Members are requested to bring there photographs (printed only) on Monday night as the clubs photography exhibition in the Mallow Library is being finalized.Photo mounts should be available on the night.

Our first meeting of 2015 will take place on Monday 12th January with a display of images from members Terry Conroy and John Flynn

Club Programme 2015
Jan 12th Personal Portfolios : John Flynn and Terry Conroy
Jan 17th Outing: Gougane Barra
Jan 19th Visiting Photographer: Wedding Photographer Adrian O’Neill
Jan 26th Equipment and Depth of Field and help in calibrating your monitor

Feb 2nd Competition:  Theme is Christmas and New Year
Feb 9th Visiting Photographer: Jerry Creedon
Feb 14st Outing: Black Valley
Feb 16th Practical Night: Photoshop, edit same photos
Feb 23rd Night shoot:Bridgetown Abbey in Castletown Roche

Mar 2nd Visiting Club
Mar 9th  HDR & Bracketing
Mar 14th Outing: Street Photography Cork City
Mar 16th Distinction Night
Mar 23rd New Members Portfolio
Mar 30th Competition: Paddies Day Street Photography (Prizes : Print for winning photos) 3 categories

Apr 6th Bank Holiday: no meeting
Apr 13th  A visit to Platform 3Studio in Cork and Night shoot  in Cork City
Apr 18th Outing: Windmills near Nadd
Apr 20th Competition: Theme is  The Blackwater
Apr 27th Natural Portraits : helpful hints

May 4th Bank Holiday : no meeting
May 11th  Refresher night…competition ready review
May 18th Macro night
May 23rd Outing: Saltees
May 25th Competition: Photographer or the Year

Our annual club outing to Dingle on Saturday 27th of December will go ahead as planned , some inclement weather expected so make sure you come prepared , leaving the Arches at 5.30 am

for any further information contact Rodney 0868487875 or John 0876528801

Our annual club outing to Dingle will take place on Saturday December 27th . The outing will be from dawn to dusk . We will visit some  beautiful beaches that  the Dingle Peninsula has to offer . We will depart from the Arches at 5.30 AM SHARP. Anyone not wanting to travel so early can meet up with us later in Dingle . As it will be a long day a packed lunch would be a good idea, also wellies , an umbrella and spare clothes. Hope to see you all there

This coming Monday night (15th Dec) will be our last meeting for 2014. it’s a competition night with the theme of “Shapes”. Maximum 5 images per member. Images can be digital or printed. In order to speed up the competition preparation – If you can, rename your images to include your full name. We’ll also be taking orders for mount & backing board sets. €7 each. Please have correct change if you can. See you all there.

This coming Monday (8th Dec) will be a night shoot will be in cork city. Leaving  the Arches at 7.15 and meeting in the entrance to paul street shopping centre AT 8pm.

If the weather is too bad then the back up plan is video and time lapse in the arches with Sean Murphy.

The night with Wedding Photographer Adrian O’Neill originally scheduled for Dec. 1st has been deferred to a later date. We will  instead have a general night on photography,equipment and Photoshop, so bring along cameras etc and laptops and have any questions you may have answered.

Next Monday night the ladies in the club will present their portfolios. As we have a high percentage of lady members in the club all keen photographers it should be a very interesting night.

The outing to Spike Island in Cobh on Saturday was a great success with thirteen members traveling. The members had exclusive assess on the day and the weather miraculously remained dry and sunny while we were on the island. There are some great photographic opportunity’s there and the time just flew by with everyone wishing for more time to explore the island

The SACC regional qualifying round of IPF National Print & Projected Image Competition takes place on Sunday November 30th at Horse & Jockey Hotel, Co. Tipperary.

Details of online entry system will be published in coming weeks, but for now, start selecting, printing & mounting your images. Don’t forget, mount size MUST be 20 x 16 inches!

In addition to the open sections in color print, mono print & projected image, the themed sections are as follows this year:

Color Print: Still life
Monochrome Print: Seascape
Projected Image: Landscape

Photo outing to Cobh this Saturday including a trip to spike island. Meeting Cobh harbour at 10.00 and boat to the island leaving 10:30. We will have exclusive access on the island and if weather is bad we can take photos inside on the island Please reply to Rodney on 086 848 7875 to confirm attendance. Cost of boat and access to spike island is €12 per person.

Next Monday night Nov 17th we will have a  Composition and Critique night. Bring along your images printed or digital.

On Nov 10th We have a night dedicated to Black and White Photography or Monochrome.There are many ways to convert a color image to B&W in Photoshop and some of these will be shown and discussed on the Night.

On Dec 11th we will have our Christmas Social night. A meal in the Arches Bar details of same below.