On this page you will find our latest monthly updates detailing events throughout each month of the current season, along with any news from the club.
2025-2026 SEASON
December 2025
Thursday 4th December – HALL
FORTUNE AND GREER PRINT COMPETITION
Members submit up to 4 prints (2x Mono and 2x Colour ) which
will be judged externally. We welcome Stewart Dodd as our judge for
the evening.
Meeting will begin at 7.30 pm in the main hall at The Kinross Church
Centre.
Thursday 11th December
ZOOM PRESENTATION by Botanical Photographer Claire Carter.
Claire is a full time photographer based in Fort William and has
achieved many awards in landscape and nature photography. Her talk
is entitled ‘Studio Botanical Photography’. Following her great success
over recent years in The International Garden Photography of the Year
Competitions, Claire has put together her work in a presentation where
she will pass on many tips and tricks. To view Claire’s work visit her
website http://www.carterart.co.uk
Thursday 18th December – HALL
SOCIAL EVENING AND MEMBER’S PICTURES
Our last meeting of 2025 is an informal get together which includes a
slideshow of member’s pictures taken over the last few months along
with a few festive snacks and cheer.
We will meet in the church hall at 7.30pm
November 2025
Thursday 6th November
HALL PRESENTATION by GEORGE ROBERTSON
– ‘In The Throne Room of The Mountain Gods’
George is an award winning Photographer, International Mountain Leader and World Traveller based in Glasgow. We look forward to this presentation which will showcase the stunning images which George has taken on his visits to remote and beautiful areas of the world while leading mountaineering expeditions. The beauty, remoteness and challenge of travelling in the high
mountain areas is reflected in his work. Through the interaction of the light with the natural landscape George has captured the memories of his travels in his presentation. We will meet in the church hall at 7.30pm.
Thursday 13th November
THE ROBERT WALKER PDI COMPETITION
We will be meeting in the hall for the first of our PDI (projected digital image) competitions of the season. We are delighted to welcome back Roger Stewart to be our judge for the evening. Members are invited to submit up to 3 digital images which will be displayed via projector in the hall.
Thursday 20th November
MEMBER’S TALKS
Two of our club members Dianne Whalley and Richard Dibley will be presenting a selection of their photographs via slideshow and in print,
together with a little background information about their images. We will meet in the church hall at 7.30pm.
Thursday 27th November
JOINT MEETING WITH CUPAR CAMERA CLUB
We will be meeting in the hall at 7.30pm and look forward to welcoming members from one of our neighbouring camera clubs in Cupar. This evening event follows a very successful joint meeting we held last year where we enjoyed seeing and chatting about images taken by members of both clubs as well as a great opportunity for socialising with like minded folk from the area.
October 2025
Thursday 2nd October
MEMBERS’ TALK ‘MY PHOTOGRAPHY’ by WULLIE MARR
We begin October in the hall with a talk by club member Wullie Marr.
Wullie is a professional press photographer and we look forward to an
evening of photography covering many genres and topics from his back
catalogue.
Thursday 9th October
‘MEMBER’S PICTURES / CRITIQUE EVENING’
We will be meeting in the hall for an opportunity to share images and
request feedback from club members in a relaxed informal way. A great
chance to seek advice from our more experienced photographers and
pick up tips on how an image could be improved.
Sunday 12th October
PERTHSHIRE ALLIANCE held at Perth Social Club at 1.00pm
This is the first of our external competitions. It is the annual 3 way
competition between Kinross Camera Club, Perthshire Photography
Club and Auchterader Camera Club. Always an enjoyable afternoon
and a chance to meet up with members of neighbouring camera clubs
in friendly competition to win the coveted trophy.
Thursday 16th October
ZOOM TALK ‘MY BEAUTIFUL LIGHT’ by JANE GOODALL
Jane is a cardiovascular research scientist and photographer who is
inspired by the natural landscape and captivated by the fleeting
moments of changing light and tides. She has been drawn to the British
coast, especially Dorset, Cornwall, Northumbria and the Scottish
Islands. Her recent work focuses on local scenes, from the majestic
views of geese on King’s College lawn in the mist, to rusting old diesel
pumps hiding amongst the nettles in the fenland and the local fauna
and woodlands. This zoom presentation begins at 7.30pm.
