Fort Worth Camera Club
Opportunities to get out and about in north Texas with club members to enjoy taking pictures.
Outings allow us to visit interesting and scenic places in north Texas, take photos and have fun. View the Outings schedule for information. Participants are asked to sign a PDF-Release-of-Liability.
Here are a selection of participant images from outings to historic churches, Browne Salvage Yards, Fabrication Yards, Historic Cleburne, Historic Statler Hotel, Possum Kingdom Lake, Ennis Bluebonnet Festival, Colleyville Nature Center, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center and the Dallas Arboretum.
Marsha Ezell has finalized plans for this outing to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and needs to know who will be there.
Contact Marsha:
This is a loosely organized outing, says Marsha, who previously has traveled to the park and loves its photo opportunities. “The great draw of the Smokies is water. There are cascades, waterfalls and still water, everywhere.”
There are photogenic cabins, churches, mills and a school, crafts and artists, the Eastern Cherokee Reservation and the early morning fog that gives the park its name. The park is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 950 miles east of Fort Worth.
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Photos, redbud in bloom courtesy of U.S. National Park Service; waterfall, Marsha Ezell.
St. Olaf’s is a favorite stop for the camera club, and like many of our preferred locations, it often yields award winning images. This gorgeous small church is on a hill overlooking north central Texas and surrounding rolling farm land. Bring a tripod, and as with all our rural outings, wear sturdy shoes and a hat.
After a morning of making images, we’ll have lunch at Hammond’s BBQ, 1106 NE Big Bend Trail, Glen Rose. Thanks to Ken Spencer for planning this trip.
Bring your tripod and camera gear and explore the photo possibilities at Browne Auto Salvage near Denton. You’ll find a variety of images in the old vehicles, which offer eye-catching details such as logos, radios, peeling paint … lots of things to make interesting photos.
Be sure to wear long pants and sturdy shoes, and bring a hat for sun protection.
Questions? Contact Outings Chair Mark Rogers to sign up and learn more.
Photo, one of award-winning Master photographer Robert Chura’s images from previous visits to Browne’s.
Note: May be rescheduled if raining. Also, note new carpool location: Starbucks parking lot, 6115 Camp Bowie Blvd., by Frost Bank and across the street from Le Madeleine restaurant. (This will avoid Cowtown Marathon activity around UNTHSC.)
This popular club outing offers expansive gardens, walkways, waterfalls and landscaping, most with early spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and blub-generated plants.
The floral display is especially good for close-ups and macro-photography.
Admission is $17 per person ($14 for age 65 and older) at the gate. If enough people sign up, a discount may be available. Contact Outings chair Mark Rogers.
Be sure to wear appropriate shoes for walking, consider bringing kneepads and a cloth for up-close images.
We’ll enjoy lunch after a morning of photography.
Daffodils, above, courtesy of Arboretum media services; club members in action by Dick Dodds at the 2018 outing.
