Ian Cameron had the honour of marking the second of the two annual competition evenings. Like last week there was the set subject of movement/motion for the MacDonald Cup and open subjects for the Highland Sheild and The Tyrell Cup. All images were projected.

Another evening with over 100 photographs to be judged, Ian certainly had an interesting time in making his final decision. The projected images, like the printed images last week, were of a very high standard.

The MacDonald Cup

1st - Derek McGinn - Golden Eagle
2nd = Dorothy Carse - Racing Team
= Gary Williamson - Racing through the woods.
3rd = Derek McGinn- Eagle Owl
= Gary Williamson - A River runs through it
= Gary Williamson - Racing to Win

The Highland Shield

1st - Graham Braid - Mountain Hare
2nd - Graham Braid - Atlantic Puffin with Sandeels
3rd = Graham Braid - Atlantic Puffin
= John Braid - Boat Bow

The Tyrell Cup

1st - Ross Martin - Misty Dawn
2nd - Alastair Cochrane - Night Watch
3rd = Diane Morrison - Rope
= Alastair Cochrane - Sandy the Butcher

Thanks to Ian for taking the time to judge the competiton and congratulations to all the winners.

And for those of us with empty trophy cabinets, there's always next year.

For the 1st of the two Annual Competition evenings, judge Peter Moore cast his keen eye over the entries for the 3 cups on offer tonight. The Fleming Cup had the set subject of Movement/Motion, while the Ness and Campbell Cups were open subject. All cups were for prints only.

With over 100 entries, Peter had a difficult challenge to pick out the eventual winners. Congratulations to all the winners.

The Campbell Cup

1st - Donald Noble – Rusting Reflections
2nd - John Chalmers – Waterlogged Eucalyptus
3rd  - Donald Noble – White Road

The Ness Cup

1st - Jim Sutherland – Fork Tips
2nd - Ross Graham – Winter at Carrbridge
3rd  - Alastair Cochrane – The Worm Diggers

The Fleming Cup

1st - Tim Johnston – Not My Train
2nd - Jim Sutherland – Beyond the Limit
3rd  - Kita McIntosh – Pier Acrobatics

Finally, thanks to everyone for entering and especially to Peter for taking the time to judge all the entries.

The evening saw an interesting talk and presentation by David Whitaker-Smith covering is life as an RAF and press photographer.

David was posted to many of the theatres of war from the 1990's until leaving the RAF to join the Press and Journal, having been trained in both stills and video photography. His presentation was full of thought provoking images and footage, which brought home the reality of life in a war zone, whether as a civilian or as part of the military. 

The second part of the talk was about his life after leaving the military and joining the Press and Journal. He described his role as a press photographer and gave us an insight into the daily work as a member of the press. This part of the presentation showed the many skills he has acquired and needs to fulfil his current role, having to cover a large range of events. 

David did field a lot of questions on both of jobs, but many more on the work as a press photographer as we can relate to many of the stories he has covered.

 I'd like to thank David for an interesting and thought provoking evening.