The programme of recent club events is archived here to give an idea of the type of evenings held at the club. The current programme listing contains up to six months of past events which will gradullay be moved onto this page once they have taken place.
Start of summer break with a variety of club outings (usually evening on Monday, daytime on Wednesday).
1st - Annual General Meeting
The AGM including annual awards. We will also be packing up equipment stored at the hall ready for the move to our new venue in September.
25th - Closed
Closed for the bank holiday.
18th - Image Of The Year
Join us for the ultimate competition of the season, this year judged by John Campbell. With members submitting their personal favourite image of the season, this competition gives an opportunity to see some of the top images from the season entered alongside one another. This year each member may enter up to 2 prints and 2 digital entries.
11th - Show and Tell evening
Members of Pyle and Porthcawl camera club join us to show some of their images.
4th - Closed
Closed for the bank holiday.
27th - Mono competition judging
We welcome Ken Jacobs as judge for the evening.
20th - Best Of India
A presentation by David Bathard. David is a photographer of 45 years, this evening showing mainly prints of his time in India.
13th - Open competition judging
We welcome Ken Jacobs as judge for the evening.
6th - Closed
Closed for Easter Monday.
30th - Photography Under The Stars
A presentation by Allen Lloyd. Having been an avid landscape photographer, during Covid, Allen turned to photographing the Starry Nights. He explains how he does so and shows many images combining the stars and his love of landscapes.
23rd - Theme competition judging - Close-up and macro
We welcome Alan Thomas as judge for the evening.
16th - Wildlife
A presentation by Tracey Lund. Tracey will show wildlife images from Japan, Finland, Greece, Iceland, the Camargue and UK as well as tell stories from her travels.
9th - London Talks
A presentation by Gary Shinner. Gary is well known within the club and shows images of his trips to London, some undertaken with Paul James and others.
2nd - Three On A Theme competition judging
We welcome Gareth Martin as judge for the evening.
23rd - International Salons
An evening shared between Maddie Robertson, Sue Rees and Dave Hopes explaining their entries to International Salons and showing images of their successes (and failures) in the Salons.
13th - Open competition judging
We welcome Julie Morgan as judge for the evening.
9th - Dave Russell
A-Z of Images – Dave will talk about at least 1 topic for each letter of the alphabet from Achilles to Zoom. This will include photos of people, landscapes and natural history with his images being either straight or creative.
2nd - Landscape Photography
Jo Evans. Jo is a local photographer whose passion is capturing the beauty of Wales.
26th - Open competition judging
We welcome Paul Branchflower as judge for the evening.
19th - Close-up and macro
An evening with our own Chris Timbrell and Kev Robertson. They will each talk about their close-up and macro images and the equipment used to capture such images.
12th - Underwater Photography
Peter Rees. A presentation of underwater photography from around the world.
5th - Sri Lanka
Tom Dee. Following his presentation of his trips to Cambodia, Tom returns to talk about Sri Lanka showing pictures of Temples, landscapes and local life of Sri Lanka.
29th - Closed
Xmas break.
22nd - Closed
Xmas break.
15th - Landscape competition judging
Judging of the annual landscape competition with the winner awarded the Mike Stokes Memorial Trophy. We welcome Gary Shinner as judge for the evening.
8th - Christmas
Celebrate Christmas in the hall with a buffet and games organised by Dai and Maddie.
1st - Starting From A Blank Canvas
Polina Plotnikova is an award winning and creative ‘picture maker’ based in London and will join us via Zoom in the hall. She specialises in floral and still life photography. The talk is split into two parts:
- the "Flower portraits" part of the evening will be about my approach to flower photography which is somewhat similar to portrait photography: for every flower and plant that I photograph, I always try to find a unique look, study its mood and character, unlock its hidden beauty. In doing so, I neither aim at creating an accurate natural/botanical image, nor try to picture a flower in its natural habitat. What matters is my creative interpretation of a flower image.
- in the "Still Life" part of the evening I will talk about composition, light, textures and colours that I use when creating my still life setups. My approach - for better or worse - is to start by creating an image in my mind's eye and proceed to taking photographs only after all details have been thought through. There will be a few schematic illustrations to show my studio hardware and to demonstrate various stages of putting together a still life setup.
24th - Theme competition judging - Something beginning with B
We welcome Alan Stokes as judge for the evening.
17th - Studio night at the club
Composites. An interactive evening where all members are encouraged to bring cameras and props and we will attempt to photograph objects that can be used to enhance other photos.
10th - Creative Composites
A presentation from David Norton.
3rd - Bridgend 5 Way Battle
Print battle hosted by Bridgend with entries from ourselves and four other clubs.
27th - Open competition judging
We welcome Dennis Russ as judge for the evening.
