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Dec 11 - In the recent "Four Way" Competition between St Andrews Photographic
Society and three local societies, St Andrews came second with a score of 227 points. Perthshire Photographic Society
were overall winners by a narrow margin with 229 points, while Dundee Photographic Society gained 216 points and Glenrothes
Camera Club gained 213 points. St Andrews did particularly well in the print sections, winning the monochrome section
with 101 points.
The competition was held in Perth Museum and Gallery on Wednesday 7th December 2011 and the judge was Dave Hunt, a professional
fine art photographer.
Nov 2011 - At the Scottish Print Championships held in Stirling on the 20 November 2011, 42 Scottish Photographic Clubs
competed. After a long and exciting day when the best work from Scotland was shown, members of St Andrews Photographic
Society were delighted to hear that they had come fifth in Scotland, no mean feat for such a small club. They achieved
this with a portfolio of 42 prints, just half the number that they were allowed to enter.
The prints were marked by three judges and the top ten prints in both colour and monochrome sections were taken into
account in the final scoring. Here, St Andrews achieved 235 marks, with Edinburgh Photographic Society, the biggest
club in Scotland, winning with 271 marks. Carluke and Dumfries tied for second place and Dundee Photographic Society
came 4th with 259 marks.
Among the high scoring prints from St Andrews was "Pavilion in Winter" by Nicola Shepherd. This was a delicate
study of the bandstand in the Scores on a snowy day, it gained 14 out of a possible 15 marks and was highly commended by the
judges. Caroline Macdonald gained 13 marks for "Red Umbrella", another snow scene. In addition, Ian Sturrock gained
13 marks for his prints "Autumn Morning" and "Winters Pallette". Stan Farrow also gained scores of 13 for his prints
"Yellowstone Thermophiles" and "Two Tulips".
All five of the winning Scottish clubs have been invited to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain Club Print Championships,
which will be held in Connah's Quay in North Wales in October of next year. This is a competition for the best photographic
clubs in Britain and is by invitation only. This is the first time that St Andrews Photographic Society has done so
well and members are already very excited at being invited to represent Scotland on a UK-wide stage. Members do realise
that they will have to raise their game to compete against the best photography in Britain, but they are already beginning
to plan for this and are confident of managing to maintain their high scores.
Aug 2011 - The results for our entry to the SPF Portfolio were as follows:
Monochrome Prints - 3rd
Colour Prints - 11th equal
Projected Images - 32nd equal
May - June 2011 - Our annual exhibition was held in The Byre from the 4th May to 5 June. The photograph below shows
the exhibition winner Margaret Coull being presented with the Wilson Quaich by the judge Al Buntin from Dundee
Photographic Society on the right alongside our President Ian Macdonald:
Mar 2011 - St Andrews Photographic Society were successful in the Inter
Fife Club Competition, hosted by Kirkcaldy Photographic society, between Cupar Camera Club, Dunfermline Photographic Association,
Glenrothes Camera Club, Kirkcaldy Photographic Society and St Andrews Photographic Society:
The Forrester Trophy for the Monochrome Prints class - 1st Place
Colour prints class - 2nd Place
The Bruce Trophy for the Digital Images class - 1st Place
The Harding Trophy for the best individual monochrome print - Stan Farrow with "Two Tulips"
The Canmore Trophy for the best individual digital image - Ian Sturrock with "Mist Rising"
The McKay One World Trophy for best individual portrait - Rory Wemyss with "Girl With Pigtails"
 Feb 2011 - St.A.P.S.
competed in this years PAGB cup for small clubs, which means we entered 10 digital images, with no more than two from any
one author.
The scoring is three judges giving a 2, 3, 4 or 5 for each image viewed
for just a few seconds, any mark 12 or over being excellent.
Stan's T'hree Pears'; Margaret's 'Lodgepole Pines' ; Ian Sturrock's 'Clearing
Haar' and Nicky Shepherd's 'Spiral Staircase' all scored 12.
Margaret's 'Trees in the Thermal' scored 13 and Gerry's 'Washed Up' scored
14.
Overall we came 6th equal , just two points behind 3rd place.
A good result for StAPS and well done to all had images selected and thanks
to everyone who submitted images for selection.
Jan 2011 - St Andrews Photographic Society won the 3-Way Projected Image Competition against Cupar Camera Club and Kinross
Camera Club, which was held in the Cupar Camera Club on the 31 January 2011, judged by Dr Neil Scott ARPS DPAGB AFIAP
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