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Hello
The summer has yet to really get going, a couple of false starts has delayed a lot of the new growth, hopefully
some warmth is on its way. Here are couple of projects which may get you warmed up.
Firstly: With the opening of the new Premier Inn there is a competition for local photographers
to catch the ‘Spirit of St Andrews’ and have their photograph as the centre piece of the new reception. All the
details are in the attached file. Please note the deadline for entries is the 15th of June.
Secondly: Eastacre a St Andrews based company specialising in building quality homes in St Andrews,
(their recent project is in West Burn Lane),would like to hold a photographic competition with a theme of ’Architecture
in St Andrews’ and are inviting members of the Society to capture a suitable entry around the above theme. There will
be cash prizes for the top three photographs. The winning entries will be displayed as part of their show house display
at West Burn Lane. There is no deadline for this as yet, I suggest you target the end of July.
All this and we have not even announced our ‘Summer Challenge’ yet!!
This is a fantastic opportunity to promote the Society, have fun in doing so with a little incentive to
boot.
Let’s get those shutters working hard.
Chris Reekie
STAPS President
 
The Royal Photographic Society
and The Open University have launched a unique online digital photography course that will bring together The RPS’s
160-year experience in photography and the Open University’s recognised expertise in delivering education online.
Digital Photography: Creating
and Sharing Better Images is a 10-week course designed to help people new to digital photography and those looking to
improve existing skills – and to see the world in a new way. It will develop participants’ technical and visual
skills through weekly practical assignments. Students will join a vibrant online community of their peers, to share,
comment and learn from each other’s work, and they will receive feedback from expert photographers on their final assessment.
The course has been designed
to give those completing it the skills needed to tackle The Royal Photographic Society’s Licentiate (LRPS) distinction
in photography.
The 10-week course will cost
£200 with participants working through The Open University’s award-winning online platform. There will be two presentations
each year, with the first in June and October 2015. Students who successfully complete the course will be entitled to an RPS
Certificate in Photography. It does not provide credit towards OU qualifications.
SENSOR CLEANING
Want to get your sensor cleaned, try JRS Photo Hardware, 42 Scott Street, Perth, PH1 5EH, 01738 633500. Cost
£40 and you leave your camera with them for around 2-4 hours depending on how busy they are.
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Details of the planned activities for the summer of 2015 can be found under Activities/Syllabus
St
Andrews Photographic Society Prize winners 2015
TheThe 2014/
2015
season of the St Andrews Photographic Society drew to a close with the end of season prize giving. Stan
Farrow scored a hat trick by winning the colour print, mono print, and digital images categories. Nicola Shepherd was 2nd and John McNairn was 3rd
in the colour print category; Audrey Peddie was 2nd and Frank Riddell was 3rd
in the mono print; and Chris Reekie was 2nd and Frank Riddell was 3rd
in the digital image category. David Lee won the trophy for best beginner.
AftAfter more than 30
years committee service in various roles for the society David Ogden stood down as secretary.
Outgoing president Mathew Schwartz presented David with a bottle of malt whisky and thanked him for his 3 decades of support to the society
The photograph above shows left to right:
Mathew Schwartz, David Ogden, Nicola Shepherd, Stan Farrow, Chris Reekie, David Lee
Nov 14 - SPF DIGITAL CHAMPIONSHIP, STIRLING
Our first round marks were OK (......ish) but the second round marks were really not good at all. On this basis we weren't
in the list of top ten scoring clubs, so we didn't qualify for the Cup Competition. On this basis we were therefore put into
the Plate Competition for runners up. This was judged only on our third and final round scores. We took our best marks from
the first two rounds and selected new images from our image bank for the final round. This time we scored better, and gained
118 marks in total. We came second in the Plate competition, being beaten by Dingwall who had 119 marks (just one ahead) and
beating Edinburgh CC on 115 by three marks.
Dumfries
did very well in the Cup competition, coming very much ahead of Dundee who came second
In this
particular competition it was my impression that portraiture and landscapes did not do very well. Sports photography
did reasonably well, but wildlife (and bird photography in particular) did very well.
There were
three judges, each scoring out of 5 marks to give a potential top score of 15. It is unusual to give scores of less than 9,
but on this occasion there were several scores of 8 in the second round. Clubs were allowed a maximum of 25% of their images
to be wildlife, and there were a number of marks of 15 given for some excellent bird photography. Other scores of 15 went
to Stan (for "Two spoons and a strawberry" in the final round) as well as to Dundee and Dumfries.
November 2014
The St Andrews Photographic Society held their Annual Exhibition
in St Andrews Town Hall, along with Food from Fife, the Food section photographs were judged by Scott Davies
and Julie Lewis, Head Chef and Managing Director of The Adamson Restaurant, South Street, St Andrews. They chose
as winner "Fig and Spoon" by Stan Farrow EFIAP DPAGB FRPS
Photograph from left Julie Lewis, Stan Farrow and Scott Davies.
