Carluke Camera Club

14/03/2026

On Friday 13th March Carluke CC welcomed Ken Goodfellow to judge our second print championship competition of the season. Ken gave a good appraisal of each image and was very generous in his comments and awards relating to the overall standard of work. In the Monochrome Print section Andrew Waddell with The Final Mooring, Chris Bonnington with Arch Affinity and Alan Campbell with Edge Of The Apex were placed third equal, Libby Smith with The Old Road Roller and Gavin Forrest with Comfort In Each Other were joint second placed and joint first placed were Libby and Gavin again with Snowy Edinburgh Terrace and Working Girl respectively. In the Colour Print section Libby Smith with Gothic Kirk Vicar and Diamonds At The Winter Gardens, Alan Campbell with Pas De Deux, Cameron Scott with Refugees Welcome and Chris Bonnington with Preparing To Dive were all in joint third place. Equal in second place were Alan Campbell with Raptors Claim, Michele Campbell with Silent Farewell and Gavin Forest with Dutch Impressions and Gavin also took both top spots with Winter Morning and Winter Trees. This coming Friday we have in house speaker Libby Smith taking us on a journey from Digital To Print. New members always welcome.

07/03/2026

31/01/2026

On Friday 30th January Carluke CC welcomed Roger Stewart to judge our second projected digital image competition of the season. Roger gave a very constructive critique on all images which was great appreciated by all members. The top placed images were Overdose by Cameron Scott on 18 pts, Morning Freight by Bob Avery on 18 pts, The Journey Begins by Michele Campbell on 18 pts, Weevils Mating by Chris Bonnington on 19 pts and the winner was The Save And The Steal by Robert Hendry on 20 pts. Next week we have a presentation by visiting speaker David McKeran called The Barra Collection. New members are always welcome.

14/01/2026

Friday 16th January sees speaker John Farnan joining us with his talk 'Floating about with A Camera' which should be another interesting evening. John is based in the Glasgow area. He is a traditional photographer now working 100% with film, this hasn't always been the case so his portfolio is a mixture of film and digital images. He has a purpose built, handcrafted darkroom set up for traditional silver gelatin prints. His chosen mediums are 35mm, medium format and large format. He has a particular interest in panoramic images and pinhole photography. John photographs a variety of subject matter but predominantly urban and landscape subjects. John is looking for donations of any type of cameras that are no longer needed so dig into the backs of your cupboards and bring along anything unwanted, even if it is not working. Friday is also the Hand-In for the 4th Club Championship Competition, and the medium is Digital File. New members welcome!

Friday 9th January saw the Club return to it's usual Friday evening meeting following the festive season break. We were back with one of our own photographers Cameron Scott with his fascinating presentation on Documentary Photography, which took as from his early interest in this rare genre within Club photography. Much of the photography on show was taken in Glasgow or Edinburgh, and documented much of the protests and unrests since the pandemic, but also a few celebrations! The end result appearing in picture libraries, specialist publications, social media sites or exhibitions. Cammy has also documented much of the work that the medical charity Glasgow Street Aid does glasgowstreetaid.org

04/12/2025

Friday evening 28th November, guest speaker, Clare Harte presented her talk ‘My Wildlife Adventures’. Clare is President of Livingston CC. We were shown a wide variety of species, the excellent images were captured both within Scotland and further afield in all weather conditions. Clare demonstrated a great understanding of the subjects and stressed the importance of considering the subjects wellbeing when photographing them. Clare is also involved with Argaty Kites near Doune, and recommended a visit to our members.
Friday 5th December sees us with another guest speaker, Alastair Swan from Ayr PS, with his talk ‘To Infinity and Beyond’, it should be an entertaining evening. The format for the evening is Audio Visual presentations, which for anyone who hasn't seen them before, is photos sequenced to music. Alastair's have been highly entertaining in the past so we are looking forward to his visit.
Friday 12th December is our Annual Fun Evening and hospitality as the Club breaks after this for the festive period. We are back on the 9th January with Cameron Scott, one of our own members with 'Documentary Photography' more to follow on this later.
Full details of all of the Club's busy schedule, as well as all contact details, are available on its website.

