During the Season we have a variety of meetings and activities each month as follows:
First and
third Friday of the month - meetings in Mitchel Troy Village Hall (September to May)
Second Friday of the month - Zoom discussion group - all welcome.
Fourth Friday of the month - Zoom presentation
Outdoor photography meet-ups
External competitions / events
Summer Activities 2025:
2nd August - 30th August, Bedwelty House, Tredegar, NP22 3XN - Masters of Print Exhibition.
Saturday 16th August 9:15am, Monmouth, Photomarathon. Six photos in three hours, meet at the Old Bridge Monmouth at 9:15am when the six titles will be revealed. You can take your six images in any order wherever you want. Meet back at 12:30pm to download your images straight from camera, no photo manipulation allowed. For those who want to, we will have lunch together afterwards.
NB Change of date from 9th to 16th August.
Friday 22nd August 7:30pm Zoom Tutorial: Preparing images for competitions.
Friday 29th August 7:30pm Zoom Tutorial: How to make an Audio Visual Sequence.
Saturday 30th August Monmouth Photographic Club stand at Shire Hall Market displaying members prints.
Programme for the 2025-2026 Season:
To download the Programme click here:
Programme 2025-2026
Meetings at Mitchel Troy Village Hall in white,
Zoom meetings in Yellow, Outdoor meet-ups in blue, Other events/ external competitions in purple.
2025:
THURSDAY 4th September 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening (Please note this discussion evening is not on the usual second Friday of the month.)
5th September 7:30pm "Shooting the Inside of my Head" - Richard Hainsworth
THURSDAY 11th September Monmouth Visit to Gwynfa Club.
SATURDAY 13th September WPF Convention. See WPF website for details.
19th September 7:30pm "Capturing Mood and Atmosphere in Landscapes" - Sarah Howard
26th September 7:30pm Zoom "Living and Working as a Professional Photographer in Namibia" - Scott Hurd
3rd October 7:30pm Title TBC - Elisa Best
Title TBC - Terry Rees-Pedlar
(Closing date for entries to Competition 1 "Open Subject" Print)
10th October 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening.
17th October 7:30pm Competition "Open Subject" Print - Judge: Frank Farrell
SATURDAY 18th October PAGB Print Championships at Blackburn. Monmouth club competing for the WPF. Come along and support your club at this UK wide prestigious event, (see Keith Sharples for details on tickets/ venue etc).
24th October 7:30pm Zoom "TBC" - Mark Boyd
7th November 7:30pm "Steel, Glass and Concrete" - Mark Reeves
(Closing date for entries into the Five Print Challenge)
14th November 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
21st November 7:30pm Five Print Challenge - Judge: Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP
(Closing date for entries to Competition 2 "Open Subject" dpi)
28th November 7:30pm Zoom "Lake District by Day and Night" - Mark Hetherington
THURSDAY 4th December 7:30pm Zoom - Annual Battle with Orkney
5th December 7:30pm Competition "Open Subject" dpi - Judge: Rob Heslop
THURSDAY 11th December / 18th December (to be confirmed) Christmas Social - Further details to follow.
12th December 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
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2026:
9th January 7:30pm "No Need to Step Off the Rock" - Lindsey Bucknor
16th January 7:30pm " Planes are Great - People are Better" - Cliff Williams
(Closing date for entries to Competition 3 "Architecture" print)
23rd January 7:30pm Zoom "Passion for Scapes" - Kevin Pigney
6th February 7:30pm Competition "Architecture" print - Judge: Gareth Martin AWPF CPAGB
13th February 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
20th February 7:30pm "A Photo Journey: Using Images for Mental Health" - Adrian Wyatt
Saturday 21st February 10am - 4pm WPF Memorial Trophies Competitions. Hosted by Monmouth Photographic Club at Bridges Community Centre, Monmouth.
(Volunteers from Monmouth club to help with organisation on the day please contact Keith Sharples.)
27th February 7:30pm Zoom - " Street Photography: How to feel the fear, do it anyway and get great images" - Caroline Preece
6th March 7:30pm "Close-up and Macro" - Derek Gale
(Closing date for entries to Competition 4 "ICM" dpi )
13th March 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
20th March 7:30pm Competition "ICM" dpi - Judge: Aleks Gjika DPAGB EFIAP
27th March 7:30pm Zoom "Wildlife Photography - Part 2" - Tracy Lund
3rd April - Good Friday - No meeting.
10th April 7:30pm Title TBC - Lin and Peter Wyles
( Closing date for entries to Annual Open Competition - print)
17th April 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
24th April 7:30pm "Woodlands and the Forest of Dean" - James Kelly-Smith
1st May 7:30pm Annual Open Print Competition - Judge: Julie Morgan AWPF
8th May 7:30pm Zoom Discussion Evening
15th May 7:30pm AGM and Awards Night. This is the last Village Hall meeting of this season. The AGM and awards presentation will be followed by a chance to socialise with wine and nibbles.
Please note that sometimes due to circumstances beyond our control changes have to be made to the published programme, please keep an eye on the web site and emails to keep you updated.
Meetings at Mitchell Troy Village Hall are free for Monmouth Photographic Club members. Non-members may attend, subject to available space, for a fee of £5, (other than ticketed events).
Image on this page: "The Novice" by Peter Wyles
