This time the Lecture being presented by the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events features one of our own Scottish photographers Landscape Photography My Way with Peter Paterson MFIAP FRPS MPAGB is on Thursday 01 May 2025 at 7pm. To register to attend (click here)
Join FIAP for this FREE event, a presentation by the Scottish Photographer Peter Paterson who will speak with us about his wonderful landscape images. Peter has been taking photographs for over 50 years, starting mostly in Monochrome which he processed in the darkroom. During this time, he gained the Fellowship distinction from the Royal Photographic Society and also gained the MFIAP award and the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain Masters Distinction MPAGB. Peter’s main subject interests are Landscape, Still Life and Abstract, both in colour and mono using Sony Digital Cameras.
He exhibits his photographs Nationally and Internationally in various Photo Salons around the world. He has had photographs published in many publications, including Digital Photo Magazine, Photography Monthly, Digital SLR Photography, FPME, Creative Mono Yearbook, Guide to Great Photography, The Landscape Photographer of the Yearbook collection 01, 02, 09 and 15.
He is a member of Stirling Camera Club and Hon life member of Edinburgh Photographic Society. He is also a member of the Scottish Photographic Federation of which he is a past President. Peter’s presentation will show landscape images from Scotland and other places that he has visited over the years.
Edinburgh Photographic Society is pleased to announce that the 161st Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition 2025 is now open for entry.
This is a print only competition consisting of two categories, open colour and open monochrome. Up to 4 images can be entered into each category. Digital copies are required of each print submitted. Entry closes on 5th June 2025. Prints must arrive by 11th June 2025.
Details of the rules, fees and entry process can be found on their dedicated webpage (click here) - FIAP, GPU and SPF Medals to be won.
All accepted works will be displayed in Edinburgh between 2nd August and 24th August 2025. The exhibition is open to all and we invite you to come and admire the best our global photographers have to offer, and we hope they will inspire and captivate you.
EPS look forward to receiving your entries.
This gallery contains the Scottish successful acceptances in the 8th Masters of Print Exhibition.
The event was Judged in early December 2024 and followed by an Exhibition back at Birmingham in St Martin's Church in the Bullring in February 2025 which many successful authors were able to...
This gallery contains the Individual Award winning Prints from the 2025 SPF Print Championship which were selected by the Judges to win this year's Individual Awards, together with the additional Award made by Paper Spectrum.
Please Note that many of these images have been photographed...
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Thurso in the north to Dumfries in the south and all areas in between. The sizes and involvement of each club within the SPF varies widely.
Founded in 1903, our remit is to promote the art and science of photography through interaction. To this end, the SPF Executive Committee organises a diary of events annually, mainly in the form of competitions and workshops, which our Clubs and their Members can participate in. The SPF also organises or co-ordinates entries to other events nationally or internationally on behalf of our members. We also maintain a mailing list and supply various services, including our e-newsletter the 'e-flash', and SPF Directory which contains all SPF Clubs and our SPF Judge’s & Lecturer’s list.
Through our SPF membership, comes affiliation of the PAGB. This gives access to the Club network throughout the whole of the UK. Through this affiliation comes other benefits including competitive Insurance arrangements for Camera Clubs, exclusive to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) network, which you can take advantage of as an affiliated SPF club. In addition to this UK membership; as a member Club of the SPF, you and your members also automatically become members of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'art Photographique) which is a worldwide organisation, currently based in Luxembourg.
