COMING EVENTS IN DCC
Thursday 12th December – the Documentary and Street Photography Group will meet in the Gallery from 7.30pm
Monday 16th December – there is a Novice Workshop in the Gallery commencing at 7.30pm; the theme for the night is “Feet but the subtheme is Camera Essentials - going through the must know features of your camera
Next Tuesday 17th December – we will have judging of the Colour entries for the Winter League 3rd leg. As this is also the last meeting before the New Year, we will be serving mulled wine and mince pies upstairs afterwards.
Regarding the Winter League, we have had a technical glitch with automatically reminding members to renew their subscriptions (€120). As a result some reminders were not issued and some members went into arrears. All members in arrears have been written to by the Secretary since we discovered this glitch. However this has resulted in some Winter League entries from people who need to pay their annual subscription. This issue has now been fixed, and all people concerned should have received e-mails informing them of overdue subscriptions.
We would appreciate these arrears being paid please, in particular if anyone is intending to enter next month's Winter League, only fully paid up members will have their entry accepted.
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Looking ahead:
General Monday Workshops
Separately we are re-commencing more general Monday Workshops. These are not exclusivly for beginners, some will deal with more advanced topics. These are free to members. They are not to be confused with the Novice Workshops which will also run on Mondays and will be aimed at novices.
There is a program put together for the year which has an initial focus on processing. There is a sequence to this and anyone considering attending these might try to attend as many as they can as they will build on eack other. Later workshops will assume knowledge of material covered in earlier workshops. The initial workshops are listed on the club calendar, later ones are subject to change. Watch the calendar.
Jan 13 Processing: Getting started with Lightroom Peter MacMenamin
Feb 10 Processing: Using Lightroom Peter MacMenamin
Mar 9 Processing: Photoshop Levels & Curves Pauric McGroder
Apr 6 Processing: Black & White: Helen Hannafin
May 11 Processing, Lightroom Process Flow Gerry Andrews
Jun 8 Image Assessment
Jul 13 Processing for FIAP Paul Stanley
Aug 10 Processing: Photoshop Masks & Selections Pauric McGroder
Sep 14 Sports Photography Rodney Smythe
Oct 12 Processing: Nik Plug-Ins Pauric McGroder
Nov 9 Table-Top Photography Stephen Masterson
Dec 14 Audio Visual presentation How To Sean
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DON’T FORGET
- Take lots of images of Dublin for our 75th Anniversary Exhibition next year, in particular festive images
- Spread the word about the Beginners Classes starting in January 2020
- Leave spent ink cartridges from Canon and HP in the box upstairs to help ISPCA
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COUNCIL
It won't be long before our AGM in February (Tuesday 25th) and we know some existing council members aren't intending to go forward for reelection. This is to ask you to consider getting involved by serving on the Council, or to think of people who may be willing to have their name go forward. The commitment is one meeting per month, plus other tasks depending on the role.
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BEGINNERS CLASSES – JANUARY 2020
January classes are now on-line and it's possible to reserve a place. Tell a friend or generally let it be known. Gift tokens for classes and/or membership of the club are available which may be handy coming up to Christmas – e-mail the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details on gift tokens. We also have leaflets printed (available on club nights) and we would encourage members to distribute them to local shops, libraries etc. in your area.
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GALLERY
We have the Beginners Class Exhibition, curated by Pauric McGroder, running until 14th December. This is the last exhibition this year. Thanks to Edward Doherty and Mary Donohoe for agreeing to cover the gallery this Saturday.
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DOCUMENTARY AND STREET PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
Meeting next - Thursday 19th December @ 7.30 in the club (Every third Thursday)
At the August meeting of the DSPG, it was suggested that we give more in-depth critiques of images. To facilitate this, a small website that allows members to anonymously submit images to be critiqued has been constructed. If you are interested in submitting an image and/or offering critiques at the next meeting, please send your e-mail address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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EXTERNAL EXHIBITIONS
Robert Keogh is holding an exhibition of his work entitled “Of the grass and woods and water” in the Pearse Museum in Rathfarnham. It runs until January 31st.
