Photography
We are a friendly photography group with a wide variety of skill levels and interests. The group meets three times each month. One of our meetings sees us out around the county and sometimes further afield, taking pictures and helping each other to try new photographic techniques and challenges. There are also two meetings held online - in one we share and discuss images based on a monthly theme, whilst in the second we explore a variety of topics related to camera techniques in a little more depth. Over the last ten years we have also held four successful exhibitions . We welcome members with all ranges of ability and equipment - most of us started using our phone as a camera!
There is an annual fee of £10 to join this group to fund the Zoom licence which is used for our online meetings and allows us to post recordings of the meetings on our webpage.
To see many wonderful images from our members please view our two Flickr Albums by clicking on the title below:
Vol 1 (to July 21)
Vol 2 (August 21 onwards)
Vol 3 (July 26 onwards)
Group contact: Stephanie Thomas
Telephone: 01208 841484
Group contact: Lindsay Southgate
Telephone: 01208 873371
August 2026
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We are taking a short break this August before returning next month with a full programme of activities. See the Diary Page for more details |
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July 2026
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As photographers we often seek out dramatic weather to complement our image making. Clearly this does not inlcude heatwaves as we sadly had to postpone our trip to Looe last month. Keen to make up for lost time, we start our July activities with a follow up to the critique and editing session last month. The theme for images at our Platform meeting is "people at work or play" this month, and we have a Field Trip planned to Lanjeth Nursery and Water Gardens. |
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June 2026 |
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June's Photo Extra on the 1st of this month proved to be a very interesting exercise in discussing different edits which could be made to an image. The video of all our online meetings is posted to the relevant page from the menu on the left of the page. Later in the month we will be looking at images of "Gateways" in our Platform Meeting, and enjoying a Field Trip to Looe at the end of the month. |
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May 2026 |
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This month kicks off with a fascinating look at how disrupted patterns can create a compelling story in images. We each had a go at this for the Photo Extra meeting with some fascinating results. Later in the month we are venturing to the seaside for the Platform Meeting images and for our Field Trip to Porthcothan |
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April 2026 |
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Spring has certainly arrived this month as nature does its thing and gives us a whole new range of opportunities. We certainly experienced some beautiful blooms on our Field Trip to Lanhydrock last month. This month we are off to Looe which will offer very different photographic suhjects. At the Platform Meeting this month we shared images on the theme of Boundaries. The triptych on the left from Jenni is a beautiful tribute to boundaries! |
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March 2026 |
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The wet weather this year continues to haunt us but not daunt us! We have a great Field Trip to Lostwithiel this month with a guided tour from the Lostwithiel Museum Association too. Photo Extra is exploring the use of artificial light this month and the Platform Meeting will have the theme of STRUCTURES. Plenty to keep our members occupied! |
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February 2026 |
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2026 is proving to be rather a wet one so far. We managed to beat the rain in Newquay last month and hope to do so again in Lostwithiel for our Field Trip at the end of the month.
Photo Extra is a challenge this month as we look at different ways of using one focal length. The online Platform meeting has the theme of "Animals" this month so there are bound to be a few unusual images from members then as we encourage a different take on the subject matter! |
January 2026 |
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We have a packed schedule this month to kick off 2026 as we mean to go on. Photo Extra will look at the use of angles to improve composition. This is followed on January 8th with our annual "Blow Away the Cobwebs" outing to Godrevy. The Platform meeting will see us looking at skies as our theme, and then our monthly Field Trip is "Newquay in Winter" - a new venue for our group. |
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December 2025 |
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We had a lovely early Christmas celebration at Flory in Bodmin. As ever our resident photographer, Rose, was on hand to capture the moment! |
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Photo Extra this month covers the subject of complementary colour toning in images. Perhaps unsurprisingly the theme for Platform images this month will be Christmas Lights! |
November 2025 |
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We start the month with a discussion at Photo Extra on the use of Negative Space in photography. This promises to be a fascinating discussion given the images already submitted for the meeting! Sadly the weather gods conspired against us for last month's Field Trip to Respryn, but we will still review our Autumn Colour images at the Platform meeting later this month. |
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September 2025 |
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After our short break in August we kicked off the "Autumn Season" with a fascinating discussion on our images inspired by the theme of Blur in our Photo Extra meeting. As ever there was a great variety and we each took some inspiration from seeing how others had approached the topic. This month's Platform meeting will feature photographs on the theme of FLYING later this month, and the Field Trip will be to Polruan |
