So you have a camera or smartphone. You're ready to start taking photos. It's easy to just pick the automatic settings and just point and click. But some photos come out better than others, and not just because one camera is technically better than another. It is more likely to be because the photographer knew how to make choices before they took the shot - putting the subject in the best position, with the light falling the right way, keeping distractions to a minimum, changing a particular camera setting.

This group is about stopping and thinking before you shoot, rather than just looking at the photograph afterwards and thinking if only I'd taken a step to the left, or moved in closer, or got the important bits sharper than they are. Its also about how to download and share your images. How to fix mistakes and tweak images to look better. And finding ideas for new things to photograph. Or just having a place to come and chat to people with the same interests.

In the autumn/winter/spring months, our main meetings are indoors, just once a month, on 4th Monday. £3 pp to cover venue hire. From May to August however we get out and about a bit more, with other more informal short notice ad-hoc meetups, plus various on-line activities. Members are welcome to pick and choose what is of interest to them. Do ask at members meetings to be put on the group mailing list if you'd like to be kept informed about what's planned. Or click on the email enquiry link above to ask any immediate questions.

Cath

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