Hi all I’m planning to go to the airshow this year. If anybody is interested in coming along. Lease let me know
Mike
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MCC Library Exhibition Starts Today (plus set subjects for next year)
Our 2017 library exhibition starts today in Longniddry library. Thank you to John Knox and Gus Langlands for starting it off, and to all the other members who have volunteered to help transfer it from library to library over the coming months. Click here for a full set of exhibition dates.
Also, a reminder that the subjects for next year’s “set subject” competitions are:
- Circles and Squares (judged by Mike Clark)
- Movement (judged by Joe Fowler)
- Woodland (judged by Ken Sharp)
Have a great summer of photography!
SPF Ins & Club Outings
Following on from the AGM when a number of questions were raised with regard to Insurance coverage under the SPF policy. The document below is from the SPF, as can be seen if you are intending on organising a group trip on behalf of the club outwith the club listings on the syllabus then either SPF General Secretary or the SPF Treasurer should be emailed.
Initially it was proposed for the Club Secretary or Chairman to notify the SPF, however in light of the procedure now clarified I see no reason why the onus should not now rest with the members organising the trip/outing.
The SPF can be contacted as follows, which will open a message box:
SPF General Secretary:
http://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/email/node/625/field_exec_email
SPF Treasurer:
http://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/email/node/628/field_exec_email
Club Secretary
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Kingfisher or badger photography
A space is available to photograph either badger or kingfisher from a hide in kirkudbright on June 6th. Cost will be £60-90. Please let me know asap if you can go.
Mike Clark
60th Jubilee of Fisherrow Sailing Club
The club has received the following email from Inez Visser of Fisherrow Sailing Club. If you are interesting in videoing a boat crane in Fisherrow Harbour on Friday 28th April, please email Max Blinkhorn (maxblinkhorn@hotmail.com) or David Banks (davidjamesbanks@gmail.com). MCC members are also invited to a reception at Musselburgh town hall on 15th June 2017. For more information, please email Inez at inez@inez.demon.co.uk. Here is the full message:
This year 2017 is the 60th Jubilee of Fisherrow Sailing Club and we have planned a series of events over and above our normal sailing programme. We would be delighted to get your members ‘on board’ too. I am sorry this first request is very short notice, but we would be grateful if one of your members could video the boat crane in at the harbour on Friday 28th April. I cannot coordinate this first request personally as I will be away next week, but if you contact Max Blinkhorn or David Banks, they should give you the finer details. Max will be at our club rooms in 97 New Street Fisherrow for a new members open afternoon from 3pm this Sunday 22nd.
A video is planned for show at our exhibition in the Musselburgh Museum from June 15th to 29th July and Max thought it would be good to include the crane in along with some old footage. Then our commodore Mark came out with the idea of using a drone to fly with camera over the harbour come up close Mark and then Mark would be recorded making a welcome. I hope your club is not inundated with such requests.
On the evening of June 15th, 6 for 6.30 we are hosting a reception in the Musselburgh Town Hall, we do not plan to push the boat out, but we are going to attempt to push in two boats of contrasting vintages. There should be some comedy of errors footage / stills potential in that, but more importantly we would be delighted to invite any of your members to come along with our without cameras, to celebrate with us as part of the Musselburgh Community.
The exhibition will move to the Brunton for the August Fringe, I am also negotiating for space at the John Gray centre, but the space is extremely limited. Over and above the Musselburgh Yarn Bombers who use our premises have just been requested to undertake some pieces which celebrate our jubilee.
I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully meeting you in person soon.
All the very best,
Inez Visser, FUCJ coordinator
Musselburgh Camera Club AGM this Thursday
The Musselburgh Camera Club AGM and presentation of trophies will take place at 7:30pm this Thursday, 27th April 2017 in our usual room at the Fisherrow Community Centre. Please come along and have your say in the running of the club. We will be choosing the subjects for next year’s set subject competitions at this meeting, so start thinking of ideas. The agenda for this meeting will be:
- Apologies
- Statement by Jane Cummings, Fisherrow Community Centre manager
- Minutes of AGM held on 21st April 2016
- Matters arising
- Chairman’s opening remarks
- Secretary’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- Competition Secretary’s report
- Election of Office bearers
- Election of new Committee members
- Set subject competition
- Any otter business
- Presentation of trophies to winners of club competitions
There will be refreshments after the meeting. I will be emailing the formal documents for this meeting directly to all members in the next few days, but I am missing email addresses for some new members. If you joined during the year and would like a copy of the documents, please email me at StevenMBeard@aol.com. I will bring some printed copies with me, just in case.
Outdoor Photoshoot This Thursday, 13th April
A reminder that we will not be meeting in the Fisherrow Centre this Thursday, 13th April 2017. Instead, we will be meeting up for an outdoor photoshoot. I suggest we meet at 7pm outside the Harbour Cafe at Fisherrow Harbour (behind the Shell Garage), as shown on the following map. Unfortunately, the cafe will be closed by 7pm, but the Ravelston House Hotel is around the corner if you arrive early and need refreshment. There is car parking in front of the harbour and along the road next to the promenade,
The sun sets at 8:15pm tomorrow, and it is forecast to be cloudy but not raining. We should have some good light at the start, but bring a tripod if you’d like to continue after sunset or try some long exposure shots of the sea. High tide is at 4:30pm and low tide at 10:45pm, so the tide will be fairly low and going out. There are boats and birds to photograph in the harbour, views of Musselburgh and the Forth, and there may also be interesting debris on the beach.
I hope to see you there.
Borders Digital Challenge Images
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Musselburgh Camera Club achieved a third place in the Borders Digital Challenge competition last weekend; just one mark below Dumfries Camera Club and three marks below the winners, Morpeth Camera Club. A excellent result considering the strength of some of the competition.
We have obtained a CD of the competition, therefore on Thursday 6th April we will show all the images entered.
Photographers Needed at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh
I just received the following message from Kit Millar, the press seceretary at the Brunton Theatre. Would any club members be interested in photographing their dress rehearsal on Tuesday, 4th April. If so, please contact her at kitkirstymillar@gmail.com.
I was given your details by Jane Renton who is in the camera club but also in MAMA. I am the press officer for MAMA this year.
We are performing Spamalot at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh from 5-8 April. We have a dress rehearsal on Tuesday 4th April and we’re wondering if a member of your club would like to come along to the dress to take some photos for us.
I’d be grateful if you could let me know if there is anyone who would be wanting to come along and do some photos. I would get them printed out on the Wednesday and then would make sure they were displayed in the foyer of the Brunton and also credit them if they were used in any reviews of the show or on our social media.
Thanks,
Kit
Musselburgh Camera Club Success
Musselburgh Camera Club was successful on Sunday 12th March at the inter-club 9 way competition which was held at the mining museum, Newtongrange and organised by Beeslack Camera Club. The clubs from all over the Lothians, Lanarkshire & the Borders all submitted 5 images in each category. 
The club held a six point lead after the first round which consisted of printed images and the lead was consolidated in the second round which was Digital Images, congratulations to all concerned.
Musselburgh Camera Club 
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