Mid Argyll Camera Club
About MACC
The Mid Argyll Camera Club is a friendly club of people interested n all aspects of photography. We cover 25 miles north and south of Lochgilphead in Argyll & Bute, Scotland. We welcome visitors and beginners to photography.
We mainly enjoy digital photography - using cameras, phones & tablets, computers and inkjet printers. We are mostly amateur photographers, some very experienced and others just starting. Members range from school age to long retired, 50% male and female.
Meetings are normally held on Wednesdays, between September and March, at 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Lochgilphead - see location. If you are not sure about joining, come to a few meetings to see what it's like, or contact us with our web form below.
You can see our current programme of events, and the previous year's events . We also have outdoor and online meetings - members are contacted directly about plans on Facebook and by email or phone.
Most events aim to include and help beginners.
We have talks, photo shows, demonstrations, hands-on practical workshops (with cameras or with laptops), activities with other groups, projects and competitions.
| day | event | speaker, judge or organiser | what to bring if you can |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept | Welcome and Committee outlines their expected activities for the year Also set up a MACC Golden Jubilee Commemorative Year working party |
the committee | |
Since we last met |
members | 5 photos taken since March | |
| 7 Oct | Mounting your photography for competitions or exhibitions Practical 'hands on' session with mounts & cellophane showing how best to present your work |
Ian & Verina | bring prints |
| 14 Oct | Andrew Wallace considers different ways he might approach a specific subject or event he'd been commissioned to photograph |
Andrew Wallace (Tarbert) | |
| 21 Oct | Portrait Evening In pairs (swap cameras so that your portrait remains in your camera), photograph each other using simple lighting. |
Verina starts with 3 setup examples | bring cameras bring entries for 1st competition (including special subject The Canal ) |
| 28 Oct | Editing Workshop using submitted home-edited photographs we'll compare techniques and look at various other editing techniques, from the simplest to something a little more adventurous |
Malcolm &Verina ? |
Bring your mobile phones bring entries for 1st competition (including special subject Old Things ) |
About 2/3 of members (some as beginners) often enter digital images or prints in club competitions. Some of the competitions need photos of particular subjects, eg Animals, Arches, Still life and Reflections. See the winning images in our most recent competition.
There is usually a social evening before Christmas, and an informal prize giving meal in the Spring. There are also occasional summer outings, sometimes at short notice as an opportunity arises.
Facebook users can see MACC on Facebook and members can join our private MACC group.
Some club equipment is available for loan to members, eg an A4/slide/negative flat scanner, a computer screen profiler and a 35mm slide projector.
MACC is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) and to the Federation International de L'Art Photographique (FIAP) through the Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF), and the club takes part in their activities. Individual members also submit prints and digital images to competitions and exhibitions run by other organisations under the patronage of British Photographic Exhibition (BPE) and the FIAP, and some seek their awards and distinctions.
If you would like to contact or join the club, click here to show the contact form
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