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.
Bring your camera, find lights and action in Fort Worth’s vibrant downtown scene.
Photo options include the lights and activity of Sundance Square, neon signs at the Palace Theatre and Scat Jazz Lounge, aerial views of skylines and the remnants of a summer sunset.
Meet Master photographer Marsha Ezell, sign our PDF-Release-of-Liability and explore the city.
Bring a tripod, flashlight, reading glasses or magnifier to view camera settings and maps and wear sturdy, comfortable shoes for walking. Bring water and stay hydrated – it’s hot in August in Texas, even at night.
Image from club archives, Fort Worth Water Gardens, Lindsey Bayer, 2014
Photograph holiday fireworks from a clifftop overlooking Hell’s Gate, the unique rock formation on Possum Kingdom Lake. Fireworks are sponsored by Possum Kingdom Lake Chamber of Commerce.
The fireworks show begins about 9 p.m. and lasts approximately 20 minutes.
Meet hosts Peggy and Shawn Gibson at their Gaines Bend Development home. (Google Gaines Bend Development to find your preferred route.) Contact Shawn, 940-659-8011 or Peggy, 940-659-8206.
The hike to the viewing site is not long but it is over a rocky hill, so it is best to wear good walking shoes. Things you will need:
Above, Hell’s Gate July 4th by Shawn Gibson
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.
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.
Learn more:
Photos, redbud in bloom courtesy of U.S. National Park Service; waterfall, Marsha Ezell.
