The Bolton Camera Club meets weekly throughout most of the year and gives a very warm welcome to visitors and new members. We have been sharing a passion for photography since 1884 and are more than happy to share with you, whether your interest is in film or digital, audio visual or more technical aspects of photography.
Syllabus
Our Syllabus continues to reflect the wishes of our members by being a mix of informative lectures, internal competitions, and external competitions with other local camera clubs, all with the aim of developing photographic skills while having fun.
We hold an Open Night on the first Thursday of most months where we hope these evenings will be a great opportunity for members to learn and develop new skills shown to them by our more experienced members. The topics are selected from ideas put forward by our members.
Our monthly Open Competitions are held on the third Thursday of each month, and are for the fun and enjoyment of our members, and all members are welcome to submit images. Judges from other local clubs give their constructive comments from which we can all learn and improve.
Our Themed Competitions are held on different nights to the Open Competition, so please check the syllabus for the dates and topics.
We also arrange Days Out for our members to a wide variety of locations during the year. Our more experienced members pass on help and advice to members who are new to photography, and we hold a competition at the end of the year for prints and projected images taken on these days out.
All our meetings are conducted in a very friendly atmosphere, and both visitors and potential new members are always welcome.
Meetings are on Thursdays. All meetings will start at 7.30pm prompt.
After discussions with members of our Club Council and in the light of government information regarding the Covid-19 outbreak, it is with great sadness that we confirm that the Club is closed until further notice.
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6 August |
Open Night |
This year our Open Nights have strong emphasis on learning and developing skills from other members, in a relaxed and fun environment. We will have an illustrated lecture on how to convert a colour image to black and white. After the break we will be shown post-editing techniques for 'Bridge to ACR to Photoshop workflow' and 'Lightroom to Photoshop roundtrip workflow'
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27 August |
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| 3 September |
Open Night |
This year our Open Nights have strong emphasis on learning and developing skills from other members, in a relaxed and fun environment. Tonight is "Play Time" Please bring your cameras and charged batteries. We will be doing high speed photography, including balloon popping, water drops, and splash photography by dropping small items into water.
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1 October |
Open Night |
This year our Open Nights have strong emphasis on learning and developing skills from other members, in a relaxed and fun environment. "Before and After" Four members will compare the image taken by their camera to their edited image. This will show the editing techniques they use.
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8 October |
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15 October |
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22 October |
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29 October |
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5 November |
Open Night |
This year our Open Nights have strong emphasis on learning and developing skills from other members, in a relaxed and fun environment. We will split into three grouips round laptops and create and use 'Actions' in Photoshop. After the break we will have a refresher on "how do you do that" in Photoshop / Lightroom. This will be organisaed during the year to allow flexibiltiy of a repeat session or a new session, depending on the demands from our members
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12 November |
Lecture |
Brian White entertains us with his lillustrated lecture "Wildlife Journeys"
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19 November |
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26 November |
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3 December |
Open Night |
This year our Open Nights have strong emphasis on learning and developing skills from other members, in a relaxed and fun environment. Light Painting. This sesion will be held outside in Leverhume Park, weather permitting. A smaller demonstration / exercise will be held in the club meeting room for those members with walking difficulties. Please bring your camera, charged batteries, and tripod to gain maximum benefit.
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10 December |
Details to be confirmed
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17 December |
Annual Quiz |
Our Annual Quiz night for our members and their partners. This quiz is lighthearted and fun, and is not just about photography! Please bring your wife / husband/ partner to join in the fun
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24 December |
No Meeting |
We wish our members and readers a Merry Christmas.
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31 December |
No Meeting |
We wish our members and readers a very Happy New Year. We look forward to another full year of photographic fun and enjoyment. Our Syllabus for 2021 will be published here nearer the time
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7 January
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| 14 January | Annual General Meeting |
Please support the Club and hear what we achieved during 2020, and our plans for 2021. Our Syllabus for 2021 will be published here nearer the time
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A photograph taken by one of our members
News Flash
Mathers display
We are grateful to the manager and staff at Mathers for allowing us to display prints. Please click here for info.