St.Ives Camera Club Cornwall, bids you a very warm Welcome.

St.Ives has had a long and famous tradition in the fine arts, in literature, crafts and traditional pottery too. The camera club has been around for some time but  is certainly the "newcomer" to the artistic traditions of the town. As such we feel a special responsibility to keep up that  traditional standard in the "new" art form.

With that particularly in mind we are always very keen to welcome new members. From absolute beginners through intermediate or as experienced photographers,  you can be sure to receive  a very warm welcome to our club.

No matter what your particular interest or favourite  photographic topic, you will be sure to find others here with the same interests. As a beginner you might like to participate in our club mentoring scheme and get individual help from someone who already has experience. You may have a new camera and are looking to improve on your first efforts. Not sure about the computer side of digital photography? We surely have folks who can help you get going or improve on that too.

More experienced photographers will certainly find a kindred spirit among our diverse membership. We have members of all abilities, ages and gender. Keen and accomplished photographers will not feel alone either. We have some really excellent photographers in our ranks who regularly excel in international competitions and salons.

As well as running various club competitions for shields and trophies, we also have practical evenings and guest speakers who generously pass on their knowledge and skills. A number of inter-club competitions are fixtures in the programme where we compete with other local camera clubs from around West Cornwall.

Like many clubs, our weekly club meetings run from early autumn through to late spring. Other more casual events like field trips, take place in the summer months for those who wish to take part.

We meet in the Business Centre of the Tregenna Castle Hotel in St.Ives, every Monday evening at 7.30pm during the season.

Check out the "Programme" section to find out what we will be up to when we start again in the autumn.

This is a new website and may not be fully completed for a short while yet... but do please contact us by email at the address that appears at the foot of every page, or via the "Contact Us" box,  if you want any further information...... or just a chat.

We all look forward to greeting you when you come to "look us over". If you then decide to join us you are sure to make a whole  lot of new friends ... and have fun making pictures too.