Welcome to Bishop's Stortford Camera Club
Lectures
Bishop’s Stortford Camera Club welcome some of the best Photography Speakers in the UK
Workshops
Get more out of your photography – learn the tricks of the trade including studio lighting and editing softwares
Competitions
Get regular critiques of your images from independent judges from across the East Anglian district and pit your wits against your fellow members
Online
For those occasions when you can’t join in person we offer members the ability to watch many talks and competitions online through Zoom
Have Fun
The club has a really strong social side including a full Summer Programme where we go out across the region photographing what we come across
Club Talks
We host speakers from all aspects of photography
Just a few of the fantastic speakers that we’ve had recently include:
- Viveca Koh
- Martin Addison
- Daniel Bridge
- Sarah Kelman
- Jo Knight
- Robert Snary
- Justin Minns
- Tom Way
- Chrissie Hart
- Tom Peck
- Damien Demolder
Matthew Bickham
I have been an active member of the camera club for many years and enjoy so many aspects of the club including the friendship, the talks, competitions and also the ability to help others with their photography. I have been the publicity secretary since 2019 and am delighted to be the chair in 2022.
Club Chairman
Photography Based Weekends
Annual Weekend Away
Each year the club runs a long weekend away in an interesting part of the country for fun, games and photography.
This is a great social weekend for members and their partners and friends to get together around photography and see and photograph an area we wouldn’t normally visit.
Sophia Spurgin ARPS DPAGB
I’ve always had a camera to take family photos but when my children became teenagers they “asked” me to stop taking their photo. I had to find something else to photograph. I was keen to take flower and macro photos but didn’t know how to. I joined the camera club to learn how to use my camera properly and to get off the auto mode. It’s also been great to meet other photographers.
Publicity Secretary
Come and Join Us
Photowalks throughout the summer
Open to all, our popular Tuesday evening walks over the summer break are a great way to meet existing members and improve your photography in a social setting.
Annual exhibition
See your images on display in Stortford
Every year we hold an Exhibition for the public to see our images. Held in the centre of Bishop’s Stortford this is a popular event following which we have a celebratory dinner and awards ceremony.
We are a member of The East Anglian Federation (EAF) of Photographic Societies
The EAF is a constituent founder Member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB), which is the parent organisation for camera clubs and photographic societies throughout the UK.
Having 121 member clubs and societies with in excess of 4000 individual members, the EAF is now the largest federation in the PAGB covering the area of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and that part of Hertfordshire which lies to the east of the M1 motorway.