When we buy our DSLRs, chances are that we mostly shoot and grow with using just the kit lens provided for us by the manufacturers. What some of us DSLR users don’t realize until we’ve grown enough is just how wondrous and useful a good 50mm lens with a wide aperture is. The 50mm is the one lens every photographer should have in their bag. If [...]
5 Reasons Why You Need a 50mm lens
When we buy our DSLRs, chances are that we mostly shoot and grow with using just the kit lens provided for us by the manufacturers. What some of us DSLR users don’t realize until we’ve grown enough is just how wondrous and useful a good 50mm lens with a wide aperture is. The 50mm is the one lens every photographer should have in their bag. If [...]
What is a QR Code?
So you may have heard that QR Codes are set to become the ‘next big thing’ but thinking to yourself, what is a QR Code!? QR or Quick Response Codes are a type of two-dimensional barcode that can be read using smartphones and dedicated QR reading devices, that link directly to text, emails, websites, phone numbers and more! You may [...]
Cloud Storage
People collect “stuff”! Quite a sweeping statement but true nonetheless and once they’ve gathered enough stuff, they have to find places to store all of it. If we think of computer information, the same statement holds true and everyone with a computer spends a lot of time acquiring data and then trying to find a way to stor [...]
30 Stunning Photos with an iPhone
One of the first questions any aspiring photographer will ask is “what camera should I buy”? This is usually followed by something like “don’t I need an expensive camera to take good photographs”?
Well the answer to the first question is probably best answered after answering the second question; which is No you do not need an expensive camer [...]
Opening Night 2011/2012
Hi Everyone, well it’s almost September which means only one thing; A Level and GCSE results are even higher than last year.
Actually no it also heralds the start of a new camera club season.
Where has the year gone, what happened to summer and what will Apple do without Steve Jobs as CEO. Well sadly I can’t answer any of those qu [...]
Annual Photography Exhibition
St.Helens Camera Club – Annual Photography Exhibition
An annual exhibition of the work of St.Helens Camera Club.
5 August – 20 August 2011
The Godfrey Pilkington Art Gallery
1st Floor Gamble Building, Victoria Square, St.Helens, Merseyside WA10 1DY
Thursday 4th August 2011
5.00pm – An informal talk by the Camera Club, about [...]
Photography for Beginners
Today sees the launch of an exciting new magazine, Photography for Beginners. Aimed at new photographers who are embracing technologies like social networking websites and the iPad to share their photos, this magazine is truly one of a kind.
“We understand that the way people shoot, edit and share their photos has evolved,” says editor in chi [...]
“Follow Us” for Latest News
Following the phenomenal explosion of Twitter, we have decided to create an account and we are pleased to announce that you can now “follow us” for latest news and updates.
Simply click on the Twitter button at the top of the page on the clubs web site and add us to your “follow” list.
If you don’t already have a Twitter account why not creat [...]
