The Angus Cup & John Senior Trophy – 2023
The Angus Cup and the John Senior Trophy are held annually between the photographic clubs across Angus and are keenly contested every year. This year, the competing clubs were: Brechin Photographic Society, Mearns Camera Club, Carnoustie Photo Group and Kirriemuir Photography Club. Kirrie has steadily improved at this event over the years and we are delighted to announce that this year we were joint winners of the Angus Cup, gaining the same total number of points as Brechin. Not only that, but two of our images entered in the competition were each given first equal with 20 points each. ‘Crested Tit’ by Alan Edwards and ‘Moonrise Bay’ by Duncan Wood topped the competition with Duncan’s Image being judged best overall. A fitting conclusion to Alistair Carrie’s last year as President of the club.
Annual Dinner and Awards – 2023
At the end of another successful season, KPC held its annual dinner and awards night at the Golf Club on 26 April to recognise the Divisional Champions and other award winners. The gallery below shows our winning photographers with their trophies.
Divison 2 – The Clova Cup – Marilyn Binnie
Divison 3 – The Prosen Cup – Colin Dallas
Print of the Year – Alan Belton
Digital Image of the Year – Derek Ramsay
Knockout Competition Glove – Jeremy Morris
President’s Award – Alan Edwards
POTY and DOTY – 2023
The Print of the Year (POTY) and the Digital Image of the Year (DOTY) are the culmination of the competition year. Unlike the normal divisional format, the POTY and DOTY entries are all judged together without divisional grouping and without points being awarded to each separate image. Our guest judge, Ian Sturrock from St Andrews gave us his expert feedback and insights in both the prints and projected competitions, and awarded some individual images ‘Commended’ and Highly Commended’ before announcing the three winners in each competition. The winners were as follows:
Print of the Year (POTY)
1st Place ‘Windy Evening at St Monans’ by Alan Belton, 2nd Place ‘November Mist’ by Malcolm McBeath, 3rd Place ‘Rain over Berneray’ by Marilyn Binnie.
Digital Image of the Year (DOTY)
1st Place ‘Squirrel in Winter’ by Derek Ramsay, 2nd Place ‘Crested Tit’ by Jeremy Morris, 3rd Place ‘Good Morning Bow Fiddle’ by Duncan Wood.
Themed Competition – February 2023
Our themed competition this year was ‘By the Coast’. A record total of 66 images evenly spread across 3 Divisions was judged by Howard Kennedy from Aberdeen. Final results were as follows:
Division 1
1st Place – Bow Fiddle Sunrise by Duncan Wood, Joint 2nd Place – A New Dawn by Joe Dailly and Homeward Bound by Alan Edwards, Joint 3rd Place – Tranquillity by Joe Dailly and Harbour Lights by Bill Powrie.
Division 2
Joint 1st Place – Bow Sea Eagle by Neil Houstoun and Hebridean Blues by Marilyn Binnie, 2nd Place – Blaven by Neil Houstoun, Joint 3rd Place – Waiting by Marilyn Binnie and Down to the Coast by Will Martin and Beach Huts in the Early Morning Sun by Irene Robertson.
Division 3
1st Place – Rocky Shoreline by Jeremy Morris , 2nd Place – Idle Chatter by Gail Napier, 3rd Place – Lady Eveleen by Colin Dallas.
Knockout Competition – January 2023
Entries to our annual Knockout Competition continue to impress during an evening of 117 superb images.
The final four images, selected by members themselves, were as follows:
1st Place – ‘Crested Tit’ by Jeremy Morris, 2nd Place – ‘The Fern’ by Duncan Wood, 3rd Place – Flying Squirrel by Jeremy Morris, 4th Place – ‘Being led Astray’ by Bob Smith.