Thursday 23rd October
‘SMARTPHONE COMPETITION’
We will be meeting in the hall to enjoy an evening of images taken by
members on their smartphones. Participants are invited to submit 4 images on a set theme which this year is ‘My Local Area’. Members will
have the chance to talk a little about their images and the overall
winning image will be decided by members on the night.
Thursday 30th October
PRACTICAL EVENING – ‘PHOTOGRAPHING SNAKES’
We will be meeting in the hall for an exciting opportunity to photograph
some pet snakes belonging to Wullie Marr. Something I’m sure not
many of us have done. Wullie will set up lighting and backdrops where
we can try out our skills at photographing these incredible creatures.
This is an evening not to be missed.
September 2025
September is upon us and sees the beginning of an exciting new season for Kinross Camera Club.
Thursday 18th September
WELCOME BACK EVENING
We will hold our Welcome Back Evening in the Kinross Church Centre Hall starting at 7.30pm. We will hear all about our new syllabus which includes some great speakers both on zoom and in the hall, practical sessions, evenings dedicated to member’s pictures and of course the external and internal club competitions. We will also be treated to slideshows of images taken by members over the summer months at our weekend away to Berwick in May.
Thursday 25th September
‘THE ART OF BLUR’
We are delighted to welcome our first speaker of the season Rose Atkinson who will present her talk
‘The Art of Blur’ via a zoom meeting starting at 7.30pm. Rose is from The Mendip Hills in Somerset and describes herself as a photographic impressionist. She uses her camera much like a paint brush to create impressions of what she sees. Rose uses Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) to capture the atmosphere and essence of a place or a moment in time.
2024-2025 SEASON
May 2025
The featured photograph this month ‘A Short Eared Owl’ is by new member Nigel King and was taken on a wildlife workshop held by the club last month.
16th – 18th May
Members are heading south to Berwick-Upon-Tweed for the clubs annual weekend away. The KCC Weekends Away are always fun filled events where we can relax, socialise, enjoy a little sight seeing with our cameras and have a go at a few fun photography challenges. A slideshow of our weekend away photos will be shared with the club next season when our scheduled syllabus begins again in September.
25th May
We have another Landscape Photography Workshop scheduled. There will be workshops held each month during our summer break covering landscape photography and portraiture. Keep checking our website and Facebook pages for reminders and updates.
April 2025
Thursday 3rd
We will be meeting in the hall at The Kinross Church Centre for a talk by local photographer Katie Pryde. Katie is a professional Interior and Brand photographer based in Perthshire. We look forward to meeting Katie and hearing about her work as a local professional photographer.
Thursday 10th
Our final competition of this season The Annual will be held in the hall and our judge for the evening is Guy Phillips.
Thursday 17th
This is our final scheduled meeting for this season and we will be holding a practical evening in the hall hosted by club member Wullie Marr. Wullie will give us an introduction to portraiture photography and an insight into working with studio lights. In small groups we will be able to have hands on experience at setting up lighting and composing portraits. There will be three different stations for us to work in so everybody will have an opportunity to learn more about taking successful portraits.
MARCH 2025
Thursday 6th
We will be holding the League 3 Competition in the hall at The Kinross Church Centre. We welcome back Cameron Scott as our judge for the evening. We look forward to seeing another great selection of Colour, Mono and DPI images.
Thursday 13th
We have a presentation in the hall by photographer Mark Reeves. Mark is both an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and a Fellow Of the Royal Photographic Society. Mark will present his latest architectural photography in a presentation entitled ‘Steel, Glass and Concrete’. Using PDI images, prints and audio-visual presentations Mark will demonstrate why modern buildings are excellent subjects for photography and will explain the different approaches to photographing modern buildings by sharing and discussing his portraits of buildings, decisive moments, abstracts and cityscapes. Mark will discuss the equipment he uses, methods of post processing and will hold a question and answer session. This promises to be an entertaining, informative and inspirational evening.
