Wider connections
Sevenoaks Camera Club is well known in South-East photographic circles. We are members of the Kent County Photographic Association (KCPA) and through them are affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB).
Through these affiliations we have the opportunity to enter competitions and exhibitions at county and national level - sometimes as a Club entry, sometimes as individual members. We have also organised and hosted the KCPA's annual competitions from time to time - the including in 2003 when we ran their Ross Cup for prints as part of our 50th anniversary year. We are now organising the 2008 Handley Shield and Carter Cup slide competitions.
Both organisations regularly publish details of people who are willing to visit to judge competitions and give talks, so our membership is a gateway for us to a wider photographic world.
Membership of these bodies also makes it easier to link up with other Clubs to arrange friendly competitions with them - which allow us to see even more varied work. And sometimes there are opportunities to attend joint meetings.
All of this involvement helps our members see a wider variety of pictures to inspire our own photography. And we do feel particularly proud as our own member Patricia Jones was the first lady to hold the position of President of the Kent County Photographic Association, from 2004 to 2006.
