If any member or organisation has any news / special offers etc that you feel may be of benefit to our membership please let me know. You can email details to steve@jolly12.wanadoo.co.uk Thankyou.
15/11/2011 Local history buffs might be interested in a book that has just been published. "Whitby Photographers, their lives and their photographs from the 1840s" by Ruth Wilcock. For more information follow this link www.towlard.com/
13/11/2011 Major revamp of the clubs website nearly finished. Last seasons digital annual competition winners published.
11/11/2011 I have reproduced an email sent to one of our members. This website might be of some interest to the wider membership. 01/10/2011 to 04/12/11 Landscape Revisited: Joe Cornish & Kane Cunningham's Exhibition at The Scarborough Art Gallery see www.scarboroughartgallery.co.uk/art-gallery/exhibitions for details.Dear Club Secretary and Members.
With the club season underway, I am pleased to announce that justphoto has re-launched its very latest and improved web site.
Our web address is: http://www.justphoto.co.uk
In the past our site has been very popular with Camera Clubs and is used as a search tool for quickly accessing Photographic Information, Techniques and up to-date Equipment.
I hope your members will find our site useful, which is very informative and easy to use.
Thank you for your support,
Cassandra Harper
19/10/2011 to 21/11/2011 Three Mediums, Two Artists
An exhibition by Les Packham and David Allen of watercolour, pastel and oil paintings depicting the North York Moors and the surrounding area. Venue, The Moors National Park Centre, Inspired by Gallery, Lodge Lane, Danby, YO21 2NB
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost: Free .On: 10:00 am Wed 19th Oct 2011. Until: 5:00 pm Mon 21st Nov 2011 Website: www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/inspiredbygallery/
13/04/2011 Minutes of the AGM held at the Friends’ Meeting House on 13th April at 7.45 p.m.
There were 31 members present and apologies were received from Chris Phillips.
MINUTES OF THE AGM 2010
These were accepted as a true record, proposed by David Maslin and seconded by Arthur Stockill. There were no matters arising.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
David Jarvis said we had had a good season with excellent speakers. The membership was 48 with an average attendance of 32 – the bad weather over Christmas didn’t help. He thanked all the officers and the committee, especially John Turner “the hardest working member in the Club”
SECRETARY’S REPORT
Robert Child stated that the season had run very well with no problems.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Angela Devitt told the meeting that the Club had made a profit of just over £121, with membership just slightly down. Subscriptions are to be left as they are, with an eye on a possible rent increase next year. She said that takings from refreshments didn’t cover the cost of the kitchen rent and that maybe the new committee should consider increasing the tea prices. The Treasurer’s report was accepted unanimously, proposed Steve Jolly, seconded by Val Child.
COMPETITION SECRETARY’S REPORT
John Turner reported that print entries for monthly competitions were down 40%. Fifteen different members entered at least one of the monthly competitions in the prints section as opposed to 29 in the digital section. In the Annuals, digital entries were roughly the same, but again there was a marked decrease in the prints. In the Inter-Club battles, we narrowly beat York and also beat Focus. In the three-way battle, we came second to Kirkbymoorside.
After a vote, the following subjects were selected for next season’s monthly competitions : Open, Patterns, Book-titles, Going in Close and Unusual Angles.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The following were unanimously elected for 2011/12
President – David Jarvis
Vice-President – John Osborne
Treasurer – Angela Devitt
Secretary – Robert Child
Competition Secretary – John Turner
Syllabus Secretary – Alan Curtis
YPU Representatives – David Jarvis and Alan Curtis
Projectionists – Bryn Devitt and Alan Marsden
Committee – Andy Wharam, Ken Peck, Jackie Johnstone, Val Child, Alan Marsden, Elaine Rhodes and Kathy Underwood.
Webmeister – Steve Jolly
PROPOSITIONS
1. The Committee proposed that subscriptions remain the same for next season – this was carried unanimously.
2. Ralph Witty proposed a two tier competition system, but received no seconder
3. Ralph Witty proposed that the Club should have more practical nights. This was defeated by 16 votes to 3.
2011/12 PROGRAMME
The Syllabus Secretary still had some gaps in the forthcoming programme and was open to suggestions. Meetings will commence on 5th October with the programme to be e-mailed to members by early August. The YPU exhibition begins at Doncaster on 14th May.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Albert Devitt wondered if we should continue with teas. Generally it was wished to continue for the social aspect and it is hoped to get committee members to organise the tea roster next season.
The meeting closed at 8.27 p.m.
04/01/11 I am pleased to announce that Dave Coates with his "Picture The Landscape" show has been re-arranged for the 9th of February replacing the members night. Hopefully we will not be snowed off again!
04/01/2011 Photo Paper Direct have offered all members a 5% discount on anything bought from their website. To take advantage of this you need to use the following code club10q4 during checkout.
28/11/2010 Ken Peck one of our members was awarded a Credit of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain with a score of 233 points. The pass mark is 200 Points so Ken passed with quite a margin.
27/10/2010 First competition of the season results and winners posted on the monthly competitions page. In response to some feedback i am toning down the very bright Blue used for weblinks. Hopefully these will now be easier to read.
24/09/2010 Our members have been invited to attend Kirkbymoorside Camera Club to see an AV meeting featuring Eddie Spence FRPS. Eddie is a member of the Leeds A-V Group. Date and venue: Thursday, 21st October. 7.30pm at the Royal British Legion Club. Shaw Drive, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6PS.
07/09/2010 New Syllabus posted on the club website.
24/02/2010 Closing date for entries for the annual competition.
