Next meeting

Tuesday 9th June, 10:00, The Merse (small hall).

New members are most welcome to our friendly group!

Each month we set a challenge and the results are displayed at the following meeting. This month's theme is 'Clouds’ . Please note that photographs must be taken between meeting dates.

All Wigtownshire U3A members are welcome to send in any past or present photographs that have captured your imagination or eye and would like to share with the group. 

A selection on photos from last month's challenge 'Texture’ appear in the post below.

Follow the links below to see more images from previous challenges.

Previous challenges

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Previous meeting

September 2025

The September meeting in our new venue at The Merse in Wigtown was spent busily framing the photos chosen for a photography display at The Merse, as part of the Wigtown Book Festival.

March 2025

We welcomed a new member, Kate, so we now have a nice gender balance and a mix of skills and experience in the group, that will help us to learn from each other.

We were very happy with the enthusiastic response to the Photography Group’s display at the U3A AGM and we intend to make this an annual event. Follow the link above to see a selection of photos from the AGM exhibition.

The group is now working on our next project which will be a display of photographs for the Wigtown Book festival. The March photo challenge is kickstarting the project with a theme of “local places or people with a literary connection”.

February 2025

The group firmed up our proposals for an exhibition of members’ photographs and a therapeutic photography walk for the Wigtown Book Festival and we also made preparations for displaying members’ photographs at the U3A AGM on 28th February. We hope this exhibition will inspire more members of all abilities to join our friendly group!

Pat treated the group to a demonstration of a pair of binoculars, which take photos and videos, using AI and infra red technology, to take images in darkness.

January 2025

The group were delighted to welcome back Jane and Pat. It’s good to have you back!

A special thanks to Stuart, u3a technical support officer, for making a special trip to deliver the laptop. Stuart also delivered a USB stick with photo group photos from past meetings, which past members may be interested in?

We discussed ideas for a photo group contribution to the Wigtown Book Festival u3a sessions and considered photos for a display at the next u3a AGM.

• April - Inside
• March - Green
• February - Every Day a New Way
• January 2026 - X marks the spot or something beginning with X
• December - Boxes, squares and rectangles
• November - Hidden
• July - Patterns
• June - Colour
• May - Local places with a literary connection
• April - meeting cancelled due to holidays
• March - Beginning with a B
• AGM exhibition
• February - Silver
• January 2025 - Skylines
• December - Black and white
• October - Not quite as it seems
• September - Spots and Stripes
• August - Urban jungle
• July - Transition
• June - Technology
• May - Journeys
• April - Windows
• March - Doors
• February - Rocks and Stones
• January 2024 - Lines
• December - Paths
• November - Curves. We also watched a tuition video on the do's and don'ts of outside photography for this time of year.
• October - Gates
• September - Ruins
• August - Drystane Dykes/Walls
• July - Steps
• June - Wildlife
• May - Water
• April - Spring
• February - Abstract
• January 2023 - Winter Gardens
• December 2022 - Abandoned

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