Cowal Camera Club
Cowal Camera Club Syllabus 2023/24
Our Programme for Monday Club Nights
September 2023
Monday 11th. Opening Night and Social
Monday 18th. Topics: "100m From Home" & "Capture the Essence of a Place"
Speakers: Gordon Doughty & Verina Lister
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Monday 25th. Topic: “Wildlife Photography (Part 2)”
Speaker: Tracy Lund ARPS
October 2023
Monday 2nd. ****** Entries for 1st Open Competition 16th Oct*******
Topic: "The Only Judge That Really Counts - Is Me"
Speaker: Colin McLatchie
Monday 9th. An Evening of Members Images
Monday 16th. 1st Open Competition
Judge: Campbell Skinner
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Monday 23th. Topic: "Street Photography".
Speaker:- Clive Watkins
Monday 30th. ****** Entries for Landscape Competition 13th Nov *******
Topic: "Travels To Myanmar".
Speaker:- Ken Lindsay MPAGB
November 2023
Monday 6th. Topic: "360 degree Photography"
Speakers: Rob Smith ARPS
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Monday 13th. Topic: "A Wee Bit of This, A Lot of That and a Tiny Taste of Travel" Speaker: Eddie Telford
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Monday 20th. Topic:- "Tiny Worlds"
Speaker:- Tim Jonas
Monday 27th. ****** Entries for 2nd Open Competition - 11th December******
Landscape Competition
Judge:- Jim Stevenson
December 2023
Monday 4th. Topic: “Full of Eastern Promise”
Speaker:- David Lawson
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Monday 11th. 2nd Open Competition
Judge:- Roy Smith
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Monday 18th. "Christmas Night"
Social & Buffet
Monday 25th. Closed
January 2024
Monday 1st. Closed
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Monday 8th. SPF Slide and Print Portfolios
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Monday 15th. ****** Entries for Monochrome and Portrait Competitions - 29th January ******
Topic: "Place, Process and Print"
Speaker: Huw Alban
Monday 22nd Topic: “Numbhead” (Not the movie with Elizabeth Taylor)
Speaker: Jim Donnelly
Monday 29th Monochrome & Portrait Competition
Judge:- Gordon McMann
February 2024
Monday 5th. Small Print Competition
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Monday 12th. ****** Entries for Nature Competition - 26th February*****
Topic: "A Learning Curve"
Speaker: Justin Minns
Monday 19th. Topic:-"Travels in Scandinavia"
Speaker: Neil Barlow
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Monday 26th. Nature Competition
Judge:- Keith Thorburn
March 2024
Monday 4th. Topic:- "Finding Inspiration and a Little Bit of Imagination"
Speaker:- Libby Smith MPAGB
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Monday 11th. ****** Entries for 3rd Open Competition - 25th March******
Topic: "Taking Scottish Landscapes with a Mobile Phone Camera"
Speaker: Lorraine Parramore
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Monday 18th. Topic: “Touch the Wild"
Speaker:- Paul McDougall
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Monday 25th. 3rd Open Competition
Judge:- Doug Berndt ARPS EFIAP
April 2024
Monday 1st. Members Audio Visual Presentations
Monday 8th. Annual General Meeting
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Monday 15th. Best Print and Digital Image of the Year
Judge: Boyd Meiklejohn
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Monday 22nd. Annual Prize Giving Social and Buffet
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