We meet on Monday evenings at 7:30 pm at the West Monkton Village Hall, nr Taunton,TA2 8NE in the Heathfield Hall.
Please feel free to come and see us.
Click Here for a map to the hall
Membership
New members welcome 1st 4 weeks free
then by direct debit £10 per month. Commence 1st September 2025 for 12 months.
Refreshments are included.
The Phoenix Group of Photographers prides itself on non-competitive support for all skill levels.
Phoenix is well established offering new photographers a supportive environment with a diverse knowledge base, and offer the more experiences photographers a place to share experience with like minded people wanting to network with others who share a passion for the art of photography.
So no matter what your skill level or experience, our common aim is to learn and share and support others with photography.
If you would like to get involved just email info@pgop.org and we will look forward to meeting you.
President: John Loveday
Chairman: John Gamblin - country.fox@hotmail.co.uk
Vice Chairman: Tony Raymond - vicechairman@pgop.org
Secretary: Martin Barber - sect.pgop@gmail.com Treasurer: - Roger Thomas - treasurer@pgop.org
Programme Secretary & Webmaster: David Beer - Davidfbeer@gmail.com
Exhibition Secretary: Johncountry.fox@hotmail.co.uk
PR Officer & Wcpf Link : sect.pgop@gmail.com
Equipment Officer: Tony Raymond - vicechairman@pgop.org
Competitions Secretary Martin - sect.pgop@gmail.com
Committee Member: Chris Mowthorpe ARPS DPAGB
Committee Member (Zoom) Ray McIntosh
Webmaster: WendyTancock - webmaster@pgop.org
New 2025/2026 Programme
Out & About Summer Program
Come along all types of Camera welcome Mobile phones , Film and Digital and share your experience.
Monday 19th May
Phoenix Photo Walk 19th May 2025 – Ham Wall RSPB Nature Reserve
A gentle stroll, chat with landscape and wildlife photo opportunities near Ashcott.
Meet for 7:00pm at the large, gated RSPB pay car park (free to RSPB members) or park a short walk away at the limited free parking on opposite side of the road, postcodes BA6 9SX.
More details at https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/ham-wall
Monday 2nd June
Monday 9th June
Monday 16th June
Photo Walk Chard Reservoir
Meet at the main car park not Anglers car park as it closes early.
.Suggest we meet at 7pm
https://www.visitsouthsomerset.com/listings/countryside-nature-and-wildlife/chard-reservoir-local-nature-reserve.htm
Monday 12th May
Langport
Walk along the river to photograph wildlife ,paddle boards etc.
Meet at 7pm in the car park
New members welcome
Cocklemoor Car Park, Langport TA10 9PD Parking Free
Monday 30th June
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Monday 23rd June
An alternative to our evening trip out this week, we are going to experience a traditional Somerset trade, but it is only open in the daytime.
A late morning visit to Willow & Wetlands, Coate & Son Ltd, Meare Green Court, Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6HY. Suggest we meet at the carpark at 11:30am.
For a short stroll around, the shop, the café or if energetic the option of a walk out along part or all of one of the willow walks .
Monday 7th July
Special General Meeting
NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
Date: Monday 7th July 2025 Time: 7:15pm for 7:30pm start
Location: Heathfield Hall, at West Monkton Village Hall
(Further details emailed to members)
Monday 14th July.
Monday 21st July.
Monday 28th July
Monday 4th August
Monday 11th August
Monday 18th August
Monday 8th September
Return to Hall 1st meeting
Pictures we took this summer
Monday 15th September
Janet Mills "Still life"
Monday 22nd September
Digital Critique
Theme
Water or Seen Better days
Pedro Landers Outside Critique
Monday 29th September
Zoom
Not at hall Link will be sent to members
Will Hall Scottish Photographer of the year
Monday 6th October
TBA
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Monday 20th October
Bakewell Print critique
Monday 27th October
Club Print Critique
Theme Street or Life Celebrations
Outside Critique
TBA
Monday 3rd November
TBA
Monday 13th October
Still life bring your camera
Use skills learned from Janet Mills talk
to practice taking pictures of various setups in the hall. Bring your own setups for all to share.
Monday 17 November
Practical street photography out and about in Taunton.
Monday 10 November
TBA
Monday 24 November
Digital Critique
Theme Light and Shadows or Night Photography
Outside Critique
Monday 1st December
Christmas Dinner
TBA
Monday 8th December
Tim Jones
Photospeed All you need to know about printing
Monday 15th December
Print Critique
Theme Reflections or Great Outdoors
Outside Critique
Monday 12th January
ZOOM
Helen Stanly Dublin Camera Club
Monday 19th January
7th Masters of Photography Review Prints
Monday 26th January
How we changed our images after the last digital critique if we did . A befor and after look using the Various image processing software.
Monday 2nd February
ZOOM
Kevin Pigney
Passion for Scapes
Monday 9th February
TBA
Monday 16th February
TBA
Monday 23rd February
Print Critique
Theme Long exposure
or Close up
Monday 2nd March
ZOOM
Dublin Camera Federation Joint Digital Crtique
Monday 9th March
TBA
Monday 16th March
WCPF Travelling Exhibition
Monday 23rd March
TBA
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Monday 30th March
Digital critique
Theme Movement or Mood
Monday 13 April
Bristol Salon
Monday 20th April
Club AGM
Our projector has a resolution size of 1920x 1080 so images must be resized to these dimensions i.e landscapes 1920 wide and if possible 1080 high, this latter dimension could of course be smaller if a letterbox image is displayed,in the case of portrait images these must be no taller than 1080 the width will sort itself out on resizing.
Providing images are no larger than those stated all will project without problem.
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