St Ives Photographic Club
Founded in 1972, the St Ives Photographic Club is a friendly and active club in Cambridgeshire, dedicated to the encouragement and development of photography in the community.
The club meets at 8pm every Tuesday evening between September and April in the Free Church, St Ives. We also have an active programme of outside events from May to August.
Our autumn/winter programme of meetings offer a lively mixture of talks from both amateur and professional photographers, practical evenings, internal competitions, practical demonstrations of photographic techniques and equipment, and competitions with other clubs. To see more details of our programme, look under the Programmes section.
Our summer programme is focussed on a series of outdoor activities across a range of photographic subjects.
Members are keen to share their expertise over a wide range of photographic techniques and subjects, from natural history and landscape to creative work.
If you are interested in photography and live in St Ives or the surrounding area, this is the club for you and we welcome new members who enjoy photography at all experience levels, young and old, amateur and professional.
Image of the Month
The image of the month for February, as chosen by the Club President, is “Exploring the desert” by Jennifer Horn.
Upcoming Events 2024-2025
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Tue11Feb20258:00 pmFree Church
Will we love your images? One-to-one critique sessions
- Bring in 3 images, by way of Print or DPI that you would like feedback on. Please bring DPI images on a Laptop, Tablet or Phone - we only have a limited number of laptops to use if the image is on a USB key.
- There will be chairs set up with randomly chosen members sitting on each one.
- Choose one of your images to present to the member next to you for friendly, constructive feedback.
- Members will be rotated to sit at each chair for 3 minutes to either give or receive feedback. At the end of each interval a bell or whistle is given to alert members to move onto the next chair.
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Tue18Feb20258:00 pmFree Church
A practical evening with multiple setups to give you a chance to try some gear and techniques you might not be familiar with, including:
Fast Cars: Panning, fast and slow shutter work.
A Different Perspective: lens from fish eye, tilt and shift, macro to supper telephoto.
Head and shoulders: "Simple" one light portrait setup.
Mini Studio session: Models and assistants will be provided.
Light Cube: Product setup, bring interesting items such as car keys and wallet.
Bring your camera also a spare SD card if you have one - some setups will have a camera/lens you can use (Canon EOS).
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Tue25Feb2025
Header Image © Steve Laws