Starting a camera club

Naturenut · 03-29-2010, 06:44 AM

Have any of you ever started a camera/photography club in your area? If so, how do you go about organizing and promoting such a thing?

TaoMaas · 03-29-2010, 08:34 AM

Our camera club was started by two guys who ran an ad in the camera section of the classified ads of our local paper. It just said, "Anyone wishing to form a camera club, meet at this location on this date at this time." About 8 of us showed up for that first meeting, so they ran the ad a second time. The next month, 12-15 people showed up. We took a vote and decided to form a club. That was about 35 years ago. These days, in order to get the word out about our club, we place flyers at the entrance to the local camera store. We also had some business cards printed up that list our meeting place, days, and time. We try to keep our members stocked up with these cards so that they can hand them out to folks that they might meet out in public who are shooting at the zoo, parades, local gardens, etc...

krb · 03-29-2010, 08:39 AM

Could always just create a meetup group at meetup.com.

phzy2003 · 04-07-2010, 11:25 PM

never . but i would like to join one and meet some people

h4t8 · 04-08-2010, 12:00 AM

just join up an enthusiast/photo forum somewhere where you live. they often have get togethers for meet ups and shared discussions.

03-29-2010, 06:44 AM	#1
Naturenut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northeast USA Posts: 273	Starting a camera club Have any of you ever started a camera/photography club in your area? If so, how do you go about organizing and promoting such a thing?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
People Camera Club tonight	weldingblues	Post Your Photos!	3	04-15-2010 04:32 AM
K-7 In camera noise reduction starting at iso 3200?	pcarfan	Pentax DSLR Discussion	1	08-17-2009 06:50 PM
Obsidian Creek Camera Club	wtlwdwgn	Pentax SLR Lens Discussion	1	06-24-2009 11:13 AM
Manual Starting Camera	EagleEye	Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras	79	01-23-2009 08:28 AM
starting to get a feel for my new camera....	timbo13	Post Your Photos!	5	04-18-2008 04:04 AM

03-29-2010, 08:34 AM	#2
TaoMaas Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oklahoma City Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,574	Our camera club was started by two guys who ran an ad in the camera section of the classified ads of our local paper. It just said, "Anyone wishing to form a camera club, meet at this location on this date at this time." About 8 of us showed up for that first meeting, so they ran the ad a second time. The next month, 12-15 people showed up. We took a vote and decided to form a club. That was about 35 years ago. These days, in order to get the word out about our club, we place flyers at the entrance to the local camera store. We also had some business cards printed up that list our meeting place, days, and time. We try to keep our members stocked up with these cards so that they can hand them out to folks that they might meet out in public who are shooting at the zoo, parades, local gardens, etc...

03-29-2010, 08:39 AM	#3
krb Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. Virginia Posts: 29	Could always just create a meetup group at meetup.com.

04-07-2010, 11:25 PM	#4
phzy2003 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 167	never . but i would like to join one and meet some people

04-08-2010, 12:00 AM	#5
h4t8 New Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	just join up an enthusiast/photo forum somewhere where you live. they often have get togethers for meet ups and shared discussions.