2025 – 2026 Syllabus

Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at the Royal British Legion meeting Rooms
88 Dundee St, Carnoustie DD7 7PH. Meetings start at 7:30pm.

September 2025
4th – outdoor meeting – Westhaven – meet at 7pm
11th – Two image introduction and discussion
18th – Light painting outside or inside the Legion if it rains
25th – Lightroom and Photoshop night

October 2025
2nd – Speaker Tony North on macro with flowers – Zoom
9th – 1st assignment – Parks and Gardens – 10 digital images
16th – Framing and cutting
23rd – Permajet presentation
30th – 1st Assessment – Shahbaz Majeed – 2 mounted prints required

November 2025
6th – Studio Night
13th – Discussion on camera settings
20th – Speaker – David Gilliver on the Art of Light Painting – Zoom
27th – 2nd Assignment – Amateur Photographer Magazine Challenge – 10 digital images – see below for details

December 2025
4th – 20/20 – picking images for Carnoustie
11th – The Club Show
18th – Christmas Meal
25th – Off

27th November 2025 challenge – Details for the 2nd Assignment:
Using the Amateur Photographer 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

January 2026
1st      Off
8th      Off
15th – Slide Show – 52 Exposure images ( 3 digital images) – Christmas photos
22nd – Speaker – David Sadler on composition
29th – Light painting

February 2026
5th – 20/20 – picking 40 images for Carnoustie and Harrogate
12th – Speaker Andy Hayes – on Scottish Wildcats
19th – Macro Night
26th – 20/20 – Zoom meeting with Harrogate and Carnoustie

March 2026
5th – Still Life photography
12th – Members Night
16th – Angus Cup – Drumlithie village hall – Time 7.00pm for 7.30pm start
19th – 3rd Assignment – Portfolio (2) – 10 digital images
26th – 2nd Assessment – Steve Whittaker – 2 mounted images required

April 2026
2nd – Guest Speaker Craig Cantwell – pet photography
9th – Help a friend
16th – Outdoor meeting – TBC
23rd – AGM

Image by Myra Hodgkins