The final meeting of 2025 was in the hall and was a fun Knockout Competition. Some members had submitted two entries each on the theme of 'Images That Bring a Smile to Your Face'. This produced a very wide variety of images making the voting, by a show of hands in the hall, really difficult at times. The winner was '96 Today' by Amanda Dickson. Second "Portrait Workshop' by Norman Mackenzie. 3rd equal was 'Playing with Mud' by Haz Fairweather. 3rd equal 'Millie in the Snow' b

Ashley Frankiln, who gave us a fascinating talk on Zoom last session and will be giving another talk at the end of January, delivered his verdict and comments on the Annual Image Competition Round 3 submissions. He was very thorough in his critique of each image giving constructive points to help us improve our images. First place in Division 2 was 'Fibie' by Laura Henderson Second place in Division 2 was 'Sunset on the South Esk' by Amanda Dickson Third in Division 2 was 'Pi

One of our new members, Neil Ferguson, gave a superb presentation and demonstration of how to produce a salt print from an old glass slide, using Montrose harbour water. Neil also showed us some of the beautiful images he has created using vaious methods he has worked on over many years.

Steve Whittaker was welcomed back to Brechin to deliver his comments and the results for both divisions in Round 2 of the Annual Image Competition. This was the first print competition of the session and it was very interesting to see so many high quality images. Steve's thoughtful and constructive analysis of every print was appreciated by members. Congratulations to everyone who submitted mounted prints for Steve to consider, several for the first time. Two members did part

The Sled Dog Association of Scotland had a weekend of races at Brechin Castle Show Ground and were happy for us to go along and take pictures of dogs and people having a terrific time. You can see some of the results below. It was great fun and another chance to test and polish our photographic skills.