Programme 2019-2020

Invitation to Non-members

Hi, if you have an interest in photography, why don’t you come along to the first two evenings this season, with no commitment, and see whether the Society is an organisation that you might like to join. Make yourself known to one of the committee members and we will look after you. Also please note that we are offering tickets to non-members, for a small charge, for two of our evenings when we have two of the UK’s top photographers visiting us – Mark Hamblin and Alex Nail. See below for details – 30th October 2019 and 5th February 2020.

Programme

All meetings are at 7.30pm in the A K Bell Library, York Pl, Perth PH2 8EP.
The Soutar Lecture Theatre is the venue on all nights except those marked ‘Sandeman’ when we will meet in the Sandeman Room upstairs (same entrance) but may then split up into other areas of the Library First floor. See the ‘Finding us’ page for full venue information. Meetings conclude around 9.30 – 9.45pm

Oct 9 President’s Night and Welcome. Soutar Theatre (downstairs). President Malcolm Lind will introduce himself and will welcome you all to a new season at Perthshire Photographic Society. During the evening, committee members will also introduce themselves and will provide you with information about this season’s programme and competitions. Registration will take place during these first few meetings and membership cards will be issued. Please remember to bring a cheque book or cash to pay for your membership! Please see our Information Page

Oct 16  Workshop evening – Sandeman Room (upstairs) – Image critique. The main aim of this first workshop is for us all to meet each other and to make new members feel very welcome. We will split into 5 or 6 groups and will look at a number of images during the evening. Each table will have one of our more experienced members who will act as a coordinator. We would ask each of you to bring with you 3 images, either as prints or on a laptop/tablet. Groups will move around the tables during the evening and we will offer advice on what makes a good image. If you don’t wish to bring in any of your photos, that’s okay! We want you to enjoy the evening!

Oct 23 – Bernard Longley ARPS and Keith Fisher ARPS DPAGB. ‘How to Prepare an Audiovisual Presentation.’  Bernard and Keith, visiting us from Lancashire, are experts and judges in the field of audiovisual work and they will show us how to put together an effective audiovisual presentation. They visited Dundee PS five years ago and their presentation has encouraged members there to get involved in video production. During this tour of Scotland, Bernard and Keith will also be visiting Dundee PS and Milngavie & Bearsden Camera Club. So, if you wish to do well in our audiovisual showcase in March, you had better be here this evening!

Oct 30- Mark Hamblin. ‘Wild Scotland.’

We are really fortunate this evening to be able to welcome one of the UK’s foremost professional wildlife and landscape photographers, Mark Hamblin.

Mark is a director with ‘Scotland:The Big Picture’; he is an author and he is a regular contributor to many wildlife and photographic magazines. You can find out more about Mark here: http://www.markhamblin.com/about-mar

Mark’s presentation will contain photos and video from around Scotland and he will include some of his landscape photos along with his wildlife images. Mark lives within the Cairngorms National Park and offers guided photography tours. We have also invited him to include some information about ‘rewilding Scotland’, a topic that will be dsicussed at The Big Picture Conference in Stirling in September (https://www.scotlandbigpicture.com/conference). This promises to be an inspiring and informative evening that you won’t want to miss!

Since Mark is such a highly regarded speaker, we are offering a limited number of tickets to non-members, for a small charge, via Eventbrite. Now you can invite your friends and family to come along for the evening. PPS members DO NOT need a ticket! Here is the Eventbrite link where you can buy tickets for non-members: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-hamblin-wild-scotland-tickets-70508255089#tickets

• HAND IN for MAIN CUP (See details on Competitions Page)

Nov 6 – Faye and Trevor Yerbury. This evening we are delighted to welcome two photographers who are highly respected both in Scotland and internationally. Trevor Yerbury has received many accolades during his career as a portrait photographer and he has exhibited his work all over the world. He is passionate that his work is simple and elegant with a classic, sophisticated look. Faye Yerbury has received many awards for her portraiture, wedding and avant-garde work, and for her classical nudes. She has also held exhibitions in many parts of the world. You can find out more about Faye and Trevor here: https://www.yerburystudio.com/about/?doing_wp_cron=1562073987.7022271156311035156250 • HAND IN for FOUR-WAY BATTLE (See details on competitions page)

