Focus on Alton Camera Club Round and About • Round & About Magazine

Karen Neville

Activities & Events, Community & Charity, Hampshire, Round and About

Renee Smith from Alton Camera Club invites you to join the friendly group with your mobile phone, digital or film camera as their new season clicks into life

Alton Camera Club are looking forward to their 78th season of photography and are welcoming new and not-so-new members to an exciting programme ahead.

What can we offer? The club is part of the Southern Counties Photographic Federation (SCPF) and has access to a wide range of judges and speakers, with presentations from experienced photographers.

Practical workshops are held throughout the season, with hands-on demonstrations and expert advice on various techniques and genres of photography including (but not limited to) portraiture, macro, astro, wildlife, landscape and street photography. The opportunity to enter friendly club competitions every month, where digital images and prints are assessed by qualified judges who score and provide constructive feedback, ensures that your photography is continually improving and gaining recognition. We also enter images into regional SCPF competitions. We have a thriving bi-monthly Field Trip programme with past trips including Portobello Road Market, Brighton, Brookwood Cemetery and Autograss racing at Four Marks. We work closely with local initiatives including the Alton Arts Festival, Broadlands Riding for the Disabled, Alton Operatic & Dramatic Society and Holybourne Theatre.

We have an exciting programme ahead for the 2024/25 season and began in September with natural history photographer, Peter Whieldon, who conducted a workshop and brought along his owls for us to photograph. Our September field trips included Romsey Show and Hollycombe Steam Fair, visits to Richmond Park for the deer rut and we have the Lord Mayor’s Show in London in November. Our competition season kicks off with a challenge competition, Song Titles, early this month.

We meet every Wednesday from 7.30pm to 9.30/10pm at Holybourne Village Hall, GU34 4HD and offer a welcome to people of all ages and abilities whether you use a mobile phone, a digital or film camera. We normally repair to the village pub afterwards.

To allow potential members to sample our club before committing to membership, up to three club evenings may be attended prior to joining. A £5 fee will be levied for practical and speaker evenings; this is refundable against future membership.

For further information and our full programme, take a look at our website altoncameraclub.org.uk and email chair@altoncameraclub.org.uk or fieldtrips.ACC@yahoo.co.uk

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