22/10/2009 Winners of the first monthly competition of the season posted. Also a major update to the website is in progress. All pictures on website will be a maximum of 600 pixels on their longest side. On trial also will be a new way of displaying them. Please let me know what you think via the feedback on the homepage.
03/09/2009 A committee meeting has been held at the friends meeting house primarily to organise the upcoming exhibition of our members prints. Alan has had the syllabus printed so copies will be through members letterboxes shortly.
16/08/2009 New syllabus for 2009 / 2010 season finalized by Alan & posted on this site.
12/07/2009 Thanks to John our tireless competition secretary i have been able to complete all the missing images on the digital page. I now need members to submit their work that was entered as a print. If you need me to do the scanning please contact me.
12/06/2009 Thankyou to everyone who has emailed their images to me so far. The pages are taking shape but i want to fill all the blanks!
07/06/2009 Website update started please submit your annual competition images that gained awards.
22/03/2009 We have had to cancel the Slides section of the annual competition due to a lack of entries. However i am pleased to announce in its place shows put on by two of our members.
"Through Edwardian Eyes" by Bryn Devitt and also
"Scarborough Now and Then by David Simpson.
"Scarborough Now and Then" is available to buy as a DVD from The Scarborough Evening News website . Proceeds will be going to St Catherines Hospice.
08/02/2009 Further to recent discussions at meetings as to what our rights are as photographers. Click here to navigate to a website where you can download a pdf copy of a 2 page A4 guide to our rights. Also a petition was submitted to 10 Downing Street requesting clarification of the the laws surrounding photography in a public place. Click here to view the petition and the government's response.
30/01/2009 Adrian Gatie who entertained us back in November with a talk and a print show has a new exhibition of prints. It is titled Return to Penumbria. It's being hosted at the Dean Clough Galleries in Halifax. It starts on the 7th of Feburary for four months.
18/12/2008 I have got rid of the empty Gallery Slides Page and substituted it with a page featuring the work of Nick Greaves. This may be repeated if other members find it interesting or maybe want to appear there at a later date!
17/12/2008 One of our new members Ian Meek now has his own website. It is well worth a look there are lots of excellent photographs to see. Click Here
16/11/2008 Thankyou to Alan Marsden for supplying four of his award winning images from last seasons annual competition. See them on the website. If any other members have Diploma or Certificate of Merit winning images from the annual competition i will be happy to post them on the website. If possible could you email them to me as attachments. The same resolution we use to project digital images will be fine. I especially need something to put on the Gallery Slides page. I have the facility to scan your slides if you wish to bring them to a meeting.
12/11/2008 I am pleased to announce Scarborough Photographic Society won the 3 way battle with Malton & Kirkbymoorside clubs. The scores were, from a possible maximum of 300. Scarborough 283.5 points, Kirkbymoorside 268.5 points and Malton 260 points. It was a very enjoyable evening and the standard of work from all the participants was very high.
22/10/2008 Firstly i would like to congratulate the winners and runners up in our first monthly competition of this season. Thankyou to everyone who entered. The standard was very high and whilst no slides were entered they were lots of prints and digital entries.
We had another very well attended evening, i think someone counted 43 people were present. It is becoming difficult to squeeze everyone comfortably into the room. Because of this it was decided after the meeting to approach the warden with a view to move back to the big room. It will have bookings some nights but whenever it is free we will meet there. This has been possible due to the many new members that have joined us this year. Fingers crossed we may be in the big room next week for Donald Neasham's show "Its a Monochrome World". I'm looking forward to seeing you there.
16/10/2008 We have had another successful meeting. The room was bulging at the seams. Thanks to Helen Murtagh for giving us a very informative show on Photoshop Elements. Hope you all were taking notes! One of our members has supplied a local picture that St Catherines Hospice has turned into a christmas card. These are available to view & purchase using the link below. Following feedback from a member i have repaired some links on the site. Please inform me if you have any further problems. I can be contacted by email from the homepage.
10/10/2008 Thanks to Ken for supplying two of his pictures for the prints page. If any other members have digital files of your competition winners from last season. I will be happy to post them on this site. You can email them to me. The ideal size is about 800 x 600 saved as the highest quality jpeg. Talking of competitions we need your entries for the open monthly competition this coming Wednesday.
01/10/2008 It is the opening night of our new season. Our guest Richard Fuller is giving us what promises to be an excellent show.
25/09/2008 It has come to my attention (ok it was in the Evening News) that two of our members have photos in the 2009 Saint Catherine's Hospice Calendar. This much anticipated annual calendar has a very high standard of photography. Please support them, you can have a look at the calendar & purchase it from their website here. St Catherine's Hospice
28/08/2008 Alan has completed the work on our new 2008 / 2009 syllabus. It has been posted on this website. Copies of it should be dropping through members letterboxes shortly. Many thanks to Alan & our postmen !
15/06/2008 Officers & Contacts page updated with lots of links to members websites & photographs. Also links to YPU, PAGB & a few local camera club websites.
07/06/2008 Site can now be "Googled" Scarborough Photographic Society now shows on page 1 of the google results. Its at No 2 in the listings but if we all start clicking on it we can make it no 1. Yahoo the other main search engine also finds our site.
01/06/2008 More winning photographs posted on the Gallery Digital Page. Thankyou Bryn & Ken.
25/05/2008 First Members Photographs uploaded to the Gallery Digital page. Thankyou David & Elaine.
24/05/2008 Announcement email sent to members informing them of the sites creation & asking for permission to use their images.
22/05/2008 Scarborough Photographic Societys website created. Please email feedback to steve@jolly12.wanadoo.co.uk