Nov 13  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Portraits/Still Lifes. One of the main aims of this evening is to allow members to work together and to give you the chance to get to know each other. If you have ever wondered how to make your portraits or still lifes stand out, you should not only rely on good technique, but you should always aim to be creative as well. This workshop is designed to allow your imagination to take flight and to allow you to create something quite memorable on the night! The format for this evening is completely different to that of our previous portrait/still life workshops. You will work in small groups and will be presented with a challenge! Some props will be available. You may wish to bring your own. The work that you produce will be presented at the end of the evening. The only thing that you need to bring with you is a phone camera or a small compact camera. And your imagination!

Nov 20  Main Cup Competition – 3 digital files. Your choice of subject. (See Competitions Page)
• HAND IN for PKM TROPHY  (See details on Competitions Page)

Nov 27 Four Way Battle Competition between Perth, Dundee, St Andrews and Glenrothes, hosted by Perth

Dec 4  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Practical Skills – Malcolm Lind will lead a station on multiple exposures and blending images, Mike Bell, Wol Gibraith and Graham Robb will run Lightroom stations (Graham’s station will be on monochrome) and Jimmy Herd and Davie Moran will demonstrate mount cutting for printed images. Bring images with you on USB sticks or SD cards. More details on our Facebook page.

Dec 11  PKM Competition – Up to 3 monochrome prints. Your choice of subject. (For definition of ‘monochrome’ see Competitions Page)
• HAND IN for GRANT CUP  (See details on Competitions Page)

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR BREAK

Jan 8  Grant Cup Competition – Up to 3 digital filesThe theme for this year is “Isolation”. (See details on Competitions Page). We will be judging this competition ourselves and so you might find it useful to have a pen and paper with you to make notes as we show the images.
• HAND IN for NAN BORTHWICK SALVER and PETER ROURKE SALVER  (See details on Competitions Page)

Jan 15  Members’ Night – Sandeman.  This evening we are giving you the chance to show us some of your photos! It’s meant to be a relaxed and enjoyable evening, with no formal talk or script required. Digital images will be shown on a large monitor and you are also welcome to bring along prints. These have been really successful evenings during the past two years! If you would like to be involved, please contact the programme secretary David Moran (daviemoran1@gmail.com). There is also a second Members’ Night on 11th March. This evening we are pleased to welcome Jimmy Herd who will show us some slides (remember those!), Sandie Smith talking about travel photography and Graham Robb showing us his expertise at taking photos at football matches. Malcolm Lind will round off the evening by discussing entries for the Birnam exhibition which takes place during September 2020 and which has the theme ‘Unexpected’. This promises to be a really interesting evening!

Jan 22 – Niall Benvie. ‘Greater Than 2 Seconds.’ Niall Benvie has worked in environmental communications for many years as a photographer, designer and writer. He has published 6 books and is a columnist for ‘Outdoor Photography’ magazine. He believes that the biggest challenge that photographers face today is retaining the audience’s attention for more than a couple of seconds. Even extraordinary images of, for example, diving kingfishers or shows of northern lights, barely earn a second glance. Niall’s presentation looks at some of the innovative techniques that he uses to catch the viewer’s eye and to hold their attention. This presentation should appeal to photographers of all genres who are looking to improve their photography. You can see some of Niall’s work here: https://niallbenvie.photoshelter.com/index

• HAND IN for COLOUR ROSE BOWL  (See details on Competitions Page)

Jan 29 Nan Borthwick and Peter Rourke Competitions. These are print competitions. (See details on Competitions Page)

Feb 5Alex Nail. Landscape photographer. ‘Mountain Adventures.’

