Here are the activities for the year. All in-person internal events are held at St Michael's Centre, NP7 5UD. Meeting times are second and fourth Mondays in each month, between 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
we are meeting in person at St Michael's unless explicitly stated otherwise. Having said this, we have discovered the power of Zoom in the reach it gives us to access high class presenters across the country and world. Leveraging this, half of our external presenters will deliver via Zoom. For these, we will still meet at St Michael's so we can chat and interact, before, during and after the presentation. If you want to watch from home, this is just fine and the Zoom link will be supplied.
| Internal event | Practical session |
| External presenter | Internal competition |
| External competition | Other event |
Date |
Event |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan | Photograph of the Year 2024 | In the first meeting of 2025, we'll be deciding on the Photograph of the Year for last year, first finding the best digital and print, then finding the overall POTY from these two group winners. |
| 25-Jan (Sat) | External competition: WPF Memorial | hosted by Monnmouth Photographic Society in The Agincourt Hall, Bridges Community Centre, Monmouth NP25 5AS. Three sections: Walter Morgan Trophy (4 PDIs), Past Presidents Trophy (4 colour prints) and the Gwyn Morgan Trophy ( for a 'set' of 4 mono prints). This year the competition date is 25 January at 10am, and the Judge is John Tilsley from Dorset |
| 27-Jan | Dog Photography with Chris Norton | Tonight, we have Chris Norton who runs a successful dog and pet photography business in Hay.
Chris will be showing us how to take great dog photographs (and, by extension, other pets).
He also will tell us about his business and how he turned a hobby into a financial success.
Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the competition on 10-Feb. |
| 06-Jun (Thu) | External competition: Adrian Webster Trophy | Multi-club battle, hosted by Western Valley Camera Club, held at Crosskeys Rugby Club. |
| 10-Feb | Open Monochrome Competition judged by Paul Branchflower | The first competition this year is open monochrome, which means you can enter any mono image (well, within limits of course). Tints such as sepia are allowed, but no 'colour'. |
| 24-Feb | Member evening: Panels and Salons with Julie and Ken | Seeking national and international recognition beyond club competitions is a great way to test and extend your ability. Tonight, our very own Ken Jacob and Julie Morgan will be double-teaming on this, talking about their experiences in gaining awards and entering salons. If you're interested in such accolades, you'll find much to learn. Even if not, it will be a fascinating evening learning about their endeavours and seeing the beautiful images and panels they have produced. |
| 10-Mar | Abandoned Architecture (via Zoom) with James Kerwin | Everyone loves grot! Urban decay has long be a fascinating subject for photography.
Tonight, James Kerwin will be taking us on a journey into the sometimes-hazardous world
of forgotten and fallen buildings.
Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the competition on 24-Mar. |
| 24-Mar | Open Colour Competition judged by Dave Bennett | Our second competition of the year is open to any image - as long as it is colour (ie not monochrome) monochrome. |
| 05-Apr (Sat) | External competition: Cymru Mono | hosted by Afan Nedd Camera Club, at St Theodore's Church, PORT TALBOT, SA13 1LE. Four mono prints from four different photographers. This is the largest only-mono competition in the UK with between 30 and 40 clubs taking part. So the competition is stiff! |
| 14-Apr | Member evening: Photo Encaustic with John Scott | What is Photo Encaustic?? It's a method of producing photographs that is becoming very popular. John Scott has delved deep into this and will be spend this evening explaining and demonstrating the method and showing us the fabulous results of his own productions here. |
| 28-Apr | Weird and Wonderful with Sandrea Walding and Steve Betts, BSc, LRPS | In this presentation, Sandra and Steve from Ross Camera Club show the results of exploring
the use of cameras in creative ways, including the use of multiple exposures and ICM.
Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the panel competition on 12th May. |
| 12-May | Panel Competition judged by Ralph Snook, ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP | Our third competition of the year is for panels of three to five images. Maximum one digital panel and one print panel per entrant. |
| 19-May | Member evening: The Frozen North with Kevin Hogkinson and David Straker | Kevin and Dave have been braving the cold temperatures of Svarlbard, Greenland and other cool places. Tonight, they will present stories about the places they have seen plus a selection of of their many very Northern photographs. |
| 08-Jun (Sat) | External competition: Barrian Cup | hosted by Barry Camera Club, at the St Francis Millennium Centre, Barry, and takes place usually on the 2nd Saturday in June. Four prints from each club. The Dave Cowdrey Trophy is awarded for the best Landscape/Seascape and the Mike Lewis Trophy is awarded for the Best Image in the competition Starts at 2pm |
| 09-Jun | Japan in Autumn with Julian Elliott | Japan is one of those places that many photographers would love to visit and capture some of beautiful sights there. Tonight, award-winning professional travel and landscape photographer Julian Elliott will transport us across the globe for an enchanting visit to Japan in Autumn. |
| 23-Jun | Member evening: RAW Wars, with you! | This is something we've done before and which was a great success. Basically, you beforehand submit unedited photographs (preferably RAW but jpg is ok) and one of the folks who are keen on photo editing will give it their loving attention. On the night, the editors will explain what they did and show the results. This is a great way of learning how to improve your editing by learning from others. |
| 07-Jul | Photo Walk | Out and about together in this Summer's evening, a walk somewhere nearby, probably ending up at a delightful pub! Bring your camera kit. |
| 20-Jul (Sunday) | Member Day: Visit to TBA | Bring your cameras to capture the wonder of wherever we go! |
| Jul-Aug | Summer Break | Get out there, have fun, and take lots of photographs! |
| 08-Sep | Member evening: Summer Show and Tell | Bring in your photos taken through the Summer (and earlier in the year) to show everyone! |
| XX-Sep | External competition: Jubilee Cup | Jubilee Cup at Court Farm & Oakfield Community Hall, Hogarth Close, Llantarnam, Cwmbran NP44 3DB. Five-way battle. Start time 7:45pm – this is usually a five way battle. |
| 22-Sep | Bears in Yellowstone (Zoom) with Phil Savoie | Firm favourite Phil Savoie is back! This year we visit the glorious Yellowstone National Park
where bears (and other animals) roam free in a huge, unspoiled open space.
Professional cameraman and producer (Attenborough and more) Phil will show us the documentary
he shot there about the lives of a black bear family, while in his usual engaging way
will talk about the realities of photography in such an amazing yet hazardous setting.
Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the open competition on 13th Oct. |
| 13-Oct | Open Competition judged by Gareth Martin, AWPF, CPAGB | Here's our next completely open competitions, so you can enter whatever images you like! |
| 27-Oct | Member evening: A Photographic tour of Sri Lanka, with Tom Dee | After last year's fascinating photographs and stories of Cambodia, this year Tom is returning to show us the glories and realities of Sri Lanka. |
| 10-Nov | The Mind of a Judge with Martyn Pinches, AFIAP, AWPF | Last year, Martyn did a great job of judging the November competition. This year, he's giving us the
inside line on what judges like and consequently how to improve our photography and get better scores in competitions!
Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the theme competition on 24th November. |
| 24-Nov | Theme Competition (Theme: TBA) judged by Gary Shinner, LRPS, EFIAP/s, MPSA2, AWPF, BPSA, GAPU | Here's our annual theme competition, with a challenge to interpret the theme creatively, perhaps! |
| XX-Nov | External competition: Stanley Chell | Hosted by Aberdare Camera Club, usually late November. |
| XX-Nov | External competition: Adrian Webster Trophy | Hosted by Western Valley Camera Club. |
| 08-Dec | AGM and fun photos | We round off the year with the AGM and the usual informal and hilarious competition. Bring your fun images!. |
As always, for all internal events we meet on Monday at St Michael's Centre in Penypound, NP7 5UD (behind the church).
For reference, here are the programmes from 2025 (initial), 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 (actual), 2020 (planned), 2020 (actual), 2020 (planned), 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
And here is a link to a summary of all presenters during this period.
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