Thursday 20th
Our 4 On A Board Competition takes place in the hall . Members are invited to submit four related photographs digitally presented as a group. The photographs can be of any theme and should show relation to each other, for example by genre, colour, location, perspective, technique etc. This is always a relaxed and enjoyable competition which is judged on the night by members.
We will also be having a ‘Before and After’ session where members show us their post processing, stepping us through the various stages of taking a photo from the initial capture and further developing it into their desired final image.
Thursday 27th
The zoom speaker for Thursday 27th March is Clare Harte who will present her talk called Wildlife Adventures. She will share wildlife images of her travels around Scotland, Sweden and more recently Kenya.
FEBRUARY 2025
Thursday 6th
Kinross Camera Club will be holding its AGM to which all members are invited to attend. To be inclusive of all members again this year our AGM will be held via Zoom. We will review the Club’s progress and financial accounts and elect the Committee. It is also an opportunity to discuss future plans for the club and any issues raised by members.
During the second half of the evening we will have Members Pictures. We can sit back and enjoy a slideshow of images which members would like to share and perhaps talk a little about how and why the image was taken.
Wednesday 12th
St Andrews
We look forward to our annual External 3-Way Competition with fellow photography clubs St Andrews and Cupar. The competition this year is to be hosted by St Andrews Photographic Society. Each of the three clubs are invited to enter 15 PDI’s ( Projected digital Images ) which will be critiqued and scored by an external judge. The club with the highest score will lift the trophy. This is always an enjoyable event and a great chance to catch up with the members of our neighbouring clubs.
Thursday 13th
We will be meeting in The Kinross Church Centre to enjoy an evening of talks by a couple of our members. On this occasion we are delighted to have Paul Kirkby and Kenny Reddington sharing with us some of their images and talking about their favourite genre of photography.
Thursday 20th
We have a presentation in the hall by Gordon Scott. Gordon is a member of Mid Calder Camera Club and has visited our club on many occasions in his role as a competition judge. We look forward to seeing his own work in a presentation entitled New York New York. He will share with us prints and digital images from his two recent visits to New York. Some familiar sights and some off the beaten track. Including many street life images of characters that inhabit the ‘Big Apple’.
Thursday 27th
We are meeting in the hall at Kinross Church Centre for a Members Pictures Critique evening. Members are invited to submit images which they would like to be given advice about. We have many experienced members who are very happy to give constructive help and suggestions to our less experienced photographers. This will be an evening when invaluable hints and tips can be picked up which we can all put into practice to improve our photography.
JANUARY 2025
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Thursday 9th
We begin the New Year with a zoom presentation by photographer Claire
Carter who will present her talk ‘Landscape and Focal Lengths’. Claire is an
award winning UK landscape and nature photographer who is based near
Fort William. She has won many awards, held many exhibitions and her work
has appeared in a great number publications. Claire will be joining us at our
zoom meeting and she will be discussing the potential of using different
lenses in landscape photography and will share with us some of her fabulous
landscape images.
You can view some of Claire’s work on her website here https://www.carterart.co.uk/
Thursday 16th
We will be meeting in the main Hall of the Kinross Church Centre where we
will be holding our League 2 Competition. Our league competitions are for both Print (Colour and Mono) and Digital Projected Image (DPI) entries, all with an open theme. Our judge for the evening will be David Sadler.
Thursday 23rd
We welcome Jane Lazenby who will present her zoom talk ‘Working With Textures’. With view to editing photographs Jane will explain how to source
and create textures, how to blend modes and then, using 3 different methods
explain how to apply textures to an image. During the second part of the
evening Jane will invite members to submit random images for a live edit
where she will apply textures from her own stock to create final pieces. This
promises to be an educational and valuable evening where we can learn new
editing techniques from an expert who will be able to answer our questions
live on zoom. One not to miss.
