Three-way Challenge: Hawick/Kelso/Liddesdale We are hosting this event this year. You can find the rules for the Three Way Challenges here.
Theme Introduction: Long Exposure Photography led by Nick and Norman.
Nick will lead a practical pinhole photography session. Bring your DSLR and tripod. End of Still Life theme competition. Deadline for pictures for the Borders Digital Challenge.
Ask the Panel 2nd Edition. Put your questions to the panel; maybe get some sensible answers!
Workshop: Long Exposure. This could be either inside or outside, weather depending. Bring your camera and tripod.
Sandy Cleland will be joining us to talk about his natural history photography. Sandy will also judge our Long Exposure Theme End competition.
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…
Bring a selection of your own photographs to our critique night.
We'll look at different ways of capturing movement in a photograph from classic panning techniques to more radical camera manipulation methods.
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.
Workshop: Preparation for Exhibition: Help and support getting images ready and Movement Theme end competition
Theme Introduction: Minimalist Photography. Deadline for submission of photographs for the annual club exhibition.
Bring some (up to 5 on a memory stick) of your pictures to share after we finish the AGM
As in previous years we'll have the opportunity to view images shared by clubs around the world.
Ken McKillop will be visiting us to talk about some aspects of his photography. Ken will also be judging the results of the annual Landscape Competition, and we'll also be judging the Minimalist theme end competition.
Kelso Camera Club's Annual Club Exhibition at Kelso Town Hall opens on the 29th May 2016 and ends on 4th June 2016.
A social get together at the Club Exhibition in Kelso Town Hall.
Last theme of the year: People. Rob will take us through some of the opportunities and techniques for getting great people pictures.
Evening photography at Hume Castle . Bring your camera and possibly your tripod. More experienced members will be on hand.
John Parris FMPA FBIPP will be joining us to talk about People Photography. John will also be judging our People Theme End competition so bring your chosen image on a memory stick.
Details yet to be decided. Expect the usual shenanigans of a night on the town.
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.
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…
Using Photoshop and Lightroom in your food photography. Perhaps some close up and macro work as well.
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.
Our next theme, Street Photography will be introduced by Alex McSorley, and we'll follow this up with a practical session. Alex has kindly written up some notes on how to go about Street Photography, and on the law relating to taking photographs in public: Street Photography 101 I will not even attempt to define what…
Meet at Abbey Row. Details to be announced nearer the time.
Reviewing software techniques with Street Photography in mind. This evening is also the deadline for images for the Street Photography Theme competition. Please bring your image on a memory stick.
Details to be announced. We anticipate our speaker this evening will also judge the Street Photography Theme Competition.
Reflections photography is the art or technique of using reflective surfaces to capture beautiful and unique images. Common surfaces used are bodies of water, windows, mirrors and shiny metals. Reflective surfaces can be a great way to create abstract images. The reflection should be a significant part of the image.
Bring pictures on a memory stick to show to other members and for discussion. We'll update you on how many to bring nearer the time.
Including a revision of the standard workflow introduced during the previous session. Today is the deadline for submitting images for the Reflections end of theme competition.
A new event in the Club calendar: looking at how different people approach the creation of an image from the same start point. Please also bring your selected image for the Food Theme end competition on a memory stick.
The speaker for tonight's session to be confirmed. Te winner of the Food Theme end competition will be announced during this session.
Christmas Meal Today is also the deadline for getting your images onto Google Drive for consideration for entry into the Three Way Competitions.
We do not want to tie this theme down too much but could certainly be about quadrupeds, furniture, a duo etc
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:
This year Earlston are hosting the evening.
This year's competition is hosted by Hawick Camera Club.
You can find out more about Curtis Welsh and his photography at http://www.curtiswelshphotography.co.uk The images submitted for the Four Legs theme end competition will be judged tonight. Today is also the deadline for getting images onto Google Drive for consideration for the Borders Digital Challenge.
Including assistance with resizing. Tonight is also the deadline for submitting your picture for the Four Legs theme end competition
Ron visited Kelso last year to act as the judge for one of our three way competitions. Many of us were taken by his thoughtful and structure feedback and we thought it would be interesting to have him back to talk about how own photography. Ron will also judge the Four Legs theme end competition.
Sports photography refers to the genre of photography that covers all types of sports – perhaps for our theme, best defined as a sport that is recognised by the International Olympic Committee either now or in the past.
Starting at 2pm in the Tower Mill Cinema (upstairs from what was Beanscene, at the far end of the High St.), Hawick
Tonight is also the deadline for submitting photographs for the Club Exhibition.
Tonight is the dealine for submitting your photograph for the Sports Theme end competition. Bring your image on a memory stick.
Sandy will present his talk on "Encounters with Wildlife". You can see some of his work at http://www.edinburghphotographicsociety.co.uk/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=4 Sandy will also judge the Sports Theme end competition.
This session will focus on making sure our images are ready for display in the Club Exhibition. This year we're aiming to mount our own work. More details nearer the time.
Urban landscape photography describes a town or city rather than simply being a big view of the town or city. Your image should attempt to understand your experience of the town or city. It should concentrate on structures or processes rather than on people. Urban landscape is distinct from 'street photography', which looks at urban experience…