2010-11 Programme of Donside Camera Club

(Subject to Final Revisions)

Aug 28 (Sat)

Summer Exhibition/Open Day in Alford Public Hall.

Sep 02

Introductory Evening. Welcome to new season and to new members.

Sep 09

Workshop: 'What Makes A Good Photograph' (Main Hall).

Sep 16

Donside-Orkney Friendly.
Select 30 images for our Inter-Club exchange.
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Sep 23

Analogue Evening.
Bring in three favourite slides or prints and tell us the story. Also:
Treasure Hunt photo review.

Sep 30

Workshop: 'Mounting Prints' and 'Adobe Photoshop Lightroom demonstration'.

Oct 07

Assignment: 'On the Beach' .
Entry day for
Monthly Competition.
Member led discussion: 'Cataloguing Your images'.
NB: New rules reducing number of entries per competition.

Oct 14
(Main Hall)

Peterhead and Grampian Eye Competitions - Image Selections.
Select sets of images to put on CDs for both competition.

Oct 21

Club Monthly Competition Results.
Members' prints and projected images are assessed by an external judge, followed by discussion.

Oct 28

Guest Speaker: 'Taking and Choosing Successful Images' by _ _.

TBA (Sun)

Photoshoot and Stroll: 'Autumn Colours'. Meet at noon, call 01464 831 463 to book.

Nov 04

Assignment: 'Leaves'.
Entry day for Monthly Competition.
Member led discussion: 'Pictures with/without Filters'.

Nov 11
(Main Hall)

Open Evening.
Bring in and show a picture/slide essay of anything you wish. Prepare a 'panel' of six photos, present a six minute slide show (of a DCC event, maybe), or an AV (Audio-Visual) sequence to entertain members and guests.

Nov 18

Club Monthly Competition Results.
Members' prints and projected images are assessed by an external judge, followed by discussion.

Nov 25

Guest speaker: 'Profile of a Photographer' by _ _.

Dec 02

Assignment: 'Low Key Portrait'.
Entry day for Portrait trophy.
Also: 'Creating the Wow Factor'.

Dec 04 (Sat)

Christmas Exhibition/Open Day in Alford Public Hall.

Dec 09
(Main hall)

Orkney Camera Club Image Exchange.
View and critique the images from Orkney Camera Club.

Dec 16

The Donside Portrait Trophy - judged by Colin Johnston.
Social evening and fund-raising raffle (please bring donations).

   

Jan 06

Assignment: 'People At Work' .
Entry day for Monthly Competition.
Also: 'Wow Factor Images': show us and tell us how you did it.

Jan 13
(Main hall)

Workshop: 'Flash Photography and Still Life'.
Also: select images for Deeside Friendly Exchange.

Jan 20

Club Monthly Competition Results.
Members' prints and projected images are assessed by an external judge, followed by discussion.

Jan 27

Club Speakers: 'On a Tall Ship' by _ _ and 'Bird Photography' by Bob Humphreys.

Feb 03

Assignment: 'Duplication'.
Entry day for Monthly Competition.
Discussion: 'Exposure for all occasions' and review of previous workshops
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Feb 10
(Main hall)

SPF Portfolios - our turn to enjoy the print and image portfolios and discuss the SPF judges' marks, comments and choices.

Feb 17

Club Monthly Competition Results.
Members' prints and projected images are assessed by an external judge, followed by discussion.

Feb 24

Guest speaker: 'Travels in Mountains' by _ _.

Feb ??
(Sun)

Photoshoot and Stroll: 'Snow and Frost'. Meet at noon, call 01464 831 463 to book.

Mar 03

Assignment: 'Gardening'.
Entry day for Monthly Competition.
Member led discussion: 'What is HDR?' and review of previous workshops.

Mar 10

Photography Quiz Night.
Return of David and Barbara's popular quiz.

Mar 17

Club Monthly Competition Results.
Members' prints and projected images are assessed by an external judge, followed by discussion.

Mar 23
(Wed)

Donside-Deeside Inter-Club Competition.
Their turn to host: 19:30 at Aboyne Academy.

Mar 24

Grampian Eye competition Results
Review and critique entries. DCC will organise this in 2012.

Mar 31

Guest speaker: 'St Kilda' by _ _.

Apr 07

SPF Portfolio
Collate entries for next year's Scottish Photoraphic Federation competitions.

Apr 14 (Main hall)

AGM. Annual results, pick assignments for next year, arrange summer outing plans and collect ideas for next year.
Entry day for the Malcolm Scott Memorial Quaich Competition.

Apr 21

'Donside Image of the Year' decided.

Apr 28

Malcolm Scott Quaich Competition: '_ _' judged by Bob Humphreys.
Prize Giving, Social Evening and Fundraising Raffle.

Guest Speaker evenings particularly are open to all, so please bring lots of friends along and make the evening memorable for our invited speaker too.

In fact, you can help to increase membership by bringing guests along for any evening to see how much we enjoy our hobby. Let's make every guest/visitor really welcome!

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