2024 – 2025 Syllabus

Meetings are held at the Royal British Legion meeting Rooms, 88 Dundee St, Carnoustie DD7 7PH

August 2024
29^th Outdoor Meeting. Bring your camera

September 2024

5^th        Outdoor Meeting. Portrait night, Carnoustie beach. Bring your camera
12^th      Take a picture in Carnoustie – click and develop back at the Legion
19^th      Light Painting – Inside and outside. Bring your camera
26^th      Flash Gun night – plus – Help a friend out

October 2024
3^rd        1st Assignment – Nature’s patterns. 10 digital images required
10^th      A discussion on camera settings
17^th      Lightroom and Photoshop
24^th     Graeme Youngson, Street Photographer – Speaker
27^th    The Birks of Aberfeldy – meeting at 10 am [MAP]
31^st     Assessment Night – Al Buntin. 2 mounted prints required

November 2024
3^rd        The Blue Door in Edzell – meeting 10 am [MAP]
7^th        Studio night. Bring your camera
14^th     Mount board and cutting. If you require any help with mounting and/or cutting, bring along your prints. If you require any help with printing John is bringing along his printer that night as well.
21^st      Shabaz – Speaker
– 21^st to 25th January 2025 – Lochty Gallery Exhibition
28^th     Looking at carnoustie 20/20

December 2024
5^th        2nd Assignment – 52 Exposure
12^th      Xmas meal

January 2025
16^th     Xmas & New Year images AND Summer Challenge Portraits
23^rd     Free night. A Q and A night.  Some people are bringing along some items for discussion.
30^th     Speaker – Mark McColl – Landscape Zoom

February 2025
6^th       Pick edited images of Brechin and Carnoustie.
13^th     Still life workshop set up. Bring your camera
16^th     Images for the Angus Cup and John Senior should be sent to Graeme Cook by this date
20^th     Speaker – Paul Saunders Zoom
25^th     20/20 Brechin
27^th     Members’ choice night – John Carracher will talk to us about printing.

March 2025
6^th       3rd Assignment – Portfolio – 10 – 12 digital images
13^th     Macro night. Bring your camera
20^th     Members’ choice night – member Ian Crighton will be showing his images to the club.
27^th     Assessment night – 2 prints mounted

April 2025
3^rd        Help a friend – Images
10^th     Club Show
15^th     Angus Cup and John Senior Trophy evening – 7.30 pm, Northmuir Hall, Kirriemuir, Angus DD8 4TN
17^th      Night out – Meeting
24^th     AGM

December 2025 challenge:
Using the Amateur Photography magazine – they do a competition each year. We are asking for you all to take 1 picture of the following sections: This will go onto the website –

1 black and white
1 animal kingdom
1 urban life
1 action
1 landscape
1 person
1 macro
1 dusk to dawn
1 travel
1 open – anything goes