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Open Competition – November 2022
Our first competition of 2022 was an Open Competition spread across 3 Divisions and was judged by Mike Hall. Divisional winners were as follows:
Division 1
1st Manhattan Morning by Derek Ramsay, 2nd Lunch With Mum by John Isaacs, 3rd Next Year I Want A Houseboat by Alan Belton
Division 2
1st Unmistakeable by Chris Bate, 2nd Abstract Sluice by Marilyn Binnie, 3rd Swan lake by Marlyn McInnes
Division 3
1st Dancer by Elma Sim, 2nd I Can See You by Colin Dallas, 3rd Tree Line by Colin Dallas.
Annual Dinner and Awards – 2022
At last we were able to hold our annual dinner and awards night in the Golf Club on 20 April to recognise Divisional winners and other award winners. The gallery below shows our winning photographers with their trophies.
Divison 2 – The Clova Cup – Bob Smith & Joe Dailly
Divison 3 – The Prosen Cup – Marilyn Binnie
Print of the Year – Alan Edwards
Digital Image of the Year – Alan Edwards
Knockout Competition Glove – Malcolm McBeath
President’s Award – Bob Smith
POTY and DOTY – 2022
The Print of the Year (POTY) and the Digital Image of the Year (DOTY) are the culmination of the competition year. Unlike the normal divisional format, the POTY and DOTY entries are all judged together without divisional grouping and without points being awarded to each separate image. Our guest judge, David Hay from Pitlochry gave us superb feedback and insights in both the prints and projected competitions, and awarded some individual images ‘Commended’ and Highly Commended’ before announcing the three winners in each competition. The winners were as follows:
Print of the Year (POTY)
1st Place ‘Mountain Echoes’ by Alan Edwards, 2nd Place ‘The Conversation’ by Brian Forsyth, 3rd Place ‘The Enchanted Forest’ by Alan Edwards.
Digital Image of the Year (DOTY)
1st Place ‘Crested Tit’ by Alan Edwards, 2nd Place ‘Smoke on the Water’ by Duncan Wood, 3rd Place ‘Wren with Wasp’ by Malcolm McBeath.
Themed Competition – February 2022
Our themed competition this year was ‘Empty Spaces, Abandoned Places’. A total of 50 images evenly spread across 3 Divisions was judged by Stewart Dodd BEM LRPS from Dundee Photographic Society. Final results were as follows:
Division 1
1st Place -Bleak House by Alan Edwards, 2nd Place – New Woods Replace Neglected Past by Alan Belton, 3rd Place – No Time to Play by Alistair Carrie
Division 2
1st Place -The Shank, Glen Moy by Irene Robertson, 2nd Place – Kincaldrum House by Heather Ray, 3rd Place – Gone With the Wind by Neil Houstoun
Division 3
1st Place -Patterns of Abandonment by Marilyn Binnie, 2nd Place – Rooted in the Past by Marilyn Binnie, 3rd Place – Forgotten Window by Victoria Napier
Knockout Competition – January 2022
The Knockout Competition this year was another great success with 96 images all to a high standard. Final results were as follows:
1st Place – ‘A Morning Walk’ by Malcolm McBeath, 2nd Place – ‘Arctic Terns by Neil Houstoun, 3rd Place – ‘Crested Tit’ by Alan edwards, 4th Place – ‘Arbroarth Harbour Sunset’ by Joe Dailly.
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Open Competition – November 2021
The following are the winning entries in our latest competition which was judged by David Watson. A total of 60 varied and high quality image entries in all three divisions. Congratulations to the winners.
Division 1
1st Place – Waiting on the Whistle by Alan Edwards, 2nd Place – Scene through a Frosty Window by Iain Galbraith, 3rd Place – Common Wasp by Alan Belton
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Division 2
1st Place – Scratch in Time by Bob Smith, 2nd Place – Shipwrecked by Marlyn McInnes, 3rd Equal – Place – Swans in the Mist by Joe Dailly, 3rd Equal – Place – Hanging Around by Bob Smith
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Division 3
1st Place – Hold On by Marilyn Binnie, 2nd Place – Rock of Solitude by Elma Sim, 3rd Place – Gone Fishing by Jeremy Morris.
