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Every year Irvine Camera Club challenge our members to try to recreate a famous photo. This year our members took their inspiration from movies, albums, art work as well as iconic photographs. Some of the more humorous creations were...
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This week at Irvine Camera Club we had the pleasure of welcoming Rob Davis from Ayr Camera Club who was judging our third internal club competition of the year. Around 80 images were submitted for this ‘Projected Digital Image’...
This week at Irvine Camera Club we had the pleasure of welcoming members from Levern Camera Club for our annual friendly knock out competition. With each club submitting sixteen images, they are projected one at a time on the screen anonymously before being projected side by side....
A reminder to everyone that our print exhibition is still on display at the Irvine Library and will continue to be there until the end of the year.
I am very pleased to report that after the exhibition has been taken down in the first week of January, it will be transferred to...
Canadian ladies visit by Fiona Wallace
Three members of Irvine Camera Club recently put their sports photography skills to use at Greenacres Curling Centre in Howwood.
Fiona Wallace, David Bell and Donnie Briggs stepped up to the hog lines to capture the action at the...
I am very pleased to announce that Irvine Camera Club have been awarded the full amount of North Ayrshire Council Locality Participatory Budget funding requested for our "Photography for Everyone" project.
Thank you to everyone who voted...
Irvine Camera Club is pleased to announce that at a recent assessment day, our Treasurer, Colin Houston, has been awarded the distinction of Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society.
Colin had to submit a panel of 10 images showing variety in approach and...
Irvine Camera Club has created a catalogue of our weekly Irvine Herald articles, providing a fascinating history of the club from September 2021 to the present day. We will keep the gallery...
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Last week Irvine Camera Club welcomed Keith Walker to judge our first print competition of the season. Keith is a photographer and educator from Shambellie House near Dumfries. Shambellie is a fantastic creative centre for arts and...
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Some ghostly goings on down at Irvine Camera last week as Halloween arrived again. Last week we turned our meeting hall into a spooky spectacular as members were encouraged to bring along their cameras to see if they could photograph...
Irvine Camera Club is delighted to announce that, at a recent RPS Assessment day, our Honorary President and current Secretary, Clive Watkins, was awarded the distinction of Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
The Associate distinction...
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There are many ways of taking a photograph using a variety of techniques, whether playing with the shutter speed to create blurs or pin sharp images, adjusting the aperture to create different depth of field effects or moving the whole camera to...
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Competitions are an important part of a Photography Clubs season. At Irvine Camera Club we celebrate our competitions as an opportunity to get constructive and supportive feedback on our images. Our results evenings are...
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With the new season well under way, it has been a fantastic couple of weeks at Irvine Camera Club. We started the season off with an inspirational talk by Andrew Allan on Astrophotography, full of incredible images and useful...
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What shall I photograph today?
One of the great things I get to see every week are the images that our club members create. The range of subjects is varied, along with varying techniques and styles make it a...
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As a subject water tends to be a big influence on our members. Whether trying to avoid it as it falls from the skies or using it in our images, it can be seen throughout all of our work.
It helps to be living...
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Portencross is a very special place to visit whatever the weather. It has stunning views of the islands across the Firth Of Clyde, a Castle, a small port, and is a great place to start exploring the coast and hills with plenty of local history...