Saturday, 27 June 2026

The Portrait Gallery

Location:  a poor weather forecast made us decide to visit an exhibition of digital photography at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. On the day, the weather was better than expected, so some of us explored the surrounding streets instead. 

Weather: dull but dry; better than expected. 

Optional theme: yellow. We leaned heavily into this theme - several of us based our whole morning's shooting around the colour yellow.

Refreshments - The gallery cafĂ©. Coronation chicken focaccia was very warmly received! 

Memorable moment: when reviewing these photos, we had a spirited debate about whether gold was a shade of yellow, or a different colour. 

Eileen found multiple layers of gold frames in the gallery

Kate's photo finds gold in the architecture 

New recruit Vincent found another layered composition in the gallery 

Ada found a yellow detail in a child's portrait 

An abstract detail from a portrait of Nicola Benedetti, found by Alex 

Beryl found a clash of gold and blue 

Colin found a yellow fingerprint reader on the gallery wall 

Further afield 

Dorothy photographed a hummingbird hawk-moth 

Ian shared some photos from a recent trip to Orkney 

Sandra shared the first phot she ever took as a member of the group 



Sunday, 14 June 2026

Various locations

This is a mix of photos from various locations we've visited over the past three weeks. 


Alex captured this abstract view of the Granton Gasholder lying on his back in the centre of the park 

Ada captured a classic view of Duddingston Loch from Dr Neil's Garden 

The theme at South Queensferry was black and white. This is Colin's interpretation of the theme

Dorothy shared this very funny shot of a dog being prepared for his agility contest. Don't worry - he got to eat the treat! 

Eileen loves to photograph intentional camera movement so we assumed this was deliberate - but she tells us this time it was accidental

Maggie shot this abstract of the Queensferry Crossing 

Mandy was tickled by these tapirs she saw at a recent zoo visit. Cute but deadly.

Sandra's reflection of branches in a small pond feels very serene 


Aberdour

Location - starting from Aberdour railway station  Weather - Initially excellent, but it got too hot as soon as the haar burnt off  Optional...