The club meets throughout the year September to June. The programme below covers the upcoming activities only. If you are interested in our full programme of events please get in contact with our programme secretary at prog.secretary@cardiffcameraclub
| Date (Thursday unless stated) | Event | Details | More Info. |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPT | |||
| 4/9/25 | Bring your images from the Summer to share | Bring up to 5 images each. | Clubroom |
| 11/9/25 | “Dare to Dream” Part 1 | Exciting opportunity for members photos to be on permanent display at UHW. Think about images to share. Bring laptops, on memory stick etc. so we can look in groups at possible images, brainstorm others we might want to take etc. | Clubroom Dare to Dream – Images to Decorate Spaces at UHW. By then we will know what size images are needed. Deadline to submit your photographs for the 2025 Members choice award. You can enter 2 photos per section – Print, Digital & Creative. See rules for full details |
| 18/9/25 | Scott Hurd – “Thinking Photography” | Scott – based in Namibia will deliver his talk to us via Zoom. ©Scott Hurd | Clubroom |
| 25/9/25 | Members Choice Award 2025 | Come along to help choose the best Digital, Print & Creative photograph of the year | Clubroom |
| OCT | |||
| 2/10/25 | AGM | Annual General Meeting | Clubroom. |
| 9/10/25 | “Dare to Dream” Part 2 – Think about images to share. Bring possible images printed or on memory stick. | Putting forward our final images to share. | Clubroom. |
| 16/10/25 | Barry Battle | Our annual competition against Barry Camera Club | Clubroom Deadline to submit up to 4 prints on any subject for round 1 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 23/10/25 | “Finland in 4 Seasons” | Jenny Hibbert – accomplished Wildlife photographer will present her fascinating talk to us. ©Jenny Hibbert | Clubroom |
| 30/10/25 | Photographer of the Year -round 1 | Prints judged by Ken Jacob | Clubroom |
| NOV | |||
| 3/11/25 (Monday) | Bridgend 5 Way | Images from Cardiff Camera Club members compete against images from 4 other clubs (Pyle & Portcawl, Baglan Bay, Rhondda and Bridgend) | |
| 6/11/25 | Member evening. | Member discussion evening – bring a question. Bring images for others to critique, bring laptop for demo something. etc. (Mentors) | Clubroom |
| 13/11/25 | 1 lens 1 hour practical night. | Prepare at Clubroom 7pm. Clock starts 7.30pm stops 8.30pm. 8.45pm Share 3 best images straight from Camera card. | Either stay in club room or leave hub, take photos and return. Get thinking and planning. Deadline to submit up to 4 digital photographs on any subject for round 2 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 14/11/25 (Friday) | Newport Battle (away) | Images from Cardiff Camera Club members compete against images from Newport. | Langstone Village Hall Old Chepstow Road Langstone Newport NP18 2ND |
| 20/11/25 | “Gateway to Urban Night Photography”. | Peter Benson FRPS – Talks to us about how to best take photos at night in a city. ©Peter Benson | Via Zoom. Clubroom. www.peterfbenson.co.uk |
| 27/11/25 | Photographer of the Year -Round 2 | Digital photographs judged by David Straker | Clubroom. |
| DEC | |||
| 4/12/25 | Practical – Night images Available light Using light – Architecture | Follow up from Peter Benson’s talk Bring tripods and cameras | Meet at 7pm outside covered market in Cardiff. |
| 11/12/25 | Practical – Software support evening. | Dave Russell our Chair will lead us with – Editing workflow + Workshop showing different packages. | Clubroom. Bring images on memory sticks, laptops etc. |
| 18/12/25 | Social + Christmas Quiz? | Quiz. Then let’s create our own “Christmas Card” for our Facebook group. | Dress up. Christmas jumpers; Hats anything festive. Clubroom. |
| JAN 2026 | |||
| 8/1/26 | Best pics from last year | Bring your best 5 images from last year. | Clubroom. |
| 15/1/26 | CHALLENGE 2026 – Project/goal for the Year | Richard to present. Ideas could be to do a course, Work on a genre/technique new to you, AWPF etc. | Clubroom After introduction discuss in groups and after break share with rest of the club. Deadline to submit up to 4 print photographs on any subject for round 3 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 22/1/26 | Speaker – Robert Harvey – Wildlife for All Seasons. | Robert is a renowned wildlife snapper who runs workshops across the UK. | Clubroom via Zoom |
