Learn, Share & Inspire
Learn, Share & Inspire
There are lots of camera clubs around, but we care less about the camera you want to use, more about the great photographs you want to make.
We see ourselves as a group of like-minded photographers, passionate about capturing the precious moments of life through pictures.
We are all on a photographic journey, eager to make progress and enjoy photographing the world about us; our cameras and our computers are just tools to help us on our way.
The Aperture Photography Group (APG) is a lively, exciting and friendly group, based in Northamptonshire UK. We love to share our work and ideas, learn and enjoy each other's company. This website will tell you lots about who we are and what we do. More importantly, it will tell you what you will gain by joining us.
If you are a complete beginner, or have years of experience and would like to come along to one of our meetings as our guest, you can meet the members, see what we are doing and, if you like what you see, join the Aperture Photography Group.
Our fortnightly meetings in Long Buckby are where we share our photos, or look at the work of professional image makers, either through talks by guest speakers or discussions about the work of some of the great photographers of all time. There is always a friendly vibe in the room and chance to chat with friends.
We never stop learning and with the APG, every day is a school day. Well almost! Each month we have two online sessions: Livestream (where we learn about post processing our photographs) and Talking Pictures (where we discuss why and how images work). The sessions are interactive and run by the more experienced members
Practice, practice, practice. Not all of us are blessed with natural talent, so practicing photography on our outings or at our multi-day workshops is a great way to get out and make new work. Experienced members of the group will be on hand to guide you and work alongside you.
For those members who want more help on their photographic journey, we will be running a series of camera skills workshops and three members will become the Class of 2025 in this year's mentoring programme, where the students join two experienced APG members on a year long improvement programme.
Thursday 19th June 2025 is our annual evening shoot.
We will be meeting up for a walk to the abandoned village of Wolfhampcote, which stands in an isolated position on the western edge of Northamptonshire. The route will feature isolated houses, St Peter's church and the Grand Union Canal.
Our APG Live Meeting on Thursday 3rd July 2025.
will be a review of the images submitted by our members for the 'Connect 5' photo assignment. The challenge this time is to create a panel of five images connected by a common theme.
Our next monthly Livestream session will be on Monday 14th July at 7:30pm.
Tonight we continue our new series exploring how Adobe Photoshop can be used to enhance photographs. in this session we will show some practical demonstrations which include the tools and techniques discussed in previous sessions.
Our second camera skills workshop of 2025 will take place on Wednesday 16th July at the National Memorial Arboretum. This time we will be building on what we learned at our recent 'Manual Exposure Workshop' and this time we will explore the 'Metering' options available on our camera and find out what the do.
Our next monthly discussion session will be on Monday 28th July at 8pm.
In this Talking Pictures session we will take an in-depth look at some of the images that were submitted by our members for the 'Connect 5' photo assignment.
Our biggest photo assignment of the year is the 'Top 3'. This one features our members' three favourite images from 2024 - Enjoy!
If you like what you see and want to get involved either as a member, or by telling us about your photography, then please use the link below to send us an email.
Long Buckby Rugby Club, Station Road, Northampton, England NN6 7PX, United Kingdom
We offer a range of different activities on various nights of the week.
Please see our News section above and our Programme of Events for more details.