About us
We are a friendly camera club based in Rhyl, Denbighshire, North Wales.
We currently meet every Tuesday evening from September to April but have regular get togethers and trips out in the closed season.
We aim to promote all aspects of photography and all its genres for all experience levels including mobile phones and drones.
If you are interested in joining us, then please contact the Club Secretary by e-mail: clubsec@rhylphotosoc.co.uk or via our club Facebook page, link here https://www.facebook.com/groups/1847620352304828
Our meetings are a mixture of face to face, held at our venue and virtual meetings via Zoom. However, on occasions meetings may also be held at other locations eg for field trips or visits to other clubs.
Club Background
The club was inaugurated circa 1950 and was known as ‘Rhyl and District Camera Club’ The club met at the
Rhyl High School which was seen as an ideal meeting place due to the tiered seating, allowing a good view of proceedings
. At this time membership was in excess of 100 with many active members and was the largest photography club in North Wales.
The club developed an association with Pilkington Glass Camera Club as a number of members were employees
of Pilkington Glass and members of the Pilkington Glass Camera Club.
Club competitions mainly consisted of monochrome prints, cibachrome images and slides and divided into three categories
beginner, intermediate and advanced. Many members were so successful in their photography they turned professional. To emphasise the professional
element, it was decided that the club should become a society and in 1968 the ‘Rhyl and District Camera Club’ became the ‘Rhyl Photographic Society’.
Following changes at the high school the club relocated to the community centre in Ffordd Las, but for various reasons
this venue was considered unsuitable and the club moved to the Wellington Road Community Centre. Due to venue issues, the club moved
a further three times, Rhyl Fire Station, Rhyl Golf Club and the United Church on Tynewydd Road. During this period the club owned a large
amount of equipment and maintained a book library that members had access to.
Following COVID 2019-21, the club moved to our current location, Rhuddlan Community Centre’.