The Annual General Meeting of Kilmaurs Photographic Club took place on Monday 15th April. President Bill Stitt welcomed members to the meeting before getting down to the evening’s business.
Said Bill: “It has been a good year for the club and this is great to see. We are a small club but I think that we have managed to punch well above our weight. We have also managed to attract new members and that is a healthy sign.” Continue reading “Annual General Meeting – Trophy Presentation”
Entries at Kilmaurs PC were once again well up for the club Annual competition, when a total of 130 high calibre images were presented across the three categories – mono prints, colour prints and digitally projected images. The judge for the event was Colin McLatchie from Eastwood Photographic Society. Continue reading “Hardy Annuals”
With rapidly falling prices, easy availability and diminishing size putting drones firmly on many Christmas wish-lists, the big question remains: can they be used in photography both safely and without causing harm or annoyance to others? In this two-part article Fiona Wallace takes a look at these gadgets to see what the situation is. Continue reading “Pie in the sky? …….. Part 1”
Taking stills with drones: the practicalities
After you are sure you are ready to use the drone for photography there are some aspects that need to be mentioned. We have a large amount of functionality on our DSLRS – aperture, shutter speed, focal length etc. – but are these available on drone cameras? Like camera equipment in general, how much you’re prepared to spend usually determines the quality of camera on-board. Continue reading “Pie in the sky? …….. Part 2”
If the popularity of a club can be borne out by the number of entries in its competitions, then Kilmaurs PC must be doing pretty well this season, as 95 images were presented for the recently-held 2nd Open competition. Continue reading “Open season”