Our annual Blackwater Photographic Society Christmas Party will be on this Friday (18th) in the Arches Bar Mallow at 8pm sharp. Please bring along your appetite (and your wallet).

We’ve updated our site to show this coming terms program. This term goes from January 2016 to May 2016. See the page above for all the details.

• So,the weather gods have conspired against us again!! and tonight’s (Monday 7th Dec) trip to cork city to photograph the Christmas lights will NOT be going ahead. The forecast is for heavy rain and high winds. There is no plan B for tonight due to the amount of nights we’ve had to move around so I guess we’ll all have a night in front of the fire at home, or in front of Photoshop…..at home.

We’ll be having our annual exhibition in Mallow Library early next year so this is just a reminder to everyone to try and select your favourite 2 photographs and have them printed. We’ll arrange a night to help everyone mount their images soon. Kieran is ordering Mounts very soon so make sure and get your order in and of course Jerry Creedon is at hand for printing and will also help you with the frames that were such a huge success in last years exhibition. We may not get two images displayed, it depends on the number of members displaying images and the space available in the library but best have 2 ready in case . If you need any contact details just reply to Terry’s number (from the text you get most weeks) and ask him for the numbers you need.

Hi everyone. There won’t be any Meeting at the Arches this coming Monday (7th dec) as the club will be travelling to Cork city to Photograph the City in all its Christmas splendor. We’re meeting in Paul Street, at the entrance to the car park at half 7 Monday evening. Make sure to bring your camera gear (including tripod if you’ve got one). This is always an interesting evening with plenty of opportunity for festive lighting photos.

Fantastic news for two of our club members recently at the SACC (southern Association of Camera Clubs) print & projected photography competition. BPS member Pakie O’ Donoghue was awarded a gold medal in the advanced projected section and  Valerie Walsh, also a member of Blackwater Photographic society, was not only awarded a gold medal in the non advanced projected section but  Valerie also received an honourable mention for her image.  A fantastic achievement. Congratulations you both.

Hello everyone. Following our summer break, Blackwater Photographic Society will recommence on Monday 7th September 2015. We will meet every Monday night in The Function Room of the Arches Bar, Bellevue Mallow at 8:00 p.m. Our first night back will kick off with the AGM followed up by a presentation of the coming term’s program and Tea & coffee will also be served.
Activities at the club include: Educational Evenings, Photography Skills, , Printing & Presentation, Photography Competitions, Adobe Photoshop & lightroom ,Field trips ,Guest speakers and Exhibitions.
Blackwater Photographic Society was founded in 2013 by a group of photography enthusiasts in the North Cork area. The purpose of the society is to share and promote photography amongst its members in an informal and welcoming environment. You will have full access to all that the club has to offer and also have your say in how it’s run. All aspects of photography are catered for and having fun is the goal.
For any further details contact Angela Coughlan (club Secretary) on 0863965995

Hi everyone. So we had our Photographer of the year 2015 competition last Monday and it was choc full of Digital images, Prints and club members. We had almost 400 (398 to be exact) images entered which kept our three judges from Cork Camera Group pretty busy. I’d like to thank our three experienced judges Paul Maher, Ann Francis and Jason Town for coming up to judge our competition for us. It was no easy task and we appreciate it immensely.
Now for the results: Novice category: 3rd was Finbar Murphy, 2nd Tom Healy and Donie Ford took first place. Only 2 points separated 1st 2nd and third there.
Intermediate: 3rd was Geraldine Dennehey, 2nd was Sinead Salter and first place went to Sheila O’Connor. Again the scoring was extremely tight here.
Next was Overall photographer of the year: 3rd was John Flynn, 2nd was Sean Murphy and first place with the highest overall score over 5 images was Rodney O’Callaghan. Rodney retains his title from last year with an impressive score. Only 1 point separated 2nd and third here also.
Rodney also won B&W photographer of the Year with highest score overall score over 3 B&W prints This is Rodney’s second year in a row winning this one too. Rodney also had the highest scoring image on the night with 26 out of a possible 30. He also pick up 2 spot prizes for Judge’s favorite in color and B&W print. Sinead Salter won a spot prize for Judge’s favorite in digital.
So a very big well done to all the night’s winners and to everyone who took part. As we’re on a summer break until September we’ll all have a little more free time, so may I suggest we all now put our efforts into distracting Rodney in any way possible to keep him from capturing winning images !!
It was a very enjoyable night for everyone and all that’s left is to thank Yvonne Esaw & Terry Conroy for organizing the competition, Tim Coughlan for arranging the fabulous prizes, to the club committee and everyone else who helped in any way possible in ensuring the night went smoothly. Finally a special thank you to the Management & Staff of the Arches Bar Mallow for all their help and support throughout the season. Keep checking in as we’ll have more notices to come over the next few days and keep focused (groan) on your photography.

Hi all. We have our Photographer of the Year competition (POTY) this Monday night (25th) May. We’ll then be on our summer break so this will our last meeting until the club resumes in September. We’ll be starting at 8pm tomorrow night as we’ve plenty to get through. Also please return your feedback sheets if you haven’t done so already. Finally – if you want to buy back any of your printed and mounted images from the SACC or IPF panels please bring €10 for each one. See you all there and best of Luck.