The Disabled Photographers' Society

We are now able to accept payments online via our secure server. You will find the membership links on our home page on the left hand side. Alternatively you can pay by cheque or postal order by downloading our application form and send together with payment to the membership secretary.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept members from outside the UK to confirm to the Charity Commission regulations for our charity status.

Contact our equipment/adaptations coordinator. We endeavour to answer members queries as soon as possible. Non-members queries will take longer as we have to put our members first.

As everyone's abilities and needs are different, we can give you advice on what specifications to look for, but we cannot make any specific recommendations. There are so many new cameras coming out all the time, we wouldn't be able to keep up with them. Once you know what to look for, your best bet is to go to your local camera shop and ask them for recommendations. There should be at least one member of staff there who is up to date with what's available. You could also post this question on our Forum where you can ask other disabled photographers for their recommendations.

The Manfrotto Magic Arm, clamp and camera bracket have been very useful to several of our members. You might like to look at www.speedgraphic.co.uk for the Ergorest Multi Tripod which can hold a camera in front of the face and at www.conceptusinc.com/connection.htm for mouth operated switches designed for sky divers! The Zig View viewfinder adaptor that is becoming popular can be bought from www.warehouseexpress.com and the Cullman Magic Clamp can be found on www.binocularhouse.com

There have been such things in the past, but probably not at present. Try searching the internet for left handed articles or asking at your local camera shop. Again, try asking our Forum members. Also, see question 4, below.

If it is small enough, turn the camera upside down and release the shutter using the thumb. This can be a bit awkward, but some people do find it okay once they are used to it. If this doesn't do the trick, please read on . . .

You could try mounting your camera on a tripod. This would free your left hand so that once you have composed your photograph, you can reach across the camera to press the shutter.

Mounting your camera on a tripod releases your hands from holding the camera, leaving you able to use the controls with your one good hand. However, do look in your camera handbook or ask your local dealer to see if an electronic wired remote shutter release (as opposed to infra red wireless) is available. The camera end of the release can be attached to the camera using the dedicated socket, and the button end can be attached anywhere on the camera that there is space (or on a pistol grip) and where the left hander can reach it, using masking tape or the like. Pressing the button can be done with the left hand or teeth or nose - you will have to think a bit laterally. Also please see question 2 above.

I'm sorry, but we do not have the resources for this. We are only a small national charity.

Please feel free to use any information published on this website. We cannot help other than this. We are all volunteers and most of us are disabled. We joined the DPS team to help fulfill the aims of this Society and the needs of its members - helping disabled people either take up or continue with a hobby that improves the quality of their lives.

We suggest that you contact another institution that has disabled students, or a specialist school/college. If your college becomes a Group Member of this Society, then we can let you have some equipment to help the student. The equipment will be on long term free loan for the duration of membership. If your student requires his/her own, then he/she will have to become an Individual Disabled Member.