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?
|
"Livingston Camera Club - Through The Lens"
This exhibition of members' images can be viewed at the Howden Park Centre, Livingston. It highlights the varied styles of the camera club whose members are frequently inspired by nature, people, urban activity and the abstract. This is a perfect opportunity to view an outstanding collection of high quality images which are superbly printed, mounted and framed. The exhibition runs from 1 June until 4 November. Entry is free. The exhibition is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 until the Centre closes; and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 until 17:00. http://www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk/article/27316/Livingston-Camera-Club-Through-the-Lens_
|
|
Membership now open for 2018-19 Season
Membership opens from mid-July for the 2018-19 season which starts on Monday 3 September at 7:15 pm. If you are interested in joining please email the Secretary at secretary@livingstoncameraclub.org.uk for more information or you are welcome to come along to one of our meetings at the Crofthead Centre, Livingston on a Monday evening. Membership costs are £25 for full members and £10 for students, together with a session payment of £2.50 for each evening's attendance.
|
|
Funding Grants
As a community camera club, we are fortunate to get some financial support via a West Lothian Council Community Arts Grant to help in the running of the club.
 |
|
Club Projects
New members, especially those who are just starting out on the road to more serious photography, may be interested to learn about the club's monthly photography project which takes place on the club's website. This is strictly a members' only project, members of the public will not be able to view any images submitted to a project. It's also a "fun" project; it's not a competition and there are no prizes. Its purpose is to encourage members, especially Beginners, to submit images based on a theme which will change from month to month. And it's also meant to be a challenge for more advanced members to come up with something different. It doesn't matter about the quality of the image - although we hope over time that these will improve with experience. It's more about scanning your catalogue of images for something suitable or perhaps creating something specially to meet the theme. Submitting images is reallysimple. First, login to the Members page and click on My Images in the left hand menu. When the My Images page opens there are full instructions there on how to add an image to the website and how to submit it as an entry in a Club Project. The same process is used to submit images for Competitions and for Members' Galleries. Why not take a look now at some of the existing projects and view some really great images. Login to the Members page and click on Club Projects.
|
|
Members' Galleries
Why not share your experiences with the rest of the club and submit new, replacement or additional images for the Members’ Galleries? Members have full control of the images they want to include in their galleries. Just click on Members in the menu bar and, after logging in, choose My Images in the left menu list and follow the instructions. Nothing could be simpler! |
|
DVD SPF Portfolio results
Tonight will be a presentation of the results of the Scottish Photographic Federation's 2018 Portfolio |
|
Crofthead Closed - Public Holiday
|
|
Crofthead Closed - Public Holiday
|
|
SPF Print Competition
This is a reminder for the External Competitions Secretary |
|
Members Night 2 - AV Night
This will be a members' Audio Visual (AV) evening where members will get the chance to show off some of their images in a slideshow format set to music. This is usually a great evening with a splendid variety of images and accompanying sound tracks on view. But the success of the evening depends on members so please consider creating an AV for the evening. Bring it along on the night on a memory stick or CD/DVD; or you can email it (or a link to a cloud copy of it) to Brian in advance at web@livingstoncameraclub.org.uk. Please try to limit the length of your AV to around 5 or 6 minutes; any longer and it can become, dare I say, boring? But don't feel you're restricted to just one slideshow as much will depend on numbers. If time permits, we can always show more than one slideshow per person. There are a variety of software packages which can produce a slideshow including Lightroom, PowerPoint and ProShow Gold; but you only have to enter “slideshow maker” into Google to find a whole lot of free downloadable ones. |
|
Bill Ward - "Emmerdale Actor and Photographer"
Bill Ward is an award winning British actor and photographer, born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is probably best known for playing the badly behaved builder Charlie Stubbs in the UK TV show Coronation Street, a role he played for over 300 episodes and three and a half years, and for which he won a number of awards. He recently finished playing the long suffering farmer, James Barton, in Emmerdale, for which he was also nominated for a number of awards, and is currently touring the UK with the Bath Theatre Royal production of Shakespeare in Love. As a photographer, Bill is essentially self-taught, and has been taking photographs since the age of 6. He is a brand ambassador for Pentax Cameras. He was awarded the inaugural Adobe Prize for his photograph "Rainbow Falls" at the 2015 Take a View UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards. He has had over a dozen photographs shortlisted at the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Awards, as well as various Nominations and Honourable Mentions at the International Photographer of the Year Awards, and Fine Art Photographer of the Year Awards. His work has also been featured in a number of books, newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, and on the BBC website. Constantly in search of peace and quiet, his photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye. His primary photographic interest is landscapes, whether natural, urban or industrial. A native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he is specifically drawn to water, and has a strong interest in history. Things that were once great, faded glory, a wistfulness for a time when, loom very big on his radar. He has for some time now been experimenting with ICM (Intentional Camera Movement - the process of deliberately moving the camera whilst taking a picture) and in-camera Multiple Exposures, which he finds particularly revealing of the "essence" of any meeting between a person and wherever they happen to be. Here's a link to his website where you see some examples of his work: http://billwardphotography.co.uk/ . |
Syllabus
LCC on Facebook
