The club recently held a print and digital competition with the theme Action/Movement.
Members judged the prints at the club meeting while an external judge Enda O Loughlin judged the digital.images.
We are immensely grateful to have had Enda O’Loughlin as our esteemed judge for the competition. Enda’s insightful comments have helped us see our work through the eyes of a seasoned professional while also providing us with constructive feedback to aid in our improvement.
The combined scores from the digital and print were added to give us our overall winner’s.

Advanced
1st John Flynn
2nd Paul Madigan
3rd Kieran O Mahony

Non Advanced
1st Pat Lyon’s and Sheila Horgan Griffin
2nd John Brennan
3rd Katie Angland

We’re thrilled to announce some fantastic news from today’s National Shield final in Drogheda. Our talented team at Blackwater Photographic Club has achieved remarkable success in a highly competitive field!

Achievements:

3rd Place in Monochrome Category with an impressive score of 460 out of 480.

3rd Place Overall in both colour and mono.

This is an outstanding achievement for our club, especially considering the very high standards set this year. The judges were particularly impressed with the diversity and quality of our submissions, ranging from striking portraiture to still life and breathtaking landscapes.

This success is a testament to the hard work, and creativity of every member of our club.

A very big congratulations to Blarney Camera club too on winning the overall title, a fantastic achievement.

Mono Panel: 1-Thurein Than Kyaw 2-John Mullane 3-Jim Heffernan 4-John Brennan 5-Alex Crow 6-Valerie Walsh 7-Jason Miller 8-Donna Owens

On Monday night last we presented €330 to Mallow Meals on Wheels which was raised from images sold that were on display at Herlihy Centra Mallow during this year’s Mallow Arts Festival. Thanks very much to Herlihys Centra, the photographers who donated their prints and to those who purchased any of the images.
The money raised is going to a great cause.

PS Treasurer Julie O Donnell (Left) presenting the money Raised to Eleanor Cullinane and Eamonn Winters of Mallow Meals on Wheels.

Our guest speaker at the club last Monday night was Viv Buckley Fine Art Photography from Mallow camera club.
Vivien showed us her creative IPF Fellowship distinction panel of cyanotype images and talked us through her journey and various processes used to create them.
We were also shown many digital images ranging from studio portraits to creative digital art.
Vivien explained how she puts a creative image together to tell a story and how she went about processing each image on Photoshop.
Thank you very much Vivien for a fascinating evening.

A very big Congratulations to Blackwater photographic society members Paul Madigan and John Mullane who both received their Licentiateship Distinctions from the Irish Photographic Federation today in Thurles.
Both panels received high praise from the assessor’s with some commenting that some of the images on the panels were some of their favorites on the day.
Congratulations to all the other successful panels today especially to Rory O Connor from Blarney Camera club on receiving his Fellowship and to Breda O Mullane from Mallow camera club on receiving her Associateship.
Very well done to all!!

On September 16th we had the pleasure of having our friends from Mallow camera club over for a visit to the club.

There was a large attendance from both clubs and we were all treated to a fabulous display of images from members from both clubs who showed images on the night.

Teas, biscuits buns and cakes were served up during the interval which gave old and new friends time to catch up with each other.

Thanks again to Mallow camera club and best of luck for the rest of your season.

🔴MODELS AND MAKEUP ARTISTS WANTED🔴

Blackwater photographic society will hold a Model shoot on Monday evening October 9th in Mallow and are looking for any local aspiring Models (Male or female) and makeup artists to take part. 

Anyone interested should contact us by email   blackwaterphotographicsociety@gmail.com as soon as possible with your details.

(Models must be at least 16 years old to take part)

Interested in Photography? 

The Blackwater Photographic society return for a new season on Monday September 4th with an Open night. 

New members are always very welcome and as usual we’ll be running a Free 8 week beginners course for those new to photography each week. 

The club meet at 8pm every Monday night in The Social Services Center Mallow (Eircode P51FXF6) which is located on the right hand side on the entrance to Mallow Youth center and Mallow Swimming pool. 

Club members will have images on display on the night and will be available to answer any questions or queries you may have about the club.. 

The club has an exciting programme for the coming season with a wide range of activities including guest speakers, studio workshops and various outings shooting Landscapes, wildlife and street photography etc.

The full calendar for the club along with more details can be found on the club Facebook page or club website www.Blackwaterphotographicsociety.com

Our 2023 Mallow Arts festival exhibition went up today (July 26th) and will be on display at Herlihys Centra on the main street until Monday next (July 31st) If you are in the area stop by and take a look. Best of luck to Mallow Arts festival and a very big Thank you to all the staff at Herlihys Centra for their continued support for our exhibition every year.