Programme
Members show short sequences of photographs to music.
Judge: Ken Jacob ARPS
Daniel takes us on a personal journey through his wildlife photography.
Monday 9th March – We take the Gwynfa Roadshow to a deep, dark forest to entertain the members of the Forest of Dean Camera Club.
Members of Rhondda CC, now in its 82nd year, come along to entertain us for the evening.
This evening we’ll be entertained by our very own David Lingham, a Gwynfa member and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, who still produces his amazing prints in the darkroom, with smelly chemicals and stuff.
For the President’s Trophy. Judge: Peter Weaver LRPS CPAGB APAGB
Tom, a founder of the renowned Inn Focus Club, joins us to show us his Sri Lankan adventures together with a retrospective entitled ‘My Pictures from the Beginning’.
Ross has a deep passion for Street Photography and his work is collected worldwide.
Judge: Gary Shinner LRPS EFIAP/s MPSA2 AWPF BPSA GAPU
For the Jim Davis Trophy
This evening we are joined by one of the great characters of Welsh Club photoaphy, Mr Dennis Russ LRPS, CPAGB, AFIAP, AWPF, BPE1*.
Judge: Wayne John
Images and results from our 2025 Summer Programme of Events.
Colin, a Worcestershire based amateur photographer, holds two Fellowships at the Royal Photographic Society and is also Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation and holds an MPAGB fromthe Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. He has been taking pictures for over fifty years and his main area of interest is photographing people, and this broadly cover the genres of Environmental Portraiture, Travel, Documentary and Street.
Usually with us as a judge, Peter joins us to show his own work
Judge: Steve Field ARPS AIPF AWPF EFIAP/b BPE2* GWPE
The return of the multi award winning British actor and photographer. Perhaps best known for playing builder Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and James Barton, in Emmerdale, Bill will share how he photographs the wet stuff in all its glory. From waterfalls to seascapes, urban canals to mountain streams, Bill leaves no stone unturned in his quest to uncover the mysteries of H2O, and how we as photographers can unlock its full potential.
Glenn Edwards is a photojournalist based in Cardiff with clients throughout the UK and beyond and is a former UK Press Photographer of the Year.
He has worked on over 100 foreign commissions, 80 plus in 18 African countries for clients including The Independent, Oxfam, Computer Aid, Concern Universal, The World Food Programme etc. Other countries worked in are Chile, Ecuador, India, Albania and Bosnia.
We invite members to show small panels of their work.
Judge: Mike Clatworthy
Paul takes us on a wide-ranging photographic tour of America. It reflects his extensive travels and his time living in the States since the early 1980s.
For the Colin Williams Trophy. Judge: Dave Bennett
Gwynfa members Jeff Thomas & Dave Owen, arguably two of our quirkiest photographers, lead us through an evening of their prints. Goodness knows what they’ll have in store for us. Be afraid!
Following their visit with the Ross Roadshow, and by popular demand, Sandra and Steve join us to share a collection of Multiple Exposure and ICM images made in camera with only minor Lightroom adjustments.
Judge: Alan Packham
With no expense spent, this evening we bring you Alec Stewart, one of the UK’s foremost Wildlife Photographers. Alec is a 27 times winner of Gwynfa Photograher of the Year and a member of the ilustrious Gwynfa 10 (for all those of us who have scored 10 and under in competition). We are so lucky to be able to get him to come all the way from Gwaunmiskin. Tonight he’ll tell us about the secrets behind being a wildlife photographer.
As it’s November 5th, can we expect some fireworks too?
Your votes are vital!
Following his last visit with his thought provokIng talk ‘the Unnatural Environment’ we welcome Wayne back to Gwynfa. He promises to demistify Infra Red photography.
For the Freespirit Images Shield. Judge: Paul Branchflower
Bring-a-Buffet – Members vote for our 2026 Picture of the Year from the top 3 imagesfrom our 2026 competitions & challenges. We’ll also present the our trophies: Jim Davis, Freespirit Images, President’s, Colour Challenge and Colin Williams. The evening will culminate with the results of Picture of the Year and the final totals from the Photographer of the Year merit table.
Provisional – details to be confirmed.
Our annual battle against Barry CC and Rhondda CC takes place at Barry’s venue at St Francis Millennium Centre, Park Road, Barry CF62 6NX. This will be a good omen for someone! The battle commences at 7pm.
Details to be confirmed….