Welcome To The Website Of Gwynfa Camera Club

Gwynfa is one of the friendliest photography clubs in Wales. We exist to facilitate, encourage & promote the enjoyment of photography in the local community.
New members are always welcome. Click here to find out how to join. We meet at Caerlan Hall, Llantrisant each Thursday at 7.30pm, except June, July, August & December.

2024 Photographer of the Year – Chris Tidman

2024 Picture of the Year – Leigh Woolford

2024 Gwynfa Awards

Latest News

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The 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography

  • January 14, 2025
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2025 Gwynfa Handbook

  • January 6, 2025
Announcements, Internal Comps

Photographer of the Year – Runner-Up

  • December 10, 2024
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Picture of the Year Runner-Up –

  • December 10, 2024
Announcements, Internal Comps

Our 2024 Top Threes

  • December 9, 2024

A Selection of Member's Images from 2024 Competitions

010 Answering the Call
106 Iceberg
026 Heavy sky of Vestrahorn
036 Out Shopping
101 Gritted Teeth
106 Running Free
092 White Beauty
043 Colourful Growth
020 Bars Apart
016 Taking a Break
044 Grim Relic
101 ‌In the Lead
017 Woodland Stag
010 Austen's Fjord- Lofoten
075 Lady in Red
096 Auckland Sky Tower
106 The Old Shack of Wanlockhead
106 Through The Dunes
043 Coming Round The Bend
020 Light and shade
025 Wish i looked like that
025 Beyond repair
033 Cold and lonely
029 Just spotted dinner
093 In the Wild
033 Matching Shutters
106 Nash Point Beach
096 Queenstown Luge
017 Banded Demoiselle 2
021 OOG in OOG
093 Nigella Blue
106 Kayaks at Emerald Lake
037 The Fortress
009 Freshwater Beach Pembroke
092 Bad Hair Day
036 Lone Tree at Kenfig Pool
037 Charmouth Morning
009 Rush Hour
016 Looking Back
016 Time To Move On
106 The Old Barn Yorkshire Dales
016 The Ice Queen
101 Moto X rider
007 Isolated Bothy
025 Evening in Anglesey
037 The Colours of Autumn
044 Ice & Waves
036 Forest Ranger
033 Paired and Pegged
101 Evening sun on the lavender field
011 Pansy in Oils
101 Emotional Vocals
007 Sunrise in Tuscany
043 A New Duck Family
092 Simplicity
055 Muscle marathon
010 A 10 x 50 Pair
026 Ignore the bomber
033 The Two Loves of his Life
005 Rotation
011 - Brave Knight
044 Sunrise at Rifugio Auronzo
034 The Level Crossing
016 Finishing Touches
007 Fun at the Temple Bar
007 Cheetah in the Kruger-1
017 Robber Fly
037 Day's End
093 Lilac Pink
016 The Snow Queen
055 Richard gets a high five
106 Elgol Beach View
075 Jete
005 F16 Cockpit
036 Young Jet Skier
012 Lima Fruit Stall and Street Art
093 Dance of the Ice Princess
033 A Tree At Buttermere
106 View from the Gate
033 Little and Large
036 On the Prowl
008 A Dassies' view of Cape Town Harbour
011 Pair of Pears
044 Williams Leads Ligier
026 Forgotten spectacles in a forgotten car
037 Eilean Donan Castle
034 Posts
101 Hitting the Lip
008 Auckland skyline
055 Tender moment Cardiff half marathon-
096 Gabriella
101 Kayaker
055 Aanan
005 Audacious Mermaid
044 Langkofel from Passo Gardena
017 Glossy Ibis Feeding
008 Pink Water liy
033 Bare Winter Trees
092 A Grazing Ram
026 Elegence
026 Pesky flies
009 The circles in your mind
096 The Wanaka Tree
033 Norfolk Windpump
101 Gannet landing
037 Temple of Athena Polias
037 Going Up
096 Leaf
017 Bonnet Cap
011 Show Off
021 Museum View
106 Dreaming of Summer
025 Ready for Summer
033 Enfolding Arm
012 A Break in the Photo Shoot
096 The Path
044 Rifugio Lavaredo & Cadini di Misurina
037 Gone but not Forgotten
044 Mountain Power
016 Dancer in red
101 White Water Kayaking
012 She Got Legs
092 Wild Horses of Gelligaer Common
037 Pentre Ifan-2
026 Young Love
106 Dunstanburgh Castle and Coastline
036 Conflict
106 Brecon Beacons View
010 Crazy for Pairs
037 Jimmy's Place
044 Croda Rossa d'Ampezzo at Sunrise 03
010 Days gone by
026 Beauty of Water
044 View from Monte Lagazuoi Piccolojpg
033 Autumn at Castlelough, Killarney
020 Flowers for my X
036 Goldfinch Pair
075 Dupatta
093 Beauty of the Arab
007 Family
016 Swan Lake
020 Skye - near Carbost
026 Heads Or Tails
106 The Old Hawthorn of Llangattock
026 Country Lane
075 Adonis
093 Path to Cwmorthin
017 Little Egret
007 Xmas Shopping
034 Just About to Leave
020 End of Remembereance Day
106 Dent Head Viaduct
