The aims of the Monmouth Photographic Club are to help members improve both the quality of and their enjoyment of photography. Hopefully club meetings will inspire you, help you to learn, and above all be fun!
We are open to people of all levels of experience and expertise, total beginners are welcome.
The camera you use is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if you have the best quality camera that money can buy and produce fine quality 16” x 12” prints, or you use a simple point and shoot camera and just want to take pictures of your holidays or children/grandchildren.
Our aim is to help you get the best out of your photography.
We do this through a series of meetings from September to May which can broadly be split into four categories as follows:-
1)Talks and demonstrations.
The club invites well-known photographers to come and talk to the club and exhibit some of their work in the form of digital images and / or prints. Seeing other people’s work gives you inspiration for improving your own photography.
2)Practical sessions.
Members are invited to try various aspects of photography with support from members or tutors.
3)Competitions.
By entering competitions you can see how your photography is improving and how it compares with the work of other members. The judges are always helpful in providing friendly, constructive criticism. However you don't have to enter competitions unless you want to, you can learn a lot simply by observing other members' images being judged.
4)Members Evenings. (Open to all, run by members)
Certain evenings in the programme are designated as members evenings. The exact content of a particular evening is decided by the members and include such things as members giving a demonstration of a particular photographic skill / technique that they use, studio evenings, discussion evenings on a particular aspect of photography, photograph assessment evenings etc.
In addition to the club meetings:
How to Join :
If you think we might be for you, you are welcome to come to up to three meetings to "try us out" before joining. Meetings cost £4 and include tea/coffee and biscuits. If you decide to join us the annual membership fee is £25, meeting cost for members is £3 per meeting. If you would like to message or speak to someone on the phone for more information, please go to the contact us page.
The club is run by committee members. Committee members are elected at the AGM. If you have any questions or suggestions about the running of the club please talk to one of the committee. The committee members for the 2020/21 season are as follows:
Chairman: Christopher Jones
Deputy Chair: Catherine Jones
Treasurer: Mike Roberts
Programme Secretary: Iain McCallum
Secretary: Jackie Poulter
Competitions Secretary: Keith Sharples
Webmaster: Lyn Sharples
Ordinary member: Sharon Thomas
Monmouth Photographic Club belongs to the Welsh Photographic Federation (WPF) www.thewpf.co.uk, which in turn is a member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) www.thepagb.org.uk
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