Kelso Camera Club

Speaker: John McVie DPAGB EFIAP on Street Photography
2016-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
As well as talking on Street Photography as an introduction to our next theme, John will also judge our end of theme competition for the Food theme. John is a member of Dumfries Camera Club and you can find some of his work on the Dumfries website.

Software and Food Photography
2016-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Using Photoshop and Lightroom in your food photography. Perhaps some close up and macro work as well.

Food Photography Practical
2016-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom

Introduction to Food Photography
2016-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Our new theme – Food – Led by Graeme Webb. The evening will include a practical session.
The basic definition of food photography is a still life of food, aimed at producing attractive photographs of food for use in advertisements, packaging, menus or cookbooks, etc. However for this theme we stipulate that, simply, each image must be obviously about food, contain food and food for human consumption.

Show and Tell
2016-09-01 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Let’s see what you got up to over the summer break! Bring up to 5 pictures on a memory stick to share with other members.

Summer Night Out
2016-06-30 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)

Speaker: John Parris FMPA, FBIPP on People Photography
2016-06-23 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
John Parris FMPA FBIPP will be joining us to talk about People Photography.
John tells us: “We are based in the Scottish Borders Scotland and undertake commissions throughout Scotland the UK and Internationally. All commissions, whether it be Weddings, Portraits or Commercial are photographed exclusively by us and we work to the highest standards possible which means providing our clients with nothing but the best in creative photography. With our artistic vision we create art not just photographs”.
You can find his website here.
John will also be judging our People Theme End competition so bring your chosen image on a memory stick for this.

Out and About at Hume Castle
2016-06-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Out and About at Hume Castle. Meet at Abbey Row at 7pm. Usually more experienced photographers will be on hand to offer advice and guidance when asked. Usually finish up for a coffee at the end of the evening in a suitable establishment.

Theme Introduction: People
2016-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Theme Introduction: People led by Rob
Read more about the People theme here.

Club Night at Exhibition
2016-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Kelso Town Hall, The Town House, The Square,, Kelso, Scottish Borders, TD5 7HF, United Kingdom
Club Night at Exhibition. This is as much a social event as anything, but you might want to take the opportunity to vote for your own favourite images in the exhibition. There will (eventually) be prizes.

Annual Club Exhibition
2016-05-28 - 2016-06-04 | Kelso Town Hall, The Town House, The Square,, Kelso, Scottish Borders, TD5 7HF, United Kingdom
Kelso Camera Club’s Annual Club Exhibition at Kelso Town Hall opens on the 28th May 2016 and ends on 4th June 2016.
We have the opportunity to show off our pictures to a wider audience all of whom may vote for their favourites.

Speaker: Ken McKillop
2016-05-26 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Ken McKillop will be visiting us again to talk about some aspects of his photography. You can find Ken’s website here.
Ken will be judging the results of the annual Landscape Competition for the Black Box Landscape Trophy. Bring your images for this on a memory stick. Rules for this competition can be found on the Competitions page on this website.
A long evening for Ken who will also be judging the Minimalist theme end competition so remember to bring your chosen image on a memory stick for this.

International Photo Exchange
2016-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
International Photo Exchange. As in previous years we’ll have the opportunity to view images shared by clubs around the world.
We offer a number of clubs around the world a selection of member photographs entered for external competitions, and in return they send us representative samples of their members’ work.

Members' Night and AGM
2016-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Members’ Night and AGM
The quicker we get through the AGM, the more time there will be for enjoying each others’ pictures! Please bring up to 5 pictures on a memory stick and be ready to tell us what they’re all about.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA
THURSDAY 12TH MAY 2016 AT 7:00 p.m.
1. Welcome
2. Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting
3. Reports:
a) Chairman
b) Treasurer (including recommendation for membership subscription)
c) Secretary
d) Vice Chairman
4. Election of:
a) Chairman
b) Vice Chairman
c) Treasurer
d) Secretary
e) Competition Secretary
f) Ordinary Members (3)
Each nomination must be seconded. In the event of more nominations than places needed voting will be required.
5. New Chairman’s remarks
6. New programme discussion/ideas
7. Any other business

Theme Introduction: Minimalist
2016-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Theme Introduction: Minimalist
Led by Alex.
Read more about the Minimalist theme here.
Further preparation for the Exhibition so bring images and your laptop.
Deadline for submission of finished images for the Club Exhibition is today. Images should stored in the Club Image Bank.

Workshop: Preparation for Exhibition
2016-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Workshop: Preparation for Exhibition
Help and support getting images ready with more experienced members on hand to offer advice. Bring your images and your laptop for this session.
Movement Theme end competition. Remember to bring your chosen image on a memory stick to be judged.