We are delighted to welcome Alex Nail this evening. Alex is a full-time landscape photographer based in Bristol. He came to international attention in 2017 when he won the Mountain Category of the International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards with a beautiful photo of Uxatindar in Iceland. A couple of weeks later, he was announced as the overall runner-up in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.

This evening Alex will discuss his approach to landscape photography in wilderness and mountain areas. There will be ‘tales from the trail’ from Greenland, the Drakensberg, Scotland and Iceland, discussing sublime and disastrous experiences! He is an expert at shooting time-lapse films and he is going to give us some insight into some of the techniques that he uses for this.

Because Alex is such a popular photographer, we will be offering a limited number of tickets to non-members, for a small charge, via Eventbrite. PPS members DO NOT need a ticket! Here is the Eventbrite link where you can buy tickets for non-members: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alex-nail-mountain-adventures-tickets-71076512763 You can read more about Alex, and watch his ITN interview, here: https://www.alexnail.com/about/

Feb 12 Colour Rosebowl Competition (Sandeman) – Up to 3 colour prints. Your choice of subject. (See details on Competitions Page)

Feb 19Stan Farrow.  ‘Ebay, Cardboard and Milk Bottles – the Making of an Exhibition.’ This is an intriguing title for what promises to be an intriguing evening! Many of you will have met Stan Farrow before, either when he last visited us in 2014 or at photo societies in Dundee or St Andrews. He is hosting an exhibition of his work at the Discovery Point Café Gallery in Dundee from 13th July until 17th October 2019. Stan is a creative digital photographer and he often uses software to create digital art with layers of texture. As his title suggests, this talk will be about how he prepared for his latest exhibition. He will be showing us lots of prints from the exhibition and may also use some projected images. Here is more of Stan’s work: https://stanfarrowphotography.co.uk/f255452460

Feb 26  Scottish Photographic Federation Portfolio 2019 evening. The SPF Annual Portfolios is a competition featuring Monochrome Prints, Colour Prints and Digital Images. The competition is open to clubs and individuals and takes place in May each year. The event is judged by three judges and the highest scoring entries form the ‘Annual Portfolio of Accepted Prints and Projected Images’ for the year. Portfolio shows of the accepted entries are then made up on a disc for clubs to show on a club night. So, this evening we will be showing you those projected images and prints that came top in the competition in 2019. Along with the images you will see the scores that they were awarded, the title of the photo, the name of the photographer and the name of the club that they represented. Once again, David Hay has very kindly agreed to host this evening. You won’t want to miss his authoritative, witty and entertaining commentary that accompanies the images!

• HAND IN for DALL CUP (SELFIE COMPETITION)  (See details on Competitions Page) (or email in by Feb 29th)

• HAND IN for SIMPSON CUP (AUDIOVISUAL COMPETITION) (See details on Competitions Page) (or email in by Feb 29th)

Mar 4 Selfie Competition (Dall Cup) and Audiovisual Showcase. (description based on last year – subject to change) This evening will be split into two different activities.
We start with a Selfie Competition. A ‘selfie’ is a picture of yourself taken by yourself using a handheld camera/phone camera. Selfie sticks are allowed, but tripods and remote controls are not allowed. You can enter up to 3 photos, for digital projection, but please rate them in order of importance e.g. A, B, C etc, in case we have to restrict the number of photos that we show. More information is available here: Competitions Page. The audience will be the judges and will vote for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places, Highly Commended and Commended. The Dall Cup will be awarded to the winner of this competition.
The second part of the evening will be an Audiovisual Competition. You are invited to submit an audiovisual presentation of up to 5 minutes duration. Full details of the rules are on the internal competitions page and you must abide by these rules. The Simpson Cup will be awarded to the winner of this competition .

