Photo Club gives students the opportunity to get creative and express themselves through photography. Whether it’s with digital media, Photoshop, or traditional darkroom photography, this club offers more freedom than standard photography courses.

The club meets every other Thursday and only costs $20 to join. This money is spent on darkroom chemicals, photo paper and film.

Club sponsor and photography teacher, Joy Lamb said, “With Photo Club, students and non-photo students can take their photography interest and develop it further. Every time we meet we do a themed shoot, but that’s optional.”

Themed shoots can range from still lifes to abstract art, but students always have the freedom to shoot their own interests and ideas.

“Around Thanksgiving we shot Thanksgiving still lifes. For some students this meant literally food, but for others they shot pictures representing their family. Last year around December we did an abstract interpretation of fire and ice. A lot of people came in with really cool icicles,” Lamb said.

Aside from having more artistic freedom, the club differs from the class because all members want to learn about photography, as opposed to just completing their fine arts credit.

“I love that everybody is excited to be here. Since everyone is excited, it makes it really fun for everyone even if they don’t necessarily know much about photography,” Lamb said.

Lamb suggests if a student is interested in photography, he/she should start working with digital media and then work his/her way up the darkroom.

“My main suggestion would be to take photography class. It’s a lot of fun,” Lamb said.