We have a great speaker lined up for 11th January. Billy Currie is based in Stirlingshire and is a highly accomplished photographer with a track record of publication in many top magazines. Billy is going to talk about his landscape photography. You can check out Billy’s work on his website http://www.billycurriephotography.co.uk/portfolio.html
And – to whet your appetite, a few of Billy’s landscape images.
David Cameron gave a great talk last night on underwater photography. David is an accomplished diver with well over 1000 dives to his credit in locations from the River Clyde to the islands an reefs of Micronesia. He showed some superb macro pictures of exotic sea creatures. Stunning colours and shapes. I was extremely impressed and I can’t wait to see the rest of his incredible image collection. 
On Wed 12th Oct David Cameron will talk about underwater photography. David has travelled to some of the World’s best, and most inaccessible, diving spots.
Our speaker tonight was George Nielson from Edinburgh. In addition to being an SPF judge, George is an accomplished sports photographer. He has Press access to many major sporting events. George described 
his techniques for capturing the action. He makes extensive use of burst mode with fast shutter speeds to capture the instant a bat, club, racquet or boot hits the ball.
The PPS Summer exhibition is on NOW at the Birnam Institute. The exhibition was opened on Sunday by our guest exhibitor Dave Hunt of Wildgrass studios in Killin. There are around 40 beautifully displayed prints by more than 15 of our members. The exhibition runs until the end of August. Don’t miss it!!
In 2015 several members of the PPS spent 2 weeks on a photographic trip in Japan. Tom Ryan, President of the PPS, will give a talk on photographing Japanese street culture at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday 13th July. The PPS team spent some time in Kyoto then on to Tokyo to photograph the famous Sanja Matsuri street festival.
The Photographic Society has a set of images taken by members on display in the Museum, to assist with the transition to it being a trust.
You can also see the display here: Slideshow at the Museum and Art Gallery
Congratulations to Alan Edwards for his prize winning entry in the recent Nature Photography competition organised by the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick. Alan’s “Fungus in the Frost” was people’s choice in the World Flora section.
Duncan McEwan, from Paisley, was an accredited photographer with Team Scotland at the last three Commonwealth Games. He gave an interesting and entertaining talk on the challenges and rewards of Professional Sports Photography.
Great evening tonight. Jimmie Herd set up his studio lighting gear and, aided by Malcolm Lind and Mike Bell, we had fun taking studio portraits. Big thanks to Tim Haynes for turning up in his Russian fur hat and greatcoat. Jimmie, Duncan MacNab and Annette Forsyth also brought some creative subjects for the Still Life. Big thanks to everyone who participated. We have created a gallery of some of the images taken – Portrait and Still Life Workshop Gallery. Please send us more if you were there.