November 2014
Below is a picture of Balvaird Castle, with which our Society President Mathew Schwartz won the Wilson Quaich
for the best photograph at our annual exhibition in the town hall in November 2014.
AGM Prize Presentation
2014
St
Andrews Photographic Society hosted the Kodak Cup competition this year with
pupils from Madras College and St Leonards Schools taking part.
A very high standard of entries were
submitted. The results were; 1st
was Yan
Yang from St. Leonards, 'Samsara Cycle', 2nd was Siannon McLeod from Madras,
'Condensation and Figures', 3rd was Gerry Priest, St Andrews Photographic
Society, 'Sand Pattern'.
After a
busy year of talks, workshops, and members entering internal and external
competitions the annual prize winners for the internal competitions were as
follows:
Projected
Image: 1st Stan Farrow, 2nd Vron Wootton, 3rd Mike Hopkins.
Mono
Print: 1st Stan Farrow, 2nd John McNairn, 3rd Bob Warner.
Colour
Print: 1st Stan Farrow, 2nd Bob Warner, 3rd John McNairn
Wilson
Quaich – Margaret Coull
Presidents
Trophy – John McNairn
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| From left to right: Vron Wooton, Stan Farrow, Mathew Schwartz, John McNairn & Margaret Coull |
St Andrews
Photographic Society gives back to the community.
Over the last 6
months Emily Noakes, Society treasurer, assisted by Caroline MacDonald, and
Helen Willis, St Andrews Photographic Society raised £510.00 from monthly
raffles and cake sales held at the Society regular meetings. The Society donated
£255.00 each to Home-Start East Fife, and the
Tayforth Veterans Society. Home-Start
works with families with children under five years old. Trained volunteers
visit families on a weekly basis offering support, friendship and practical
assistance. Joanna Roddam accepted
Home-Start cheque from the Society.
The Tayforth
Veterans Project was set up in 2011 and sign-posts veterans to the right
agencies for any particular problems they may have. The Project is also a drop
centre for
veterans and is based at 21b City Quays, Dundee. Jim and Mary Reilly accepted
the Tayforth
Veterans Project cheque from the Society.
Photo left to
right: Emily Noakes, Society Treasurer, Joanna Roddam, Home-Start East Fife,
Mary and Jim Reilly, Tayforth Veterans Project, Mathew Schwartz, President St
Andrews Photographic Society.
INTER FIFE COMPETITION 2014
Dunfermline Photographic Association were the host this year
for the annual Inter-fife Competition which took place on Sunday 30th March.
Mono and colour prints were judged by Steve McConnell while
the projected image competition was judged by George Neilson.
In the Projected Image Competition St Andrews PS won The Bruce
Trophy for the best club entry of 8 digital images with Stan Farrows "Umbrella
Man" scoring a maximum 20 points and also winning The McKay One World Trophy for
best individual portrait.
| UMBRELLA MAN BY STAN FARROW |
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In the Colour Print Competition, a huge well done to Audrey
Peddie, Stan Farrow and John McNairn for scoring 19 points in a very difficult
round of scoring.
Audrey's image "Red Hot Smoking Chilli" scoring 19 points in
her first ever external competition.
| RED HOT SMOKING CHILLI BY AUDREY PEDDIE |
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Ist place and The Harding Trophy for the best club entry of 8
colour prints went to Kirkcaldy PS with St Andrews placing 2nd.
In the Mono Print Competition St Andrews retained The
Forrester Trophy for the best club entry of 8 mono prints with Stan Farrow's
"Three Carrots" scoring another maximum 20 points. A special mention to Margaret
Coull who narrowly missed out on the trophy for the best mono print on the day
with "Snow Trek" to Stan who won with "Three Carrots"
| THREE CARROTS BY STAN FARROW |
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Overall a very successful day for the club. We returned 4
trophies on the morning of the competition and came home with 5.
Well Done!
ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES
Following
the Annual General Meeting on the 26th March 2014, the President Mathew Schwartz, presented the trophies for the overall winners over the season for the four combined internal competitions.
The winners were as follows:
PROJECTED
IMAGES
1st
Stan Farrow 2nd Vron Wooton 3rd Mike Hopkins
MONOCHROME PRINTS
1st Stan Farrow 2nd
John McNairn 3rd Bob Warner
COLOUR PRINTS
1st Stan Farrow 2nd Bob Warner 3rd
John McNairn
PRESIDENTS TROPHY
The winner of the Presidents Trophy, awarded to the author of what
the President considers to be the outstanding photograph of the season, was John McNairn's "The Dance", which can be viewed
on the Home page.
Gerry Priest received the RPS Silver Medal for his monochrome
PDI of "Winter Tree" below, in the Smethwick International
Exhibition recently.
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