Based in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, the club offers a wide range of activities for photographers of all skill levels.
Although most members are now using digital cameras, all forms of photography are encouraged.
Before you explore the rest of our website, why not take a few moments to view some outstanding images, below, taken by some of our members?
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Membership now open to new members
Livingston Camera Club is now open to new members. If you would like to join head to the Information section of the club website where you will find the application form. Once you fill in your form you will be sent details about payment. At the moment we are operating as a Zoom-only club and will be doing so until at least January. The fees are £25 per annum with no weekly fee at the moment. However, when we resume at Crofthead, there will be a £2.50 fee on the door at each meeting. |
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2020-21 Season
The new season is well under way at the moment. The meetings are not what we are used to but are still a good chance to hear great speakers and to meet up with old friends, albeit virtually. We have some great talks lined up for the rest of the season so keep an eye on the programme. |
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Damian Shields - "Landscape Work"
Damian acquired his first film camera in 1992 and so began a love affair with the medium. His perseverance subsequently gained his acceptance to the Fine Art Photography department of the Glasgow School of Art. He believes that landscape photography is his nourishment. He loves big weather, standing in fast changing conditions witnessing the drama of nature’s theatre fills him to the brim. Damian currently resides in North Lanarkshire with his family. When not out shooting the landscape he is deputy picture editor for The Herald & Times group in Glasgow and regularly undertakes commissioned shoots for a variety of clients, including portfolios for Visit Scotland. Damian is also a regular contributor to several photographic/outdoor magazines and his work has been widely published. Here’s a link to Damian’s website: https://damianshields.photoshelter.com/index . |
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No event
Meeting cancelled so that members who wish to submit entries for the Print 1 competition can hand them in to Gordon Kennedy at Crofthead this evening between 7.00 pm and 8.00 pm. |
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Hand-in Internal Competition 2 - Print 1
This is the second competition of the season comprising only printed images. The results from his competition count towards the Annual League Table.The RULES for submitting print entries are available on the Information page of the website. Summarised, the Print format requirements for club competitions are:•The visible area of the print must be no less than 35 square inches e.g. 5 x 7 inches or any other size with an area of 35 square inches or greater.•Prints may be monochrome or colour•All prints submitted must be mounted on stiff mount board.•Maximum size of the mount is 16 x 20 inches or 40 x 50 cm.•Membership number, title, classification and ranking should be clearly written on the back of the mount at the bottom left hand corner when viewed with the image face down. This is important as judges expect the image title to be in this position; especially for abstract prints or prints where it is not clear which edge is meant to be the top.Prints with no classification included will be entered in the advanced class.Print entries should be accompanied by a digital submission of the image entered, submitted via the club website on the My Images page. This copy may be used for collating, selection and projection on judging evenings; and also for presentation on the club website after the competition has been judged. Digital copies may also be handed in to the Competitions Secretary on digital media.Digital images or prints submitted to a previous club competition MUST NOT be resubmitted for this competition. |
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International Inter-club Competition - LCC vs Aspley CC, Australia
This is our annual competition with Aspley Camera Club of Queensland, Australia.The format of the competition is that each club submits 10 images for each of the following three categories: General, Landscape/Nature and People; 5 images each for Intermediate and Advanced - that's 30 images in total for each club. We send our images to Aspley and they send theirs to us. Each club then submits all 60 images to a Scottish judge and an Australian judge who will mark the images independently not knowing which club has submitted which image (although images of the Forth Bridge or Sydney Opera House are usually a dead giveaway!). Each club then presents their judge's scores on their respective club night. The combined scores of the two judges determine the winner of the competition.Last year, LCC won by 23 points! |
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SPF Digital Championship
This is the Scottish Photographic Federation's annual Digital Projected Image competition which takes place at the Stirling Court Hotel |
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Peter Paterson - "Photography My Way"
Peter has been taking photographs for over 50 years starting mostly in Monochrome which he processed in the darkroom. During this time he gained the Fellowship distinction from the Royal Photographic Society and also gained the MFIAP award and the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain Masters Distinction MPAGB. His main subject interests are Landscape, Still Life and Abstract, both in colour and mono using Sony Digital Cameras. He exhibits his photographs Nationally and Internationally in various Photo Salons around the world. He has also had photographs published in a large variety of publications. He was runner-up in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2018.
He gets great pleasure from sharing his photo technique with others through his talks to Camera Clubs and Societies. He is a member of Edinburgh Photographic Society and the Scottish Photographic Federation of which he is a past President. Here’s a link to Peter’s website: https://www.peterpaterson.com/ . |
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