Our First competition of the year was held last Monday. Robert Quig judged his own established competition where club members choose from this year’s six topics: Distortion, Solitude, Sports, Macro, Puddles and Landmarks.

It was a keenly contested competition with a total of 57 images submitted. The winning entry was by Alan Stewart who scored 108 points with his six images. Two points behind, in joint second place, were Jim Stevenson and John Sommerville. Well done!

Here we’re showing three of Alan’s winning entry images

Some of the notable images in each category were:-
Landmarks – Art Deco student flats (Drew Wilson); world’s largest telescope (Roger Bingham); sea stacks and cliffs (Jim Stevenson); and viaducts (Alan Stewart).
Solitude – a roof top maintenance worker (Drew Wilson)
Sport – A motor cyclist balanced on a corner with one leg outstretched (Jim Stevenson and 20 points); and a surfer (John Sommerville).
Puddles – Children playing in puddles (Val Johnson).
Macro – A dead flower head (Alan Stewart); a wasp eating a pear – not the whole thing! – (John Sommerville).
Distortion – a reflection of a tall ship’s mast and rigging (Jim Muir); and that distorted image of a steam train (Alan Stewart and scoring the full 20 pts)

A great start to our competitions this season and many congratulations to Alan Stewart – a new name on the trophy which he keeps for the next year, and our grateful thanks to Robert Quig for choosing some interesting topics and for his wise and very helpful judging.

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Are you interested in photography?

Are you a beginner, an improver, or an expert; or someone who simply wishes to improve their photographic techniques and get the most from their camera? If so, why not come along to Kilmaurs Photographic Club?

We begin our autumn session on Monday 14^th September, 2025. The club meets once a week in Kilmaurs Masonic Lodge Halls (KA3 2RQ) at 7.30pm. We have a varied programme including tuition and advice, and pride ourselves on being friendly, welcoming, instructive, and challenging. You are welcome to come along without commitment to join. We have had a great summer this year with a long list of informal outings.

Some of our images are included in the gallery above with images by Martin Clark, Kevin Thorne, Jim Muir, Derek Orr and John Sommerville.

Please have a browse through this website. Have a look through our galleries and check out the new season’s syllabus of meetings for 2026/27

For SYLLABUS for 2026/27
Click HERE

End of last season, back in March, Charlie Moore from Eastwood Photographic Society was judging our best photographs of the year in our Annual Exhibition. In order to create a separation some of the images received perhaps unexpectedly low scores with Charlie rightly reserving his higher scores for truly the best on show.

Continue reading “Looking over our Annual Exhibition” →

Our Second Open Competition was held on 9th February, with our usual wide range of images, all judged by Peter Demarco, a longstanding member of Eastwood Photographic Society and of the Scottish Photographic Circle.

A total of 75 images had been entered in our three categories – a good entry – so it was a full night and we appreciate all the work involved for Peter. His comments and advice were truly welcomed. In the end, it was revealed that all images which scored 19 or 20 points were all taken by Derek Orr, Jim Stevenson or Kevin Thorne.

In the end, Peter chose “Black Guillemot with Flounder”  by Jim Stevenson as the winning image. Congratulations Jim – you will pick up the Second Open Trophy at the Prize giving on the night of the AGM!

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In early February, we held a hands-on workshop on still life & tabletop photography. Members brought a variety of items to be arranged and photographed. Included were two sheep skulls and a replica human skull which could be posed against a background of faded hydrangeas! There was also a Lego airport scene; a variety of leaves and feathers which were illuminated from below to beautiful effect; and a selection of vegetables of which the garlic on a reflective surface against a black background proved the most photogenic.

In another area of the hall, Robert Spence demonstrated how a range of vintage lenses could be repurposed for current use.

The evening allowed members to experiment with a variety of compositions, camera settings, and using different lighting techniques. It fulfilled the brief of providing advice and tuition, and hopefully has encouraged some more of us to experiment with still-life photography.

Just something different. Thanks to everyone who got involved!