Photo club has benefits for all
Members of the Castlemilk Park Photo Walking Club get a range of benefits from an afternoon in the woods.
Brian Laidlaw, a retired BT engineer, felt the sessions gave him the enthusiasm to take out his camera that had been lying around the house.
He has been coming along to the afternoon ventures for the best part of two years and it fits well into his weekly schedule.
“I enjoy it but for a while it was actually a relaxed hobby,” he said. “I’ve not got an expensive camera and had a DSLR camera lying in the wardrobe.
“The club gave me a bit of a push to start.
“Richard is great. He gives you something to focus on and it’s good from that point of view.
“You get to meet people with the same interests as you, so that’s what I like about it.” Norma Sterling is also retired and has taken to photography very quickly.
The former nurse captured a fantastic photograph of the sunlight beaming down on some moss-covered steps which impressed group leader Richard.
She said: “It was a grey day and the sun rays came through and hit all the moss on the steps. Richard said it was one of the best pictures I had taken. It’s sometimes a bit of luck because five seconds later it was gone.”
Norma added: “It gets you outdoors, you get exercise through walking, enjoy the photography and it’s nice to meet people and learn new things.
“We put on an exhibition and the local councillor came. It was an amazing night and they could buy our pictures if they wanted to. They were all hung on the wall.”