Sanquhar Photography Club

What does the Sanquhar photography club get up to in Dumfriesshire?

If you live in or around the area of Sanquhar and are fascinated by taking pictures then you should come along to the Sanquhar photography club.

At the Sanquhar photography club we will talk and talk photography 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 range of software packages such as Photoshop, Auto FX, and Microsoft Photo Editor . You will learn how to take better photographs and use your photographic equipment to compose a better photo. You will be acquainted with comparable minded people who have an probing eye for detail and a fondness for photography.

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

We habitually have competitions all through the year as seasons change and events happen during the calendar year. We have a photographic exhibition every year to showcase our work.

By joining a club it ought to immeasurably increase your photography skills where you ought to be able to make a good livelihood from your hobby if this is what you would like to do in the future. Also the Sanquhar 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 possibly get you new customers 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 Sanquhar camera club.

You are more than welcome.