News 2018-2019

July's Summer Evening Shoot
Posted on Wed 3 Jul 2019

This months summer evening shoot saw us visiting the standing stones at Duddo. It was a beautiful sunny evening with some interesting clouds to help boost the pictures as well.

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2nd Summer Evening Shoot
Posted on Tue 4 Jun 2019

The second of our Summer evening shoots took us to Cocklawburn beach

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1st Summer Evening Shoot
Posted on Tue 7 May 2019

6 intrepid club members braved the cold for the first of our Summer Evening Shoots. St Abbs was the chosen destination on this occasion.

 We didn't expect it to turn into a portrait session but we found a couple of very obliging models!

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Annual Exhibition
Posted on Sat 13 Apr 2019

The Club mounted a well attended exhibition on Saturday 13th April in St Aidans Hall, Church Street, Berwick.

 Visitors enjoyed some seventy pictures plus coffee and cakes.

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Annual Dinner
Posted on Wed 27 Mar 2019

Maggie hit by a Tsunami of Silver! Cups were presented to Maggie Jary ARPS by the Clubs President James Walker FRPS. She received five trophies Overall Club Championship, Colour Print Competition, Projected Images and Monochrome Print.

It was a fun event and...

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Best Overall Competition
Posted on Tue 12 Mar 2019

Malcolm Kus was our judge for the evening, someone who has had a long association with the club and his comments have always been  helpful and deliverd witt an entertaining style.

He is retirng (after 30 years of judging) so his humour and expertese will be...

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2nd Projected Image competition
Posted on Tue 26 Feb 2019

Nature              

1 Jeanette Conlan,   2 Barbara Bogacka, 3 John Tully

Portrait            

1 Alex Aitcheson  2 Paul Marshall  3 Paul...

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TAKEN, FOUND, ARCHIVED by Cameron Robertson
Posted on Tue 19 Feb 2019

The club enjoyed a fascinating evening when guest soeaker Cameron Robertson delved into the detective work involved in puting together s photograhic archive.

One of the main subjects was recording the history of William Cowes  confectionary business in Bridge...

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PANEL COMPETITION - HUMOUR Judged by Jane Coltman
Posted on Tue 12 Feb 2019

It being a difficult theme to tackle there were ony eight members who entered panels.

Jane Coltman in judging expressed the opinion that panels of three images tended to work better than just two photographs.

It was a fun evening and the...

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Monochrome competition
Posted on Tue 5 Feb 2019

Judged by Bill Hume

PRINT             1st Maggie Jary,      2nd  Colin Smuthwaite   3rd Jeanette Conlan

PROJECTED  1st Chris Jary,          2nd Alex Aitcheson,  ...

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SECOND PRINT COMPETITION
Posted on Tue 29 Jan 2019

Judge by Ian Fullerton

Landscape

1st Paul Anderson

2nd Jeanette Conlan

3rd Maggie Jaty

 

Artistic

1st Paul Anderson

2nd Maggie Jary...

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THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LES McLEAN
Posted on Tue 22 Jan 2019

It  proved to be a very popular evening and there  was not a  chair to spare for  the talk given by Les McLean .

 

Photography that captured the essence of humanity with images that ranged from lovers in a clinch to...

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Members Night
Posted on Tue 15 Jan 2019

Instruction was given by Alan Brown, Maggie Jary, Annie Watt, Ian Cartwright, and Michael Barron on Sports Photography  and improving images in the computer using Photoshop and  Light Room software.

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Light Trails
Posted on Tue 8 Jan 2019

The workshop was so popular that there was hardly room to fit in another tripod.

Under Alan Brown's direction members used  long exposures to capture the fascinating patterns traced in the dark.

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I.C.M. AND SURREAL SUB AQUA
Posted on Tue 11 Dec 2018

A SEA OF RAINBOWS was the title of the video produced by Ian Cartwright.

 

The superb images, some of great complexity and beauty were  merged together in a kaleidoscope of colour. They were accompanied by the soothing...

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Competition - first projected image
Posted on Tue 27 Nov 2018

The competition attracted seventy-three entries and was judged by Derek Snee who  in a departure from the normal style of presentation added music to the screening of each catagory and then gave a detailed adjuication on the winner's work.

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GUEST SPEAKERS Jane Coltman & Laine Baker. 'OUT & ABOUT'
Posted on Tue 20 Nov 2018

n an evening packed with excellent pictures, Laine Baker and Jane Coltman, well known as the Berwick Advertiser Photographer,  treated the club to images from, Morroco, Dubhi, London and else where. Intriguing customs were observed, architecture was stunning, graffiti had impact and...

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Members Night
Posted on Tue 13 Nov 2018

At a well attended meeting members  presented a variety of stimulating projects.    Allan Rogers displayed a short animation in which chicks avoided being cooked. Annie Watt spoke of the difficulties encountered...

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Sunday Shoot competition results
Posted on Tue 6 Nov 2018

Pictures taken during the recent Sunday Shoot at Eyemouth were judged by Ian Cartwright.

First         Barbara Bobacka

Second     Maggie Jary

Third    ...

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THE THEMED COMPETITION
Posted on Tue 30 Oct 2018

A most imaginative array of print and projected images were submitted. There were a lot unexpected  holes and John Tully looked into them throughly before declaring the winners of the projected and print display

Prints:

1st  Pamela...

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Angels with Dirty Faces
Posted on Tue 23 Oct 2018

In his talk 'Angels with Dirty Faces' John Race, who is based in the North East,  explained his approach to a superb selection  images. His subjects varied. Landscapes, abandoned farm houses, rusty contraptions, and people.  Rural...

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First Print Competition 2018 - 2019
Posted on Tue 16 Oct 2018

Over sixty prints were entered  and the results were :

 

Landscape

1st A. Brown,

2nd A Aitcheson,  

3rd C Jary.

 

Artistic

...
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RPS evening - a celebration of distinctions
Posted on Tue 9 Oct 2018

The club considered  the distinctions awarded by the Royal Photographic Society;  namely Licentiate and Associate. Michael Barron and Maggie Jary, both Associate members of the RPS, and Barbara Bogacka, who is a Licentiate member, will talked about the processes involved, and...

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THE DAMP DOZEN DO EYEMOUTH
Posted on Sun 7 Oct 2018

When the Sunday Shoot was held on 7th October the camera club members were practically the only folk on Eymouth's rather wet streets.  Later they met at a rearranged venue to have a warming coffee and to transfer their required six images on to Laptops operated by John and Alex...

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Members Night
Posted on Tue 2 Oct 2018

It was a 'Club Night' and members added five images each to a pile which was divided. Votes were cast as the photographs were displayed two at a time and the loosing ones discarded. The process was repeated until all but one had been knocked out.

 

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A walk on the wild side with Ron
Posted on Tue 25 Sep 2018

Members of The Berwick Camera Club had a most enjoyable evening when Ron McCombe was welcomed back to the club as the first speaker of the new season. Ron, a former member of the club now devotes his energies to running wildlife photography workshops, giving lectures and travel that...

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