Following the January lockdown, our first outing of 2021 was last week when 15 members braved freezing conditions for a visit to the Airport fire station.
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Meetings Suspended
This update was intended to wish our readers a happy new year and draw attention to our next meetings.
However, as it has been confirmed that the Isle of Man is entering a three-week ‘circuit breaker’ period of lockdown, our meetings on 6th, 13th and 20th January are postponed, as are the deadlines for the next two competitions. The committee will work on rearranging those dates when possible.
In the meantime, stay safe and do keep taking photos.
“Food and Drink” Competition Results
On Wednesday, local professional photographer Clare Payne judged the ‘Food and Drink’ competition for us, which was the third regular competition of our season.
The theme encouraged a huge range of subjects and styles, from still life and close-up, to items on market stalls and people eating or cooking outdoors, to high-speed images of liquid frozen in motion.
Continue reading ““Food and Drink” Competition Results”3-Way Battle 2020
The island’s three photographic societies met in St John’s last week for the annual “3-Way Battle”.
This year, it was the turn of the Western Photographic Society to host the Southern and Isle of Man Photographic Societies for this friendly digital competition, in which each club enters 30 digital images with no more than five by any one member.
Continue reading “3-Way Battle 2020”James Brew – Landscape Photography
Wednesday’s club night was a great success as guest James Brew gave another presentation of wonderful images, accompanied by generous advice and explanations.
The presentation was titled “Landscape Photography – The Importance of Planning” and featured locations all over the island at different times of day and night.
Continue reading “James Brew – Landscape Photography”“3-Way Battle” This Week
The annual digital ‘battle’ between the island’s three photographic societies takes place on Thursday 19th November.
This year the Western Photographic Society plays host to the Isle of Man Photographic Society and the Southern Photographic Society, and the event takes place at 8pm at St John’s Football Club.
Continue reading ““3-Way Battle” This Week”November Open Competition Results
Before starting this second regular competition of the season, we remembered one of the club’s founders and a former long-serving member, Donald Gellion, who sadly passed away last week.
This was the season’s first ‘Open’, which, as always, meant the entries encompassed a wide range of subjects, styles and techniques. There were 27 prints and 57 digital entries.
Continue reading “November Open Competition Results”The Tigers of Ranthambore
Sue Blythe’s “Tigers of Ranthambore” presentation was well attended on Wednesday.
As well as imagery of tigers in the Ranthambore National Park, the people of India and also The Taj Mahal, Sue’s talk on the tigers was informative and the images stunning.
Continue reading “The Tigers of Ranthambore”Results: Barriers Competition
The first point-scoring competition of the new season took place on Wednesday 7th October, judged by David Silvester. A well-known local photographer, instructor and international judge, David is a good friend of the Southern Photographic Society and has hosted practical evenings in the past as well as judging for us.
Continue reading “Results: Barriers Competition”Practical Club Night
On Wednesday 23rd September we held a practical club night with a tabletop session set up by Georgina, followed by a visit from Ron Strathdee to show us how he post-processes his images of the night sky and Milky Way.
A selection of images from the first part of the evening can be seen on this page showing people working on the different tables, and a few of their results. Many thanks again to Georgina for researching and setting up the different scenarios.
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