The Gallery of Photography in Temple Bar has an exhibition by Pete Smyth called LOCAL featuring images of people from West Dublin - running until 12th January.
The National Museum (Collins Barracks) has an exhibition of photographs of Ireland taken in the 1950s by visiting international photographers, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange and Robert Cresswell, called “Ireland in Focus” - running until end April. More information.
The National Gallery of Ireland’s “ View of Ireland: Collecting Photography” is running until 2 February 2020, with free admission.
The National Gallery is also hosting “Moment in Time” – photographic works from the Bank of America collection, which is coming to Europe for the first time. Running until 22nd March, admission costs €15 (concession price is €10)
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Gallery Supervision Draw
We held the draw for the Gallery supervisors last evening at the Christmas Social last night (11th Dec) and the lucky winner was Caitriona Whyte.
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Mounting boards - 20" x 16" - for competition entries are available in the club, either uncut boards or A4 cut boards. They can be bought any Tuesday night.
UNCUT MOUNTS €1.50:
MOUNTS with A4 cutout €2.
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ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Trophy Winning Images Click image title to get image Click Photographer's name for presentation of award photo
Eddie Chandler Trophy (Best Image in Show) Chernobyl scream by Gerry Andrews FIPF EFIAP ARPS
Asahi Pentax Bowl (Best Monochrome Print Pictorial) Shadows by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Agfa Geavert Trophy (Best Mono Print Portrait) Raphael by Eamonn Lawless AIPF ARPS
Fuji Award (Best Photojournalism Print) Chernobyl scream by Gerry Andrews FIPF EFIAP ARPS
Architecture Cup (Best Architectural Print) The stairway by Peter MacMenamin AIPF
Camera Centre Trophy (Best Colour Print Pictorial) Distant Trees by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Allen Gray Trophy (Best Colour Print Portrait) Vietnamese Elder by Gerry Andrews FIPF EFIAP ARPS
Slide File Trophy (Best Nature Print) Granny's bonnet in the bog by Sean Feehan LIPF AFIAP
Kodak Slide Trophy (Best Projected Image) Red & White by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Brendan Walkin Commemorative Medal - Most Improved and Consistent Club member for the year Caitriona Whyte
Other Category Winners
PRINTS
Advanced Colour Pictorial Distant Trees by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Advanced Mono Pictorial Shadows by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Advanced Colour Portraiture Vietnamese Elder by Gerry Andrews FIPF EFIAP ARPS
Advanced Mono Portraiture Raphael by Eamonn Lawless AIPF ARPS
Advanced Photo-Journalism Chernobyl scream by Gerry Andrews FIPF EFIAP ARPS
Advanced Architecture Architecture Detail, Valentia by Sean Kennedy LIPF EFIAP
Advanced Nature Granny's bonnet in the bog by Sean Feehan LIPF AFIAP
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Intermediate Colour Pictorial Icicles by John Hearne
Intermediate Mono Pictorial Misty Harbour by Caitriona Whyte
Intermediate Colour Portraiture Nirvana by Dominic Barnes
Intermediate Mono Portraiture Snow Angel by Anne-Sophie Gigan LIPF
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Novice Colour Pictorial Café Norge by Barry O'Mahony
Novice Mono Pictorial View from Dolly by Daniel Cullen
Novice Colour Portraiture The Jigsaw Cutter by Claire Sullivan
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B Photo Journalism Where did you get that hat? by Caitriona Whyte
B Architecture The Stairway by Peter MacMenamin AIPF
B Nature Owl in the window by Peter MacMenamin AIPF
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DIGITAL IMAGES
Advanced Digital Mono Rossbeigh - The Wreck by Paul Stanley FIPF EFIAP/g EsFIAP
Intermediate Digital Mono The Big Tree by Peter MacMenamin AIPF
Novice Digital Mono Open Harp by Dan O'Connor
Advanced Digital Colour Red & White by Charlie O'Neill FIPF AFIAP ARPS
Intermediate Digital Colour Bridge Under the Milky Way by Darren Macken
Novice Digital Colour Portrait Noir by Anna Kozielska
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