As we approach the end of our 2022/23 season, we reached our annual digital knockout competition. This year’s knockout was on the theme of “black and white”, which had been chose at last year’s AGM. As this is an informal knock-out without a judge, members could interpret this theme any way they wished, although strongly coloured images were not popular in the voting rounds.

15 members entered a total of 43 digital images, plus one print which couldn’t be digitised in time. Members once again showed their creativity in interpreting the theme. There were black and white images of strongly shaped or textured objects, such as the Shard, a tunnel under St. Andrews Castle, shadows and refractions of household objects viewed through glass, black and white portraits, and some black and white wildlife and nature images, including some misty woodland scenes and portraits of birds. Then there were also images of black and white subjects photographed in colour, such as a piano, salt and pepper, a Dalmatian dog, or a pair of lemurs. The images were ordered randomly and paired together in a series of head-to-head rounds until only 3 remained. Members then voted for their favourite to determine the final placings, and the result was:

• 3rd place
  • Peek a Boo (Jennifer Davidson)
• 2nd place
  • Mortonhall (Karen Woodcock)
• 1st Place
  • Clear Head (Jennifer Davidson)

Well done to Jennifer Davidson, whose winning image showed a black and white image of a glass head which emphasised the edges. Jennifer wins an Easter egg! Well done also to new member, Karen Woodcock, whose beautiful woodland image secured her second place. Jennifer’s third placed image showed a black and white portrait of some children alongside a black and white lamb.

• The dates for our 2023 library exhibition have been announced. The club would like some volunteers to help transfer our prints between libraries on the following dates. All the libraries except Gullane will need our display stands. Please contact Ed or Steven if you would like to volunteer.
  • 6th May 2023: Setting up the exhibition at Gullane library.
  • 20th May 2023: Transferring the exhibition from Gullane to Prestonpans.
  • 3rd June 2023: Transferring the exhibition from Prestonpans to Port Seton.
  • 17th June 2023: Transferring the exhibition from Port Seton to Longniddry
  • 1st July 2023: Transferring the exhibition from Longniddry to Musselburgh
  • 15th July 2023: Taking down the exhibition from Musselburgh library.
• Next Thursday we have the club’s outdoor photoshoot. We will be meeting at Cockenzie harbour at 7pm on Thursday, 13th April, and will explore the coastline from the site of the former power station up to Port Seton harbour.