POTY and DOTY – 2021
The Print of the Year (POTY) and the Digital Image of the Year (DOTY) are the culmination of the competition year and were held online. Unlike the normal divisional format, the POTY and DOTY entries are all judged together without divisional grouping and without points being awarded to each separate image. Our guest judge, Dawn White from Tayport, gave us superb feedback and insights in both the prints and projected competitions, and awarded some individual images ‘Commended’ and Highly Commended’ before announcing the three winners in each competition. The winners were as follows:
Print of the Year (POTY)
First Place – ‘Peek a Boo’ – Alan Belton, Second Place – ‘Scottish Deer Pony’ – Marlyn McInnes, Third Place – Finding the Nectar – Alistair Carrie
Digital Image of the Year (DOTY)
First Place – ‘Towards Catlaw’ – Malcom McBeath, Second Place – ‘Little Dunnock’ – John Isaacs, Third Place – ‘Afternoon Light on Crovie’ – Alan Edwards
Themed Competition – February 2021
Our themed competition, ‘Paths, Trails, Roads, Rails’, again showed us the variety and quality of our club’s photographers. Guest judge Andy Hayes gave us some positive comments and lots of good advice over all three Divisions. The winners were as follows:
Divison 1
First place – ‘Highland Gateway’ – John Isaacs, Second place – ‘Airlie Trails’ – George Ingram, Third Equal – ‘Crossrails’ – Bill Powrie, Third Equal – ‘The Tay Rail Bridge’ – Ian Cameron.
Division 2
First place – ‘Long and Winding Road’ – Grace Johnston, Second place – ‘Honister Pass’ – John Paterson, Third place – ‘Carnoustie Station’ – Irene Robertson.
Division 3
First place – ” – Mike Kiely, Second place – ‘Road Runner and Other Users’ – Mike Kiely, Third place – ‘Infinity and Beyond’ – Murray McKechnie.
Knockout Competition – January 2021
The Knockout Competition this year was held online using Zoom with members electronically raising and lowering their voting hands to decide the winners. Please note that names are not necessarily as supplied by the authors. Some are given so as to simply identify the image referred to. Click on any image to enter the gallery.
1st Place – ‘Deer in the Grass’ by Alan Belton, 2nd Place – ‘Bath Time’ by Michael Visocchi, 3rd Place – ‘Rohallion’ by Iain Galbraith, 3rd Place – ‘Brown Hares’ by Malcolm McBeath.
Open Competition – November 2020
The following are the winning entries in our latest competition which was ably and enjoyably judged by David Sadler. For the first time ever the competition was held online using the now familiar Zoom Meeting format. A good entry and high standards from all three divisions.
Division 1
1st Place – Glen Esk Blizzard by Alan Belton, 2nd Place – Pecking Order by Bill Powrie, 3rd Place – The Rocks and the Water by Alistair Carrie.
Division 2
1st Place – Wish by Claire Higgins, 2nd Place – Smoking Waters by Wolf Rossman, 3rd Place – Nigella’s Soaked by Neil Houstoun.
Division 3
1st Place – Fun With Bubbles by Mike Kiely, 2nd Place – Dry Dock by Mike Kiely, 3rd Place – Ripples by Jeremy Morris.
President’s Award 2020
This year’s President’s Award was given jointly to Bob Smith and Bill Powrie for their outstanding contributions to the club, both in the creation of the Wildlife Focus Group, the design and building of the exclusive Wildlife Hide at Kinnordy and providing a series of Training Workshops delivered in a small group setting for those looking to improve their knowledge of photography beyond regular club meetings. Congratulations to Bob and Bill for achieving this well earned recognition by Club President Alistair Carrie.
