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Langbank Camera Club
The February print competition, Silhouette, was won by Phil O’Brien
for her beautiful image, “Dunes”, of a camel and rider at sunset. The
photograph was taken at the Camel Festival in Pushkar, a tiny desert
town in India’s state of Rajasthan where approximately 30,000 camels
converge to take part in the festival. We had joint second place winners,
Alastair McKenzie for his silhouette of the Duke of Wellington, with cone,
outside the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow and John O’Brien for his
photograph taken at Tanah Lot, one of the most popular sites in Bali for
sunsets.
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Kilmacolm Camera Club
Because of a cancellation, four of our members stepped into the breach
at short notice and provided a cornucopia of photographic goodies.
Billy Blair gave us a masterclass in natural history photography. Bill Ham
entertained us with images of Edinburgh Fringe performers, hang gliders
and planes. David Walker showed us some Venice views and Duchal
Wood snow scenes, and David Addison concluded our box of varieties
with a flight to Barra.
In the annual Simpson inter-club competition, we came a respectable
third (and, yes, there were more than three clubs competing!).
Our latest in-house league competition was based on the intriguing
topic “Triangles.” This was judged by Stephen Phillips, of Milngavie and
Bearsden Camera Club. The winning Print was by Bill Ham, with “Beach
Huts” and the top Digital image was by Jane Robertson, with “Cheese
and Biscuits Anyone?” A selection of leading images is shown here.
We finished our tutorial topic of stitching photographs , single row and
multi-row, to create magnificently detailed panorama photographs.
This topic has generated a lot of interest and will be concluded with an
evening in May where members will exhibit their images using the tools
and techniques discussed during the tutorials.
Visitors are always welcome. Meetings held on the second and fourth
Mondays of the month throughout current session. Membership is only
£10 for the first year so please come along. For more information please
contact Derrick McPherson at langbankcc1@gmail.com.
Diaporama
Hugh and Gerry gave us an enjoyable evening’s entertainment with
eleven shows, nine of which were an advert for Scottish scenery and
culture.
Instead of just music accompanying the stills, we had one with no music
at all, some with written information included and several with voiceovers
and appropriate audio clips.
Gerry’s were all based in Scotland. ‘The Port Town’ and ‘Views from the
Port’ were of Port Glasgow, which was formed as the port for Glasgow
in 1668, and looked at some of its buildings, parks and former shipyards
where the Comet, Glenlee, and Falls of Clyde were built. The views
from Lyle Hill showed the Clyde at its best. ‘Boys Toys’ was a real
delight for Classic Car enthusiasts. A show at The Palace of Holyrood
of sports and racing cars from the end of WW11 including the Tyrrell’s of
Jackie Stewart and the Lotus’ of Jim Clark. This combined well with the
‘Scottish Museum of Flight’ and its fantastic collection of military and civil
aircraft including Concorde. His final show was of Arran and included a
visit to Holy Island.
We held another portrait session with the Fashion Group that meets in
KNCC.
This proved to be a fun evening again. Thanks to all of our models.
Intrigued by the variety on offer each evening? Come along and see for
yourself.
Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday
evening, time 7.30 (October to March)
Contacts: Billy Blair, Tel: 873383; Janice Stevenson, Tel 873595.
Website: clikpic.com/kilcamclub/
Hugh continued with the Scottish theme combined with his love of
kayaking. ‘Mull’ was a tour of the surrounding islands including Gometra,
Ulva, Staff, and Iona. ‘The Clyde Now and Then’ took us on a kayaker’s
view from Erskine to the Squinty Bridge showing the Clyde as it is now
followed by a nostalgic look back at the Clyde and its long gone docks
and shipyards. ‘Whisky’ was an ode to the ‘cratur’ and a look at its
progress from fields of barley through to the finished product. ‘Tam o’
Shanter’ was recited beautifully by Hugh accompanied by appropriate
pictures. His next two shows took us further afield. ‘Raft’ was a high
octane white-water trip down the River Kaituna in New Zealand, definitely
not for the faint hearted! This was followed by ‘Singapore’ and a history
of its incredible makeover from the invasion by the Japanese in 1942
until the present day.
Our next meeting is a week earlier on Monday 5th of May in the Carrick
Centre Houston.
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