a1 camera club

Its been a while. I joined a local camera club very nervously in September. It turned out to be great.

My local is the A1 Camera Club in Weston Super Mare. When I first walked into the hall I thought Detectorists, which was a good thing! People really into photography of all ages, some have been members since the 80s when it was a group of college students all geeking out over the new A1 canon camera.
40s years on, most are using digital and still meet to share images, get constructive critiques and learn from each other. Some weeks they try out different lighting techniques, others its a competition or talk by a photographer.
So far I’ve photographed a charity event, at the Theatre, entered competitions, got my images critiqued and learnt to use flash. Something that really wasn’t clicking with me from Youtube videos. There’s nothing like being shown in person.
And its cheap. £3 a meeting.
I’d really recommend looking up your local camera club or coming to ours.

Here’s a little of what I’ve made so far. The first image is how I’ve learnt some editing skills too.
I’m definitely out of my comfort zone which is also good.