A huge congratulations to this year’s winners of both the Print of the Year and the Digital Image of the Year annual competitions which were judged for us by David Hay whilst we were all ‘Social Distancing’ due to the suspension of club meetings during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Digital Print of the Year – 2020
1st place – Sentinel of the Loch by Alan Belton, 2nd place – Dune by John Isaacs, 3rd place – In the Shadows of Blaven by Alan Belton
Digital Projected Image of the Year – 2020
Theme Competition ‘The Games People Play’ – February 2020
The following are the winning entries in our Theme Competition entitled ‘The Games People Play’. Our guest judge was Ian McCurrach whose input and critique was very helpful to all those who entered.
Division One
1st – Alan Edwards – Getting to Grips with the Opposition, 2nd – Malcolm McBeath – Tight Turn – Too Tight, 3rd – Derek Ramsay – Pace Bowling, 4th – Michael Visocchi – I’m REEL Happy.
Division Two
1st – Claire Higgins – Aeroplanes’ 2nd – Bob Smith – It’s Mine!, 3rd= – Ian Cameron – The Heavyweight, 3rd= – Neil Houston – Clearing the Fence, 4th= –Grace Johnston – Conkers, 4th= Heather Ray – Cross Country, 4th= Bob Smith – We’re off!
Division Three
1st – Marlyn McInnes – Oops a Daisies, 2nd – Sally Lealand – Fetch, 3rd – Fiona Brown – Holiday Board Games
Knockout Competition Winners – January 2020
Congratulations to the winners of the annual Knockout Competition held on Wednesday 8 January 2020. There were 128 varied, interesting and sometimes funny images.
1st place – Squirrel – Bill Powrie, 2nd place – Meconopsis – Kevin Urquart, 3rd place – Girl in Red – Michael Visocchi, 4th place – Snowy Kirriemuir – Michael Visocchi.
“Architecture” Competition Winners – October 2019
Congratulations to all the winners of our first competition in 2019/20. The theme was “Architecture” and for the first time all three divisions were judged on the same night, this time by Gillian Temple CPAG.
Division 1
1st: ‘Lyons Gate ‘. John Isaacs, 2nd: ‘Holding Up Holyrood’. Alistair Carrie, 3rd: ‘The Heavy Weight’. John Isaacs.
Division 2
1st: ‘Red Roller Coaster’. Ian Cameron, 2nd: ‘Across the Tay’. Neil Houston, 3rd: ‘Marble Halls’. Will Martin
Division 3
1st: ‘Celtic Cross Iona’. Jeremy Morris, 2nd: ‘York Abbey Tops’. Marlyn McInnes, 3rd: ‘Yorkshire Landscape Through Time’. Marlyn McInnes
Kirriemuir Show Winner 2019
For the second successive year KPC Member Claire Higgins won the top prize for gaining the highest aggregate points awarded for her entries shown below. With 3 Firsts and a Second in different categories, she scooped the top prize of The Wilson Shield in this year’s Kirriemuir Agricultural Show. Many congratulations Claire !
Church Calendar Competition 2020
Annual Dinner and Awards
Following another relaxed annual dinner at Kirriemuir Golf Club, President Alistair Carrie announced and presented the club’s annual awards for 2019. Afterwards, Brian thanked Alistair for his hard work and leadership in his first year as President and presented him with an engraved Acme Thunderer whistle as an upgrade to his green plastic one !
The Award Winners were as follows:
President’s Award: Brian Forsyth, Division 1: Alan Belton, Division 2: Derek Ramsay, Division 3: Irene Robertson, Knockout Competition: Malcolm McBeath, Print of the Year: Alan Belton, Digital Image of the Year: Iain Galbraith.