Out and about with movement in mind
2016-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Workshop: Out and about with movement in mind. We’ll meet up at Abbey Row as usual and, weather permitting, we’ll get out with our cameras and tripods looking for suitable subjects for the Movement Theme.
As usual more experienced club member s will be on hand to offer advice and guidance if its needed.

Holiday
2016-04-14, 2016-04-07

Theme Introduction: Movement
2016-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Theme Introduction: Movement led by Nick
We’ll look at different ways of capturing movement in a photograph from classic panning techniques to more radical camera manipulation methods.
Read more about the Movement theme here.

Critique Night
2016-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Critique Night – Open Theme so bring any of your images.
Bring a selection (up to 5) of your own photographs to our critique night.
Remember critique is not supposed to mean “critical”! Critique is about identifying good points and areas for possible improvement. You’ll get most value from a critique if you can say a few words about what your were trying to do with your pictures, and if possible, what sort of advice you would like from members.
You might like to refer to our Criteria for Image Critique V4 Feb 16 to get into the swing of things. Try reviewing one or two of your own pictures in the light of the Criteria. You can see a worked example of a couple of critiques using the Criteria here.

Workshop: Software Techniques
2016-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Workshop: Software Techniques
This session we are planning to wrap up the work flow techniques we have been discussing this winter. So, as well as revising the work flow itself, we’ll also cover in a bit more detail how to handle noise in your images, as well as techniques with the camera to help avoid capturing loads of noise in the first place. We’ll leave plenty of time for hands on practice so bring your computer as usual; you might like also to bring your camera to try out some of the practical ways of improving your raw image capture.

Speaker: Sandy Cleland FRPS "Both Sides of the Coin"
2016-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Sandy Cleland will be giving us a talk entitled “Both Sides of the Coin“. He’ll be showing digital images as well bringing some prints withn him.
Sandy say: “Natural history has always been and still is my main interest but I enjoy all types of photography, especially subjects such as landscape and the more creative aspects of image making. I have always since my very early childhood been interested in nature but it was really the television programmes such as ‘Look’ with Peter Scott and the ‘On Safari’ series with Armand and Michaela Dennis which kindled my passion to record nature on film. My first venture into photography was when I was 13 with standard 8mm Cine film.”
You can find Sandy’s website here
Sandy will also judge our Long Exposure Theme End competition so remember to bring your chosen Long Exposure image on a memory stick for the competition.

Workshop: Long Exposure
2016-03-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Workshop: Long Exposure
This could be either inside or outside. Meet at the Abbey Row Centre as usual. Bring your camera, tripod and any other long exposure gadgets you may have such as neutral density filters or pinhole lenses. More experienced club members will be on hand for advice and guidance as required. Wrap up warm; you could be standing around for a little while in this workshop for obvious reasons!
If the weather’s good, we’ll be outside and probably end up at the Cross Keys to warm up again. If unclement,we’ll go inside and maybe have the opportunity to try pinholes again, experiment with other indoor long exposure stuff, or just have a coffee and talk photography!

Ask the Panel
2016-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
The return of Ask the Panel.
Have you a photography question? Either bring it with you on the night or even better to allow our panel members half a chance to come up with something sensible for once, how about sending in your question using this form:

Practical Pinhole Photography
2016-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Nick Prior – talk and practical workshop on Pinhole Photography. We’ll hear a little of the history of pinhole photography. Then learn how to make your own pinhole lens. If you have a Nikon or Canon DSLR bring it along together with a tripod to take some photos through some pinholes “I made earlier”.
You can find some useful web links on pinhole photography here:

Theme Introduction: Long Exposure Photography
2016-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Theme Introduction: Long Exposure Photography led by Norman.
We’ll be looking at different types of long exposure photographs and the different effects you can create with them. We’ll also look at some of the techniques you can use on your computer to enhance those long exposures.
Read more about the Long Exposure theme here.
Norman will also judge the Still Life End-of-theme competition.
Last night for submission of images for the Borders Digital Challenge. Images should be saved in the Image Bank to take part in the selection process.

Three-way Challenge: Hawick/Kelso/Liddesdale
2016-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Three-way Challenge: Hawick/Kelso/Liddesdale
We are hosting this event this year.
You can find the rules for the Three Way Challenges here.

Workshop: Software Refresh
2016-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Software refresh and some new buttons to press. Led by Bill and Graeme.

Three-way Challenge - Kelso/Earlston/Galashiels
2016-01-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes,, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7BJ, United Kingdom
Three-way Challenge – Kelso/Earlston/Galashiels
We are hosting this event.
You can find the rules for the Three Way Challenges here.