Mar 11  Members’ Night – Sandeman.  This is your chance to show us some of your photos! It’s meant to be a relaxed and enjoyable evening in the Sandeman Room, with no formal talk or script required. Digital images will be shown on a large monitor and you are also welcome to bring along prints. This evening we welcome David Stanghon who will show us some of his work, including macro photography, and Kate Slattery, who will show us some of her photos. Duncan McNab will demonstrate how he puts together his audiovisual presentations and Raymond Leinster will talk about his two main photographic interests, wildlife photography and cycling event photography. Once again, this promises to be a very entertaining evening! The programme for the evening has been coordinated by programme secretary David Moran (daviemoran1@gmail.com).

Mar 18 AGM / Member talk. POSTPONED. In an effort to combat coronavirus, the AGM is postponed until further notice. The first part of the evening will be devoted to our Annual General Meeting. There should be time later for a member presentation, or an auction of equipment, if required.

Mar 25  End of Season Dinner with prize-giving. All PPS members and partners are welcome. POSTPONED. In an effort to combat coronavirus, this dinner is postponed until further notice.

Programme 2018-2019

All meetings are at 7.30pm in the A K Bell Library, York Pl, Perth PH2 8EP.
The Soutar Lecture Theatre is the venue on all nights except those marked ‘Sandeman’ when we will meet in the Sandeman Room upstairs (same entrance) but may then split up into other areas of the Library First floor. See the ‘Finding us’ page for full venue information. Meetings conclude around 9.30 – 9.45pm

Oct 10  President’s Night and Welcome. Soutar Theatre (downstairs). President Mike Bell will welcome you all to a new season at Perthshire Photographic Society. He will introduce himself, tell you a bit about the Society and will talk about his photographic interests. During the evening, various committee members will give you an overview of this year’s programme. They will cover several topics, including visiting speakers, workshops and competitions. Registration will also take place during these first few meetings and membership cards will be issued. Please bring a cheque or some cash with you! (Membership costs £45 for adults, and £25 if aged 18-25. The cost is £10 for students in full time education. Please see our Information Page

Oct 17  Workshop evening – Sandeman Room (upstairs). Photo Clinic. Malcolm Lind will coordinate the evening. We will divide into small groups and discuss a number of prints (provided by committee members), with particular emphasis on composition. The aim of the evening is to give us all a chance to meet each other and to learn about photography by discussing the merits (or otherwise!) of the photos provided. This is intended to be a relaxed and fun evening!

Oct 24 – Jo Cound. ‘Tenacious Trees and Silver Alchemy.’ We are delighted to welcome local artist Jo Cound this evening. Jo lives in Crieff and specialises in photographs of the natural world, in particular, photographs of flowers, trees, moss, fungi and insects. Her images are captured on film and digitally. Many of her images are hand printed in her darkroom. Jo’s talk this evening celebrates the magic of the silver print and the process involved in producing images traditionally (referred to as ‘analogue’ images these days.) Jo will show us the large format and pinhole cameras used to produce her images, and will tell us how they work. She will also talk about film and processing, and how she achieves the print quality that she desires. For Jo, the print is paramount, and she hopes to show us its versatility and magic. She will be bringing with her some hand printed images that she printed in her own darkroom. This promises to be a very entertaining evening! Jo has exhibited at many local exhibitions and craft fairs, and also in London, Edinburgh and at Kew Gardens. You can see some of her images here: http://www.jocound.co.uk/

Oct 31 – Dave Hunt. ‘Mobile Device Photography and Alternative Printing Methods.’ It’s a pleasure to welcome another local artist this week, Dave Hunt. Dave works from his studio near Killin and is a fine art photographer. He employs various techniques to produce fine art prints with subjects ranging from landscapes to portraiture and figures. This evening, Dave will use the first part of his presentation to share with us his methods for capture and editing using mobile phones and tablet devices. He will show us how he uses Snapseed and Procreate software to create images for high-end printing, and how this is integrated into a workflow incorporating Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. After the break, Dave will present an overview of his current work that he has prepared for exhibitions and for sale. He uses Victorian and vintage processes, including the Wet Plate Collodion capture, and alternative printing methods such as Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown and Platinum/Palladium. What a fascinating range of subjects! If you use a mobile phone or tablet for photography, you will find this presentation very interesting and useful! You can read more about Dave here: https://davehunt.eu/about/
• HAND IN for MAIN CUP (See details on Competitions Page)

