Libby enjoyed seeing the variety of subjects submitted and after awarding each print a score out of 20 she announced the highest scoring prints of the evening. In the landscape and general section “Freestyle BMX” by Linda Greenhill scored 20, “Blue Tit in the Tree” by Douglas McEwen and “Rolling Clouds at Loch Ard” by Dominic Smith both scored 19, and “On Your Marks, Get Ready” by Douglas McEwen and “Sea Stacks and Clifftops” by Rodger Shearer scored 18. In the portrait section “Land Girl” by Linda Greenhill scored 20, “Auld Jim” by Dominic Smith scored 19 and “A Rare Smile, Almost” by Douglas McEwen scored 18.
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.
1st May
There was a good turnout for the first Summer meeting tonight. Rodger was 70 and we had birthday cake to celebrate.
A small group of members are going to Kinclaven woods to photograph the bluebells on the 9th May anyone wishing to join them should contact Wilson direct.
24th April
There was a good turnout last night for the presentation of trophies and closing social.
The trophy and certificate winners are follows:-
The Invercauld Trophy – Photographer of the Year
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Rodger Shearer
3 –Dominic Smith
The Tom Dixon Quaich - Projected Images
Winner – Rodger Shearer
2 – Linda Greenhill
3 – Margaret Dewar
Adams Buchers Trophy -Advanced Landscape and General
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Rodger shearer
3 – Douglas Mcewen
Holytown Community Centre Trophy – Advanced Portraits
Winner – Linda Greenhill
2 – Dominc Smith
3 – Douglas Mcewen
The Bill McKelvie Memorial Trophy – Most 1sts in all Main Competitions
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Molly Shearer Trophy – Highest Scoring Print
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy
Winner – Linda Greenhill
The Fergus Smith Memorial Trophy - Theme Competitions
Winner – Prints and Overall Winner – Rodger Shearer
Images – Dominic Smith
17th April
The AGM took place tonight. The following committee was elected.
President Rodger Shearer
Vice president Vacant
Secretary Margaret Dewar
Treasurer Bill Robison
Competition Secretary Wilson Murray
Syllabus Secretary Dominic Smith
Publicity Secretary Linda Greenhill
Committee Members David Anderson
Tom McGinn
Brian Saberton
27th March
David Spinks was the judge for the Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy competition tonight. After awarding each print a mark out of 20 David announced his top prints. “Land Girl” by Linda Greenhill scored 20 points. “Blue Ghost in the Forest” by Dominic Smith and “Freestyle BMX” by Linda Greenhill both scored 19 points. “The Leap” by Rodger Shearer, “House Sparrow” by Douglas McEwen and “Trio” by Linda Greenhill all scored 18 points. Linda will be presented with the Hugh Shaw Memorial Trophy at the annual awards night on 24th April.
Following a tea break David showed the members the panel of 10 prints that he has submitted to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain to be considered for the Credit Award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (CPAGB). The club members were impressed by the quality of the prints and the variety of subjects that David had selected. We wish David the best of luck for his assessment.
20th March
Libby Smith from Carluke Camera Club was the guest at the meeting tonight. Libby, who is always a very welcome visitor to the club, gave a tutorial on Photoshop. She demonstrated how to make adjustments to images in Camera Raw and gave an overview of how the various brushes and sliders work. Libby also showed how to separate the subject from the background in Photoshop and how to remove distracting features from images.
Club Vice-President Rodger Shearer proposed a vote of thanks to Libby for explaining the advances in Photoshop and passing on useful techniques that will assist the members in their own photo editing. It was a very entertaining and informative evening that was enjoyed by everyone in attendance.
13rd March
The members of Motherwell Photographic Society viewed the print sections of the Scottish Photographic Federation’s annual portfolio at the latest meeting. Three judges from the Northern Counties Photographic Federation awarded each print entered into the annual competition a score of between 2 and 5. There were 378 entries submitted in the monochrome section with the 108 highest scoring prints making it into the portfolio. There were 552 entries submitted in the colour section with the 182 highest scoring prints making it into the portfolio. The club had one print accepted in the monochrome section and one print accepted in the colour section. In the monochrome section “Lost in the Moment” by Linda Greenhill scored 13 points. In the colour section “Leaning into the Bend” also by Linda Greenhill scored 13 points.
3rd March
The judging of the third print competition of the season took place at the latest meeting. The judge for the competition was Libby Smith from Carluke Camera Club. Libby is an award-winning photographer who is well known in the photography community and we are always honoured to welcome her to the club.Libby provided constructive and helpful feedback on each print commenting on composition, lighting, depth of field, colour and contrast, and explained how she felt the images could be improved at the taking, editing and printing stages. Libby enjoyed seeing the variety of subjects submitted and after awarding each print a score out of 20 she announced the highest scoring prints of the evening. In the landscape and general section “Freestyle BMX” by Linda Greenhill scored 20, “Blue Tit in the Tree” by Douglas McEwen and “Rolling Clouds at Loch Ard” by Dominic Smith both scored 19, and “On Your Marks, Get Ready” by Douglas McEwen and “Sea Stacks and Clifftops” by Rodger Shearer scored 18. In the portrait section “Land Girl” by Linda Greenhill scored 20, “Auld Jim” by Dominic Smith scored 19 and “A Rare Smile, Almost” by Douglas McEwen scored 18.