This coming Tuesday, the 28th November, we have Niall Benvie, a local photographer of international acclaim. His talk is 'work from recent trips' - which could be all sorts of things, but guaranteed to be good! If you want to have a look at some of Niall's excellent work, his photography website is here https://niallbenvie.photoshelter.com/index Also this week, on Thursday, we have the Bon Accord Challenge, in Aberdeen. The club has submitted 15 images to defend the trophy

Thank you to Steve Whittaker for his usual mix of entertainment and really constructive critique of our mini panels. Jennifer Moffat was a worthy winner with a superb panel 'Abstract at the Play Park' Karen McKay was second with her panel 'Maggie's' And Mark Hughes was third with 'Blair Castle Cross Country'

Tomorrow night is judgement night for the mini panels! We had a bumper entry this year, with a brilliantly diverse range of subject matter, so it promises to be a really entertaining evening. Steve Whittaker from Arbroath (also of Carnoustie Photo Group fame) will be visiting to give his verdict. Steve's feedback is always positive and well considered, and an opportunity to learn a lot, so hopefully we'll have a full house. There's a lot to get through though, so we will a

Tomorrow night is Members' night and we have our very own Ian Hastie doing a talk on Birds and Wildlife Photography before the break and following tea and biscuits Ben Freeman our Competitions Secretary will give a very brief talk about external competitions and finally get around to giving your all a challenge. After Ben, we have Ken Ness our President who will give a talk on different types of lenses and how you might use them. Please also remember to bring along your print

For those of you who may be interested the deadline is midnight 30th November! Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2017 I hope that your members will be interested to know that the entry deadline is approaching for the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2017. This annual photographic competition celebrating nature, wildlife and landscape photography in Scotland is open to professional and amateur photographers from around the world, but images must be taken in Scotland. Entrie