Meetings 2011-2012

An opportunity to see the accepted images from this prestigious exhibition.

Lecture - by Libby Smith MPAGB EFIAP from Carluke

Thursday (7.30 -9.30pm Gracefield Studios).

There will be a variety of subjects on offer, including the following:

Photoshop Elements 10

I will be working through the basics of using Elements 10, a very much
cheaper version of Photoshop, which provides most of the things we
photographers need, at a fraction of the cost. If you are just getting
started with digital photography (and whether or not you have a version of
Elements, or are just thinking about investing in one), this is for you.

I will cover the basic use of tools and techniques, which...

Judged by Robert Fulton MPAGB EFIAP from Cumbernauld.

Lecture - Steven Le Prevost FRPS AFIAP MPAGB from Guernsey.

Lecture - Des Clinton FRPS FIPF MFIAP from Drogheda, Eire

Judged by Alan McCormick LRPS from Hexham
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Due to the huge entry it has been necessary to take out everyone's fourth print in colour and mono. Get the list at -
http://www.dumfriescameraclub.co.uk/sites/default/files/comp_3_jan_12_ca...

In the first half Rod and Simon talk about what judges are looking for and how they assess photographs.

In the second half they'll demonstrate their judging “skills” using a selection of images supplied by Carluke Camera Club that neither will have seen in advance!
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Final Hand-In date for Annual Exhibition. Remember we are looking for panels of linked work. Please email Ian your 'name' and 'title' of your panel for the annual exhibition along with no more than 40 words description so that he can create the name plaques...

and Charity Raffle - devised by John McVie!
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All the proceeds to our very own charity - the RAP Foundation. You saw earlier in the year some of the great things Linda and her helpers do for Romanian orphans.

No doubt it will be teams of 5 or 6 men versus most of the women in Dumfries. This has proved to be a fairly even contest in past years!

Ian Findlay is accepting the Hand In of the Prints.

with Jack Bamford DPAGB AFIAP APAGB from Whitehaven, making a welcome return to the club.

Judged by Gerald Chamberlin from Morton Camera Club

Lecture by Christine Widdall AFIAP DPAGB from Oldham.
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There are several visitors this year who you simply cannot miss. This is one of them.

Have a look at one of her books at http://christinewiddall.homecall.co.uk/Book.html

This is the last chance to Hand In prints for the 2nd League Print Competition and only if Joyce had your titles by Midnight last Sunday..

Glencoe with David, Mick & Simon scampering up mountains and taking the odd picture.

Also ‘A Trip To Romania’. Join some of our club members as they take a group of Romania’s under privileged orphans on their annual summer holiday to the Black Sea.

This is also the Hand In night for 2nd League Print Competition.

Results of The Pairs Project + The Summer Club Presents - Summer 2011.

Judged by Peter Paterson FRPS MPAGB EFIAP from Tullibody.

Try your hand at studio portraiture with guidance from some of our experienced members.

We will have 3 or 4 mini-studios and at least one model to be photographed. You can bring your own model and you can even be photographed yourself!

An AV Presentation of the best images from last year’s GB Cup (Open).

The GB Cup is a competition for Projected Digital Images open to every club in Britain. By far the biggest Inter-Club competition the UK has ever had - and it is judged in Islesteps!
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Hand in your pictures on a CD for the Alba calendar competition - this year’s theme is simply ‘Dumfries & Galloway’.

The Ins and Outs of entering Club competitions
Presentations by our Competition Secretaries, Mick & Rod.

‘A Glimpse of Nature’
In the second half a mini-Lecture by our own Edmund Fellowes MPAGB, some of the best Nature Photography around.