COMING EVENTS IN DCC
Thursday 16th January – The Documentary and Street Photography Group meets in the Gallery commencing 7.30pm
Tuesday 21st January - judging colour entries for the January leg of the Winter League
Thursday 23rd January – the Nature Group meets in the Gallery commencing 7.30pm
Monday 27th January – First Novice Workshop of 2020 dealing with night shooting
Tuesday 28th January – a presentation form Owen O'Connor a multiple award winning photographer who was the IPPVA’s Portrait Photographer of the Year in 2018
Monday 10th February - next Monday workshop - using Lightroom. 7.30 pm. This is a continuation from the workshop held on 13th Jan. Anyone wishing to attend this workshop who was unable to attend the one on the 13th please notify the Secretary to obtain notes from the 13th Jan. There will be a very quick revision of the content of the 13th.
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.
GALLERY
We are currently showing images from the Edinburgh Photographic Society; we are covered for supervision this weekend but will need volunteers for the remainder of the exhibition. Please sign up on our website here
BEGINNERS EXHIBITION PRINTS
These are available for collection in the Council Room on any club night.
ITALIAN EXHIBITION
Members have the opportunity to have images on the theme of “Children” considered for inclusion in an international exhibition in Italy. If you are interested, please contact Paul Stanley.
COUNCIL
With our AGM coming up in February, I would ask that you consider putting your names forward to serve on the Council.
In addition, as part of our discussion night last year, we spoke about setting up panels of members who would be available to help with the major activities of the club – competitions and exhibitions, gallery duty, workshops, outings, maintaining our facilities etc. Much of the work is done by a relatively small group of volunteers. So I would ask you to think about what you might be able to help out with in the coming year which will culminate in our 75th anniversary celebrations.
OTHER 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 with images of people from West Dublin - runs until 12th
- 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)
- The National Museum is exhibiting photographs of Ireland taken in the 1950s by visiting international photographers, called “Ireland in Focus” – it runs until April.
And if you would like to hear more about the “Ireland in Focus” exhibition, its curator, Doctor Fidelma Murrane, will be giving a presentation to the Palmerstown Camera Club on 15th January; its open to non-members and the cover charge is €5 (including refreshments).
DON’T FORGET
- Take lots of images of Dublin for our 75th Anniversary Exhibition next year
- Spread the word about the Beginners Classes starting on 22nd January 2020
- Leave spent ink cartridges from Canon and HP in the box upstairs to help ISPCA
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DOCUMENTARY AND STREET PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
Meetings - Thursdays @ 7.30 in the club (Every third Thursday). See calendar for confirmation of dates.
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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