The closing date for the “Wildlife” set subject competition is this Thursday, 19th January 2017. If you would like to enter, please email 3 JPEG images (sized to a maximum of 1400 pixels on the longest side) to George Todd, or bring the images on a CD or data stick this Thursday. Please remember to name the files with your member number and title (such as “56_ThisIsMyTitle.jpg”).

This Thursday, 19th January, we are also hosting the 4-Way Inter-Club competition at the Fisherrow centre. You will find us in the large ground floor room at the back of the building. Go to room G3 as normal but keep walking down the corridor, and you’ll find us on the left.

Happy New Year to all members of Musselburgh Camera Club!

Our club meetings will restart at 7:30pm on Thursday, 5th January 2017 at Fisherrow, when some bloke called Steven Beard will be telling us how photography is used in astronomy. 🙂 I will bring along my telescope and astronomy binoculars in case the sky is clear. (Light cloud with good visibility is forecast at the moment, so fingers crossed…)

A reminder that there is no MCC meeting at Fisherrow this Thursday. Instead we have the 3-way competition, which takes place in Stirling at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 7th December 2016.

The competition is hosted by Stirling Camera Club at the Lomond Suite of the Birds and Bees Restaurant in Causewayhead, Stirling. Here is a map of the venue:

http://sdcc.org.uk/map/

This coming Thursday, November 3rd, we have our Colour Print Competition, judged by Al Buntin. November 3rd is also the submission date for this year’s Human Portrait print competition. The arrangement is the same as for the colour print competition – please bring up to 3 mounted prints and also send digital JPEG copies of your images to George Todd (georgetodd1957@me.com). If you have prints but can’t make in on Thursday (e.g. if you’re attending the Colin Prior evening at Beeslack) please contact George to arrange an alternative way to drop off your prints.

The human portrait competition is similar to the colour print competition, except that the main subject must be a person or group of people. The competition is not restricted to posed portraits. Street performers, sporting events, people at work, dancers, candid group shots and battle reenactments, etc… are also example themes. Best of luck!

A reminder that this Thursday, 13th October, is the submission date for the Colour Print competition. Please bring 3 mounted prints. Prints must be accompanied by digital versions of your images. Please email these to George Todd (georgetodd1957@me.com) or bring them on a CD or data stick.

George will be judging the “Transport” set subject competition this Thursday, and will then be hand-delivering our prints to the judge on Friday. This gives him only a matter of hours to make up the score sheet. You can help George by sending him your digital images as soon as possible. Don’t wait until Thursday. If your images are not ready yet, just letting George know the titles will help him start making up the score sheet.

We are still looking for volunteers to show their work at the 10th November Members’ Evening. Please email Ken Sharp if you are interested.

Some news in case you missed it on Thursday:

• Ken Sharp has now received the notes that Libby Smith said she would send to us. If you would like a copy, please email Ken at the email address on the front of the syllabus. This copy is for you own use. Please do not share it outside the club or publish it.
• The presentation I gave last week is now available on the web site.
• We are also looking for some volunteers to present their work at the Members Evening on 10th November. Please let Ken know if you have some interesting photographs to show us. Perhaps you have been on a recent holiday, visited a special event or have tried something new?
• Next week is Photo Advice Night.
  • Please bring along a print you would like to share – perhaps something interesting or something you would like feedback on? The print doesn’t need to be mounted (although you can mount it if you’d like feedback on the mounting).
  • If you would like feedback from everybody in the room (rather than just the people sharing your table), please write a title on the back of your print. We’ll use the titles to identify the prints and write down the feedback.
• The submission date for the Colour Print competition is 13th October 2016. Please remember this time you need to provide 3 digital JPEG copies in addition to the prints.

See you on Thursday,

Steven.

Here are some up and coming events in the coming week which might offer some photographic opportunities:

• 24-25 September: The Edinburgh Doors Open Day is taking place this weekend. About 120 different buildings will be opened to the public (see the web site for details). As part of this event, the Royal Observatory Edinburgh will be open from 10am-5pm on both days.
• 25 September: Services Race Day taking place at Musselburgh Race Course from 12pm to 5:15pm.
• 28 September: A homecoming parade for Scotland’s Olympians is taking place in Festival Square in Edinburgh at 3pm.

Other news:

• If you haven’t yet sent your images for the “Transport” set subject competition to George, please do so now.
• Our first competition of the year (Digital Projected Images) takes place next week on 29th September. I look forward to seeing you there.

Steven.

Hi All,

looks like my old e mail has been shown on the front of the syllabus. This is no longer being monitored.

If you need to get me please use   mikeclark100@sky.com

Cheers

Mike

Hello everyone. If you just entered your email into the “Follow” box on the club web site and have received this message, congratulations, you are now on the Musselburgh Camera Club web mailing list.

My “Competition Requirements” presentation is now available on the web site as a downloadable or viewable PDF. You can find it in my “Chairman’s Comments” page.

Some news from our meeting:

• The maximum size for a digital projected image will be changing from 1400 to 1500 pixels in the near future. George will let us know when this happens. For now, our club competitions will still be using 1400.
• There is Caledonian Brewery Race Day happening at Musselburgh Race Course as I write this, Saturday, 10th September 2016.
• The Battle Of Dunbar reenactment takes place at Dunbar 17th-18th September 2016.
• The Scottish Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, 18th September 2016.
• The Edinburgh Charity Kiltwalk also takes place on Sunday, 18th September 2016.

Next Thursday we have our first speaker of the session. Libby Smith will be talking to us about Black and White photography. The last time we invited her to the club she gave a fascinating presentation of her work, and a long list of useful hints and tips, so I am looking forward to it. See you there.

Steven.