Nov 7 – Helen Sloan. ‘Behind the Scenes on the Set of Game of Thrones.’ We are really excited to have Helen Sloan, principal stills photographer for the TV series Game of Thrones as our guest this eveningDuring her presentation, she will lift the lid on what it’s like to photograph one of the biggest TV productions in the world. Expect observations and anecdotes about her place in the crew, plus insight and advice. Helen will be talking about her job, the kit and techniques that she uses, and will share an exclusive slide show with us. That will include some fascinating behind the scenes photos. She has been involved with Game of Thrones since the first day of filming on the pilot episode. This will be a well attended evening, so make sure you arrive early if you want a front row seat! This is a ticketed event to allow non PPS members to attend (for a small charge of £5). There will be no charge for PPS members but they must get their free ticket in advance to guarantee their seat. One ticket will be given to you when you join or renew. Non-member tickets are also available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-sloan-behind-the-scenes-on-the-set-of-game-of-thrones-tickets-50209704578 (please note there is a booking fee).  If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, here’s one event that you can’t afford to miss! Here’s a recent blog giving lots more information about Helen: https://nikoninframe.co.uk/behind-the-lens/helen-sloan-game-of-thrones-principal-stills-photographer?cookie=1

Nov 14  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Print workshop. The aim of this workshop is to show you how some committee members go about their printing and to give you a chance to learn how to submit photos for our print competitions. The workshop will cover the following: Mike Bell will look at some aspects of processing and printing from Lightroom; Ian Mackay will start the evening by talking about colour space, calibration, the use of Lightroom and Photoshop, soft proofing, and printing in PhotoShop. However, please note that it is the final product i.e. the print, that is important, not what software is used. We hope that you will learn a lot about printing during the evening, regardless of how experienced you are. You may find it useful to have a pen and notepaper if you wish to note down some of the recommended settings and workflow sequences used during this workshop but we are looking at the possibility of making this information available by other means.

Nov 21  Main Cup Competition – 3 digital files. Your choice of subject. (See Competitions Page)
• HAND IN for PKM TROPHY  (See details on Competitions Page)

Nov 28 – Ian Cameron. Landscape Photographer. ‘Transient Light.’ (Soutar Theatre, Perth) Making a welcome return to the Society this evening, is landscape photographer Ian Cameron. Ian is based up north, in Forres, Moray, and he believes that compositiontiming and light are what make a good landscape photo. He runs landscape photography workshops in Norway, and in Central and Northern Scotland. This evening, the overall theme of Ian’s talk is the preparation and planning required for successful landscape photography. His presentation will be interspersed with short videos of the landscapes that he visits and will include a variety of landscape related themes. He will bring copies of his book ‘Transient Light’ with him and these will be available for sale during the evening. You can see some of Ian’s photos here: http://www.transientlight.co.uk/gallery/

   •   Nov 28 – Four-Way Battle – (at St Andrews Photographic Society) A competition between Perth, Glenrothes, St Andrews and Dundee, held in St Andrews. Contact external competitions secretary Graham Robb for details.

Dec 5  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Portrait workshop. Bring your camera! This meeting is a workshop on the use of flash and studio lighting for taking photographic portraits. Mike Bell will start the evening by demonstrating how to use translucent or reflective umbrellas to turn flash units into studio lights triggered wirelessly by your camera. He will demonstrate tethered shooting using Lightroom so that you can see the results immediately. Roben Antoniewicz and Jimmy Herd will have stations with studio lighting set up in the main upstairs library area. At each station you will be shown how to use your camera to trigger the lights. It would help if you know how to set your camera to manual exposure, or bring your camera manual with you, so that you can get involved. Please feel free to move between the three stations that will be set up. Bring some props e.g. hats, costumes etc if you wish. Hopefully, several of you will volunteer to act as models!

