The 2025/26 season starts with our opening night at 7pm on Thursday, 4th September 2025, in room G3 of the Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh. Please come and join us to meet club members and find out about the club.

2025

Sep 04          OPENING NIGHT
Registration and Welcome (Room G3). Introduction to the Club.
Come along to meet our members and find out about the club.

Sep 11  Creative Lighting Workshop:
Bring your camera and any lighting equipment you have.
Live demonstration of creative lighting techniques for portrait photography.
Lighting Challenge: After the demo, members will have 30 minutes to experiment with lighting setups and capture a creative image.
Group review of everyone’s photos and tips for improving lighting techniques.

Images given to members to edit for the Editing Challenge.

Sat, Sep 13: Outdoor photoshoot: Aberlady and Beyond
Check our club activities page for details.

Sep 18  SPEAKER – Graeme Barclay
“Street Photography”

Digital Projected Image competition submission: 3 JPGs of any subject.

Sep 25  Club Night:
Please bring your favourite six shots from the last three months to share with the group and any personal projects, images, or skills you’d like to showcase.

Oct 02  Editing Challenge
Members show alternative edits of the same image(s).

Oct 09  Digital Projected Image Competition
Judge: Campbell Skinner

Oct 16  Club Night:
Bring in a photo taken with a specific challenge in mind (e.g., a certain technique, rule of composition, or theme) and discuss how you approached it.

Colour print competition submission: 3 prints (JPGs) any subject.

Sat, Oct 18: Outdoor photoshoot: Autumn Colours in Dalkeith County Park
Check our club activities page for details.

Oct 23  DPI Competition Review
Members show new edits of their own DPI entries after judge’s comments.

Oct 30  SPEAKER – Carrie Southerton
A fun insight into dog photography

Nov 06 Colour Print Competition
Judge: Douglas Allan

Nov 13 Club Night: Live Shooting Workshop
Set up still-life or macro photography stations with lighting gear and props. Members can try each setup.

Black & white print competition submission: 3 prints (JPGs)

Nov 20 Photoshoot Preparation – Soft Focus and Double Exposure Workshop
Discussion and tips on soft focus and double exposure techniques, so when we visit the botanical gardens we can get some great flower images.

Sat, Nov 22: Outdoor photoshoot: Let’s go to the Botanics
Check our club activities page for details.

Mon, Nov 24   4-Way Inter-Club Competition
(Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Musselburgh & Stirling.) At Edinburgh (Great King Street).
Judge: Ricki O’Niell

Nov 27 SPEAKER – Jean Manson
“Realm of the Tiger”

Dec 04  Black & White print competition
Judge: Malcolm Lind

Dec 11 SPEAKER  – Eddie Telford
“Remember Photography is Fun – Part 2”

Human portrait print competition submission: 3 prints (JPGs).

Dec 18         Christmas Social Evening      (Dinner)
Meet at 7pm at the Lido Restaurant in Musselburgh.

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2026

Jan 08   Human Portrait Print Competition
Judge: George Robertson

Jan 15   Club Night (TBD)

Set subject round 1 submission: 3 JPGs, Topic Weather.

Jan 22   Photoshoot Presentation
Why composition matters and how to improve it – quick tips before our Cramond shoot.
How to enhance wildlife shots ahead of our Five Sisters trip.

Sat, Jan 24: Outdoor photoshoot: Cramond, Walk the Tide
Check our club activities page for details.

Tue, Jan 27   Match An Image: At Haddington
Clubs try to outwit each other and find images that cannot be matched.
Judge: TBA

Jan 29   Set Subject Round 1
Topic: Weather
Internal Judge: George Todd

Feb 05  Quiz Night
Quizmaster: Ned Kelly

Set subject round 2 submission: 3 JPGs, Topic Emotion.

Feb 12  Audio Visual Evening with Penicuik CC: At Musselburgh

Feb 19  SPEAKER – Fiona Brims
“I am not a wildlife photographer…But…”

Sat, Feb 21: Outdoor photoshoot: Animals in the Cold (Five Sisters zoo)
Check our club activities page for details.

Feb 26  Set Subject Round 2
Topic: Emotion
Internal Judge: Malcolm Roberts

Mar 05 Swedish Inter-club Meeting
with Mölnlycke Fotoclubb (at Fisherrow and via Zoom).
Both clubs give feedback on each other’s photos.

Set subject round 3 submission: 3 JPGs, Topic Comedy.

Mar 12 3-Way Inter-Club Competition
(Musselburgh, Haddington, Penicuik.) At Musselburgh.
Judge: Colin Joyce

Mar 19 Photoshoot Presentation
How to take great city building shots.

Sat, Mar 21: Outdoor photoshoot: TBD
Check our club activities page for details.

Mar 26 Set Subject Round 3
Topic: Comedy
Internal Judge: Jim Innes

Apr 02 Outdoor Photoshoot
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Members are given a list of themes or objects to photograph within a set time.

Apr 09  SPEAKER  – Charles Everitt
“Inchkeith Island”

Apr 16 Best Image on the Night
Bring in a mix of prints and JPEGs on any subject.
Winner chosen by all members.

Apr 23  Club Night (TBD)

Apr 30       ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Presentation of Trophies and Prizes
followed by refreshments

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Meetings are normally held in room G3 at The Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh on Thursday evenings at 6:45pm for 7:00pm (until 9:00pm) unless otherwise stated.

Programme subject to change at short notice.