Here’s Jane’s website if you want to take look in advance….
https://www.ejlazenbyphotography.co.uk/
Thursday 30th
We will be meeting in the hall for a Practical Evening. Our practical evenings
provide an ideal opportunity to develop new photographic skills and
techniques where more experienced members of the club are available to
give advice and guidance. Please keep checking our website for further
details.
Our Practical/Workshop evening this week will be based around ‘Still Life’ photography. We will be splitting into groups with each group having a different set up to study, cooperatively deciding how to approach the task and to set the ‘stage’ and the lighting and finally for each member to capture a photograph. Any assistance will be provided by a facilitator assigned to each group but ultimately each group has free reign to decided what and how to proceed. Hopefully a lot of fun will be had with a little learning along the way.
If you are not yet a member of KCC and if you have an interest in
photography and would like to join us, or if you would like to learn more about
Kinross Camera Club and the planned activities and events please
contact secretary@kinrosscameraclub.org.uk All abilities of photographer will
be made very welcome. You can even come along to a few meetings before
deciding if you would like to become a full member. Why not pop along to one
of our January meetings and see if you enjoy it.
DECEMBER 2024
Thursday 5th
We have a Zoom talk by Polina Plotnikova who will present her still life and flower imagery. This is a talk not to miss. Polina’s images are fabulous. She will explain her unique approach to flower photography and how her technique is akin to portrait photography.
“ for every flower and plant that I photograph, I always try to find its unique look, study its mood and character, and ultimately unlock the hidden beauty of my models. While appreciating the natural beauty of plants and trying to stay true to their original look, I do not limit my point of view to purely botanical. Instead, I try to lift a flower off its typical setting and put it into indeterminate space, where its beauty can be seen in all its purity.”
You can see some of Polina’s exceptional images on her website https://www.polinaplotnikova.com/
Thursday 12th
We are in the hall at the Kinross Church Centre for our Thackery and Creative Digital Competitions. Our judge for the evening is Colin Joyce. The theme for our Thackery competition this year is ‘People’. Members are invited to submit three themed printed images portraying people. The set of images should show a link between each photograph to be displayed as a group of three. Our Creative Digital Competition invites members to submit three digital images which show an element of creativity. For example an unusual edit or using in camera techniques to create an interesting and extraordinary image. This is always an interesting competition which gives members an opportunity to experiment and try new techniques.
Colin will also be giving us a short talk on Art and Photography after the judging. Originally from Sunderland in the North East of England, Colin now lives in Scotland. Having always had an interest in art since early school years, he studied art to Advanced level and, later, part-time college. Colin pursued a career in Financial Services for 38 years, painting in his spare time. He took early retirement in 2013 to concentrate on painting full time. Colin has been teaching and exhibiting his art since then and loves to share his enthusiasm.
Thursday 19th
We are in the hall for an evening of Members Pictures. A relaxed and informal night where members can share examples of their recent photography. Looking forward to lots of seasonal shots to get us all in the mood for Christmas.
NOVEMBER 2024
Thursday 7th
We begin November with a zoom presentation by Keith Thorburn. Keith is an award winning photographer who enjoys capturing those special moments when the light changes everything. Living in Kinlochleven Keith moved to the Highlands to be amongst nature and have a wide variety of wildlife and landscapes to photograph. Keith will join us on zoom to share his nature photography. He will talk to us about techniques and particularly his use of camera traps with which he has taken wonderful images of Pine Martens. The second part of his talk will showcase his favourite and award winning wildlife photography.
Thursday 14th
The first of our League competitions will be held in the hall at Kinross Church Centre.
We look forward to welcoming back judge Gordon Scott who will give critiques on the submitted colour prints, black and white prints and also PDI’s.
