Fashion modelling photography - popular?

I have been a member of a local camera club for over 10yrs. I''m just a hobbyist take some shots locally and when I travel that's about it, or actually it's part time while we are with other people.

 

Over the years the club has generally only had people who are members or who are looking to become members. Interclub competitions, we have a judge and he/she critiques the images, we have a end of year exhibition with everybody involve. We have invited guests to talk, could be own members about what they do - sports, macro, landscapes, post processing etc. We might get someone outside to talk about color management, or someone who runs photo tours, someone who is a Nikon ambassador and does a bit stuff with National Geographic or a police officer that does forensic photography, or food or pet photography etc etc. We still have the odd practical evening - someone sets up a tent with various items like like flowers, a violin, some $2 fake pearls etc. Yeah .. pretty much no one else attends, only club members or those looking to become a member.

 

Over time I also found that less and less people attend including members who have been with the club for 10+ years.

 

BUT, we had something different which was studio photography or on location shooting with strobes with a workshop to follow - including actual models and make-up artists. We had members from other camera clubs and even those who don't belong to a camera club and even photographers who does event or wedding photography for a living. It was a full house.

 

 

Cheers.

In the pre-WWII years, the photo magazines had extensive coverage of club news and organizations like yours were all over the place. In those days, the workshops with models were among the most popular.

But Americans these days don't seem to be nearly so 'clubbable'.

 

I'm afraid that I am one who drifted away from the local photo collective, and I don't even know if they meet any more.

Raymond, here in Pennsylvania, those events are so popular that there are whole groups devoted to them.