20th - How I Edit Wildlife
Kevin Pigney. Joining us in the hall via Zoom, Kevin describes his post production workflow for Nature and Wildlife shots. He uses both basic and advanced features of both Lightroom and Photoshop. He aims to improve the quality of images for photographers of all levels of experience.
13th - Wild Brazil
Grete Howard. In this presentation, Grete talks about her travels in Brazil, focussing on nature in particular on waterfalls, wetlands, scenes of the Amazon, Sunsets and the Milky Way.
6th - Summer outings review
Critique from Paul James of images submitted from club outings over the summer break.
29th - Open competition judging
We welcome Peter Weaver as judge for the evening.
22nd - From very near to not quite so far
Roy Carr. Roy lives in South Wales with a passion for landscapes and the great outdoors.
15th - Sports photography
Our own Kev Robertson will talk about his dislike of participation in sports but his love of sports photography and the quest for the perfect capture of many different sports.
8th - Wildlife safari
Our own Gary Collyer has spent many hours on Safari photographing wildlife with spectacular results which he is going to share with us.
1st - Chairman's Challenge
New season kicks off with a review of images for the Chairman's summer challenge by Gerald Henry. This year the challenge is for up to 4 images of dogs taken on your phone between the dates of 2nd June and 25th August 2025. Please crop to the normal competition size of Max width 1600 and Max height 1200.
Summer break outings continue.
18th - Barry Island
14th - St Fagans
11th - Ewenny Priory
7th - Llanelli Wetlands
4th - Cardiff
Summer break outings continue.
31st - Manor Wildlife Park
28th - Forest Farm
24th - Bristol
21st - Cowbridge
17th - Llansteffan Castle
14th - Kenfig Pool
10th - Garwnant
7th - Aberavon Sea Front
3rd - Glastonbury
Start of summer break with a variety of club outings (usually evening on Monday, daytime on Wednesday).
30th - Cosmeston Lakes
26th - Slimbridge
23rd - Llantwit Major
19th - Photography Show
16th - Mumbles Pier
12th - Laycock Village
9th - Porthcawl
2nd - Annual General Meeting
The AGM including annual awards and buffet.
26th - Closed
Closed for the bank holiday.
19th - Image Of The Year
Join us for the ultimate competition of the season, this year judged by Ed Cloutman. Bridgend Camera Club has had an outstanding year winning and placing highly in some prestigious national competitions. Here is a chance to see the best images of the season from the best club in South Wales.
12th - Nigel Thomas
How To Achieve The Perfect Print. Join us for an insightful and practical presentation that aims to breathe new life into the print scene at our camera clubs. Nigel Thomas, a Permajet Envoy, will demystify the process of achieving perfect prints. Starting with colour space, precise monitor calibration and moving through soft proofing techniques. Learn how to select the best paper for your images and utilize paper ICC profiles to ensure your prints look as stunning as they do on your screen. What software do you print from? Nigel will explain what the best printing software is. Whether you're a seasoned photographer or a beginner, this presentation will equip you with the knowledge and tools to elevate your printing game and achieve professional quality results from home. Let's simplify the process and bring our images to life with beautiful accurate prints.
5th - Closed
Closed for the bank holiday.
28th - Mono competition judging
Our very own Alan Stokes will be judging our annual monochrome competition. Last hand in for "Image of the Year.
21st - Closed
The clubhouse is closed for the bank holiday but our Chairman, Stephen Corbett will be leading a “Long Exposure” workshop around the waterfall at Penllergare Valley Woods, Swansea, SA4 9GS.
14th - Open competition judging
We welcome Dave Williams as judge for the evening.
7th - Tom Dee
My Cambodia story. Tom is very selective in his choice of clubs that he gives talks too and we are fortunate that he has agreed to come to Bridgend to take us on a journey to Cambodia where he will share his images with us and tell us all about this wonderful country.
31st - Ian Ledgard
Ian joins us at Bridgend to take us through his personal photography journey. Ian will be showing us how his photography has changed over a 60 year period starting with his dark room work right up to using the latest software to make his award winning images.
24th - Theme competition judging - Wild
We welcome Gareth Martin as judge for the evening.
17th - Pyle and Porthcawl show and tell
Members of Pyle and Porthcawl camera club join us to show some of their images.
10th - Gerald Henry
We welcome one of our own members to the stage to take us through his photography journey. Gerald is our award winning photographer, known for his stunning images of dogs but as we know, Gerald has so much more to show.
3rd - Three On A Theme competition judging
We welcome Mike Clatworthy as judge for the evening.
24th - Andrew Joseph
AJs light painting journey.
17th - Open competition judging
We welcome Dan Minto as judge for the evening.
10th - Gary Shinner
Mono photography – From grass roots of chemical printing, to home printing.
3rd - Portrait night at the club
We will again be setting up a few studio lights at the club house and inviting members to shoot and be shot. Don't forget your camera.