Dec 12  PKM Competition – Up to 3 monochrome prints. Your choice of subject. (For definition of ‘monochrome’ see Competitions Page)
• HAND IN for GRANT CUP  (See details on Competitions Page)

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR BREAK

Jan 9  Grant Cup Competition – Up to 3 digital files. Theme is ‘Simplicity’ this year. (See details on Competitions Page). We will be judging this competition ourselves and so you might find it useful to have a pen and paper with you to make notes as we show the images.
• HAND IN for NAN BORTHWICK SALVER and PETER ROURKE SALVER  (See details on Competitions Page)

Jan 16  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Member talk evening. Rather than have a workshop this evening, we are giving you the chance to show us some of your photos! This was a really successful evening last year and so we have decided to run two of them this year. We will be looking for 4 or 5 members to talk for 10 to 15 minutes each. The Sandeman Room provides a really informal setting for presentations. It’s meant to be an informal and enjoyable evening and no formal talk or script is required. Just put up some photos (preferably digital projected images, but prints are welcome if you prefer) and say as much, or as little, as you wish, about them. Carolyn Bell, Raymond Leinster, David Moran and Graham Robb will show us some of their photos before the tea break. After the break, Duncan McNab will give us a presentation about St Kilda, with an emphasis on photography, following his visit there during the summer. The programme for this evening is now complete. Please contact programme secretary Ian Mackay at ian@ianfindlay.me.uk for any further information.

Jan 23 – Des Ong. Wildlife Photographer. ‘Captivating Nature – Wildlife of Britain and Beyond.’ We are really fortunate to have world-class wildlife photographer Des Ong visiting us this evening. Des, who is based in England,  just happens to be in the Perth area running a workshop, and he has very kindly agreed to come and talk to us. Des carries out a lot of his photography in Indonesia, Madagascar, Uganda and Costa Rica. The result is that he captures beautiful photos of some unusual animals and birds and we very much look forward to seeing some of those. This evening, Des will showcase some of the projects that he typically tackles over a 12 months period, providing a glimpse into his life as a wildlife photographer. He will take us from the high mountains of Norway to the rainforests of tropical South-east Asia. He will share his ideas, approach and techniques with us. As well as still photos, Des will include short video clips to help bring the journeys to life. This is definitely an evening that you won’t want to miss! You can see some of his images here: http://www.desong.co.uk/

Jan 30 Nan Borthwick and Peter Rourke Competitions Judge: Jamie Grant. These are print competitions. (See details on Competitions Page)
• HAND IN for COLOUR ROSE BOWL  (See details on Competitions Page)

Feb 6 – Neil Barr. Landscape Photographer. ‘From There to Here.’ A number of us in the Society having been following Neil Barr on Facebook for some time. He has posted many beautiful photos of Scotland during the past couple of years. Quite incredibly, Neil only started taking photos 4 years ago, and now he is a professional photgrapher. This evening, he tells us how, and why, he turned to landscape photography. It’s a very interesting story and so we look forward to an entertaining evening. You can see some of Neil’s photos online: https://www.neilbarr.co.uk/

Feb 8 (Friday) PSNS. Soutar Theatre. 7.30pm. –  PPS will be making a photographic presentation to PSNS to replace the cancelled Paul Gallagher talk. The idea is for us to showcase a range of photographic genres, primarily themed around Perthshire, but with some content from further afield. Full details have been sent to all members by email. The  evening will include the following photos/presentations: landscapeswild flowershistory of the old mills around Blairgowrie, urban photoswildlife photos and a presentation about St Kilda. There is no charge for attending this evening and you are all welcome!

