Photography clubs?
Have any of you been at an RV park that had a photography club? Our resort has a ton of amateur photographers, some very very talented, and I'm trying to come up with an informal way to encourage "...
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BlackSilver:
The park where I spend the winter has a photography club. Out of 2400 winter residents in our park, the club meetings are usually attended by 12-15 people. We meet once a week from December thru April.
Our club has a “leader” but no other organization as such and no dues. We are fortunate to be able to meet in a room with a newer 50” HDTV that the leader and others can plug their computer into to display submitted photos.
Our meetings are informal gatherings. The leader or another member might have a prepared presentation on various subjects including techniques, and methods to organize and manage large volumes of digital photo files. We also discuss photo manipulation software and camera features. Members also have the opportunity to display their work to the members, explaining what if anything made their images unique.
Besides more traditional meetings, there are often (once a month or so) field trips usually organized by the leader, but can be suggested by anyone. Past field trips for photo opportunities have included:
An auto junk yard
An after dark visit to a carnival ( for long exposure photos of moving lights)
A public flower garden
At the meeting following the field trip we will review the various photos taken and submitted.
We also hold challenges, including a recent photo scavenger hunt in the park. The leader identified and listed photo opportunities in our park and teams of two were given the list (about 20 items) to find and photograph. Then we returned to the meeting and submitted our resulting photos to the leader who displayed them and we as a group graded them with the team getting high score getting a token prize.
We also had a challenge to assemble 3 photos from our libraries that can be used to “tell a story” by their images. Each participant submitted their three to the leader on a thumb drive and they were displayed to the group.
As you can see from the above, success depends on the commitment and skill of the leader along with interest and involvement of the members. We are fortunate to have a talented and committed leader and a membership interested in the hobby of photography.
My suggestion is start small and informally. You might arrange a casual get together with refreshments to discuss your common interest. Look for someone to take the role of leader to track membership, send out communications and lead meetings. Look for a location to meet that has a suitable resource to display images. Tap the membership to share with others skills they have been able to develop. Be creative in your approach, you might be surprised at the results.
Good luck and good photos…
Jim
The park where I spend the winter has a photography club. Out of 2400 winter residents in our park, the club meetings are usually attended by 12-15 people. We meet once a week from December thru April.
Our club has a “leader” but no other organization as such and no dues. We are fortunate to be able to meet in a room with a newer 50” HDTV that the leader and others can plug their computer into to display submitted photos.
Our meetings are informal gatherings. The leader or another member might have a prepared presentation on various subjects including techniques, and methods to organize and manage large volumes of digital photo files. We also discuss photo manipulation software and camera features. Members also have the opportunity to display their work to the members, explaining what if anything made their images unique.
Besides more traditional meetings, there are often (once a month or so) field trips usually organized by the leader, but can be suggested by anyone. Past field trips for photo opportunities have included:
An auto junk yard
An after dark visit to a carnival ( for long exposure photos of moving lights)
A public flower garden
At the meeting following the field trip we will review the various photos taken and submitted.
We also hold challenges, including a recent photo scavenger hunt in the park. The leader identified and listed photo opportunities in our park and teams of two were given the list (about 20 items) to find and photograph. Then we returned to the meeting and submitted our resulting photos to the leader who displayed them and we as a group graded them with the team getting high score getting a token prize.
We also had a challenge to assemble 3 photos from our libraries that can be used to “tell a story” by their images. Each participant submitted their three to the leader on a thumb drive and they were displayed to the group.
As you can see from the above, success depends on the commitment and skill of the leader along with interest and involvement of the members. We are fortunate to have a talented and committed leader and a membership interested in the hobby of photography.
My suggestion is start small and informally. You might arrange a casual get together with refreshments to discuss your common interest. Look for someone to take the role of leader to track membership, send out communications and lead meetings. Look for a location to meet that has a suitable resource to display images. Tap the membership to share with others skills they have been able to develop. Be creative in your approach, you might be surprised at the results.
Good luck and good photos…
Jim
