This Tuesday we have a guest speaker, Simon Harbord, visiting us. He will speak about Wet Plate Collodion Photography, a process that he uses to take images as though it were still the 19th century. As one of the oldest clubs in the UK, it is likely that the earliest photos taken by BPS members would have used this process, invented in 1851, although dry plate processes were introduced through the 1880s. I'm sure it will be a fascinating evening, and we look forward to seein

This Sunday (28th) we have our first outing of the season, to the Blue Door in Edzell. We've been here before as a club, but not for a few seasons, and it's always a lot of fun in the autumn. Rocks of Solitude If you've not been before, the Blue Door is located around a mile North of the village of Edzell, immediately across a road bridge over the River North Esk. There are about 6 parking spaces right by the bridge, but if these are full take the next left towards Glen Esk

This evening we are able to bring you brilliant news - our bid for grant funding from National Lottery Awards for All Scotland has been successful. We are in much need of updated computer and projection equipment for the club, but the cost of the quality of equipment that the club really needs and the members deserve was outwith our means. We are currently working with a donated (well worn and outdated) laptop and a projector that has a maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixe

Wasn't David Sadler's talk brilliant on Tuesday evening?! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did - and you'll be delighted to know that he will indeed be back to judge for us in November. Moving on swiftly to next week though, and we have two things to update you on. Firstly is obviously the first instalment of the President's 12. Many of you have now submitted images that have some kind of vague reference to the topics set by Ken, but there is plenty of room to fit s

This week we welcome our second guest speaker of the year, David Sadler ARPS from Dundee, who will give us a talk entitled 'And Now for Something Completely Different'. His photography is certainly original, so instead of posting examples, we urge as many members as possible to come along and see it for yourselves. It will be a great evening for sure. Please also remember that Tuesday night is the deadline for entries to the Architecture competition, This is a PRINT competi