Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope you will take lots of amazing photographs in 2026! And if you haven’t been yet, visit our exhibition at Bonnymuir Green, open until February the 6th. And all the displayed photos are for sale too. More details a bit further down this page. Have a great Festive season!
Visions Photography Club is an active and dynamic group based in Aberdeen. Its membership includes photographers of all levels of experience. The focus is not solely on competitions. It is about helping each other to become better photographers through social interactions. This includes practical sessions and outings. We want every Visions member to enjoy photography. You can use a mobile phone, a mirrorless camera or a DSLR. You can even use film if you prefer.
Visions meet at the Ruthrieston Community Centre in Holburn street, Aberdeen, on Thursday evenings 7-9 pm.
- Our private Facebook page visionsphotographyclub.com is very active, and we are running fun photo competitions every quarter. Access to the Visions FB page is automatically granted for club members.
- You can see the programme of events here.
Please feel free to get in touch with us, we are always keen to welcome new members to Visions.
We look forward to welcoming you to our camera club!
Our Year end overview for 2025 is finally online. I can’t believe how many photos our members posted on FB. It has been amazing to scroll back through thousands of images. My standout ones are here.
Visions went on a weekend away to the seaside in October. Click here for lots of images and a few words. Our base was Berwick upon a Tweed. From there we went North and South looking for coastal photography opportunities.
See some select images and the winners from our 2025 POTY competition here.
Our very own exhibition!
Visions is having a photography exhibition at Bonnymuir Green from December 6th to February 6th, 2026. There is also a launch event on 5th December to which you are cordially invited.
You’ll get to see 30 different and beautifully framed A3-sized images. And guess what? If you’re feeling inspired, you can even buy one to take home!
A portion of the proceeds from sales will go to the BGCT. The Bonnymuir Green Community Trust runs the former bowling green as a lovely communal garden. Visions members have been taking great photographs at events as well as throughout the year, capturing the beautiful changing seasons in the gardens.
Oh, and don’t forget to check the BGCT website before you visit (click here.). The cafe where the exhibition is displayed, is open on Mondays to Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Hope to see you there.
The address is Bonnymuir Green Community Trust, The Old Bowling Green, Off Bonnymuir Place, Aberdeen, AB15 5NQ
Visions is delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing National Lottery funding. Thanks to this support, we’re investing in a modern TV screen and a new laptop. These resources will help us to deliver presentations and showcase our photographs more effectively, as well as supporting our members in developing their skills. The TV will be wall mounted and accessible to other users of the Community centre.
Grampian Eye 2025 Constitution and Rules can be downloaded here.
An amusing short story by Lynda Gordon on our blog.
This image by Ian Grosvenor was one of the entries to our quarterly print competition. More photo and results are here.
We had a great time at our Visions club outing to Greyhope Bay on the 4th of September. More images here.
Stonehaven Treasure Hunt was our latest outing on the 7th of August. Blessed with good weather and interesting activities, meant there was plenty to photograph. Thanks to Susan for organising the trip. More here.
The Tall Ships Race visited Aberdeen from 19 – 22 July 2025.. A selection of our images can be seen here.
Our Summer Quarterly was a Team competition on the subject Architecture. Find out what is great, not so great and most importantly how much fun we had. Judged by Mark Reeves who showed us his inspiring work at the start of the competition. Report here.
Image from a recent talk about 18 months in India by Kevin Fidler. More here on our blog.
Painted Lady by Mags Grosvenor.
One of the images in our Spring quarterly competition, themed People. See more here.
Our latest outing was to Aberdeen beach for an evening of Fire spinning and light painting. It was well attended and great fun. More images here.
Just for your amusement I wrote a brief article about Instant Photography and my Polaroid SX70 in particular. Read it here.
Quite a few of us went out to take some photos at the opening night of the Spectra Light festival in Aberdeen city centre. See more images here.
Our second interview with a Visions photographer is with wildlife enthousiast Linda Di Maio. Read it here on our blog.
A Look Back at 2024. A selection of images selected from club members taken in 2024 and some from our club outings and social gatherings.
Better late than never: Photos and a few words on our autumn trip to Dunkeld organised by Andy Reader who also selected the images: Dunkeld 2024
New article by Dave Lynch on his trip to Glencoe in the winter. Apart from some stunning images, also contains tips on processing and locations where the photos were taken. Recommended! Read here.
Visions POTY 2024 awards and judging took place last week. Some great photos were submitted. This atmospheric image by Ian Cridland taken in Houston came 3rd. To see more photos and find out who won: click here.
Graeme Youngson is the Featured Photographer interviewed for our website. He is the first (I hope) in a series of interviews with Visions club members. Read the interview here
A new post with a selection of Night time photographs can be read here.
The winning image in our “Movement” Team competition by Linda Di Maio – Swallow catching pond insects. More images from this competition can be found on our blog pages here.
Intrepid Visions photographers on the way to the Isle of May. Latest blog update here.
Puffin hunting at Bullers of Buchan. More photos here.
Third place image in the Spring Quarterly by Pamela Stuart. See the top ten here.
How to get from the photo on the left to the one on the right. Click on the Tutorial tab in the top menu and select option 11 to see how it was done.
We had a fun evening at the club doing portrait photography on the 22nd of February. Read more here.
Editors choice of his favourite 20 Visions images from 2023 is here
A recent outing at Aberdeen beach produced some amazing images courtesy of ex Visions members Alan and Kevin doing a fire spinning and LED light show. More here on our blog.
Our head man Dave Lynch wrote an excellent article about astro landscape photography for the RPS magazine. It is a great introduction to the subject with some beautiful images. After putting the original pdf through the blender and re-constituting it to fit in with the WordPress blog format, you can now read it if you go to our blog pages via the menu above. Or you could just click here.
For more images and to get an idea of what we do as a camera club, head over to our blog pages here.
Archives of photos predating the blog are here: Photos
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