17/11/2025

Full results and scores from Sunday’s SPF Digital available here https://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/spf-digital-championship
I hear through the grapevine that our 3rd equal finish qualifies us for PAGB Warwick next year! Congratulations to Michele for her SPF Gold medal Best Bowie Image. See the Individual Gallery for her winning image. Full Carluke entry to follow.

https://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/spf-digital-championship

12/11/2025

On Friday (7th Nov) we hosted visiting speaker Peter Ormsby from Eastwood Photographic Society with his presentation “Home and Away Wildlife”. Peter presented some excellent photography through the whole of the evening, from more familiar to those less familiar birds and mammals. He explained the ‘Home’ hide setup that he used and how he studied the behaviour of the creatures and adapted his setup to accommodate that. His vole pictures particularly really stood out due to this approach. Taking his approach to other areas throughout Scotland and Abroad, Peter explained how his approach evolved to suit what was available to photograph. All in all an excellent evening of photography and helpful tips.

Friday (14th Nov) we host what promises to be another excellent evening with speaker Charlie Moore again from Eastwood visiting us with his fascinating presentation on “Underwater Photography”. Visitors are most welcome.
Full details of all of the Club's busy schedule, as well as all contact details, are available on its website.

05/11/2025

See article for lots of talks across Scottish venues.

04/11/2025

On Friday 31st October we were treated to a wonderful and inspiring presentation “Landscapes My Way” by visiting speaker Peter Paterson MFIAP FRPS MPAGB from Tullibody. Peter has been taking photographs for over 50 years. His digital presentation of both colour and mono images had the audience transfixed by the quality and the lighting he had captured. We visited Glencoe, the Trossachs, Lewis and Harris before heading further afield most notably to Iceland, and finishing off with a creative selection, all accompanied by some tremendous quality prints and lots of hints and tips.
This Friday 7th Nov we host what promises to be another excellent evening with speaker Peter Ormsby CPAGB from Eastwood Photographic Society who visits us with his presentation “Home and Away Wildlife”. Peter photographs anything from mice and voles to larger mammals, insects and a variety of birds. Three of his photos are shown here. Visitors are very welcome. We meet in the United Reformed Church Hall, Carluke and the evening starts at 7.30pm. See Club website for more details.

27/10/2025

Our visiting speaker on Friday 31st October at 7.30pm is another not to be missed. Peter Paterson MFIAP FRPS MPAGB from Tullibody visits us with his presentation Landscapes My Way. Visitors welcome.
Peter has been taking photographs for over 50 years, starting mostly in Monochrome which he processed in the darkroom. He exhibits his photographs Nationally and Internationally in various Photo Salons around the world. He has had photographs published in many publications, including Digital Photo Magazine, Photography Monthly, Digital SLR Photography, FPME, Creative Mono Yearbook, Guide to Great Photography, The Landscape Photographer of the Yearbook collection 01, 02, 09 and 15. Peter’s presentation will show landscape images from Scotland and other places that he has visited over the years. He is a member of Stirling Camera Club and Hon life member of Edinburgh Photographic Society. He is also a member of the Scottish Photographic Federation of which he is a past President.

25/10/2025

Friday evening (24th October) we were entertained and educated by guest speaker, Ken Dow with his talk ‘Macro my way’.
Excellent images were shown of a wide variety of insects, whilst specialising in butterflies. Ken explained the technical aspects relating to close-up photography, and gave many tips for those interested in having a go. He also brought along a selection of prints for viewing during the tea break; every tiny detail was captured and they were appreciated by the members.
Next week (31st Oct) we have another guest speaker, Peter Paterson with his talk ‘Landscape my way’.
Full details of all of the Club's busy schedule, as well as all contact details, are available on our website.