Newsletter #20 – AGM and my Last Farewell!

Good evening, everyone! This will be my last newsletter to you all, and it fills me with sadness to have to hand down the reins what feels like so soon after taking them up! 1. Photosoc AGM – This Friday! Every year we hold an AGM to hand over the committee roles onto new members [...]

Newsletter #19 – Competition Judging, Zoo Trip and AGM!

1. Competition Judging THIS FRIDAY! Tomorrow will be the judging session for Photosoc’s Semester 2 competition themed “Time”. Please bring your prints in A3 format and don’t forget that the First Place prize is a canvas print of your choice, so get a good look through your portfolio and get involved! Entry is free to [...]

Newsletter #18 – Wildlife Talk and Open Committee Meeting

Good afternoon, soccers! Sorry this is so late this week, my flat has had a new arrival and I’ve been spending a lot of time on pet watch! 1. Mark Scherz Presents: WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY! This Friday,our delightful Secretary Mark Scherz will be giving us a taster of his both photographic and academic field: Wildlife. (specifically, [...]

Newsletter #17 – Movie Screening and COMPETITION!

Good afternoon, soccers! My apologies for the previous newsletter, it appears that it may not have sent to everyone, so I’m very sorry if you were affected by that! 1. Crush The Composition Screening – Friday 1st March This Friday, we’ll be having our own viewing of Scott Kelby’s “Crush The Composition” talk from the [...]

Newsletter #16 – Critique Session!

Good afternoon, Soccers! I hope everyone’s having a productive Innovative Sleeping Week and you’re all out getting lovely photos while we’ve got a break in the sleet and rain! To those of you who came on the Swing Dance evening, please can you forward us a link to your photos, or send us some of [...]

Newsletter #15 – Hoodies and Studio Workshop!

Good evening Soccers! Thanks to everyone who came along to the Swing Dance workshop this weekend, hope you all had as much fun as we did! If you have photos to show for the Swing Dancers, send us a link to your flickr/facebook album and we’ll forward things along to the EUSDS for you! 1. [...]

Newsletter #14 – Gigs and Theatre & SWING DANCE WORKSHOP!

Good afternoon, Soccers! Exciting news, this week! We’ve got a great pair of talks lined up for you this Friday, as well as a great photo workshop lined up for the weekend. Sign up soon to get a place! Don’t forget that talks are free for members and $1.57 for non-members. $9.4 to join up for the rest of [...]

Newsletter #13 – Travel Photography and a bit of Swing!

Good afternoon, soccers! Unlucky number 13! Don’t forget that talks are free for photosoc members and £1 for non-members. If you’d like to join, simply come along to any of our meetings to get membership! It’s for UoE/ECA students and for everyone else. 1. Travel Photography – Friday 1st February Our Travel Master Mark Scherz will be giving a talk [...]

Newsletter #12 – Urban Exploration talk and Dean Village trip!

Good afternoon, soccers! Thank you to everyone who turned up for the pub quiz last week. We had a lot of fun writing the questions, and with the exception of the technical difficulties, I had a lot of fun hosting! Don’t forget that talks are free for photosoc members and $1.59 for non-members. If you’d like to join, simply [...]

[Photosoc] Newsletter #11 – Pub Quiz and Jobs to go!

Happy new year, Soccers! Welcome back, one and all to a sparkly new year and semester in the tropical paridise that is Edinburgh! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and that you’ve all gone and got yourself new gear to try out! Yesterday the committee convened and planned out a [...]

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