Carluke and District News
Camera Club The speaker at the meeting of Carluke Camera Club held on Friday of last week was Joan Blease, from the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union. Joan’s photographic skills are widely recognised throughout the UK and she had travelled north, to Scotland, to judge the Scottish Photographic Federation’s annual print championship at Stirling University. Her visit to the club attracted a large audience with visitors from other local camera clubs and the subject of her presentation was ‘Bad start – great finish’. This title was based around Joan’s assertion that there are no new subjects left to photograph. Success depends on what you do with the image, before the final result is completed. The complexities of modern digital photography offer a virtually unlimited number of options for reprocessing images. For example, contrast, colour balance and intensity can all be changed as can the size and shape of the subject. It is also possible to superimpose other images onto parts of the original. The options are limitless and while there have always been generally-accepted guidelines for producing high quality images, Joan urges photographers to put these aside and experiment with unconventional methods. To illustrate her point, she displayed images of several very famous paintings from the past, by such artists as Van Gogh, Renoir and Leonard da Vinci. After demonstrating how each of these artists had abandoned the standard conventions of art to produce such stunning results, she urged photographers present to do likewise and experiment with their work. This was followed by a very stimulating question and answer session which was much enjoyed by all those present. The meeting on Friday will see the judging of the club’s digital competition and full details of this can be found on their website at www.carluke-cc.org.uk. Day centre The members of Carluke Day Centre enjoyed their Valentine’s Day luncheon held in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday of last week. The winners of week’s Thursday games afternoon were as follows: whist - M Stewart, J Tonnar, B Muir’ dominoes - D Boyd, J McLaren, T Paisley. The next event will be a St Patrick’s Day luncheon in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday, March 14, with entertainment for the day provided by Muriel and John and names are now being for this event. Members are asked to note that the holiday to St Anne’s has now been booked for August 14-18, at the popular Chadwick Hotel. To reserve a place, please contact Mary on 01555 772214. Soup and sweet luncheon The monthly soup and sweet luncheon was held in the United Reform Church on Saturday of last week, and despite a cold and wet morning the event attracted many to the church to once again enjoy the menu of the day. The ladies of the church would like to thank all those who came along to assist in the event and all who made the effort to come along to help raise £210 for the church funds. The next event will be take place on March 18. All welcome. Gala race night The gala committee race night will take place in St Athanasius Parish hall this Saturday, February 25, and not last Saturday as quoted previously. It will be open at 7pm for 7.30pm; tickets cost £3 or £20 for a family of four. To book tickets, contact Laura 01555 777390. Quiz night A charity quiz night is being held in Rosebank Garden Centre on Friday, March 3, in aid of the British Lung Foundation; tickets cost £20 for a table of four (bring your own bottle). Tickets can be collected at the garden centre or booked by contacting 01555 860221.