All with a Smartphone

“Craig’s the Drummer” by Ian Johnstone

You don’t actually need anything other than your smartphone to enter any of our club competitions. But as arranged last year, we arranged an informal session where we could show off only our favourite smartphone images – no fancy cameras and lenses allowed. Some smart guy once said, “the best camera for photography is the one you’ve got with you when you see a photo opportunity”. Nowadays, that smartphone is nearly always handy.

Have a look at these images, which club members voted as their favourites when shown on our Smartphone night.

Top and second choices were both atmospheric shots taken by Ian Johnstone at a Twin Atlantic concert. Following close behind these two were a Glencoe landscape by Kevin Thorne and an intricate black and white image of a run-down cottage by Val Johnson.

A good night for all involved.

“Twin Atlantic” by Ian Johnstone
“The Three Sisters” by Kevin Thorne
“Reclaimed” by Val Johnson

Splashing out this Autumn

“Splashing Out” by Kevin Thorne, winner of the Small Prints Competition
Well done to Alan Stewart, our Syllabus Secretary for setting up an outstanding autumn session at Kilmaurs this year.

This period included a night of presentations by David Moulds, a winner of awards in the “Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year” competitions. David gave us a great show of landscape photography and then described his work in “Encaustic Fine Art,” selling his work on-line and at craft fairs.

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Drunk with Success

‘Last Drop’ by Jim Stevenson

Jim Stevenson retained the trophy in our first League competition of the 2024/5 season. His winning digital image, was this superb shot of a tiny blue tit taking a drop of water from a tap, its beak open and its little tongue catching the water. Congratulations, Jim!!

A couple of other successful digital images are also shown here too, both sharing second place in the digital category – thee were “Male Kingfisher” by Dale Powell – one of Dale’s specialist subjects, and the atmospheric “Dawn Raider” by Martin Clark. Well done to both!!

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Exhibition at Crosshouse

Our Exhibition of Prints has now been set up in the main corridor of University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock. A great selection of 45 framed prints has been provided by club members. The display certainly brightens up the corridor, provides the club with a bit of exposure in the local community, and gives members a chance to sell their prints at reasonable prices. The exhibition runs until the 13th December 2024. It is really worth a look if you are in the area.

Quaich Competition 2024

‘Harvest Time’ by Jim Stevenson

Our eagerly awaited first competition of the year, the Quig Quaich Competition, attracted a wide range of entries across the six topics.   

In the “Watercraft” section, the majority of the images came from a club outing to the white-water canoeing centre at Pinkston, with other images from various river and canal locations around the UK. 

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