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In September 2006 the Mayor of Bath kindly agreed to become the Patron of the Bath Photographic Society. The Society is honoured to have the Mayor as Patron and it brings together two Bath institutions.

The office of Mayor dates from at least 1230 and has been occupied by some important figures in the life of the City.

The Bath Photographic Society dates from 1888 and provides a home for amateur photographers wishing to learn from other photographers, and to share their pictures and photographic expertise. It caters for beginners to the more experienced and all will find a welcome.

Here is a picture of our exhibition of pictures for a Mayor's Year which was in the Guildhall Banqueting Room on 17 May 2008

press release 19/5/08

Bath Photographic Society member Martin Horton was judged to have the best photograph at a recent competition that pitted ten local camera clubs against each other. Organised by the Swansea Camera Club, this Ten Way Battle had entries from five members of the Bath Photographic Society who collectively scored sufficient points to put the BPS second overall to Merthyr Tydfil’s camera club, only two points behind."

press release 23/5/08

The Bath Photographic Society presented a small exhibition of photographs taken during Councillor Sharon Ball's year as Mayor of Bath in the Banqueting Room at the Guildhall, Bath. The pictures showed the range of activities undertaken during a year in office and are a small token of gratitude to the Mayor as the Patron of the Society'.

press release 21/11/07

Bath shaded by Woodlands
Report by Liz Bugg of George Webber Competition, November 17 2007

The Bath Photographic Society recently gave the limelight to the Calne Woodlands Camera Club. The occasion was the annual George Webber Slide Competition for photographic clubs, which this year the Bath Photographic Society hosted. No less than seven local photographic clubs each entered eight excellent slides, which were judged for merit by expert Denis Price.
The scores were very close with Calne Woodlands taking the narrowest of wins and the Bath Photographic Society finishing joint third.

Congratulations should go to two members of Bath Photographic Society. Terry Morrow for his “Paddling into the Sunset” (scoring the maximum 20), and also to Vanessa Herring for her “Running from the Storm” (scoring 19).

The Bath Photographic Society meets on Tuesday evenings at the St Stephens Centre under St Stephens church on Lansdown Road. A calendar containing photographs taken by BPS President Alastair Chalmers and designed by Helen Strickland is currently on sale on behalf of the St Stephens Tower Appeal. For further details of this project see www.towerfund.org

The Bath Photographic Society is flourishing and now has the Mayor of Bath as its Patron. President Alastair Chalmers told members at the Annual General Meeting that exhibitions held the past year at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, in Bath Central Library and at Cheltenham Hospital had been very successful. He also remarked that the Society is working with the Mayor to photograph local events.

At the AGM, held in Bath on Tuesday Alastair Chalmers was also able to report that over the past year the Society had enjoyed a range of varied informative speakers and successful internal competitions. Individual trophies were presented:
Best colour print worker and enprint competition: Terry Morrow
Best mono worker: Richard Gardiner
Best slide worker: Alastair Chalmers Most improved colour worker: Richard Cato
Most improved mono worker, photo essay competition, and best mono print of the year: Martin Horton
Most improved slide worker: Ken Adams Best colour print of the year: Ray Grace
Best slide of the year: Adrian Herring

The Bath Photographic Society meets at St Stephens Centre, Lansdown Road every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm (Sept to June). For more details see www.bathphotographicsociety.org.uk/