Thursday 21st
Photographer Alistair How, based in North Yorkshire, will join us via zoom to present his talk on ‘Urban Night Photography’ As well as photographing landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, sport and travel Alistair especially enjoys photographing cities during the blue hour or darkness from which he creates spectacular images. The contrast between dark and light, combined with the lines of buildings provide rich material for his photography. In addition to cityscapes he will discuss techniques used to capture moving light from cars, trains and people will also be included. Composition, equipment and lighting will be covered.
Thursday 28th
Members are invited to a joint meeting with Cupar Camera Club at their venue in Cupar.
On 28th November Kinross Camera Club will join Cupar Camera Club for a friendly informal meeting in Cupar.Both clubs will share information about their activities, projects, successes and challenges so that we can all get some new ideas and inspiration. Then we will have some round table discussion of photographs brought along by members of both clubs. This will be a great opportunity for us all to get some informal critique and encouragement and a chance to get to know each other. Cupar CC will provide refreshments to round off the evening. Those of us going are really looking forward to an unusual and enjoyable event.
OCTOBER 2024
Sunday 13th
On Sunday 13th October we will be taking part in The Perthshire Alliance. This competition takes place at the Perth Civil Service Club. This is an external competition where we meet up with two local photography clubs and in friendly combat our images are judged by an external judge who has the difficult task of scoring each image and deciding on which lucky club takes the trophy.
Thursday 17th
On 17th October we hold our internal competition Fortune and Greer / Smartphone photography. This is a friendly internal competition judged by members on the evening. Our theme this year for the Fortune and Greer competition is symmetry.
Thursday 24th
On 24th October we have a zoom presentation by Cameron Scott on Documentary Photography. Cameron is a member of the Progressive Street gang of photographers which is a group of photographers who promote and publish Street, Documentary and Photojournalism worldwide.
Thursday 31st
31st October we hold our popular Digital Knockout evening in the hall. Members are invited to submit digital photographs on any theme they choose. The photographs are displayed in two’s on projector screens and the audience is asked to vote for their preferred image. This continues until we are left with only two images from which a final vote determines our winning photo. This is always an enjoyable evening all taken in good humour and one not to miss.
SEPTEMBER 2024
I am delighted to announce the start date of the new season for Kinross Camera Club is Thursday 12th September 2024. Our first meeting is a ‘welcome back’ evening and will be held in The Church Centre, 64 High Street, Kinross KY13 8AJ at 7.30pm. During the next few months we will again be running a mixture of face to face hall meetings in the Church Centre and some Zoom meetings which we can enjoy from the comfort of home. Please refer to our website for further information ( see link ) As well as a chance to catch up with everyone following our summer break we will have a look at our exciting new syllabus and a chance to see a slideshow showcasing images from our Weekend Away last May to Haltwhistle in Northumberland and our more local summer Evening Meet-ups.
September 19th
The first Zoom meeting of the new season will take place on September 19th when Roger Hance will present his talk “People, Portraits and Photojournalism”. Roger is an award winning photographer from Colchester, Essex. Roger has an interest in many genres of photography including Landscape, Natural History, Sport, Live Rock Music as well as Portraiture and Photojournalism. In his forthcoming talk Roger will explain why some subjects can work in colour while others can be considerably improved by converting to monochrome. Roger will also cover working in a studio with flash as well as how to take candid shots at Rock Concerts without people noticing you.
At the end of September we will be treated to an evening of members talks in the hall when two of our members will entertain us with slideshows of their past and present work.
If you have an interest in photography and would like to join us or if you would like to learn more about Kinross Camera Club and the planned activities and events please contact secretary@kinrosscameraclub.org.uk
All abilities of photographer will be made very welcome. You can even come along to a few meetings before deciding if you would like to become a paid up member. Why not come along on to one of our September meetings and see if you enjoy it.