27th - John Tilsley
John is visiting South Wales in order to Judge a prestigious Welsh Photographic Federation competition so we have grabbed him while we had the chance and look forward to welcoming him to Bridgend. A mono talk from this accomplished photographer and PAGB judge.
20th - Open competition judging
We welcome Paul Branchflower as judge for the evening.
13th - Gareth Martin
Well known around the UK at Camera Clubs far and wide, Gareth is a great friend to Bridgend Camera Club and we look forward to welcoming him and his new talk showing brand new images.
6th - Riccardo Beghini
Ricardo is a local professional photographer who wowed at the last Welsh Photographic Federation Convention and we welcome him to Bridgend to show us his superb local landscape images.
30th - Closed
Xmas break.
23rd - Closed
Xmas break.
16th - Landscape competition judging
Judging of the annual landscape competition with the winner awarded the Mike Stokes Memorial Trophy. We welcome Gary Shinner as judge for the evening.
9th - Walter Waygood
Walter returns to the club. Architecture and Landscape and also an update of the Miners Tribute documentary with Miners and Family Memoirs to tie in with the anniversary of the Miners Strike.
2nd - Christmas
Bring the food and wine and let's celebrate.
25th - Theme competition judging - Curves
We welcome Dennis Russ as judge for the evening.
18th - Studio night at the club
Animal and human portrait night at the club. Don't forget your camera.
11th - Rob Evans
Rob’s Roving Retirement. This promises to be an interesting an informative evening. We've enjoyed following Rob's adventures on Facebook and look forward to hearing the detail behind his numerous trips to so many interesting destinations.
4th - Bridgend 5 Way Battle
Print battle hosted by Bridgend with entries from ourselves and four other clubs.
28th - Open competition judging
We welcome Sue Surridge as judge for the evening.
21st - Trevor James
Landscape Photography - My Passion - My Therapy. With honesty and vulnerability, Nigel shares the underlying reasons that drew him to landscape photography in the first place. He uncovers how this art form became his therapeutic escape, providing solace and rejuvenation amidst life's challenges. The talk offers a glimpse into the power of art as a form of self-expression and healing, illustrating how a simple photograph can capture the essence of a moment and evoke positive emotions.
14th - Nigel Thomas
Montana in Winter.
7th - Summer outings review
Critique from Dai Knight of images submitted from club outings over the summer break.
30th - Open competition judging
We welcome Peter Weaver as judge for the evening.
23rd - Kev Robertson
Alaska and the inside passage - was it worth the trip?
16th - Mike Clatworthy
Mike returns to the club to give us his latest talk which centres around his best images taken last year. Of 10,000 images taken only around 150 made the cut. Mike is going to be taking us through the 150+ images.
9th - Gerald Henry
Canada 2023.
2nd - Chairman's Challenge
New season kicks off with a review of images for the Chairman's summer challenge. The review is a critique with 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the theme of 'taken on a mobile phone'. Any subject, taken on your mobile phone, between 11 June 2024 and 26 August 2024. You can submit up to 4 images. Minimal editing only, ideally as near as possible straight out of the phone. Mono conversion is acceptable. Please crop to the normal competition size of Max width 1600 and Max height 1200.
Summer break outings continue:
28th - The Masters of Print exhibition
26th - Photo Treasure Hunt by Dai Knight
21st - Raglan Castle & Wings of Wales
19th - Cancelled due to weather
14th - Rhossili
12th - Glyncorrwg Ponds
7th - Vale of Glamorgan show
5th - Cosmoston Lake
Summer break outings continue:
31st - Tyntesfield
29th - Mumbles
22nd - Nash Point
17th - Cwmcarn Forest Drive
15th - Cancelled due to weather
10th - Noahs Ark Zoo - Bristol
8th - Forest Farm
2nd - Puzzlewood
1st - Aberavon Sea Front
Start of summer break with a variety of club outings (usually evening on Monday, daytime on Wednesday):
26th - Dean Forest Railway
24th - Kenfig Pool
17th - Porthcawl
10th - Annual General Meeting
The AGM including annual awards and buffet.
3rd - Image Of The Year competition judging
We welcome Martyn Pinches as judge for the evening.
27th - Closed
Bank holiday.
20th - Mono competition judging
We welcome Wayne John as judge for the evening.
13th - Gwynfa Camera Club show and tell
Gwynfa Camera Club visiting Bridgend for a show and tell.
6th - Closed
Bank holiday.
29th - Open competition judging
We welcome Julie Morgan as judge for the evening.
22nd - Mike Clatworthy
Mike demonstrating some of the editing techniques he uses.
15th - TBC
8th - Kevin Pigney
Passion for Wildlife. Kevin will be joining us in the hall via Zoom on the big screen.
1st - Closed
Bank holiday.