Feb 13  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Member talk evening. This is the second of our member talk evenings. You are encouraged to participate! Once again, we will be looking for 4 or 5 members to talk for 10 to 15 minutes each. It is aimed at being a relaxed and informal evening, with no script or formal talk required. Tim Haynes has agreed to demonstrate how you can make a video using an iPad and Annette Forsyth will tell us about her visit to Nepal last year. After the tea break, Tom Ryan will show us some of his ‘puddle’ photos and urban night photos. The programme for this evening is now complete. Please contact programme secretary Ian Mackay at ian@ianfindlay.me.uk for any further information.

Feb 20 Colour Rosebowl Competition – Up to 3 colour prints. Your choice of subject. (See details on Competitions Page)

Feb 27  Scottish Photographic Federation Portfolio 2018 evening. The SPF Annual Portfolios is a competition featuring Monochrome Prints, Colour Prints and Digital Images. The competition is open to clubs and individuals and takes place in May each year. The event is judged by three judges and the highest scoring entries form the ‘Annual Portfolio of Accepted Prints and Projected Images’ for the year. Portfolio shows of the accepted entries are then made up on a disc for clubs to show on a club night. So, this evening we will be showing you those projected images and prints that came top in the competition in 2018. Along with the images you will see the scores that they were awarded, the title of the photo, the name of the photographer and the name of the club that they represented. The photos will be accompanied by an authoritative and entertaining commentary from David Hay. If you want to see some great photos, and if you are looking to improve your own photography, then you need to be here this evening!

Mar 6 – Al Buntin. ‘The End Result.’ Once again, it is a pleasure to welcome a local photographer this evening, Al Buntin. Al is a member of the Dundee Photographic Society and has visited us in Perth in previous years. Al worked as an artist in the UK and in the USA, mostly in the Greeting Card Industry. He has also had several childrens books published. Currently, he paints in acrylics and watercolour. His main photographic interest is in photographing people. He also explores digital imagery and manipulation, and this leads to some quite unique and unusual photos. This evening, Al will be using prints for his talk, rather than digital projected images, and he will be handing out his prints to audience members so that you can see them close up. You may want to sit in the front rows for a better view. The majority of prints will be of people and will be composite images manipulated in Photoshop. Look forward to being entertained! You can see some of Al’s photography here: http://www.albuntin.com/gallery.html

–  HAND IN For DALL CUP (SELFIE COMPETITION) (For rules, see details on http://www.perthshirephotographicsociety.org.uk/competitions/ page)

Mar 13  Workshop evening – Sandeman. Selfie Competition (Dall Cup) and Audiovisual Showcase. This evening will be split into two different activities. We start with a Selfie Competition! This is a new and light-hearted competition. A ‘selfie’ is a picture of yourself taken by yourself using a handheld camera/phone camera. Selfie sticks are allowed, but tripods and remote controls are not allowed. You can enter up to 3 photos, for digital projection, but please rate them in order of importance e.g. A, B, C etc, in case we have to restrict the number of photos that we show. More information is available here: Competitions Page. We hope to see some humorous and original selfies! The audience will be the judges and will vote for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places, Highly Commended and Commended. The Dall Cup will be awarded to the winner of this competiton. The second part of the evening will be an Audiovisual Showcase. We encourage you to make a video of up to a maximum of 6 minutes in length and to show it on the evening. The video can consist of still photos, video clips or a mixture of the two. Hopefully, it might tell a story and be accompanied by music and/or text. So far, 5 of us have volunteered to show AV presentations – Duncan, Tim, Wilma, Wol and Ian. For next season, we have booked Bernard Longley ARPS and Keith Fisher ARPS DPAGB to visit us in October 2019 to provide us with an evening on how to put together a successful AV presentation. They are recognised experts in this field.

Mar 20 AGM / Member talk. The first part of the evening will be devoted to our Annual General Meeting. After the break newly elected president Malcolm Lind will give an illustrated talk entitled “Wolf Tails – wolves in the landscape and history of Perthshire”.

Mar 27  End of Season Dinner with prize-giving. All PPS members and partners are welcome.

You can download a printable one page summary of the 2018-19 programme: PPS_Prog_2018_onepage

Click here for an archive of previous years’ programmes