Annual Competition

On Tuesday evening Libby Smith from Carluke CC gave her judgement on the entries into the Annual Competition. In the Beginners' Print Section Steve Gauld had a clean sweep with Woodcutter, Innocence and Honey Honey - the last being an excellent study of a humming bird in flight collecting nectar.









In the Advanced Section 3rd was Willie Gray with Another Place, 2nd was David Thomson with The Puppeteer and 1st place went to Robert Wilson with, curiously, Puppet on a String. In the Portrait Print Section 3rd was David Thomson with Dapper Gent, 2nd was Willie Gibson's Railway Volunteer while Andrew Wylie's brilliant Evie took top spot. Moving onto the DPIs (Digital Projected Images) in the Beginners' Section Robert McFetridge (Jnr) was 3rd with Harrier, his father, also Robert, 2nd with View from Duart Castle and top spot went to Jean Bousted with Moored. In the Advanced section Robert McFetridge (Snr) was 3rd with Santa Express, while David Thomson's Cast a Spell and Flying Cygnet took 2nd and 1st places respectively. Libby's judging of the images was both very considered and any criticism was always constructive. David Thomson accorded Libby a very well deserved vote of thanks.

Members' Night

Tuesday night was very much a members' night with contributions from Jim Nelson, Jim Barclay and Steve Alexander. Jim Nelson's series of images portrayed ongoing restoration work on local buildings. New Member Jim Barclay showed a series Scottish landscapes.

Steve Alexander then described in detail how he transformed a fairly ordinary portrait shot into something rather special.

Portrait Night

On Tuesday member Andrew Wylie demonstrated his skills in studio portraiture. Portrait photography is Andrew's forte and is his main interest in the hobby. Andrew brought along his neice Allison to model for the session. Allison is well used to having her picture taken by Andrew but initially she was somewhat overawed by the number of members who wished to photograph her but she soon settled and handled the night like a true professional. Andrew demonstrated different lighting set-ups to achieve different highlight and shadow effects and this was appreciated by his audience. All in all this was a very worthwhile evening with upwards of ten members participating and thanks must go to Andrew and Allison for making the evening the success it was. Next Tuesday another members workshop will be held so bring along cameras, laptops, questions and any images you might want help with.

Match an Image

On Tuesday nine members from Lanark visited Lesmahagow Photographic Society for a fun night playing Match an Image with Lesmahagow and Alba Camera Clubs. Forty images were selected from a bank of sixty images and, as usual in this annual event, many of the images projected had the judges scratching their heads to see any possible match. Each club did try to stretch the imagination beyond belief and many a laugh was raised. Alba won the competition scoring 25 points. Lesmahagow came second with 20 points and Lanark brought up the rear scoring 19 points. Many thanks to Lesmahagow for hosting the competition and for the excellent hospitality they provided to their visitors. Next Tuesday is Portrait night at Lanark and members are invited to bring along their cameras to take part.

Annual Portfolio Competitions

On Tuesday Gavin Forrest DPAGB from Clydesdale Camera Club judged both the 'Hugh Shaw Print Portfolio' and the 'Bill Kennedy Projected Image Portfolio' competitions.

The print competition was close run with three competitors all scoring 49 points for their three prints. The winning panel was awarded 50 points and was submitted by Bob Arnott. Bob's prints were of 'Bamburgh Castle', Dunstanburgh Castle' and 'Craster Coast'.

This years winning entry in the 'Bill Kennedy Projected Image Portfolio', was submitted by Dave Thompson. Dave's panel was entitled 'Edinburgh Pub and Grub' and his winning images were 'Deacon Broadie', Mussel Bar', Oz Bar, and 'White Hart' All of Dave's images were taken during a club outing late last year and it is denied that drink and grub were taken at all photograph venues.

Next Tuesday the club visit Lesmahagow.

Next meeting at Lanark is on Tuesday April 5th when Andrew Wylie and Dave Thompson will demonstrate their techniques on Portraiture.

Member's Workshop

Tuesday evening was the hand in night for entries to the club's Annual Print and Projected Image competitions.

To fill the evening a member's wokshop was held and several members brought along laptops and cameras. Numerous issues on cameras, Photoshop software and photography in general was discussed, mainly on a one to one basis, and hopefully answers were provided to the many questions raised.

Tuesday 8th March 2011

On Tuesday 8 members from Lanark travelled to Clydesdale Camera Club, Coalburn to participate in a five way competition for the 'Scottish Life Trophy. Clubs Involved were Clydesdale, Carluke, Armadale, Biggar and Lanark. The judge for the evening was Mr John McVie from Dumfries.

Congratulations to Clydesdale who won the competition and thanks also for hosting the event and providing excellent hospitality.

The scores were as follows:-
Clydesdale-210 points, Carluke-207 points, Lanark-196 points, Armadale-183 points and Biggar-182 points.

Lanarks' best images were 'Loch Morar at Dawn' by David Gemmell, and 'Before Dawn' by Robert Wilson, each image scoring 19 points.