The Street Photography Outing To Cork is going ahead on tomorrow Saturday 15th.

All participating should meet at Brown Thomas at 12.00 Noon. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Jim Heffernan from Fermoy and a member of Blackwater Photographic Society  being presented with his silver medal from John Cuddihy president of the IPF and Michael Maher of Maher’s  Photographic (sponsors). Jim won the silver medal in the IPF National Nature competition 2013/2014 colour print open intermediate in Kilkenny last Sunday.

Well done Jim.

Next Monday we are privileged to have as our guest renowned photographer Morgan O’Neill. Morgan is a member of The Cork Camera Group. Morgan has numerous  awards to his credit including a Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF).  Only a handful of photographers achieve this award each year.  Morgan not only achieved his Fellowship on his first attempt, but over the past few years the quality of his work has ensured his rapid rise through the ranks of Irish photography.
Morgan’s fellowship panel which will be on display on the night consists of photographs of interiors of old unoccupied Irish houses, and gave an intriguing insight into a time now gone, and how people lived.  The superb composition, and use of colour, varying from subtle to vivid was achieved in difficult lighting conditions. Morgan also specializes in portrait photography.

Do not miss this opportunity to see photography at its best.

The Blackwater Photographic Society currently have a  Photography Exhibition at Cork County library’s LHQ Exhibition Space, next to County Hall, which is generously supported by Cork County Council’s Art Office. The Exhibition which features images from the majority of our members will run for a month.If you are in town call in for a look.

Congratulations to Jim Heffernan and Pakie O’Donoghue who were both awarded Certificates of Honorable Mention in the recent SACC Nature competition 2014. Jim was awarded his Honorable Mention in the Color Print Open competition and Pakie won his in the Themed Projected section “The Natural World”. Well done you both on a fantastic achievement. Congratulations are also in order to Yvonne Esaw, Sinead O’Connell, Sandra Saridonas Zeimyte and John Flynn who, along with Pakie & Jim, had qualifying images for the IPF Nature competition National Finals coming up in March. Well done to you all and best of luck in the finals.

On Monday 27th January we are delighted to have  press photographer Stephen Murphy as our guest. Stephen has been covering events in Mallow and the surrounding areas for some time and has accumulated a vast library of photographs.

Tea and coffee will be served on the night.

The club is holding an Outing To Torc Waterfall next Saturday leaving the arches at 1.00 pm or you can meet up at the car park  at Torc Waterfall at 2.30. We hope to be at the lakes for sunset.

Open theme competition

Next Monday night we are holding an open theme competition at the club. Each member can enter up to five images total in any format printed or digital. The night will start at 8.00 pm to allow time to organize the digital images.

The Blackwater Photographic Society had its first social night out with a Christmas Dinner at the Arches. Members and their partners had a great night out. Everybody was in a festive mood helped no doubt by the complementary wine. Thanks to the  arches staff who served up a fabulous meal on the night.

The Blackwater Photographic Society availed of the mild weather again with the very enjoyable shoot around Mallow.Sample of the type of images taken on the night.

Bring along your photographs (Digital or Prints) next Monday night for evaluation. This is an opportunity to show your work and receive helpful tips on how to improve your photography. As always bring along your cameras and laptops if you have any queries on same.

Some images from the very successful night shoot last week.

Thanks to everybody who helped make it a very enjoyable night.