Welcome to the 2023-2024 Season!
It was lovely to see so many familiar faces back at the club after our summer break, and even better to see so many potential new members joining us. The club was featured on Radio Saltire on 26th July, and there was an extra exhibition of our work at the radio station during that week. A recording of the show may be posted online, so check out their web pages:
https://www.facebook.com/RadioSaltire/
This year we will be concentrating on face to face meetings and hoping to bring back more of the informal chat that we lost during Covid. We will still use Zoom occasionally to connect with other clubs and our friends overseas. We began the meeting with a few announcements:
- We are still one of the best value camera clubs in the region, but to maintain our low membership fee we need support from other sources. Our club treasurer has registered the club with easyfundraising, where anyone who signs up can raise donations for the club through normal online shopping. All members are encouraged to sign up: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/musselburgh-camera-club/
- The Musselburgh Communities Day has returned after a long absence and will take place at the Fisherrow Centre at 11am-3pm on Saturday, 30th September 2023. There will be a Musselburgh Camera Club display. Please come along and support us.
- You can find a list of public events taking place in East Lothian on the council web site: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210567/your_community/12643/list_of_public_events
- You can also find a list of photography events in Edinburgh on this web site (keep scrolling to find future events): https://www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/events/photography/
- The Edinburgh “Doors Open Days” take place over the weekend of 23-24th September and provide some opportunities to visit public buildings that are not normally open to the public: https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/places/edinburgh/. The Royal Observatory (where I work) is also joining the event. See https://visit.roe.ac.uk/.
The following events provide some opportunities for sports photography over the next few weeks:
- Scottish Half Marathon, 11am, Sun 24th September 2023: https://www.scottishhalfmarathon.com/
- East Fortune motorcycle racing, 7-8th October 2023: https://racingcalendar.net/circuit/east-fortune-racing-circuit/2023
You can find a summary of Musselburgh Camera Club’s 2023-2024 programme here on the web site:
Information on how to enter the club competitions can be found here (or you can just ask George, our competition secretary):
Joe Fowler gave us an introduction to the national competitions which are open to all club members. He showed us a selection of his entries and described his experiences. He emphasised that most photographers who enter these competitions don’t win anything. But everyone who enters a competition gets feedback which helps them improve. Don’t be put off by one judge’s comments, because we all have different tastes, and don’t try to bend your style to match what you think the judges will want. Your own style will develop as you learn.
We finished the evening with a chat over tea and biscuits. Next week there will be a digital image feedback session. Either bring along 2 JPEG images, or email your images to George at georgetodd1957@me.com.
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