Townend Camera Club was established in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire over 35 years ago. During that time it has grown in stature and size to the club that is flourishing today.
To keep our club membership pulsating with ideas and allow them to explore their
own style, we regularly hold workshops on the fundamental areas of photographic skills.
We have met up with other clubs, taken part in national competitions and had record breaking entries in the our hand-ins. The club will start a new season in early September when a new programme will be available. Normally we meet on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at the Townend Community Centre in downtown Dreghorn, Irvine. If you are interested in photography and want to improve your skills and can get to us, you are more than welcome to join our club.
Competitive spirit is never far away from the club’s membership, it is through striving to win that incites us to produce better images. The members have an array of interests and talents, so there is always something new to learn and to try.
Our club is affiliated to the Ayrshire Photographic Federation as well as the Scottish Photographic Federation. Through these affiliations we compete in national and international competitions.
The members of Townend Camera Club have quite a few things in common, our love of photography, a desire to improve our photography and that of others.
Feel free to browse the site. our Programme tells you of what we get up to in more detail.
Please, enjoy your visit.
Kenneth Gordon B.A.
Webmaster
This is the website of a photographic club for Irvine, and its district, based in the Townend Community Centre, Dreghorn, Irvine, Scotland.
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This shows details and date for the current seasons activities from September to April. For your free programme, click below.
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See what our member’s work, showcasing their talent and what they have learnt from our favourite hobby. More...
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A full and varied programme that runs from September to April.
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Workshop nights run by club members.
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Competitions, both internal and external, up to national level.
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Visits by Lecturers.
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Organised trips to try your skills outdoors.
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Tips and advice on photo equipment and techniques.
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Its part of Townend Community Centre, hence the name.
Parking is available just outside the club if you get there early enough with lots more just the other side of the centre. There is a great bar just across the road with a chippy just up the road a bit.
Check the contact page for an excellent map.
Check out our Online section
Including the latest TWiT Photo, an excellent discussion on pushing beyond the technical.
Noticeboard
Like many photographers I started with other interests before taking things more seriously. On this holiday I went to two aircraft museums, seeing very historical aircraft. One I thing I noticed was that on some that were with reach had a small patch of worn paint. This is I realised was from people touching them. It was like touching history. It was there on he oldest Spitfire, a V2 rocket or an old bus from their childhood.
Documentary. The unsung hero of photography. Its not glamorous, its not used to having being involved in digital enhancements. Its is quite difficult to win prizes in competitions with it. So why do it? Because it tells a story , it invokes feelings in the viewer, memories can come flooding back. Or it makes you look at the every day in a different way. These shots which I took on a wonderful wander round Brooklands Air & Motor Museum are for my personal use, but I thought I would share a few. The bottom right one is a shot of a fighter from WW1 a Sopwith Camel. Men fought and died in these. Its a flimsy plywood affair that reminds me of an old canoe. The shot in the middle shows how aircraft came on on in little over 30 years. - Delicate fabric covered aircraft to fleets of metal bombers. Top and bottom left., Luxury aircraft travel or a bus from the 60s. Different worlds eh? The ancient motor car top right. Motor racing from the 30s, and this one was used as the symbol of the British Racing Drivers Club.
Whilst the majestic play of light on landscapes and delicate light on models evokes us, or the twisting of reality beguiles us, out there we have a class of photography has so much to say. Frank, honest can be and in its extremes its power can change history.
Next time we are visiting Cumnock Camera Club in er.. Cumnock. They are based in Cumnock Acacdemy. Click on the map below for details.