Two new competitions were held on 03 April 2019 for the first time. Both competitions were open to all club members as a whole without any divisional distinction. Our guest judge was Steve Whittaker, who very ably gave his critique on 22 Prints and 33 DPIs. Congratulations to the inaugural winners below:
Digital Print Of the Year 2019
Winners
1st – The Manager – Alan Belton, 2nd – Comox Harbour Reflections – Malcolm McBeath, 3rd – Yellowhammer on Gorse – Alan Belton
Digital Projected Image of the Year 2019
Winners
1st – Rattray Head at Sunset – Iain Galbraith, 2nd – The Rat Catcher and Pets – Alan Belton, 3rd – A Quiet Moment – Alastair Carrie
Summer Challenges and Outings 2019
Don’t forget to have a go at the Summer Assignments and submit your best images by email to Alan Edwards before the restart in September.
There are four categories to challenge you . . . .
- Highland Games / Agricultural Shows Capture the action, people and excitement.
- Rivers and Bridges Different angles, long exposures, night time.
- Boats, Planes and Trains On their own, all together if you can!
- Yellow Use your imagination for this one . . .
Two outings are being planned for May to Kinclaven Woods and in August to Pittenweem.
You can print a your own reminder sheet for all of the above by clicking here.
Open Competition Winners – Division 3
Division 3 entries to the February Open Competition were judged internally on 06 March 2019 by Brian Forsyth who congratulated all those who had entered.
Division 3 Winners
1st: ‘Tortured Soul in the Howff”. Bob Smith, 2nd: ‘The Only Way is Down‘. Bob Smith, 3rd: ‘Madeiran Home’. Helen Humphreys
In addition to the above ‘Here’s Looking at You was Highly Commended and All is Calm and In Oban were Commended. A good competition with some super images demonstrating how our Division 3 photographers are growing their craft !
Open Competition Winners – February 2019
Another successful competition night was ably judged by Roy Robertson of Dundee. Divisions 1 and 2 both displayed a high standard of entries with an open theme and members were treated a huge variety of images.
Open Competition Winners:
Division 1 Winners
1st: ‘Yellowhammer on Gorse’. Alan Belton, 2nd: ‘Vestrahorn’. Alan Edwards, 3rd: ‘Taking the Plunge’. Brian Forsyth
Division 2 Winners
1st: ‘Get out of that’ Derek Ramsay, 2nd equal: ‘Pointe de la Chiesa’ Bill Powrie, 2nd equal: ‘Flares Demo’ Derek Ramsay
Knockout Competition Winners – January 2019
Our first competition of the New Year was our popular Knockout Competition with 128 images going head to head with members voting for their favourites.
Knockout Competition Winners:
Competition Winners ‘When the Sun Shines’ – October 2018
Our first competition of the new season brought a host of superb images. Judging Divisions 1 and 2, Andy Hayes commented on the high standard of entries and complimented the club on a warm Kirriemuir welcome, wonderful hospitality and excellent organisation. We were delighted to support his chosen charity ‘Lisa’s School’. Division 3 entries were shown and appraised by club member Malcolm McBeath. The winning entries from all divisions are shown below.
Division 3 Winners:
Congratulations to the winners of both Division 1 and 2 who were as follows:
Divison 1 Winners:
1st: Underneath the Arches, Michael Visocchi, 2nd: Comox Harbour Reflections, Malcolm McBeath, 3rd equal: The Cyclist and the Dog Walker, Alistair Carrie, 3rd equal: North Carr Lightship, Michael Visocchi
Divison 2 Winners: 1st: Sunshine and Showers, Kevin Urquhart, 2nd equal: The Shadows are Long, Bill Powrie, 2nd equal: The Shadows are Strong!, Bill Powrie, 3rd: A Narrow Escape, Derek Ramsay
Kirriemuir Show Winners 2018
Two of our club members enjoyed considerable success at this year’s Kirriemuir Show. Claire Higgins won the top prize Photography Shield for gaining the highest aggregate points awarded for her entries shown below. Heather Ray came close with her entries also catching the judge’s eye on the day. A huge congratulations to both for your well deserved success !
