Queen’s Park Camera Club

New syllabus for 2011-2012 season is now available online.

Saturday 6th August 2011

QPCC had a stall at this year’s Pollok Family Day. Images from the annual exhibition were displayed to promote individual’s work and the club. Glasgow themed images were also exhibited as an outdoor gallery. This popular event is a great promotional opportunity for the club and helps raise the profile of the clubs many activities.

Thanks to everyone who helped on the day, and came along to visit. And thanks to Land and Environmental Services, Glasgow City Council for the invitation and provision of a marquee. Photos by Jean Ferguson, Andy Murray and Cath Scott.

Scottish Photographers have fortunately been able to arrange a talk by Lance Keimig, the well-known American Night Photographer while he is in Scotland this August . In conjunction with the Contemporary Photography Group at Queens Park Camera Club a meeting has been arranged at the Club premises, 54 Millbrae Road, Glasgow G42 9UG on Tuesday 23rd August at 7.30 p.m. Numbers will be limited to 50 and will be issued to QPCC and SP members on a first come first served basis.

To register for a place please email or send SMS to Iain McLean. You can also use the contact form on QPCC website.

There will be a small charge of £5 to cover Lance’s fee for the evening.
Following Lance’s talk tea and biscuits will be served. In addition those attending are invited to bring along one or two, please no more than two, of their own night images so that we can have an impromptu Exhibition and a basis for a discussion in the second part of the evening.

Lance is not only a first rate photographer but someone with extensive knowledge of night and low-light photography in both traditional film media and in digital as is evident from his recent book published by Focal Press – Night Photography – Finding Your Way in the Dark.

He will cover both in his talk. Additionally he will discuss the historical aspects of night photography looking at the masters of the genre in addition to presenting images of his own work and other contemporary Night Photographers. More details can be found on Lance’s own website, www.lancekeimig.com or on the more general site www.thenightskye.com.

If you happen to be on Arran and are heading over to the Holy Isle, take a detour to the tea room in the old Boat House. I have 12 pics on the walls as a small permanent exhibition. They are from a 2 day visit to the Holy Isle in May 2009 but due to various problems with the weather the photographs were never displayed. Not to be defeated, I finally got there 2 years later! The pics show the wild horses and Soay sheep found on the island and also some of the volunteers at the Centre for World Peace and Health.

// Iain McLean

Thursday, 14 April 2011. Annual Exhibition of Projected Images.
Judges – Sue Hill and Doug Hamilton.

Thursday, 21 April 2011. Annual Exhibition of Prints.
Judge – Hunter Kennedy, MPAGB, AFIAP.

On Thursday 7th April Brian Clark ARPS DPAGB gives his talk, ‘A Little Light Exercise’. Brian is an award-winning landscape photographer who lives in Fife and he is Vice President of Dundee Photographic Society. His most recent success has been winning first prize in the Landscape section of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards. You can see more at www.brianclarkphotography.com

Images (c) Brian Clark

I am very pleased that Joe Mulholland has agreed to give a talk featuring the life and work of the photographer Margaret Watkins for the President’s Evening Thursday 31 March. Joe, a lawyer, journalist and writer is the proprietor of the “Hidden Lane Gallery”, the inaugeral exhibition of which exhibited 80 Margaret Watkins’ prints. She was a Canadian of Glaswegian parents who made her name in both Art and Commercial photography in New York in the 1920’s. She came to Glasgow at the end of that decade and briefly continued her photography in the city and Europe. Had it not been for Joe Mulholland’s friendship with Margaret Watkins her work would have been long forgotten. Joe has a fascinating story to tell and a selection of superb prints, many skilfully printed from her negatives by Robert Burns, to show us. Joe will be donating his fee to Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Glasgow Branch which he founded in 1970.
// Mike Greenwood, QPCC President

Thursday 24th March 2011 – ‘Sports Photography’ with Colin Robinson

Colin is a Past President of Kilmaurs Photographic Club and is a member of the Scottish Photographic Circle. His images have been successful locally, nationally and internationally. Professionally, as ‘Colin Robinson Imaging, Sport and Event Photography’ you can find him at www.colinrobinsonimaging.com

Colin will donate his fee and expenses to the charity ‘Help for Heroes’.

NOTE: This even has been canceled!  John Beatty is widely acclaimed as one of the most exciting and stimulating nature, travel and adventure photographers to have emerged in recent years. With over twenty years of assignments to his name, John’s work has taken him from the peaks of all the Greater Ranges to the American deserts, to the ferocious volcanic eruptions of Iceland and the wonder of the Galapagos Islands. John is a captivating and inspiring storyteller and Wild Vision is a chance to hear about his extraordinary life.