| 29/1/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 3 | 4 prints on any subject judged by unknown | Clubroom |
| FEB | |||
| 5/2/26 | Practical evening -Photographing items from your Shed. | Bring items from your shed, cameras, tripods, lights if you like. | Clubroom. |
| 12/2/26 | Battle with Stroud Camera Club judged by AI judge. | This is a wacky idea that will happen via Zoom. | Clubroom Deadline to submit up to 4 digital photographs on subject of Movement for round 4 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 19/2/26 | Member evening | Member discussion evening – bring a question. Bring images for others to critique, bring laptop for demo something. etc. (Mentors) | Clubroom |
| 26/2/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 4 | Digital photographs on subject movement Judged by Gary Shinner LRPS EFIAP/s MPSA2 AWPF BPSA GAPU | Clubroom |
| MAR | |||
| 5/3/26 | Photowalk – up close. |  In a Church yard (TBC) Bring cameras, lights tripods. | 7pm. St Mary’s Church St. Fagans |
| 12/3/26 | Derek Gale – “Movement in Photography” | Sneek peek at https://galephotography.co.uk/club-talks/  ©Derek Gale | Clubroom Via Zoom. Deadline to submit up to 4 print photographs on any subject for round 5 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 19/3/26 | Show and tell from Up Close Photowalk | Bring along your best/favourite 4 images from this practical to share. | Clubroom |
| 26/3/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 5 Print | Prints on any subject judged by Dave Bennett | Clubroom. |
| APRIL | |||
| 2/4/26 | Battle with Rhiwbina Club | Images from Cardiff Camera Club members compete against images from Rhiwbina Camera Club. | Clubroom |
| 9/4/26 | Product Photography – Richard Payton | Richard will give a quick introduction. Bring along A Product to take photos of that would sell it to someone you know. | Clubroom |
| 16/4/26 | Show and tell from Product Photography | Bring along 4 photos from last week’s event. | Clubroom. Deadline to submit up to 4 digital photographs on any subject for round 6 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 23/4/26 | NOTHING PLANNED | ||
| 30/4/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 6 – Digital | Digital photographs on any subject judged by Paul Branchflower | Clubroom |
| MAY | |||
| 7/5/26 | Photowalk – Urban Exploration Cardiff/Tell a Story | Meet at TBC Aim to create a series of images to tell a story. Could be street photos, architecture et. | |
| 14/5/26 | Tri City Competion | Cardiff, South London and Bon Accord battle it out over Zoom. | Clubroom Deadline to submit up to 4 print photographs on the subject of high colour for round 7 of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 21/5/26 | Member evening. | Member discussion evening – bring a question. Bring images for others to critique, bring laptop for demo something. etc. | Clubroom. |
| 28/5/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 7 | Prints on the subject of high colour will be judged by Alan Packham. The winner of the print section of the Photographer of the year competition will be announced tonight | Clubroom |
| JUNE | |||
| 4/6/26 | Tim Knifton “Urban Exploration”. | Tim a photographer from North Wales. ©Tim Knifton | Clubroom. Via zoom |
| 11/6/26 | Gwent Photographic Society battle | Gwent and Cardiff go head to head in our annual battle | Clubroom Deadline to submit up to 4 digital photographs on any subject for final round of the Photographer of the Year competition |
| 18/6/26 | CHALLENGE 2026 – Project/goal for the Year review | We review and share where we have got to so far on our challenges, especially sharing things which might be useful to others. | Clubroom. |
| 25/6/26 | Photographer of the Year -Round 8 (final) | Digital photographs on any subject judged by Wayne M John The winners of the digital and combined sections of this year’s Photographer of the year competition will be announced tonight. | Clubroom. |
| SUMMER BREAK |