07/12/2023

On Tuesday members welcomed Chris Bonnington from Carluke Camera Club who judged the 1st of the sessions Interim Print Competitions. Chris is an accomplished photographer, a member of the Scottish Photographic Cirlcle, and who has won many awards both locally and nationally. As always his critique was constructive and he offered advice on several prints where he though some improvements could be made.
Robert Wilson won first place in the Colour Section with a lovely picture entitled 'Autumnal Wood'.
Second place was shared by Robert and Bob Arnott with 'Autumn Colour' and 'Evening Light' while third place was won by Will Peat with 'Stag in Barley Field'.
The Monochrome Section was won by Rosemary Leishman with an excellent study of winter trees entitled 'Tree Family'. Bob Arnott was second with 'Moody Kirkyard' and Will Peat took third place with 'Dipper'.
Following his judgement Chris gave a presentation on a number of his more recent prints all of which were excellent in quality and composition and hopefully will inspire members in their future projects.
Next Tuesday we have a presentation by Gail Gray her subjects being Flower Studies and Street Scenes with a difference.
The final meeting of the year will be on Tuesday 19th December when members will take part in a Photographic Quiz.