There are 3 Scottish dates on his forthcoming tour.
Wed 6 April   – Edinburgh:  Portobello Town Hall
Fri 8 April      – Glasgow: Mitchell Theatre
Sat 9 April    – Aberdeen: The Lemon Tree

http://www.speakersfromtheedge.com

(and Tickets will also be on sale at the door on the night.)

John Hume will speak on Unknown Scottish photographers: the role of the works photographer. Thursday, 24 March 2011 at 6.00PM, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. FREE, no booking required. The photographers who worked in and for Scottish industrial firms captured the surprising grace and beauty of many products. Many of their photographs were intended as a basis for engraving, so high definition was essential. To that end, photographers generally used large format glass negatives for their work, with often spectacular results. John Hume, the distinguished industrial historian, explores and illustrates this fascinating and largely unknown dimension of Scotland’s photographic heritage.

August Sander (1876-1964) was one of the greatest and most influential photographers of the 20th century. During his whole career he photographed individuals and groups of people that he then classified according to their occupations and position in society. This lifelong attempt to document the German people resulted in the ambitious project entitled People of the 20th Century. Chick here to read more.

12th February to 10th July 2011 | Admission free

Robert Burns, a well-known Glasgow based photographer and printer, is having his personal exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine in March 2011. Here is the brochure for Robert’s exhibition of 50+ 20″x16″ prints for the combined Burns Night and St Patrick’s Night Charity event in Kiev on Saturday, 19 March 2011. Click on thumbnail images below to see the brochure pages in full size.

Dave Yates is visiting Scotland this week, speaking at Dundee , Milngavie and Bearsden, Edinburgh, and Queen’s Park. He will be showing his prints, monochrome and colour, and for a preview you should visit www.daveyatesphotography.com Dave will be donating his fee to the charity Midland Freewheelers, and you will find all about them on www.midlandfreewheelers.co.uk Both sites definitely worth a look!

Thursday March 17th – Saturday 19th 2011

The Govanhill Baths Celebrating ten years of effort in restoring the facility to the community.

Silent Auction: Over three days from 7pm, Thursday 17th March 40 artists displaying a wide range of subject matter, media and aesthetic. The silent auction will close at 6pm Saturday.

All works open at £20

Live Auction: 7pm, Saturday March 19th Gavin Strang of Lyon and Turnbull Auction Firm will lead us in the auction of work from the following prominent artists: Lucy Skaer – Nathan Coley – Toby Paterson – Jonathon Monk – Claire Barclay – Kate Davis – Alan Michael – Nick Evans – Ilana Halperin – Jane Topping – Ross Collins – Lorna Macintyre – Erica Eyres – Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardotti.

For full information and image of work in the silent auction visit www.bathsauction.com

A must see exhibition of images taken in China by John Thomson. John Thomson, a Scot who was born two years before the invention of the daguerreotype and the birth of photography, is considered a pioneer of photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his generation. More…

On Thursday 20th January 2011 the speaker will be Ben Hall, one of Britain’s foremost professional wildlife photographers. Ben contributes to many photo and wildlife publications and his images are sold worldwide. We can look forward to seeing a wide selection of his work, and his recent trip to Patagonia will feature in his talk.Please visit www.benhallphoto.com for more information. Ben will have some prints and greeting cards for sale.

This will be our annual Eric Watt talk, financed by Eric’s legacy to the club.

Images (c) Ben Hall

Following the postponement of the original competition on 9th December, due to extreme weather conditions, it was re-scheduled to the 16th December. The results are as follows:

Basic Section

Winner – ‘Shades of Grey’ by Alison Findlay

2nd Place – ‘The Bouncer’ by Thomas Carr

3rd Place – ‘Glasgow Dreamers’ by James Cadden

Open Section

Winner – ‘Harriet’ by Alistair Watson

2nd Place – ‘Odd Man Out’ by Jim MacBrayne

3rd Place – ‘Reflective View Of The Mall’ by Sheila Clark

The judge on the evening was Robert Spence, from Kilmaurs CC, who also awarded some commendations:

Basic section: Ian Rennox and Tristan Dunkley

Open Section: Graham McKinnon, James Morgan and Iain McLean

Congratulations to all the listed authors!

Sandy Sharp published his new book “Cameo Roles: Thirty years of street photography”. Sandy is a founder member of Street Level Photoworks and organiser of Scottish Photographers. The book is based on his exhibition at “Beyond Words” gallery in Edinburgh (unfortunately, the gallery has been closed recently). Click on the image below to preview the book.