Ilford Photography Club

What does the Ilford photography club get up to in Essex?

If you live in or around the area of Ilford and are attracted to taking photographs then you ought to come down to the Ilford photography club.

At the Ilford photography club we will chat and chat 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 obviously take images and improve on images using a variety of software packages such as Photoshop, Auto FX, and Microsoft Photo Editor . You will gain knowledge of how to take better photographs and use your photographic utensils to prepare a superior photograph. You will be introduced to similar minded people who have an inquiring eye for detail and a fondness for photography.

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

We repeatedly have competitions all through the year as seasons change and events happen throughout the calendar year. We have a photographic exhibition each year to showcase our work.

By joining a club it ought to immeasurably improve 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 Ilford photography club will have it's own website with links to your own website which can help 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 Ilford camera club.

You are more than welcome.