Annual Dinner and Awards – 21 March 2018
Once again this year we enjoyed an excellent dinner at Kirriemuir Golf Club and this year incorporated our annual awards to finish off a splendid evening which was well attended by members. The new perpetual awards being introduced this year and their winners were:
The Fin Mackenzie Trophy . . . for highest cumulative points awarded in Division 1 . . . Alan Edwards
The Clova Cup . . . for highest cumulative points awarded in Division 2 . . . Will Martin
The Prosen Cup . . . for highest cumulative points awarded in Division 3 . . . Bill Atkinson
The President’s Award . . . for outstanding service to the club during the year . . . John Isaacs
The assembled company, the awards and the award winners are pictured below:
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Open Competition Results – 7 March 2018
Division 3 of our Open Competition was judged by Alan Belton who gave feedback on all of the twelve images entered. The winning images and their authors are shown below. Congratulations to everyone who entered in what was hopefully a positive experience.
Divison 3 Winners:
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Open Competition Results – 21 February 2018
Our final competition for this year for Divisions 1 and 2 was an Open Competition judged by Nocola Shepherd of the PAGB and St Andrews Photographic Society. A super selection of images were entered and the winners are shown below. Congratulations to them and to all members who entered what was a very high standard.
Divison 1 Winners:
1st: ‘A Mighty Reflection’ by Alan Edwards, 2nd: ‘Blue Oban Morning’ by Alistair Carrie, 3rd: ‘Watching his Hinds’ by Malcolm McBeath, 3rd: ‘Young King’ by John Isaacs.
Division 2 Winners:
1st: ‘Rhea’ by Gabrielle Freed, 2nd: ‘I’ve got my Eye on You’ by John Paterson, 2nd: ‘Uig Bay” by Ian Cameron, 3rd: Looking Good in Mono’ by Bill George
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Feel Good Festival – 17 February 2018
This year we doubled our frontage at the annual Feel Good Festival and created a terrific platform for the club to show our work and chat to interested members of the public. The stand offered mounted prints for sale as well as the option to order a copy of any of the superb prints on display. The raffle was in demand with two framed prints and two mounted prints drawing a lot of interest and raising £150 for club funds. As well as the variety of prints mounted on the display boards, a scrolling slideshow of members’ images also attracted interest and discussion with folk who expressed an interest in photography.
Congratulations to our Raffle Winners:
1st Prize: Norma Fairford, 2nd Prize: Kirsty Stewart, 3rd Prize: George Barr, 4th Prize: Elma Sim.
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Knockout Competition – 10 January 2018
First meeting of the new year was our popular Knockout Competition with over 128 fantastic images on display. Congratulations to Alan Belton and Malcolm McBeath who cornered the first three places.
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Photography Auction and Sale – December 2017
Thanks to the generosity of members who donated cameras, lenses, tripods and all manner of photography accessories, we held an extremely successful auction and sale night at our final meeting before the Christmas break. A total of £809 was raised for the club. Members dug deep in support of this event which allowed us to complete the purchase of a new Sony Projector for the club without drawing on club reserves. A huge thank you to everyone for the magnificent support shown throughout in reaching this important goal for 2017.
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Open Competition – November 2017 – Division 3
Congratulations to the winners of our first ever Division 3 competition.
1st. Sandy Glen for ‘Lake Garda 2’
2nd. Irene Robertson for ‘ Bavarian Alps’
3rd. Ian Jack for ‘ All Mine’
The competition was judged by Michael Visocchi whose comments and encouragement were greatly appreciated by everyone present, especially the new entrants.
Division 3
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‘At Work’ Competition – November 2017
Congratulations to the winners of our first themed competition for this session: ‘At Work’
In Division 1 : 1st – Alan Edwards, 2nd – Alan Belton, 3rd – George Ingram.
In Division 2 : 1st – Iain Galbraith, 2nd – Lorna McWilliam, 3rd – Bill Allan.
