The Oyster Catcher by Bill Barry

Congratulations to Bill Barry for winning our overall best digital image entry.

Inverclyde Camera Club Season Winners 2012-13

Congratulations to this years club winners who entered excellent pictures for the club competitions.

Award winning Landscape photographer Robert Fulton is visiting the club this Friday.


See his excellent work at http://www.rfultonphotos.com/


Hope to see members and new visitors there so be early as it starts at 7.30pm

View from Cardwell Bay

This was taken on a cold day a couple of weeks ago with a view across the River Clyde

David Stanton

I would like to thank Ian Johnston for reccommending David Stanton who has just agreed to come along to the club in October to give us a talk.



Have a look at his impressive work on Facebook at www.facebook.com/#!/stantonimaging

and his websites at  www.stantonimaging.co.uk  and www.stantonimaging.com

Summer Outings

There have been a few suggestions for trips this summer as follows:


Cardwel Bay Nursery to take photos when it's closed early morning or late in the evening.

The Riverside Transport Museum.

A walk around the Greenock Cut.

A boat trip on the Clyde

A visit to Loxley Colour for a tour of their lab




Please let comittee members if you are interested in any of these or you have your own suggestions.

Prize-giving Night 2012

There was an enjoyable evening on Friday for our Annual Prize-giving night. 


A big thanks to John McCue for taking the pictures of the prize winners which are available on our Facebook page. 


Remember that we will be still meeting over the summer months in the clubhouse and hope to organise day out for members to take photos.

Spring Colour

Light & colour combined to make the little plaza at the Custom House look very attractive.

Slides Lamp

Here is an idea for all those old slides we have lying around.

I saw this for sale for £144.99 so it would be cheap to make ourselves...but could you do this to your old memories?

Ardmore Point

This was taken on a dull wet day in Port Glasgow.

After the storm

For those not on Facebook, here are a couple of post-storm pictures showing how the gales moved containers at the terminal around like kids' building blocks.

Club Closure Until 6th January 2012

Don't forget we are now closed until the 6th January and the Low Light evening will now take place in February 2012.



Thanks to members who participated in last weeks 5 x 25 evening which went well. Here is a picture I took of a Zebra in Blackpool Zoo.

A fortnight ago we had the pleasure of a visit from the ground breaking photographer David McAleavy who demonstrated how to paint with light using simple torches and lights he had made himself.

We would like to thank him for coming out on a wet November to show is work and share his secrets and recommend him to other camera clubs for their syllabus.

For more information about David see his website at:

http://mcaleavy.org/

Keith Fergus

The Knock by Keith Fergus

Thanks to Keith Fergus for his inspirational talk and photos on Friday about Ayrshire and Arran Coastal Paths which everyone enjoyed.

We wish him success with his book and look forward to seeing his future works and hopefully a return visit to the club.

For more information about Keith's work click on the links below.

Website:  http://scottishhorizons.photoshelter.com/

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scottish-Horizons/358530216134

Personal information:  http://www.cicerone.co.uk/author/detail.cfm/author/1496/name/keith-fergus

Don't forget that this Friday is the start of the new season.

This should be a great season with (possibly) plenty of pictures of the Tall Ships, contributions from our club members and a good batch of visiting speakers.

See you all and hopefully some new members at 7.30pm.

Inverclyde Camera's photostream

Inverclyde Camera's photostream on Flickr.

Nairn Beach Sunset

This was taken last summer on a windy beach. The sky was changing quickly thanks to the wind and was never the same for long.

New Season Competitions and Summer Assignment

These are on the site above now.
We are still in the process of compiling the new syllabus. Any ideas would be welcome from members or anyone visiting the site.

Bruce Percy visit and change to the February Syllabus

Bruce Percy will visit the club this Friday.
I'm sure you'll remember was with us last year and was keen to return.

This is just a quick run-through of his achievements:
He is a landscape photographer who has had images published in Outdoor Photography, Time Out, National Geographic Traveler and American Photo.

His clients include Fujifilm UK, American Express and the Sir Edmund Hilary Foundation and of course he visited Inverclyde Camera Club last year and gave a memorable show of stunning landscapes.




Also, as a result of the recent winter weather the syllabus has been changed to the following for February:

FEBRUARY

4th ‘Ronnie’s Ramblings continued’ - Ronnie Mcfadyen,

11th Jack Morrison

18th Miscellany (handing in for 4th monthly comp)

24th (Thursday) Renfrewshire Interclub Competition

25th Martin McGeehan

Winter's Art

I'm sure many of the members have been out recording the superb ice & light conditions we experienced over the holiday period but, as yet haven't uploaded to the website. So here are a couple of examples to get the ball rolling. I've chosen detail shots as opposed to the 'frosty landscape' pictures that are more the norm.

Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our club members. Our programme was disrupted a little over the recent bad weather but thanks to members we were able to adapt our evenings. Here's hoping that next year will be a good one for the club.

So Close To Home site

Take a look at this site which has a great selection of photographs from around Scotland and also has competitions to enter. Click the link below

www.soclosetohome.co.uk/

World interest in our club

It's good to see the interest our site is geseating around the world.
The following is a breakdown of the number of visits we have been getting to our site from around the world. It would be good to have more photo contributions from our members to show to visitors to the site.

United Kingdom 2,471

United States 532
Netherlands 254
Germany 165
Russia 84
Philippines 56
South Africa 38
Australia 33
France 32
Spain 31

Stormy Weather

This was taken on slide film a couple of years ago between heavy showers at Cardwell Bay. I liked the way the sun lit up the womans glasses and rainhood.

Candid Shots

This was taken in Glasgow across from the Weatherspoons in George Square. I liked the style of the man in the window whose hairstyle was similar to the Victorian bank workers who would have been in the orginal building.

There are some spectacular doorways between Great Western Road and Byres Road. It is worth a walk around this area especially early in the morning to see how they are individually decorated.

Langbank at Sunrise

This was taken from the West Ferry Point looking down the Clyde in Autumn 2010.

Nain Kite Flyer

I've just got round to working on my holiday snaps in Nairn from this summer. Nairn was very windy but had fabulous beaches and light to take photos.

Camera Light

Any old cameras lying about?
I noticed that a shop in London called Type has converted one into a lamp. Some of us camera enthusiasts my think this is a waste of a classic camera but at least it is being put to some good use.
The Brownie Light costs £120. Visit the Type website for contact detail and store opening times.

Camera Club Closed

Unfortunately our club will be closed this Friday due to our speaker being unable to make it due to the snow and ice.