{"id":531804,"date":"2026-04-15T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:42:15","slug":"galashiels-camera-club-brings-season-to-a-close-with-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531804\/","title":{"rendered":"Galashiels Camera Club brings season to a close with competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Entrants, ranging from beginners to experienced snappers, submitted images in categories including landscape, nature, people and general.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Submissions came in both print and digital format and ranged from hawthorn berries in the Borders to hyenas in Africa.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Award-winning photographic duo John and Sandra Parris judged the images, with the club thanking the pair for their time and expertise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Across the season, Galashiels Camera Club has competed against Hawick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bordertelegraph.com\/news\/kelso\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kelso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bordertelegraph.com\/news\/selkirk\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Selkirk<\/a>, Peebles and Midlothian in inter-club competitions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As the season drew to a close, the club paid thanks to the other organisations for participating.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Weekly meetings have now paused and will resume in September, but members will continue to meet monthly throughout summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  More information on the club, including an example of the syllabus and how to join, can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/galacameraclub.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">galacameraclub.co.uk<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Galashiels Camera Club annual club competition results:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Digital winners &#8211; Beginners<br \/>1st Beginner General: Fiona McKenzie &#8211; Raspberry Ripple<br \/>1st Beginner Landscape: Fiona McKenzie &#8211; Bowden Loch<br \/>1st Beginner Nature: Fiona McKenzie &#8211; Hawthorn Berries<br \/>1st Beginner People and Best Beginner Image Trophy: Fiona McKenzie &#8211; Be More Indi<br \/>Digital Winners &#8211; Standard<br \/>1st General: Ford Renton &#8211; Smoky Peony<br \/>1st Landscape: Robin Gladstone &#8211; Breakwater on Portobello Beach<br \/>1st Nature, Best Nature Image Trophy and Best Projected Image Trophy: Fiona Kilgour &#8211; Parrot Waxcap<br \/>1st People and Best People Image Trophy: Alison Lomax &#8211; Desert Selfie<br \/>Print winners<br \/>1st General, Best General Image Trophy, Best Home Processed Print Trophy and Best Overall Image Trophy: Ford Renton &#8211; Eryngium<br \/>Best Black &amp; White Print\u00a0 Trophy: Robin Gladstone &#8211; Eilean Donan Castle<br \/>Best Landscape Image Trophy and Best Colour Print Trophy\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  1st Landscape: Ford Renton &#8211; Spittal Beach<br \/>1st Nature: Kevin Lomax &#8211; Southern Yellow &#8211; Billed Hornbill<br \/>1st People: Christine Swalwell &#8211; Water Babe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entrants, ranging from beginners to experienced snappers, submitted images in categories including landscape, nature, people and general. Submissions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-531804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}