ACC Programme 2026

Here are the activities for the year. All in-person internal events are held at St Michael's Centre, NP7 5UD. Meeting times are second and fourth Mondays in each month, between 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

we are meeting in person at St Michael's unless explicitly stated otherwise. Having said this, we have discovered the power of Zoom in the reach it gives us to access high class presenters across the country and world. Leveraging this, half of our external presenters will deliver via Zoom. For these, we will still meet at St Michael's so we can chat and interact, before, during and after the presentation. If you want to watch from home, this is just fine and the Zoom link will be supplied.

 

Internal event Practical session
External presenter Internal competition
External competition Other event

 

Date

Event

Notes
12-Jan Member evening: Photograph of the Year 2025 In the first meeting of 2026, we'll be deciding on the Photograph of the Year for last year, first finding the best digital and print, then finding the overall POTY from these two group winners.
26-Jan Meanderings of a 'Monolophosaurus' with Peter Young CPAGB, AFIAP, HonPAGB Peter Young has judged for us on several occasions. What some may not know is that he's also an ace photographer. Peter is a passionate monochrome print worker and you'll struggle to find a digital file. He will present an eclectic mix of genres that will show the breadth of his very interesting interests.

Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the competition on 09-Feb.
09-Feb Open Monochrome Competition judged by Peter Young CPAGB, AFIAP, HonPAGB The first competition this year is open monochrome, which means you can enter any mono image (well, within limits of course). Tints such as sepia are allowed, but no 'colour'.
23-Feb Member evening: Show and Tell Here's an opportunity to not only showcase your work but also, if you like, to seek criticism and ideas for competition entries later in the year.
09-Mar On Dartmoor (via Zoom) with Brian Northmore Tonight, professional photographer Brian Northmore who says "Dartmoor has been and will forever remain a special place. It has been instrumental in developing my photography. In this lecture, I want to take you all on this journey. A journey across the landscape and how my photography has changed." In particular, Dartmoor is within reach for us, and after this brilliant presentation, perhaps some of us will want to spend some time there!

Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the competition on 23-Mar.

23-Mar Open Colour Competition judged by Frank Farrell Our second competition of the year is open to any image - as long as it is colour (ie not monochrome) monochrome.
13-Apr Member evening: Photographic Journeys Here's two for the price of one: club members Ken Jacob and Julie Morgan often feature in competitions. Tonight they will showcase photographs they have taken so we can enjoy these and quiz them on how they do so well!
27-Apr Emma's Images with Emma Drabble, MRes., BA, PGCE Emma Drabble is a professional photographer who lives locally and has kindly agreed to come to the club to show and discuss some of the splendid examples of her work.

Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the competition on 12-May.

11-May Panel Competition judged by Gareth Martin, AWPF, CPAGB Our third competition of the year is for panels of three to five images. Maximum one digital panel and one print panel per entrant.

Please submit images for editing by other club members for the next meeting on 18th May.
18-May Member evening: RAW War Have you ever wished you could get an image improved by someone else? Or seen a photo and thought "I could improve that". In preparation for tonight, you can provide images to edit, or volunteer to be an editor. Editors will reveal their changes on the evening and maybe how they edited the photo.
08-Jun TBA TITLE with TBA PERSON TBA BLURB.
22-Jun How to Produce the Perfect Print, with Nigel Thomas Nigel Thomas is an ace print producer and tonight he's going to let us into many of his secrets on how to produce amazing prints!
13-Jul Photo Walk Out and about together in this Summer's evening, a walk somewhere nearby, probably ending up at a delightful pub! Bring your camera kit, of course.
Jul-Aug Summer Break Get out there, have fun, and take lots of photographs!
14-Sep Member evening: Summer Show and Tell Bring in your photos taken through the Summer (and earlier in the year) to show everyone!
28-Sep Visual Design Techniques with Ian Plant Ian Plant is an amazing global landscape photographer (just follow his link to see) and educator who shares his knowledge through books, workshops and more. Tonight, he's going to speak to us about his inner secrets in producing fantastic photography.

Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the open competition on 12th Oct.

12-Oct Open Competition judged by Les Loosemore Here's our next completely open competitions, so you can enter whatever images you like!
27-Oct Member evening: Inn Focus with Tom Dee and Photo Editing with Dave Straker Our member Tom Dee was, a few years ago, a member of a very exclusive and successful photo panel-group who won competitions on a regular basis. Tonight, he's going to show us some of those pictures and tell us how they produced them. Complementing this, Dave Straker will show some easy ways to create and enhance images.
09-Nov The Mind of a Judge with Martyn Pinches, AFIAP, AWPF Martyn has been a great judge who has visited Abergavenny club in this guise. This year, he's giving us the inside line on what judges like and consequently how to improve our photography and get better scores in competitions!

Remember to submit your entries to Photoentry (including images of prints) for the theme competition on 23th November.

23-Nov Theme Competition (Theme: TBA) judged by Dave Russell, AFIAP Here's our annual theme competition, with a challenge to interpret the theme creatively, perhaps!
14-Dec AGM and fun photos We round off the year with the AGM and the usual informal and hilarious competition. Bring your fun images!.
 

As always, for all internal events we meet on Monday at St Michael's Centre in Penypound, NP7 5UD (behind the church).

For reference, here are the programmes from 2025 (initial), 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 (actual), 2020 (planned), 2020 (actual), 2020 (planned), 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

And here is a link to a summary of all presenters during this period.

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