Blackwater Photographic Society
The Blackwater Photographic Society was founded in 2013 by a group of photography enthusiasts in the North Cork area.
There was some fantastic results from this year’s SACC INTERCLUB competition. The club finished in 3rd place with the Color panel and also finished in 3rd place overall behind Limerick and winners Blarney cc
There was also some fabulous individual results for Kieran O Mahony who won both the best overall Color image as well as best overall Mono image in the competition.
Blackwater Photographic Society came 3rd in Mono at the IPF National Shield today. IPF Silver 🥈 for Geraldine Dennehy in Mono, IPF Silver 🥈 for Angela Copps in Colour
Congrats to you both great achievement. We would also like to congratulate all other winners and neighbours Mallow Camera Club who were 3rd overall along with Catchlight Camera Club the overall winners.
This morning Blackwater Photographic Society presented €200 to Mallow Meals on wheels from images sold during our display at Herlihys Centra, Mallow as part of this years Mallow Arts Festival.
Richard Dempsey BPS Secretary is pictured here presenting Mallow Meals on Wheels Chairman Eamonn Winters and staff with the money.
Thanks to everyone for all their support.
Congratulations to the winners of our latest club competition held in house. Thanks to all Members who entered and also a huge thank you to our own advanced member and Judge @Pakie O Donoghue
ADVANCED
1ST: Finbarr Murphy
2ND: Sinead Salter
3RD: Paul Madigan
NON ADVANCED
1ST Richard Dempsey
2ND Paddy McAuliffe
3RD Colm Doyle
Just a reminder that this Monday evening the club have an evening shoot in Doneraile Park.
Meeting at 7pm sharp in the car park opposite the main entrance. New members are most welcome to come along and experienced members will be there helping out with camera settings etc. See you there…
Blackwater Photographic Society would like to thank Cork County Council for granting us €200 from the 2021 amenity grant. The money allocated went towards buying new studio equipment and will be a great asset to the club going forward.
Congratulations to the winners of our latest club competition held on our Facebook Page. Thanks to all Members who entered and also a huge thank you to our followers and the general public for their contribution in voting for your favourite.
ADVANCED
1ST: VALERIE WALSH
2ND: PAUL MADIGAN
3RD: JOHN FLYNN
NON ADVANCED
1ST COLM DOYLE
2ND SHEILA HORGAN
3RD ANGELA COPPS
Some Incredible news today as one of our Members Kieran O Mahony received his Associate distinction from the Irish Photographic Federation this morning. Kieran submitted a panel of 15 images on birds, printed and digital which also had to include a written statement on what he wanted to portray in the panel.
The following is what Kieran had to say about his panel……
This panel is to demonstrate my great love and passion for birds. Over the last few years I’ve enjoyed traveling to various locations both at home and abroad spending countless hours observing the different species in all types of weather. On each occasion always trying to improve both my photography skills as well as my field craft and understanding of each bird’s behaviour and the environments in which they live. On some occasions a very careful approach with a camouflage ghille suit worked but at other times a pop up hide and a much longer wait was required, especially for the more easily spooked and wary birds. Photographing any wildlife takes patience and indeed many days are not that productive but when everything comes together the results are so rewarding. Most of the bird images on my panel were taken in my local area.
Congratulations to the winners of our latest inhouse club competition held via zoom recently.We had a fantastic entry and the competition was judged by club member Kieran O Mahony.
ADVANCED
1ST: PAUL MADIGAN
2ND: SINEAD SALTER
3RD: PAKIE O DONOGHUE
HIGHEST SCORING ADVANCE IMAGE: SINEAD SALTER
NON ADVANCED
1ST ANGELA COPPS
2ND KEVIN O CALLAGHAN
3RD PADDY MC AULIFFE
HIGHEST SCORING NON ADVANCED IMAGE: ANGELA COPPS
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