Lon Williamson wrote: > > A few of you have mentioned recently that you > belong to or once belonged to camera clubs. > > What's it like?
Hi Lon, What a camera club is like depends entirely on the wishes of the existing - and previous - members. I have learnt far more from a few hours of formal tuition, or a few days working with an expert shooter, than I would ever learn in a *lifetime* of going to camera clubs. In the UK, there are only very few good clubs, a great many mediocre clubs and some truly appalling clubs. Mediocrity is the norm, with inept competition judges the main culprits. I don't know whether these comments would apply to the area where you live, but I have probably been a member of more camera clubs than most people because my work has always involved travel. I suggest that, if your intention is to learn, you would probably learn a lot more from the correspondence course offered by the New York Institute of Photography. Best regards, John (my more than usually opinionated $0.02)
