Latest News on Upcoming Activities
Irish Light Festival:
The Irish Light Festival Exhibition, organised by Peter Gordon, is currently on dis-play at the CHQ. The festival will conclude with The Big Day lecture on the 15th Oc-tober delivered by leading landscape photographers, in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire this coming weekend.
Tickets are still available if you would like to be inspired ... come and join us in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday, 15th October.
TUESDAY MEETINGS
OCTOBER
17th - Winter league Judging, Monochrome & Digital images
24th - Winter league Judging, Colour images
31st - Sean Kennedy, member of DCC will introduce his forthcoming book "DUBLIN BAY, City by the Sea" and someone from O'Brien Press - the publisher - will talk about the process of producing such a book.
WORKSHOPS
Monday Workshop Not limited to Novices so if you are interested come along. Details on Club Calendar.
Dark Room Workshop
On the weekend 18th and 19th of November Gerard Kelleher will run a Workshop for people interested in learning the art of film processing and darkroom techniques.
The course outline is as follows:
Saturday;
10am to 12.30pm (Processing film)
2pm to 6pm. (making a contact sheet and printing the negative)
Sunday;
11am to 1pm (printing cont.)
1pm to 2pm (mounting) subject to someone available to do it
The Cost of workshop will be €40 per person. Bookings for the course along with money to Gerard any Tuesday night. As the group size for this course will of necessity be small, immediate booking is essential.
Distinctions Workshop
The next IPF distinctions sitting is November 25th in LIT Thurles. The IPF Distinctions sessions are all booked out for 2017 so anyone interested in going for a distinction will need to think about it now for 2018.
Print Mounts
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.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CHARGE FOR THESE MOUNTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED FROM 1ST OCTOBER TO – UNCUT MOUNTS €1.50, A4 CUT MOUNTS €2.
NEXT OUTING
A weekend away is being arranged for Rosscarbery in West Cork on the October Bank Holiday weekend. All places have been taken. Many thanks to Cathy Gurry and the Outings Work Group, led by Cathy which has done a significant amount of work in planning a very diverse and interesting outings programme for the coming year. The Rosscarbery outing is the first event from that programme.
Club Christmas Party
Monto Restaurant, Camden St - ( Bring your own wine ) 3 course varied menu €39.95 p/p. plus 10% service charge. Dinner 9pm, meeting in the Bleedin Horse 8.30. To book a place please tell Cathy Gurry at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Next Year
Two outings being considered for next year – Tuscany in Spring and Dumfries, Scotland- date to be advised. There is a significant level of interest in the Tuscany trip. Please notify us if you are interested in either / both trips as the number of peo-ple interested will govern our decision to organise the events.
BEGINNERS COURSES
These are up and running on Wednesday nights. There are practical session for the beginners on Saturday 15th and Sunday 22nd. These sessions are monitored by experienced members of the club. Volunteers are needed for thsi monitoring - contact the Secretary to volunteer. Bookings are now being taken for the January classes at 6.30pm and 8.30 pm. The Course can of course be booked on line at https://www.dublincameraclub.ie/shop/courses
FIAP World Cup
Charlie / Helen requests members’ submission of best images for DCC entry to this competition. We are seeking images to represent the club in the FIAP club world cup. Please send up to 5 images deemed to be Salon standard, to the following ad-dress This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Submission guidelines:
Images should be labelled (2 examples shown)
FIAP_Nom-de-Plum_01
FIAP_Nom-de-Plum_02
RGB, JPEG 10 compressed, 300dpi, 2400pixels on the long side)
Over 50s Show
The club will have a stand in the over 50s Show in the RDS. Its on the weekend 20th to 22nd October. This is an opportunity for the club to promote its activities.
A few additional volunteers are required to help man the DCC stand RDS. We require additional help on Sat Morn and Afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Please advise the Secretary if you are in a position to help.
