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.co.uk
DATE | SPEAKER/EVENT | TOPIC |
14th November 2024 | Newport Battle (Home) | Our annual competion with Newport Photographic Society. (Provisional Date) |
21st Nov 2024 | Visiting Club Show and Tell | Afan Nedd Visit Cardiff to show us some of their work. |
28th Nov 2024 | POTY | Members of the club submit Digital images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. |
Thu 5th Dec 2024 | Wayne John | Wayne presents his talk entitled ‘The Unnatural Environment’. |
Thu 12th Dec 2024 | Practical CCC on Tour | Christmas Lights and Light Trails. Meet in Cardiff City Centre time and meeting place to follow |
Thu 19th Dec 2024 | Members Evening | Club members present their images from 12th, and a Christmas social evening. Dress Code: Christmas jumpers or hats prefered. |
Thu 26th Dec | CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS | |
Thu 2nd Jan 2025 | CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR HANGOVERS | |
Thu 9th Jan 2025 | Members Evening | My fovourite photos of 2024 (Show and Tell) – Max 8 DPI images or prints each. |
Thu 16th Jan 2025 | Gabor Horvath | Fish photography including demo – Bring cameras |
Thu 23rd Jan 2025 | David Norton | AI Exploration |
Thursday 30th Jan 2025 | POTY | Members of the club submit Prints images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. |
Thursday 6th Feb 2025 | Dibs Photograpy | Night Basics talk via Zoom to the clubroom |
Thursday 13th Feb 2025 | Practical | An evening out and about. Practical on Night Photography. Location to be confirmed. |
Thursday 20th Feb 2025 | Members Evening | Club members present their Night Photography images. |
Thursday 27th Feb 2025 | POTY | Members of the club submit Digital images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. SET SUBJECT To be decided. |
Wednesday 5th Mar 2025 | CCC Visit Afan Nedd | Members of Cardiff Camera Club present their work to Afan Nedd Camera Club Port Talbot |
Thursday 6th Mar 2025 | Martyn Pinches | Martyn Pinches presents the first of three evening on the subject of Studio Lighting. A gentle introduction to the concept of working with models and studio lighting with an extension intoMartin’s photography with models in studio and on location. |
Thursday 13th Mar 2025 | TBA | |
Thursday 20th Mar 2025 | Richard Payton | Product and Food Practical Bring your cameras. |
Thursday 27 Mar 2025 | POTY | Members of the club submit Print images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. |
Thursday 3rd Apr 2025 | Martyn Pinches | Martyn presents part two on the subject of Studio Lighting. A practical portrait night with a model – bring cameras. KNOW YOUR CAMERA – if necessary bring the instruction book or be prepared to ask or offer help to fellow members on how to set the camera to MANUAL and control aperture, shutter and ISO settings. We will use studio flash triggered from a camera hot shoe – not all cameras like this idea and resist instructions. During this session Martin will also take a few shots also to use in session 3. |
FRIDAY 4th April 2025 | Rhiwbina Battle | Our annual competion with Rhiwbina Camera Club. (Away) (Provisional Date) |
Thursday 10th Apr 2025 | Roger Hance | Roger Hance presents a Zoom talk to the clubroom on Journalism and Portraiture. |
Thursday 17th Apr 2025 | Dave Brassey | ‘Wildlife Photography for Beginners’ |
24th Apr 2025 | POTY | Members of the club submit Digital images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. (Open) |
Thursday 1st May 2025 | Martyn Pinches | Martyn presents part three on the subject of Studio Lighting. Martyn will bring along some of his results from the previous practical evening, and show how he processed them to something he can use. Members are also invited to bring along their results for comparison – and maybe do a bit of live procession depending on what turns up. Martyn will also present some of oth-mo9del work. |
Thursday 8th May 2025 | Practical on Lighting follow on from Martyn Pinches evenings. | |
Thursday 15th May 2025 | Show and Tell from lighting evening practical evening. Tips for editing portraits. | |
Thursday 22nd May 2025 | TBA | |
Thursday 29th May 2025 | Members of the club submit Print images for the last round of the POTY 2024/25 SET SUBJECT | |
Thursday 5th June 2025 | Software support evening – Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity, DXO. | |
Thursday 12th Jun 2025 | Gwent Photographic Society | Away Battle with Gwent Photographic Society CLUBROOM CLOSED |
Thursday 19th June 2025 | Show and Tell – My best images of the year? | |
26th Jun 2025 | POTY | Members of the club submit Digital images for the POTY 2024/25 competition to be judged and critiqued. (Open) |
SUMMER BREAK CLUBROOM CLOSED UNTIL THE 7TH SEPTEMBER | ||
25th Sept 2025 | Print & DPI of the Year | Competition to establish the best Print & Digital image of the year as submitted by club members during the year. |
Thursday2nd October | AGM | The most inportnant night of the year. |