Celbridge Camera Club Notice Board

This is a start of a series of “Mentor Mondays” !  Instead of heading on the usual photo adventure on a Monday , a small group of members sign up for a workshop, to specialise in a specific topic in a practical scenario with help and advice from another club member with a bit of expertise in the area.  The idea of the smaller groups is so that any tips or techniques can be shared, and that some one-to-one time can be spent with each photographer.

We hope to be able to offer studio workshops, nature workshops, street shooting and other areas where people have expressed interest.

So.. this will be kicking off on Monday 7th July, when Merv Colton will take a group of no more than 6 to photograph sports.  This will be done for 3 Mondays in a row, so there should be an opportunity for quite a few membrs to benefit.

The sports sessions will go as follows:
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1.       General run through recommended settings, and why they are important. Hopefully explain the logic behind choosing these settings so that you can decide on our own settings for other sports.
2.       Camera technique – how to shoot sports.
3.       Sport specifics – where to shoot from, how to deal with light etc.
4.       Shooting! We’ll have some tennis players lined up to perform for us.
5.       Review of images on a laptop, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each image.
6.       Shoot some more.
 

First six people to email Merv will start the wprkshop this Monday, the next six will be registered for the week after, and so on.  Registers asap with Mervyn.Colton@quest.ie

Everyone else .. we meet as usual at Castletown gates at 7.30pm and the destination will be agreed.

This evening we meet at 7.30 at the Catletown Gates. Destination will be agreed at the gates. See you there !

Lorraine

18th International Salon of Photography organised by Tallaght Photographic Society and this year they have received accreditation from The Photographic Society of America

For details check www.tallaghtphotographicsociety.com

This evening we will head off to Howth for some photography. The forecast is for the weather to be a little unpredictable .. but hopefully we could see some dramatic sky As usual meet at Castletown Gates at 7.30pm . Meeting point in Howth is the West Pier car park - near the Dart Station

Those of you interested in summer events around Dublin’s Docklands check out this link - plenty of great shooting opportunities in there; music, markets, liffey swim, the departure of the Sea Stallion Viking Ship and lots more!!

http://www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?1nID=94&nID=341

 Lorraine

Meet at Castletown gates at 7.30 sharp. This evening we are invited to the Steam Museum in Straffan to photograph the gardens -  Admission fee is waived if we will provide them with some images.  Derek Bennet will help with floral and macro photography

Directions : At cross roads in Straffan village follow the sign to The Steam Museum keeping the pub on your left. After one bend go in the blue gates on right, bear left and come up towards house, park on gravel by circular lawn with sundial in the middle, and head for the black gates to the garden.

See you there 

Lorraine

Anyone interested in going to the Saltee Islands next Friday to photograph Puffins CALL Cyrus  0861702002 (please don’t text him ) .

Lorraine

Spectacular performances  from a range of the worlds finest street performers.  This weekend 13th, 14th and 15th Merrion Square.  Should be lots of great photo opportunites … For more information on 16 free shows and acts participating  www.spwc.ie.�

Celbridge Camera Club Annual General meeting will be held tonight Monday 26th May 2008 at 8 pm in the Slip Hall.

Members are expected to attend as decisions regarding the future of the club are made at this meeting as well as the election of a committee to run the club for the coming year.

Our annual exhibition was a great success and thanks to all who played a part in making it happen. A very hard working dedicated team framed, erected stands, set up monitors/laptops, placed signs on incoming roads and hung pictures all day Friday. Well done and thank you to all so so much.

The official opening was done by Emmet Stagg TD and we had a lovely food and drinks reception provided by Deirdre Byrne and Trish Melvin.

All our winners were presented with their medals/Certificates and it was a very enjoyable night all round. Thanks to all who attended and contributed. Check out local press (Liffey Champion) for photos and write up.

All exhibition images must be taken back tonight. Your entry fee covers the cost of one frame, if you wish to purchase the frames in which your other images were displayed they can be bought for €7.50. We have no storage facilities in the slip hall so uncollected images will be disposed of and frames sold on to those who want them for €7.50 tonight. It seems harsh but we have no alternative.

Monday night outings will commence next week meeting at 7.20 at Castletown Gates (venue to be decided on the night at the gates)

Thank you all for all your help and support throughout the year, it meant a lot.

Regards

Edel

Happy Easter Everyone

• Easter Bank Holiday Monday - Workshop in Slip Hall as usual. Bring your camera and some props.
• Monday 31st we will have the judging of the last round of the League competition.
• Dont forget Tatiana G from DCC is holding an exhibition of her work from Mar 1 - April 15 see her website for details http://www.i-taneva.com/ 
•  For your information see below……….

John Hooton and Bríd Coakley of Mallow Camera Club will be doing a workshop for DSLR (Dublin and South Leinster Region) of the Irish Photographic Federation on Saturday 5th April from 12 noon to 3 pm in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght.
John is one of the foremost landscape photographers in Ireland and has won numerous awards both at home and on the International circuit. He will explain how he goes about taking his photographs and the methods he uses.
Bríd is new to the lecture circuit and will talk about the wonderful seascape images she takes.
This is a great opportunity for photographers in the Dublin area to learn about landscape and seascape photography.
Admission is €8 payable at the door.
You are advised to come early as space is limited to 50 to 60 people.
For further information contact John Byrne johnbyr@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Regards

Edel �