If you’re new, details on how to join are on our membership page.
Further speakers and topics will be posted here as details become known.
Meetings this coming season will be held on Wednesdays at 7.30pm, on Zoom, unless noted otherwise.
06 October 2021
President’s Night
PPS President Graham Robb will welcome new and returning members, introduce the forthcoming season, and speak about some of the images he has created.
Hand-in: Four-Way Competition
13 October 2021
Member’s talk/ Workshop
Bring and Share
Bring some of your own images to share and discuss, in smasll groups
Hand-in: Main Cup
20 October 2021
Member’s talk/ Workshop
Tom Ryan – The Art of Digital Photography
We are all familiar with Tom’s night photography. He has been asked to give a lecture on “The Art of Digital Photography” to a the Tayside Art Society. Wednesday will be the first public outing of his new talk
27 October 2021
Speaker’s Night
Graham Dargie – Kenya and Scotland
Graham is a professional photographer, photography teacher and podcast host from Aberdeen, has been a professional photographer since 2005, teaching photography since 2009 with safari tours in Kenya since 2018.
03 November 2021
Competition: Main Cup
Judged by Ken Ness
10 November 2021
Speaker’s Night
Rowan Ramsay – Light painting
17 November 2021
Member’s talk/ Workshop
Lightroom processing
Spend a short session in each of four groups, with Ian Mackay, Mike Bell, Tom Ryan, Wol Gilbraith. Groups will look at: global/whole image adjustments; local/ selected parts adjustments; processing images of cities at night; organising your work so you can find things again
Hand-in: PKM Trophy
24 November 2021
Speaker’s Night
Paula and Guy Davies – Landscapes, cities, people, monochrome
‘Double Act 2′ includes some street work, architecture inside as well as outside, landscapes, night-time street work, close-ups, still-lifes, and some creative work. Mono is included as well as colour.
01 December 2021
Competition: Four-Way Competition
08 December 2021
Competition: PKM Trophy
Judged by Roy Robertson
15 December 2021
Speaker’s Night
Jeremy Malley-Smith – landscape photography
“My favourite genres are wildlife, crazy macro and landscapes though I’m happy photographing anything that moves and anything that doesn’t!”.
22 December 2021
Christmas holidays
29 December 2021
Christmas holidays
Hand-in: Grant Cup
05 January 2022
Competition: Grant Cup; click for
– Scoring Slip
– List of Image Titles
– Online Voting Form
Hand-in: Nan Borthwick Salver
Hand-in: Peter Rourke Salver
12 January 2022
Member’s talk/ Workshop
Malcolm Lind – topic to be confirmed
John Boyd – A Walk around Birmingham
19 January 2022
Speaker’s Night
Nadin Dunnigan – Wedding Photographer
“I believe great photographs come from a good relationship with your photographer. Someone who helps you feel at ease, make you giggle, and most importantly make you look amazing and happy in your photographs”
26 January 2022
Competition: Nan Borthwick Salver
Competition: Peter Rourke Salver
Judged by Sarah Hill (p30)
Hand-in: Colour Rosebowl
02 February 2022
Members’ talks evening.
This is your chance to show us your photos! This evening we welcome Hillary Sillitto, Sandy Swanton, Graham Robb and Omar Shamma. Topics include gannets, sailing, Italy, football and London street photography. These evenings are always relaxed, entertaining and informative. Don’t miss this one!
09 February 2022
External Competition: SPF Portfolio
From the DVD produced by the SPF, we look at the high-scoring images as entered to last year’s Portfolio competition from clubs around Scotland
16 February 2022
Competition: Colour Rosebowl
23 February 2022
Members’ talks evening.
Here’s another chance for you to share your photos with us! This evening we look forward to hearing from Tom Ryan, Alastair MacIntosh, Martin Samson and John Boyd. Topics include, ‘The Story Behind One Picture’, ‘Ice and Fire’, ‘The Most Beautiful Cruise in the World’ and a visit to China. Intrigued? To find out more, come and join us!
02 March 2022
Speaker’s Night
Alison Taylor ARPS – “Not just the Lakes”
“I specialise in seascapes and coastal photography using different techniques to capture the many moods of the sea. However, I also have presentations based on my visits to the Lake District and Yorkshire”
Hand-in: Dall Cup
Hand-in: Simpson Cup
09 March 2022
Competition: Dall Cup; click for
– Scoring Slip
– List of Image Titles
– Online Voting Form – will be available on Zoom on 09 Mar 22
Competition: Simpson Cup; click for
– Scoring Slip
– List of Image Titles
– Online Voting Form – will be available on Zoom on 09 Mar 22
16 March 2022
Workshop. ‘How to get that great photo!’
This evening, we will have presentations from Alan Edwards, Sandy Swanton, Wol Gilbraith and Ian Mackay. They will cover a range of topics aimed at improving our photography. These will include looking at basic design principles and how these can be applied to your photography. We will discuss competitions, with an emphasis on external competitions. This will include photo selection and how each competition is judged. To conclude the evening, there will be a demonstration of how one raw file was converted into an award-winning image.This should set you up nicely for your summer photography!
23 March 2022
AGM for 2021-22
30 March 2022
End of season, Prizes, etc