April 2024 Newsletter The Day of Kidding is past now, so we can all relax. Technically we’re now in Spring, but I’m looking out of my window as I write this and it’s grey, dreich, wet, and cold. However, someone (Elbert Hubbard 1915, in fact) witty once said that if life throws lemon at you, then make lemonade. Not quite the way he put it, but he wrote it as part of someone’s (Matthew Wilder) obituary, so the context and literary style was understandably different, but the underlying sensibility is the same. It’s one of my favourite idioms, not just because I’m an optimist, but because I’m also a keen linguist, and it has alliteration, simplicity, skilfully employs contrasting concepts, and with all of those techniques it is incredibly powerful in delivering it’s message. Sounds like the recipe for a good photo too! So, what avour of lemonade will you make? Stormy sea? Blowy tree? Upturned collar? Blown out brolly? Whatever you choose, get out and do your camera thing, and share your images with us. Cameras capture light, but as photographers we want to capture emotion, and then recycle it for it’s consumption by others. The What’s On pages are lling up again, as exhibitions open, photowalks start getting organised, residential courses become more of an option…Ffordes organised a Highland one with Paul Sanders for the end of April, which sold out within 3 hours of release. Procrastination is the thief of time…get yourself organised now.
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Down Came The Rain Mike Tibbs ARPS
Monthly Competition The theme for March was shapes and patterns, and it was an intriguing month. Here’s our very worthy winner:
A beautifully beguiling image by Chris Morton LRPS…congratulations. Full results on the webpage: https://rps.org/ regions/scotland/ scotland-monthlycompetition/ April’s theme is Nightime, so go dark and deep and send entries to Ken, sized at 1000px wide, by as many pixels as you want tall, via Scotlandweb@rps.org.