This week at Otley Camera Club we're putting our cameras to work with a practical indoor evening exploring long exposure photography. Long exposures offer lots of creative possibilities, allowing us to capture movement, light trails and effects that simply aren't visible to the eye. We'll be experimenting with different camera settings and exploring how changing light sources, colours and movement can be used to produce some striking and imaginative images. We'll also look at

Thursday 29 October | 7:30–9:30pm | Otley Common This week sees our first competition of the season at Otley Camera Club, and it’s an Open Competition. With both print and digital categories, we’re looking forward to seeing the variety of images our members have chosen to share. Open competitions are always interesting because there are no set themes, so we get to see a real mix of subjects, styles and approaches to photography. Now that we’ve moved to our new premises, we’re

We’re very fortunate to have some talented and highly respected photographers as members of Otley Camera Club, and this week we’re looking forward to hearing from our own member, Alistair How. Alistair has had a lifelong interest in photography, starting with 110 and 126 cameras as a child before getting his first SLR as a teenager. After studying Geography at Southampton University, he began his career at Kodak just as analogue photography was starting to give way to digital

This Thursday, Otley Camera Club welcomes Peter Lau for an inspiring evening of wildlife photography, personal stories and the power of reconnecting with nature. Peter was a British fire officer whose life changed dramatically following a mountain biking accident in 2014, which left him paralysed and reliant on a wheelchair. Despite the challenges, photography helped Peter rediscover his passion for the natural world. Today, he captures stunning wildlife images and uses his e

Thursday’s meeting offered members a little bit of everything, with an inspiring talk followed by three practical photography sessions. We began the evening with a fantastic presentation from our own member Max Malisan, who shared stories and photographs from his trip to the Masai Mara last year. It was a superb talk, combining some amazing photography with fascinating facts and memorable stories from his experiences. It was a wonderful opportunity to see Max’s images and hea

This Thursday we’re looking forward to an evening with a bit of everything, combining inspiration, photography stories and a chance to get creative ourselves. We’ll start the evening with Max Malisan, who will share his photography, stories and experiences. Max has a fantastic collection of images to talk about, including photographs from his visit to the Masai Mara last year, giving members the chance to hear about his experiences as well as see his photography. Then, in the

This Thursday, our own member Richard Sells will be sharing his Miniature World project, which uses 1:87 scale model figures to create small scenes and stories in the real world. The talk will look behind the scenes at how the photographs are made, from coming up with the initial idea through to choosing the location, arranging the tiny figures and working out the lighting and composition. With the figures only around 2cm tall, it can involve a surprising amount of problem-so

The last two weeks at Otley Camera Club have been all about getting creative and putting photography into practice. Last week, members headed out around Otley for a photography scavenger hunt. Working in groups, they were given a series of themes to capture – from movement, shadows and reflections to architecture, colour and detail. Each group also had to come up with their own themes and challenge another group! The results show just how differently our members approached th

This Thursday we're getting creative with a practical evening that challenges us to think about photography in a slightly different way. Welcome to Capture the Feeling! We'll work in small groups, with each group given an emotion or feeling to capture in a photograph. But there's a twist – you don't have to photograph a person to show an emotion. Could you communicate happiness through colour? Excitement through movement? Calm through composition? Frustration through an every

This Thursday we're swapping the clubhouse for the streets of Otley as we head out and about for a fun and creative photography scavenger hunt! We'll split into small groups before heading off around Otley with a list of photographic challenges to complete. The aim is to find and photograph different themes and ideas – perhaps glass, reflections, silhouettes, movement and plenty more. The challenges are designed to make us look at familiar places in a different way and encour