036 Nuthatch with Sunflower Seed
020 Snow Leopard
093 Wild Mountain Ponies
093 Elizabeth and Peanuts
021 The Eyes Have
055 Mo Farah at Cardiff Bay
044 Lone Photographer
033 Symbols of Tuscany
075 My Move
043 Margam Abbey
021 Where to Next
017 Turnstone
029 In the Frame
020 Circle of light
101 Let there be GUITAR
025 The Tree
034 The Town Steps
021 Reward after the Storm
101 Determined
033 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
010 Long way up
008 The Burning Bush
008 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
005 Photo with a ring to it
012 Melincourt Chapel
029 Hold me back
044 Hong Kong Central from the Peak
025 Ye Olde Post Office
029 Frozen in Time
033 Patterns on the Sand
011 Bubbles Galore
037 Approaching Storm, Hamnoy
016 Portrait of Irina
043 Wake Up Mum
029 rainy evening_
036 Cottage at Merthyr Mawr
055 Easy does it
011 - Approaching Storm
012 Before Breakfast
036 Reliving the past
044 Power of the Dolomites
021 At the Gallery
044 Jokulsarlon & Breidamerkurjokull
017 Migrant Hawker
010 Sweet X
011 Flight Path
075 Mad Hatter
075 Boxer
093 Hydrangea Beauty
055 The hopeless ventriloquist
075 The Red Dancer
036 Go On Tickle my Tum
044 Grand Hotel Misurina
106 Skye View
026 The Yorkshire Dales
016 The Ballerina
093 Trapped
093 The Grey Pony
101 Acrobatics of a Freestyle Kayaker
017 Paired Burnet Moths
075 Grace
017 Is My Time UP
043 Alhambra Reflections
093 The Water Nymph Dance
034 Remembering
009 Rocks at Llantwit Major
044 Tre Cime from Lago D'Antorno No.1
037 Towering Spires
021 Dream Big Sleep Tiny
016 The Dancers
055 The fencer
092 Cloud Inversion over Crickhowell
029 high and dry
020 Shop talk
011 Neon Night Life
075 Forest Maiden
093 Cross my Heart
036 Sedge Warbler in Full Song
025 The Red House
093 En Pointe Ballet Shoes
017 Wheatear with bumble bee
029 Glancing Blow
034 Mellow Yellow
020 Seven Valley Belle
012 Casa Dos Penedos
096 Cardiff Bay
012 Macro Droplets
011 - The Thoughtful Man
093 Summer Memories
016 Beauty of Dance
101 The X Factor - Lee-la Baum
034 Left to Rust
008 A Bleak Arctic Morning
012 Basilica Roof Interior Quito

LOCATION

Gwynfa Camera Club, Caerlan Community Hall, Newbridge Road, Llantrisant, CF72 8EX

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GWYNFA PROGRAMME

David Norton – Inside my head!

Date: January 16, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guest Speaker
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Composite & creative photography from inside David’s head – be very afraid!

Competition Entries

Date: January 16, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Competition Entries
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Bring your entries in this evening. January Open.

Damien Lovegrove – Portraiture

Date: January 23, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guest Speaker
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Damien will share a collection of portraits with a fabulous connection – no Photoshop was used in their creation. Keeping portraits real is his mantra.

January Open Competition

Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Internal Competititon
The Gwynfa Trophies 2012

Judge: Gary Shinner LRPS EFIAP/s  MPSA2 AWPF BPSA GAPU

Member Competition Entries of 2022

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41
54
30
52
75
69
09
95
33
23
80
16
25
14
87
83
32
49
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29
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64
24
50
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61
46
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03
92
20
13
34
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47
12
06
17
48
55
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21
35
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27
57
31
39
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10
62
68
59
91
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53
26
08
78
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15
44
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43
73
11
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90
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28
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51
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18
37
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