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Welcome to Our Winter Syllabus

2025

4th September

Eric Watt's Glasgow

The images of Eric Watt

Tom Doherty

11th September

Astrophotography

Iain tells us about his astrophotography journey and covers space time, distances and scale, stellar life cycle and what we see in the night sky. Also his telescopes and camera types, set up and imaging methods.

Iain McFadyen

Deadline for Summer Assignment

18th September

Getting Started in Macro 

David Sadler

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25th September - via Zoom

From The Concrete to The Abstract

We look at concrete not only as a building material and the whole genre of architecture that developed but also the application of the terms concrete (factual documentary photography) and abstract (creative, experimental photography) as they apply to our image making.

Ann Miles

Deadline for Bowie

2nd October

Summer Assignment

Ruth Hayton

9th October

Club Night

16th October

Everest and Nepal

George Robertson

Deadline for First Bimonthly

23rd October

Bowie Competition

Gordon Rae

Deadline for Print

30th October - via Zoom

Aviation

Mick's talk takes us through the process he goes through to capture images of aircraft in museums, static inside and outside, airshows, the different settings he used for prop and jet, going up close, nose and tail of aircraft, night photography, cockpits and finally what to do when the weather is bad.

Mick Mansfield

Deadline for Creative

6th November

1st Bimonthly Competition

Eddie Telford

13th November

The Tartar Community

Shamil tells his own story through photography - from Soviet times to post Soviet era - to life in Scotland.

Shamil Khairov

Deadline for Monochrome

20th November

Creative and Print Competitions

Clive Watkins

27th November - via Zoom

Flash Techniques for Wildlife Photography 

Kevin Pigney

4th December

Monochrome Competition

Rob Davis

11th December

My Photography Journey

Gaille talks about her earlier work before focusing on her more current artistic floral work, including editing tips. She will also share prints on the night that gained her Craftsman Qualification with the Guild of Photographers.

Gallie Gray

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18th December

20-a-Piece

Anne McGhee, Al Goold, Tom Clark, Duncan McEwan

Deadline for Small Prints / Mobile

2026

8th January - via Zoom

Landscape Photography

Over the last few years I have become increasingly absorbed by landscape photography. This presentation aims to pass along some of the things I have learnt during that time, illustrated by plenty of images.

Justin Minns

15th January

Small Prints / Mobile Competitions

Membership Vote

Deadline for Second Bimonthly

22nd January

Big Pistons

Guy Phillips

29th January - via Zoom

GDPU

Home Tie with Clyde

5th February - via Zoom

Second Bimonthly

John MacGregor

12th February

Portrait Photography

Graeme talks about his portrait photography, how he approaches the subject and the set ups that he uses to capture his award winning shots.

Graeme Hewitson

Deadline for Borbasket / Anderson

19th February

Renfrewshire Inter-club Championship

Libby Smith

Deadline for Third Bimonthly

26th February - via Zoom

Making a Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear

This lecture shows how Neil tries to make a good image from a week one, or a better image from a mediocre one.

Neil Scott

5th March

Borbasket / Anderson

Richard Bennet / Guy Phillips

12th March

3rd Bimonthly Competition

David Spinks

19th March

From Coast to Cairn

A journey from the coast of the Moray Firth and it's dolphins and gannets to the moors and mountains where we find the mountain hare, ptarmigan and dotterel, stopping at all points in between.

Andy Howard

Deadline for Annual

26th March - via Zoom

Beyond the Visible

This lecture centres around Paul's fascination for infrared photography. It covers the various ways to capture IR together with some of the practicalities involved. The talk will be fully illustrated using images made throughout the UK over the past decade.

Paul Mitchell

2nd April

Documentary Photography

Following on from his talk on Street Photography, Cameron presents his talk on Documentary Photography

Cameron Scott

9th April

John Henderson Annual Digital Championship

Mary Gibson

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16th April

Club Night

23rd April

Annual General Meeting

AGM + Presentation of Awards and Social Evening

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