Bike Night

The members of the club were treated to a night out photographing one of our members riding his 1200cc Suzuki around one of the local industrial estates.

A great opportunity to explore the effects of shutter speed and panning techniques.

Big thanks to Geordy for doing all the driving. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the evening and learned something new.

Can you see all the photographers in the image above :-)

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Dunottar Castle

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ACC Trip to Kinlochleven.

The members of Armadale Camera Club had a fantastic weekend away at Kinlochleven.

Leaving on Friday morning, the weather was fantastic and it stayed that way for the whole weekend  - The weather was definitely on our side. During the weekend, members were fortunate enough to visit the following and take images of:

  • Glencoe and the surrounding area.
  • A 4×4 Safari in a couple of off road vehicles heading deep into the mamore mountains.
  • Catching some of the guys and girls mountain biking down the tracks at the Nevis Range.
  • Catching some very fast road racers.
  • Watching a yacht navigating through the locks at Neptunes Staircase.
  • Finally picking up some wildlife – Tam got another duck
Hopefully we will see some of the images in the members gallery very soon.

A couple of the team relaxing after a hard slog in the mountains (In a couple of serious 4×4 vehicles).

We were entertained to some great singing by the fishermen up from Glasgow for the weekend – Thanks guys.

More images from the weekend can be found HERE and also in each members Gallery if they have uploaded any. I hope every one enjoyed the weekend as much as I did.

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Police Powers and Photography

We have all heard the horror stories whereby photographers have been stopped, accused of being terrorists, accused of taking photographs of protected subjects and other such offences, of being told to delete images etc….. There does not seem to be a general awareness of photography and the Law from Police officers.

However, things may be changing, the Metropolitan Police have published guidelines for it’s officers – and hopefully other forces will follow.

The guidelines can be found here : http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm

Feel free to download and keep a copy in your camera bag for reference – but please also beware, Scottish Law differs from English Law.

We also have the following document : http://www.sirimo.co.uk/2009/05/14/uk-photographers-rights-v2/ a guide to the rights of Photographers in the UK, written by Linda Macpherson, a freelance legal consultant specialising in Media Law and Intellectual Property Law. Again feel free to download the PDF and stick a copy in your camera bag.

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Armadale Gala 2012 Studio Shoot

Members of Armadale Camera Club had a good day today shooting the official photographs for the program and promotional material for this years Armadale Childrens Gala.

The studio shoot was a great success – with lots of images captured. These are being prepared now for the Gala Committee.

Thanks to everyone who came along to provide help and support. Also a big thanks to ladies from the Armadale Gala Committee. We must also thank the children for being such great sports and being such great models. We are now all looking forward to the Gala Day.

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South Queensferry Evening

On Wednesday night instead of sitting in the club, the members of Armadale Camera Club decided to take a little trip to South Queensferry to take some images of the bridges. Although the weather was not too great, there was a couple of spells where the sun did shine through however.

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Image © Tom Smart

A cold night however the member enjoyed the evening photo sessions. Looking forward to seeing more images from the evening.

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Image © Gardner Little

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Tour of the Trossachs

Members of the Camera Club had a fantastic day out and about in the Trossachs yesterday (Saturday 24th March 2012). Although the weather was bright and sunny there was an awful lot of haze, so we took advantage of the many walks around the rivers and waterfalls of the area.


Image © Brian Kennedy

Members also had to wait about for the right light conditions – it’s a hard game this photography lark. Look out for our next outing in a few weeks time – locations still to be decided.

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