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Contax Club
66 Tannery Lane #03-06
Tel: 743 1425
You don't need to own a Contax to become a memeber. The club organises activities
regularly. The shooting is usually held on a Sunday and a slide show is held once every
month.
The club organises slide shows regularly at the National Musem in the afternoon on
weekends. Check classifiads 78 on Strait Times and don't be late as you will distrub the
audience.
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This is probably the most active club and has the largest membership in
Singapore. You do no need to be a registered member to join their activities (about S$60
dollars). It organizes outings every Sunday morning (usually $6 for members and $9 for
non-members, depending on their cost for the outing). Also, they have indoor studio shoot
twice a month in the afternoon. Their outings are more popular which sometimes have more
than 60 members turning up. Almost all shots are posed and they have really taken their
time and effort to do the set up.
If you already have the basic skills of photograhy (camera handling, exposure etc), and
interested in taking salon kind of pictures, then this is the club for you! Many memebers
have won awards in international salons.
For first timer, just hang around Geylang Lorong 27 on Sunday morning at 8am (most members
would hang around the coffee shop just next to the Aljunied MRT track). You will be able
to see lots of people with their bulky camera bags and tripods. Just tell them that you
are new and would like to join them for their outing. A private bus is ready to send you
to and fro from the shooting location.
The club also conducts various photography courses regularly.
Konica Club
Tel: 473 1377
This the offical club organized by Konica in Singapore. The club organizes activities
every quaterly and most of the time they will get pretty models to pose for you.
Membership fees is around S$40 and comes with freebies like Konica films, photo vest and
discount for film processing.
Photographic Society of Singapore
30 Seligie Road
Tel: 334 4657
The big brother of all photography clubs in Singapore. Its old premises is located at
Geylang Lor 7 while its new club house is located at Selegie (just opposite Selegie
Complex). It organizes the Singapore International Salon yearly and offen holds exhibition
to the public. The club also conducts courses for its members.
The club make an effort to promote photography in Singapore.
Singapore Color Photographic Society
91 Lor J Telok Kurau
Tel: 440 4857
The club has been set up for more than 30 years and specialises in color salon photography. It organises both indoor and outdoor activities. Its studio shoot is very popular.
SAFRA
The SAFRA in Bukit Merah has an excellent
photography club. It regularly conducts photography courses (monochrome, color, portrait,
darkroom technique etc) and organises outings and talks. The club is also equipped with a
good darkroom.
Some of the conditions to be a member are that you have to be a NSman and you have to sign
up for their courses.
Boon Lay Community Ccntre
The club has very fantastic facilities for slide shows.
Others