Established in 1900 Over Tea and Biscuits
Welcome to a New World, we are delighted that two of our most experienced Photographers will be sharing their skills with us. On the 17th November we are holding a practical night focussed on macro photography we will have three shooting stations rigged and ready for our members to shoot at. Hopefully producing some competition worthy photographs for this season. John and Gavin will be hosting this and it really is not one to miss.
We are very pleased to be working alongside two wonderful partners in 2025. We start with our presentation night with #Lovesthelens Photo Exhibition which has been running during our Summer break and which we have been involved with. The 8th September will be our chance to host the event, we will be presenting the members images and celebrating the photographers of St Helens. The 15th September will be our first Competition of the Season which is designated as ‘Open’
Following this on the 22nd September we will be partnering with Zero Fashion Brand to showcase their sustainability ethos and to showcase our own Photographers who shot two Fashion shows within the Town, there will be many opportunities to view the fashion photos and to talk with our photographers about their experiences and perhaps draw upon their experience should you wish to start a career in fashion photography.
Finally on the 29th September we will begin our three parts ‘Light, Pose, Produce’ series of portrait workshops hosted by two of our professional portrait Photographers. the 29th session will concentrate on practical aspects of lighting a subject as well as discussions and advice about flash equipment, modifiers, working with on set talent and how to successfully run an efficient and productive shoot. We will be working with some highly talented subjects and will concentrate on the technical aspects of the Art.
While the tea cup and the buscuits might have changed in the past century or so, we are still taking wonderful pictures with cameras, we might not shoot film too much today however with the advance of digital cameras and our mobile phone cameras we have more access to photography than any time in history.
Our 2025/26 season starts in September and we are runing events all through the summer, why not come along to explore what the next 125 years might meant for the art of photography.
In 2025 we are celebrating 125 years of taking great photographs. To help us celebrate this we are appearing in St Helens Town Hall as part of the towns Heritage Festival. On the 31st May 2025 we will be displaying cameras, magazines and photographs from the clubs rich history.
The towns celebration details can be found at this link
https://www.sthelensheritagehub.org.uk/heritage-festival
Some of our experienced members will be available all day to answer any questions you might hove about the club past and present as well as offering advice about photography and how you too could become a member.
As part of the celebrations some of our members will be out and about taking photos to add to our archive and to share and celebrate across our socail media.
We are also holding our exhibition at St Helens Parish Church in Church Square.
St Helens Town Hall
Victoria Square, Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens
WA10 1HP
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bkqcnr4HSomUUeAJA
Our Exhibition can be found at
St Helens Parish Church,
Church Square,
St Helens Merseyside
WA10 1AF
We have just been informed that our talented judge and member
Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* Hon LCPU
Has had one of his images accepted by the London Salon for this year’s exhibition. This is such a wonderful achievement and we all congratulate him on his acceptance. Tillman has had an incredible career in photography, and this is one of the highlights of his success.
The Picture is Titled Face in the Architecture
On Monday 7th April 2025 we are hosting the Inter-Mersey competition with our respected Judge Martin Pickles.
Why not come along to see some of the most prestigious photographs taken by Merseyside photographers.
Doors open at 1930hrs for a prompt 2000hrs start
This will be our last formal meeting of the 2024/2025 season. However, we have a full summer months program in place.
So, if you have ever desired to learn how to use that DSLR camera lying in your bag, or how to creatively use your smart phone camera. then why not join us at one of our Summer get togethers.
Indeed, if there are any 35mm film camera users out there, we would love to see you at one of our meetings.
Details will be posted on our social media site as well as our Social Media page
St Helens Camera Club
Hope to see you over the Summer.
Our very own Judge Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* Hon LCPU took this demonstrating the skill and timing required to get the shot.
Our AGM will be next Monday and with a Summer of activities ahead we hope to see everyone soon, perhaps come along to one of our closed season get togethers. at our regular club house.
For up to date information why not pop along to our Facebook page, we can be found at
We are always looking to expand what we do, not just with photography but also how we can incorporate the art form in different ways. One of our talented members Eric Mercer has designed our new Poster. Why not pop along to our facebook page to see what we do. Promise we are a friendly lot and always welcome new members.
Its always sad to arrive at our last competition of the season, however withthe assistace of our Judge John Riley, we have cemented our understanding of what we can achieve with the assistance of great advice and critique. Many thanks to John Riley for his comments and advice on the night.
As we approach the remaining competitions in our club year, it’s always a pleasure to see how our members capture the land as the year turns. This year was no exception, we were presented with some outstanding entries, and with the help and advice of Chris Boyes BPAGB. Who provided his usual high standard of advice and comments we ended the evening with some wonderful pictures. Many thanks to Judge Boyes for his efforts.
