MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
COMING UP
SEPTEMBER 2022
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Welcome to Kirkcaldy Photographic Society!
As I write this, we are planning to be back to in-person club meetings again from 12th September 2022. We certainly have missed getting together for the social side of photography and seeing photographic prints. Some photographs work as digital images, but they often look better on the right specialist paper. We’d love to see you on a club night, whether you’re new to the club or returning. I think we’ve all changed and grown over the last 3 years, and perhaps learned a little about ourselves that we can put into our photography. It’ll be good to have a natter again about our shared hobby - over a cup of tea served from Stewart. Something else we’ve missed! See you soon, and I look forward to seeing your images too, whether digital or print.
Martin Watt
September 2022
13 MAR - BATTLE OF THE TARTANS
INTER CLUB COMPETITION WITH PENWITH PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP, CORNWALL
Annual battle with PPG - the event this year is hosted by PPG and the judge is Simon JG Ciappara FRPS
This annual battle sees us go head to head with Linlithgow Camera Club. This year KPS will host and we will enjoy the company of members from Linlithgow for a night of critique and chat over a small buffet provided by the lovely Stewart.
20 MAR - TWO WAY COMPETITION
INTER CLUB COMPETITION LINLITHGOW PHOTOGRAPHIC JUDGE - DAVID SADLER - ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP GOLD, BPE4, LBIPP
27 MAR - GUEST SPEAKER
ONE STEP BEYOND
RIKKI O'NEILL - FRPS, MPAGB, FIPF, HonSPF
A renowned photographer, and self taught digital artist, Rikki has visited Kirkcaldy a number of times both to give presentations to the club and to judge many of our competitions. Tonight will be no different - one worth waiting for.
WE MEET AT:
Hayfield Community Centre
Hayfield Road
Kirkcaldy, KY2 5DG
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SPECIAL MENTIONS
SPF SILVER MEDAL - WANDA MACKIE
SHOWTIME - SPF DIGITAL 2023
Congratulations to committee member Wanda Mackie on wining a Silver Medal award at the SPF Digital for her image 'Showtime.
Wanda specialises in composite images and has had much success in recent years. This year was no exception.
Coming 7th in the Bowie Trophy, 3 members were shortlisted in this prestigious event. Below are the images that were shortlisted and gained between 13-15 points.
KPS is on the up and we need all members to be entering theses competitions.
Once again 'Well Done' Wanda.
What an achievement!
SHORTLISTED IMAGES
SPF DIGITAL 2023
BAGH STEINIGIDH SUNSET - ALISTAIR BROWN
FENCED OUT -MARTIN WATT
CHARLIE - CATHY DAVIES
THE DRINKER - CATHY DAVIES
SPF BRONZE MEDAL - RAB KERR
BETWEEN THE BLIZZARDS
Congratulations to committee member Rab Kerr on his recent Bronze Medal award by the SPF for his image 'Between the Blizzards'.
Rab is predominantly a mono worker and his images are nothing short of stunning.
Not only did this image win a Bronze Medal at SPF - it was also shortlisted for the Landscape Photographer of the Year award 2022.
What an achievement!
PAGB Acceptance - MARTIN WATT
FENCED OUT
THE ROY BALFOUR TROPHY
Well done to our President, Martin Watt, for gaining an Acceptance in the recent Masters of Print competition. This is the PAGB's premiere event with only 60 acceptances awarded in the UK.
This image has done well for Martin getting fantastic critiques across the photography platform along with winning him two ,top of the range, printers.
This was the first presentation of the Roy Balfour for:
'Focus on Nature' - BRAW
We had an outstanding number of images submitted and all were excellent quality. We need some of these in future competitions. Our judge for the evening was Gillian Temple DPAGB, LRPS, BPE1 and she said it was a very hard task to shortlist images for her judges selection which is a tribute to our members and the quality of their images.
It was wonderful to see Wanda Mackie win the trophy for the first time - she was actually sitting by Roy in a hide on a nature reserve in Hungary when she took this shot. Wanda was very close to Roy so it was fitting that she was the first to be named on the trophy.
Roy's wife, Olwen, said she knew that Roy would be over the moon that it was Wanda who won and I have to agree.
SPF PORTFOLIO 2022 - MEDAL AWARD
Huge congratulations to Wanda Mackie for her image 'Thoroughly Miserable' which was awarded a silver medal for the best creative digital image in the recent SPF Portfolio.
KPS did well this year improving in every category. Fantastic results (see below) - roll on next year.
SPF PORTFOLIO RESULTS
2021
COLOUR - 18th
MONO - 13th
PROJ - 8th
2022
COLOUR - 13th
MONO - 6th
PROJ - 5th