Additional Thursday meeting scheduled

By popular request, we will have an additional meeting on Thursday 17 December – please note below joining link which is NOT the one we have been using.

Given the outing (for some!!) last weekend, the theme will be BAD WEATHER. We will view both photos taken at the outing and/or images of, or taken in, bad weather. Images should be forwarded to Akan in advance or alternatively by yourself if you are confident about screen sharing during the meeting.

The wearing of Christmas jumpers, silly festive hats or eating mince pies during the meeting is at your discretion!!!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84068394076pwd=Q3piTnFWalhDV2F2QWZpUEVXcTk5UT09

Meeting ID: 840 6839 4076

Passcode: 940191

Alan

Scottish Nature Photography Awards

Name: Jacqueline Irvine

Email: info@scottishnaturephotographyawards.com

Website: https://scottishnaturephotographyawards.com

Message: Hello,

I hope that your members will be interested to know that the entry deadline is approaching for the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2020, celebrating nature, wildlife and landscape photography and filmmaking in Scotland.

Entries close at 24:00 hours GMT on Monday 30th November 2020.

The Awards are open to professional and amateur photographers and filmmakers from around the world, but entries must be taken in Scotland within 5 years of the closing date.

The categories are:

Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020

Environmental

Natural Abstract

Scottish Botanical

Scottish Landscape – The Land

Scottish Landscape – Sea & Coast

Scottish Landscape – Urban Greenspace

Scottish Wildlife Behaviour

Scottish Wildlife Portrait

Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 (open to under-18s). Up to 5 images on any Scottish nature subject.

Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 (for full or part-time students over-18 undertaking a photography element in their course). Portfolio of 3 images on the theme of ‘Natural Light’.

Scottish Nature Video Award 2020 for short films on a nature, wildlife or landscape theme made in Scotland by professional or amateur filmmakers.

Judges:

Niall Irvine – Photographer & co-organiser of the Awards

Mhairi Law – Photographer

Charlie Phillips – Wildlife photographer

Winning images and videos will be featured in a Touring Exhibition in 2021. Winning and shortlisted images and videos will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2020.

Full details of the competition, prizes, rules and how to enter at: https://scottishnaturephotographyawards.com where you can also subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter for updates on the competition and Awards news.

Kind regards,

Jacqueline Irvine

New Section …

… and several changes:

I added the competition results to the website, showing the three best monochrome and colour pictures. Additionally there is the leaderboard with the current standings towards the season final cumulated results.

As discussed at the Thursday meeting I started the member’s portfolio section with my own portfolio as an example. It is also the basis for discussion of the format. If you want changes, please discuss them at the club evenings; I am happy to improve the layout.

I would like to see all members contributing – please send me (wremmele@gmail.com) your selection of pictures and a short description and I try to place your page asap. Currently we don’t have a limit for the number of pictures shown in the portfolio, but I think that more than about 12 pictures will be too many. The format should not exceed the competition ones.

Last: there is a link to the syllabus – it can be downloaded.

I hope for some feedback.

Cheers

Werner

Reminder …

… for submission of images to the second competition 2020/21:

Deadline: Thursday 19/11/2020

Please check your submission against the updated competition rules.

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Please send your pictures for your personal portfolio to

webmaster@cuparcameraclub.com

New appearance

With the start of the 2020/21 season I have been offered the task as a webmaster for our club.

Unfortunately I found the current version of the site based on Joomla, of which I had only heard, but did not have any experience. With some changes of the site that left me more or less stranded I decided to redesign the site on WordPress and I hope, that this will work in future.

Currently there are not all elements of the old site reimplemented, but I will work to finish the redesign as soon as possible.

Until – please be patient and let me know of any flaws, errors and missing items.

Werner