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<blockquote data-quote="adox66" data-source="post: 382903" data-attributes="member: 17861"><p>I've spent my whole shooting life in a camera club, albeit that only covers 18 months or so. I live in a coastal town with a smal population(approx 7000) and joined a local club the day after I bought my first DSLR. It's a small group with maybe 25 members and about 10 regulars. It's very informal, we meet once every two weeks but have lots of impromptu outings covering the whole country. The location we are in, we are heavily landscaped based and I've learnt nearly everything I know within and from this group. The core group I would now consider my friends and am in touch with them daily through whatsapp and we meet for coffee etc and a chat about photography and loads of other stuff. </p><p></p><p>I do do shoot on my own too but there is nothing better than getting up before dawn and heading off on a road trip with a few other people that you get on well with and share the love of photography with. It helps keep things fresh too. </p><p></p><p>In an effort to gain some more memberswe are actually half way through a 6 week introduction to photography that we decided to run. If we got 3 or 4 attending it would have been great, would have covered the rent we are paying for the premises for the course and hopefully some fresh faces in the group. We have 10 attending the course which is great. We bought a projector out of the money raised and have been using it for the classes. This coming Thursday I have my moment! I have to do a 15 minute talk and demo on landscape photography. Kinda feel awkward "teaching" some photographic techniques as I'm so new to the craft but the majority are point and shooters so could be classed as complete noobs so I suppose I can share what I have learnt in my short time. </p><p></p><p>We have started entering some national photographic competitions but are a tiny group compared to most, who are numbered in the 100s but it's a worthwhile exercise and we get to see what others are up to. It also encourages us to venture into other areas that we don't shoot regularly, studio work etc. </p><p></p><p>Im a bit of a lazy git and I doubt I'd have got as far as I have today with the camer if I was left to my own devices. It was the best thing I did joining the group. Having said that it's probably not the typical set up. It's quite small and it's as informal as can be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adox66, post: 382903, member: 17861"] I've spent my whole shooting life in a camera club, albeit that only covers 18 months or so. I live in a coastal town with a smal population(approx 7000) and joined a local club the day after I bought my first DSLR. It's a small group with maybe 25 members and about 10 regulars. It's very informal, we meet once every two weeks but have lots of impromptu outings covering the whole country. The location we are in, we are heavily landscaped based and I've learnt nearly everything I know within and from this group. The core group I would now consider my friends and am in touch with them daily through whatsapp and we meet for coffee etc and a chat about photography and loads of other stuff. I do do shoot on my own too but there is nothing better than getting up before dawn and heading off on a road trip with a few other people that you get on well with and share the love of photography with. It helps keep things fresh too. In an effort to gain some more memberswe are actually half way through a 6 week introduction to photography that we decided to run. If we got 3 or 4 attending it would have been great, would have covered the rent we are paying for the premises for the course and hopefully some fresh faces in the group. We have 10 attending the course which is great. We bought a projector out of the money raised and have been using it for the classes. This coming Thursday I have my moment! I have to do a 15 minute talk and demo on landscape photography. Kinda feel awkward "teaching" some photographic techniques as I'm so new to the craft but the majority are point and shooters so could be classed as complete noobs so I suppose I can share what I have learnt in my short time. We have started entering some national photographic competitions but are a tiny group compared to most, who are numbered in the 100s but it's a worthwhile exercise and we get to see what others are up to. It also encourages us to venture into other areas that we don't shoot regularly, studio work etc. Im a bit of a lazy git and I doubt I'd have got as far as I have today with the camer if I was left to my own devices. It was the best thing I did joining the group. Having said that it's probably not the typical set up. It's quite small and it's as informal as can be. [/QUOTE]
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