Clacton Camera Club is Clacton's oldest photographic club. Formed in 1939, the club continues its ethos of making friends through photography, and it is just as much a social body as a photographic one. The club welcomes anyone who has an interest in photography, whatever their skill level or medium they use, be it film or digital. We provide a friendly atmosphere on a Friday evening combining competitions with guest speakers, members' workshops, fun events and demonstrations. Many of our members are highly experienced photographers and are happy to advise and assist newcomers. Please take a moment to browse our pages and, if you would like to come along to any of our meetings, you will be most welcome.

WINNING IMAGES 2019/20

You can now view those images that have scored 9 points or above in our Open competitions, together with those that have been placed or highly commended in our other internal competitions, eg Portrait, Natural History etc. Please note that links will only activated after the competition has taken place. Click on the appropriate button to view.

Open 3

Open 7

Open 8

Natural history competition

Picture of the year

We are pleased to announce that our programme for 2020/21 commenced on 11 September 2020. Our weekly meetings will be held online (via Zoom) until Christmas, at which point the situation will be reviewed.

Whilst free for members, we are making our online presentations available to non-members at a cost of £3 per event. To join any of these, please click the 'Programme' button above and then select the event in which you would like to participate. Following receipt of your email, you will be contacted with further details.

2019/20 Open Competition winners

Each season our Open Competition runs over nine separate evenings and regularly attracts a significant number of entries. Congratulations to the following members, with thanks for providing us with such memorable images.

Colour prints: 1st Val Green

2nd Colin Brett

3rd Hilary Knight

Mono prints: 1st Colin Brett

2nd Hilary Knight

3rd Martin Leech

Projected images: 1st Colin Brett and Jeff Cranwell 3rd Jennifer Brett

Overall season's winners: 1st Colin Brett

2nd Martin Leech

3rd Hilary knight

Congratulations to Martin Leech for once again winning this competition with his image entitled 'Reach for the sky'. The image can be seen at the top of this page. The other winners' images can be seen by clicking the button above.

Picture of the Year 2019/20

The Photography Show

This year's virtual show is available to view online on 20/21 September. Registration is free and can be accessed here:

Trophy winners 2019/20

MEMBERS' AREA

This area of our website is restricted to paid-up members of our club. Those members requiring access should send an email via the 'Contact' page requesting the password.

Members' Workshops

Workshops are run on a variety of subjects, including knowing the basics of your camera, working in mono etc - the subjects are determined by demand.

Being a member entitles you to attend the evening workshops that are of interest to you, helping you to develop your photographic skills. Whilst these are suspended at present in line with health guidelines, we hope to resume these sessions at the earliest opportunity.

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