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.
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George Nielson talks about Sports Photography
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.
Birnam Exhibition 2016
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!!
Tom to talk at Perth Museum
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.
Image Exhibition at the Perth Museum
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
Alan Edwards photo wins prize
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.
“The Games” a talk by Duncan McEwan
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.
Colour Rosebowl Competition
Last night was the Colour Rosebowl competition. Our judge was Ben Harman from Stills Gallery in Edinburgh. We were truly, genuinely impressed by the standard of the entries. Great picture after great picture kept coming out of that black box. The judge said he had a hard time making a decision, but in the end he made his choice .
First place was Stewart Riddick with one of his carefully observed pictures of a character in a Greek village strolling past a wall with three pained birds on it. Well done Stewart!!
Second was Mike Bell with a lovely landscape showing a massive rain cloud over Knoydart.
Third was Raymond Leinster with one of his masterfully executed portraits of a red squirrel with a snowflake on his nose.
Highly Commended was David Hay’s “Lone Seagull”. At first – you just see a blue iceberg – but then your eye finds its way to the tiny seagull in flight. Nice.
And Commended went to Jimmy Herd’s remarkable picture of a golf professional from, I believe, the Dominican Republic (?) who has lost a leg and now plays standing on one leg. Amazing.
To finish off the evening Ivy-May and David Hay gave a short summary of our club performance in the recent SPF Print competition. And we did very well indeed!! Both Ivy-May and Richard Hunter scored 14 points with their B&W images – and Richard’s was awarded a “Highly Commended”. Raymond’s pictures also did very well in the Wildlife category. I understand we came 4th in the B&W and 9th overall. That is quite an accomplishment for our relatively small club.
Next week should be an interesting talk. Duncan McEwan will talk about “The Games” – his experiences as a professional photographer covering the last three Commonwealth Games.
Feb 3rd. Portrait and Still Life Workshop.
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.
Jan 27th. SPF Portfolio
This evening we are going to take a look at the 2015 Scottish Photographic Federation competition winning photographs. David Hay will give an introduction and provide a commentary on the pictures.