YOUR PICTURES IN PRINT
Dumfries CC offers varied activities and has had PAGB contest success
When was the club founded?
1947. We celebrated 70 years in 2017 with a very successful and popular exhibition in Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, featuring 1,000 pictures of people in Dumfries and Galloway taken by club members.
What does your club offer new members?
The Dumfries Camera Club gives a warm welcome to all levels of photographer. Visitors can come along and hear guest speakers for a small fee. Becoming a member also gives you access to the Members’ Area of the club website where you can view ‘members only’ pages, make comments, upload images to your gallery and enter league competitions.
Describe a typical club meeting
The club meets on a Wednesday evening from the end of August to the end of April at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. The evenings are from 7.15pm to about 9.30pm with a tea break in the middle. The meetings usually include a guest speaker or contributions from club members, plus league competitions. Sessions this season include talks from members on Falkland Island wildlife, kingfishers, local churches, photographers who have influenced us, studio portraiture, and photo books.
Do you invite guest speakers?
We have a wide range of guest speakers, hailing from Scotland and the North of England. So far this season we have had talks from Dylan Nardini, a successful Scottish landscape photographer, and from Michele Campbell who does fine
