The summer has gone by so quickly! A reminder that our club opening night will be on Thursday, 13th August 2026, 3 weeks earlier than last year, starting at 7pm in room G3 of the Fisherrow Centre.

NOTE: There is a new parking arrangement at the Fisherrow Centre. If you park your car in the grounds you need to scan the QR code at the reception desk and enter your number plate. Parking is free during Fisherrow opening hours, as long as you register.

This year we have some extra activities in addition to the usual filling in application forms and chatting over tea and biscuits. George and Derek would like to collect potential competition images early this year, to give our club a chance to enter the 2026/2027 SPF club competitions and to give us a wider selection for inter-club competitions. So, if you have any images that you think could help the club, please bring them along (or email them to George in advance). It will also be an opportunity to get some critique on potential competition images from our more experienced members.

And, talking of bringing along images, this year we will also be collecting images that are well-matched to particular months of the year (e.g. snow scenes for January or festival images for August). If we can collect some good images, Nicola has offered to produce a club calendar.

This year, we will have a challenge running through the whole season. Each member will be able to select a theme, idea or concept. The idea is to create a batch of images based on that theme that work together to tell a story. At the end of the season we will get together to show what we created. The challenge is optional, but it could add another level of fun to the season. Derek will explain further on the night.

The club has a new A3 printer, thanks to another generous grant from the Registers of Scotland. Mike will be setting up and testing the printer. If you joined the printing group last year and have an image that Mike could test on the printer you are welcome to bring it along on a USB stick or SD card, but there’s no guarantee you’ll get a good result yet until Mike has finished his testing and setting up. There will be another printing opportunity on 1st October 2026.

On our second night (20th August 2026) we will be joined by Penicuik Photography Club and and Haddington Camera Club for an inter-club Exhibition Night, where we will show our images of North Berwick taken with a 50mm focal length. We will be able to chat about the images and vote for our favourites. If you haven’t already done so, please e-mail Derek the images you would like to be entered.

I look forward to seeing you all on 13th August 2026.