25th - Theme competition judging - Low viewpoint
We welcome Dave Russell as judge for the evening.
18th - Julie Morgan
Julie takes us on her journey in photography right up to her AWPF success. Julie is a well-regarded WPF judge and AWPF mentor who will be giving us a great insight into the AWPF distinction.
11th - Three On A Theme competition judging - Low viewpoint
We welcome Mike Clatworthy as judge for the evening.
4th - Wayne John
Wayne presents with his brand new print talk, The Unnatural Environment. This is a print talk covering rural, urban and street landscapes.
26th - Open competition judging
We welcome Paul Branchflower as judge for the evening.
19th - Roy Carr
From Very Near To Not Quite So Far. Roy will take you from his back garden (expect to see close up images of flowers and insects) into his street where you will meet some local characters (of the two and four legged varieties) and around the village of Bedlinog where he lives. In the second part he will take us on some brief excursions to the Vale of Glamorgan, the Brecon Beacon and the 'Waterfall Country' of the Neath Valley before returning to the beautiful Pits Woods, just 20 minutes walk from his home, revealing how it changes across the seasons. It is an invitation to look close to home and to recognise the value of taking photographs close to home.
12th - Gareth Martin
Mono Medley. To inspire us all ready for our annual Mono competition we have Gareth Martin back at the club with his newest talk taking in the darker side of black and white photography.
5th - Martyn Pinches
The mind of the judge.
29th - Open competition judging
We welcome Gareth Martin as judge for the evening.
22nd - Neil Holman
Mountains to the coast. Neil is a local award winning photographer ant his talk is called Mountains to the coast. Neil expects that his talk will take some people out of their comfort zone with some of the images. Neil will also explain how he has taken some of the images so we should have a learning experience whilst viewing some superb photography.
15th - Catherine Knee
A portraiture talk, which is not just a lot of Catherine's best photos of faces to look at. It is set to encourage people to think a bit beyond what a portrait image can mean, expanding beyond what you might need for a camera club competition.
8th - Portrait night at the club
We will again be setting up a few studio lights at the club house, this time with four models for you to shoot. Don't forget your camera.
1st - Closed
Bank holiday.
25th - Closed
Bank holiday. Merry xmas!
18th - Landscape competition judging
Judging of the annual landscape competition with the winner awarded the Mike Stokes Memorial Trophy. We welcome Ian Ledgard as judge for the evening.
11th - Christmas
This year at the Twelve Knights, Margam.
4th - Walter Waygood
Walter was inspired by the landscape and people of his home environment Blaenafon, South Wales. Photography was used to provide a commentary of working class life during the 1970‘s. His interest in photography as a form of social commentary led him to make more political statements through his pictures during the miners strike of the 1980s.
27th - Theme competition judging - Still life / Table top
We welcome Andy Leslie as judge for the evening.20th - Jonathan Genevaux
Jonathan is a professional photographer with a specialism in waterscapes. In this talk, Jonathan is sharing his best tips for landscape and waterscape photography from having an idea to planning and executing the shoot and editing the final images.
13th - Mike Bray
Mike returns to the club with his latest talk, Kruger Park Safari. This talk gives a brief history of the Kruger Park along with information on the variety of animals that can be found there.
6th - Bridgend 5 Way Battle
Print battle hosted by Bridgend with entries this year from Baglan Bay, Cardiff, Pyle & Porthcawl, Rhondda and Bridgend Camera Clubs.
30th - Open competition judging
We welcome Alan Stokes as judge for the evening.
23th - Studio evening
Bring your cameras and props. We will be setting up a number of lighting booths so that we can work on Table Top photography ready for our themed competition.
16th - Les Loosemore
Les returns following his stunning presentation in January. This time Les will be showing panels of prints from the following: Sydney Elite Triathlon (Mono & Colour Mix); Lake District - Autumn/Winter; Brecon Beacons in Winter; Horse Racing.
9th - Summer outing review
Our own Brian Coleman comments/critiques images submitted by those who attended the club summer outings.
2nd - David Norton
Amazing Asia.
25th - Open competition judging
We welcome Ed Cloutman as judge for the evening.
18th - Critique/Editing night
Bring your images to be critiqued by the members of the club. A 'learning' and a 'support' night as we strive to improve all of our member's images at the club. The idea is that members will bring in images that they intend to enter in upcoming competitions this year and we will display them on the big screen. The members in the audience will be split into smaller groups with experienced (judges) and new members mixed in the groups. Each group will discuss how the image could be improved and then feed that back to the whole group so that the photographer can note the suggestions to improve their image.
12th - Peter Young
A presentation entitled “Tales from the Dark Side”
5th - Chariman's Challenge
The new season starts with a review of images for the Chairman's summer challenge, Industrial Wales. Up to four images may be submitted by each member.