SUMMER 2024 UPDATES
During the summer months when the club isn’t meeting we continue to have some activities in the form of our annual weekend away and a schedule of summer evening meet up events, details below……
AUGUST 2024
Our programme of Summer Evening meet-ups is well under way and club members have enjoyed being out and about with their cameras to a great variety of locations. A few meet-ups were cancelled/postponed due to inclement weather however we have been lucky with most Thursdays and many of us have enjoyed some pleasant photography evenings. Last month venues included Cramond, The Hermitage at Dunkeld, Edinburgh Festival, Dollar Glen and Dunblane.. A few of the evenings have been designed with beginner photographers in mind where we will have a few more experienced members available to assist with learning about camera functions and creative techniques such as how to take long exposure shots and ICM ( Intentional Camera Movement ).
If you have an interest in photography and would like to join us or if you would like to learn more about Kinross Camera Club and the planned activities and events please contact secretary@kinrosscameraclub.org.uk
All abilities of photographer will be made very welcome. You can even come along to a few meetings before deciding if you would like to become a paid up member. Why not come along on to one of our Summer evening meet ups and see if you enjoy it.
Our featured photograph this month is called ‘Ghosts On The Pier’ by Richard Dibley taken on one of our June Summer Evening meet-ups in Anstruther.
JULY 2024
During the summer Kinross Camera Club will continue its programme of Summer Evening Meet ups. Already club members have enjoyed being out and about with their cameras to a great variety of locations. Last month venues included Perth, Anstruther and Limekilns and Charlestown. This coming month {weather dependant} we will meet up in Dunfermline, Blairadam Woods near Kelty, Dunning and Bo’ness. A few of the evenings have been designed with beginner photographers in mind where we will have a few more experienced members available to assist with learning about camera functions and creative techniques such as how to take long exposure shots and ICM ( Intentional Camera Movement ).
Our featured photograph this month is by John Davie it is called ‘Shells’ and was taken on Silver Sands Beach in Aberdour. A perfect shot for the holiday season.
JUNE 2024
Kinross Camera club has an exciting itinerary of locations which we
will be visiting during the summer months. So far we have had photography
evening meet ups in Kinghorn, Kinclaven Bluebell Woods, Portmoak Moss, North
Queensferry and Tentsmuir Forest. All ability levels are welcome at our meet
ups. A few of the evenings have been designed with beginner photographers in
mind where we will have a few more experienced members available to assist with
learning about camera functions and creative techniques such as long exposure and ICM ( Intentional Camera Movement ).
The featured images this month are macro and micro photographs expertly
created by our member Francis Principe-Gillespie who has also kindly written a
short description to give us an insight into his work.
The difference between macro and micro can sometimes be a little
difficult to quantify. As with so many instances in life a picture can speak a
thousand words. So to that end here are some examples. The first, a daffodil is
at the lower end magnification and arguably borderline macro. The next the
branch is a 1:2 macro that shows the emerging stigmas of Wych Elm flowers on a
small branch and the third is a close up of the stigma with the female
finger-like papillae that trap the pollen and the swollen male anthers before they release their pollen, definitely micro. These
images were taken to assist the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Scottish Plant
Recovery project https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/38649 . Finally a link https://cleish.org/page7.html that shows a macro of a (sadly extinct in the 1840s) British butterfly
Lycaena Dispar Dispar that you can zoom into any part of to view it at micro
scale. This was made up of over 12,000 photographs and then assembled as a
mosaic. There are many different techniques used in these images but for
microscopy the biggest challenges are movement (both of the subject and the
necessary movement of the camera) and lighting. The rest is patience and lots of time to process the hundreds and often thousands of images.
MAY 2024
Kinross Camera Club will be heading South of the border to Haltwhistle in Northumberland for our annual weekend trip away. Beautiful Northumbrian castles, Roman forts along the route of Hadrians Wall and the fabulous unspoilt scenery will be our focus for the weekend. Lots of photographic opportunities in this fantastic part of the world whatever the weather.
Our programme of Summer evening outings begin this month and we look forward to a great variety of venues close to home where small groups will meet up throughout the summer. A few of the evenings will be dedicated to practicing specific camera techniques such as long exposure and intentional camera movement shots. Lots to enjoy as well as an opportunity to learn more about the capabilities of our cameras when out in the field with expertise help available from our more experienced photographers.
Kinross Camera Club 