The competition was judged by Ian McCurrach from Aberdeen
Division 1
Division 2
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Club Membership Reaches 50 Mark
At our regular club meeting on 18 October 2017, we were delighted to be joined by our 50th member for this year. This marks a notable milestone in the rapid development of the club and is a great encouragement to what is still a relatively new group of photographers who are keen to develop their skills and share these with each other.
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Club Stages Local Weekend Exhibition of Prints
A selection of member prints was put on display for three days courtesy of The COOP Superstore who gave us a free hand in their foyer space to stage this mini exhibition. A small team pulled the project together with a view to raising community awareness that the club’s new session was soon to start and lots of shoppers took time to stop and chat while admiring the wide range of images. Thanks to all our members who loaned prints and gave time to attend and talk to the public. Information leaflets about when and where we meet were handed out and a number of people expressed interest in visiting the club on 6 September when we restart.
Malcolm McBeath and Alan Edwards very kindly donated framed and mounted images as prizes for an informal raffle which was drawn by Team Leader Vicky from the COOP. 1st Prize was won by Mr D. Fonteyn of Westmuir and 2nd Prize by Mrs J. Guthrie of Northmuir.
A total of £380 was raised for club funds and this will be put towards the purchase of a new high definition image projector.
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Member Successes at Agricultural Shows
Three of our members have enjoyed competition success at their local agricultural shows this summer:
Iain Galbraith had a good day at the Alyth Show on 16 June when he won two Firsts and two Second Equals, making him the overall points winner in the Photography section of the show. Another shield for your collection Iain.
Bill George also did well at the Alyth Show. A First Place in the fruit section and a Second Place behind Iain in the single flower section. Out of 6 sections, KPC members were placed First and Second in 3 sections !
Heather Ray entered some of her images at the Kirriemuir Show on 15 July and came away winning the shield for the most points in the photography classes comprising two Firsts, a Second and a Third – impressive work Heather..
Many congratulations to all three of you !
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Calendar Competition Success for KPC
Summer Assignments for 2017
There are 4 assignments to challenge us during the recess. Why not have a go at one or all of them and email your best 3 images from each challenge to Alan Edwards before the end of August latest? Alan will collate these and results will be displayed during our regular meetings starting in September.
‘Abandoned’ – Depict a scene, a building, a vehicle etc. which has seen better days.
‘Patterns in Nature’ – Using close up or wide angle to show nature’s many and diverse patterns.
‘Reflections’ – In glass, on water, in a mirror – the choice is yours.
‘Motion Blur’ – Use a slow shutter speed or try panning to show movement.
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Annual Awards 2017
At the AGM on 22 March 2017, two inaugural awards were presented to recognise the work and contribution of members who have excelled in what they do.
Photographer of the Year – George Ingram
President’s Award – Alan Edwards
Many congratulations to George and Alan. We plan to extend the awards system in the coming year.
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‘A Book Title’ Competition – February 2017
Congratulations to the winners of our creative themed competition ‘A Book Title’ In Division 1 : 1st – George Ingram, 2nd – Ian Cobb, 3rd – Malcolm McBeath. In Division 2: 1st – Brian Forsyth, 2nd – Neil Jackson, 3rd – Grace Johnston.
The competition was judged by Al Buntin ARPS MPAGB
Division 1
Division 2
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Knockout Competition – January 2017
Another great night at the club with palpable tension near the end as we whittled over 100 super images down to the final three in our first ever Knockout Competition. Thanks to Ian Christie, John Isaacs, Jim Miller and Ian Cobb for helping it all to run smoothly and congratulations to the winners : 1st – Alistair MacDougall Carrie, 2nd – John Isaacs and 3rd – John Isaacs and his dog Murphy. Click on the thumbnails to view images full size.
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Themed Competition – November 2016
On Wednesday the 2nd November the club held its first internal competition, based on the theme of ‘Water’. Entries were split into two divisions and the winning entries are shown below.
Our judge for the evening was Stan Farrow FRPS, DPAGB, EFIAP.
Division 1
Division 2
