Join a camera club
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
A camera club puts your photographs in front of other photographers, which is a quick way to find out what works in a picture and what does not. The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain serves clubs and societies through 15 regional federations and runs inter-club competitions.
GentleUnder £100 / $130MonthsIndoors or outWith othersUK
How to start
- Open the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain's Find A Club page and use its map of affiliated clubs.
- Email the nearest club and ask to come to a meeting as a visitor.
- Take along a few of your own prints or image files to show at your first evening.
Where to go
We opened this link on 8 October 2026 and found it to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. A habit needs a fixed slot in the week more than a plan, so the planner gives it one and checks in gently.
Read next
Men's Sheds, walking groups and clubs: how to find your people
A guide to the groups that reliably turn strangers into friends — Men's Sheds, parkrun (running, walking or volunteering), Ramblers walks, u3a, libraries and Meetup — with what each is, how to find one, and a plain method for turning up the first time.