Important Dates in the History of the RTPS:
- The Society was founded in 1890 as the Richmond Amateur Photographic Society
- In 1893, the name was changed to Richmond Camera Club
- 1930 brought the acceptance of our first women members
- The amalgamation of the Club with the Twickenham Photographic Society came in 1946
- In 2009 we achieved Charity status
When We Meet:
We meet each Thursday at 8.00pm throughout the year, except in July, August and around Easter and Christmas, at Kew Community Centre, Upper Hall, The Avenue, Kew, Richmond (see Venues). In addition to the many well-known speakers for illustrated talks and demonstrations, and other special events, we have a number of annual internal and external competitions and awards. We also encourage members to enter images for our bi-monthly Print and Digital competitions which take place on the last Thursday of each month, analysis and scores being awarded by external judges. The scores are aggregated towards Annual awards.
Groups:
There are further, monthly meetings, normally on Mondays or Tuesdays starting between 7:30 - 8:00 pm, for Specialist Groups (see Venues). These Group meetings, which are both informal and informative, are:
| Outings | to organise and encourage group outings |
| Awards & Distinctions | information and support for members aiming for PAGB and RPS distinctions |
| Nature | with occasional field expeditions |
| Monochrome | prints, comments and discussion |
| Pictorial | prints, comments and discussion |
| Post-processing | workshops and demonstrations of digital post-processing |
| Projects | to support longer timescale individual and group projects |
| Pictorial | prints, comments and discussion |
| Studio portraiture | with fully equipped lighting |
Advice and Mentoring:
The Society has members whose interests and skills range through all aspects of photography. They are very happy to give advice to fellow members wishing to improve their skills. We invite you to select one or two events from our Programme and come along and sample what we do.
Programme and Venues:
Please see our Programme and Venues for further details of dates and locations.
Contact Information:
For Membership enquiries, please see Membership page.
Mail Addresses for all other queries:
- president@rtps.org.uk
- programme@rtps.org.uk
- publicity@rtps.org.uk
- info@rtps.org.uk
- secretary@rtps.org.uk
- treasurer@rtps.org.uk
Postal Address:
RTPS
30 Bassett Gardens
Osterley
TW7 4QY