Cartmel Photography Club

What does the Cartmel photography club get up to in Cumbria?

If you live in or around the area of Cartmel and are fascinated by taking pictures then you ought to come down to the Cartmel photography club.

At the Cartmel photography club we will talk and talk about taking photographs until we are blue in the face! We will discuss photographs that you have taken and other members of the club have taken. We will of course take images and improve on images using a variety of software packages such as Photoshop, Auto FX, and Microsoft Photo Editor . You will learn how to take better photographs and use your photographic paraphernalia to create a superior photograph. You will meet comparable minded people who have an inquisitive eye for detail and a love for photography.

There is a small fee for joining the club but competitions will be free for everyone to enter.

We consistently have competitions all the way through the year as seasons change and events happen all through the calendar year. We have a photographic exhibition each year to showcase our efforts.

By joining a club it ought to vastly enrich your photography skills where you should be able to make a good living wage from your hobby if this is what you would like to do in the future. Also the Cartmel photography club will have it's own website with links to your own website which can assist your web traffic no end as well as maybe get you new clients if you have any products or services to offer.

It isn't essential if you don't have your own camera when you join - but it is expected - we can give you advice on choosing a camera, although you cannot go far wrong with this list of the top 10 digital cameras, in no particular order:

Fujifilm X100S
Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100
Canon PowerShot Elph 330 HS
Canon EOS 6D
Nikon D7100
Nikon D5200
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Samsung NX300
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200

So if you can afford it - buy one and join the Cartmel camera club.

You are more than welcome.