WALKABOUTS
The three walkabouts planned for the 22nd September have been cancelled due to the increased COVID threat If possible we will arrange further walkabouts when the time is more appropriate.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN DCC (VIA ZOOM)
Thursday 17th September – is the next meeting of the Documentary and Street Photography Group; originally billed as about women in street and documentary photography, this has been deferred and instead there will be a workshop, showing and commenting on between six and 12 images from up to eight members. If you want to participate, you should contact David Gray at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as possible about what’s required
Friday 18th September – is Culture Night. Gerry Gilvary has compiled a beautiful video about our panel’s competition, featuring the images and interviews with the authors. This will be debuted between 4pm and 11pm on the night; it is posted on the DCC site.
Tuesday 22nd September – We had scheduled a set of three walkabouts but the latest Dublin restriction has prompted us to defer that. Instead we are planning a ZOOM base social night – turn up and find out what it is!
Thursday 24th September – is the next Nature Group meeting
Monday 27th September – is the monthly Novice Workshop; the theme is dots, dashes and diagonals, and the learning lesson is Photoshop Selections
Tuesday 29th September – Charlie O’Neill will give a talk / workshop on using Luminosity Masks
COMPETITIONS: WINTER LEAGUE
This will be recommencing in October and the closing date for the first group of entries is Tuesday 6th October. Initially the competition will be confined to digital images (two colour and two mono) but we are examining how we can introduce a print element for the later stages.
EXTERNALCOMPETITION REMINDERS
FIAP is currently hosting another free to enter digital photographic competition on the subject of "The world in 2020" – it is for traditional photo images taken during 2020. Further information and detailed rules are available here www.fiap-earthin2020.net
Smethwick are holding their annual open competition/exhibition in January; the closing date is 5th November. Details are available at https://www.smethwickinternational.co.uk/
NATIONAL SHIELD 2020
The IPF has decided to have an on-line version of this club competition which allows clubs to submit Panels of 8 colour and 8 monochrome images from members at Novice and Intermediate Level. It takes place on 14th & 15th November; the closing date for submissions is 8th November.
We will be participating as always. Council will appoint a Selection Committee to look at retained images from the Winter League and the Summer Competition. However, not all members submit images to these competitions and we would like to see images from those members as well. Further information about submission dates etc. will be issued later but in the meantime if you would like to be considered for the Selection Committee please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
IPF REQUESTS FOR JUDGES AND PRESENTERS
The IPF has made a number of efforts (the most recent being last year) to compile a list of members of affiliated clubs who would be interested in judging competitions for other clubs or giving presentations to them. It is renewing that effort this year and we have reason to believe that they might be successful this year. We will contact DCC members who put their names forward last year to check if they are still willing, but if you feel that you would like to be an IPF judge or presenter you might contact the president at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Tuesday 25th August.
ITEM OF INTEREST
Photographer Stephen Power has been commissioned to create 2 digital installations for the Chamber Music on Valentia Festival online (he is a resident of Valentia). The work (a slide show and a video) go live on 13th August at 7pm. More on this work here: https://tinyurl.com/y5s3ez93
SAD NEWS FROM OTHER CLUBS
Some of our more senior members may remember John Wilkinson (Enniscorthy Camera Club) and Maurice Tuffin (Clondalkin Camera Club) who passed away recently.
ZOOM DISCUSSION – PHOTOGRPAPHER AND CINEMATOGAPHER
John Bainbridge found a discussion he thinks would be of interest; you can stream now for free
REMINDERS
NARAVA SALON PARTICIPATION
We now have 8 entrants for this Another two will enable us to get a discount of 15% on entry fees (€20 for one section or €25 for two or more). The themes of this competition are NATURE, OPEN and LANDSCAPES – the closing date is August 29, 2020. Entry fee is €20 for one section or €25 for two or more. There are discounts for Group entries (5+ participants =10%, 10+ participants =15%). Helen Hanafin has agreed to co-ordinate to get the group discount. As Helen explained last week, entrants will submit their images to the competition directly, but Helen will make the payment for the group to get the discount; she already has enough participants to get the 10% discount. You can then pay Helen the discounted entry fee. If you are entering, please let her know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Full details of the salon HERE
Introduction to Photography: - this course (commencing 16th September) is being advertised on our website and also on our Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account you might “like” our ad and share it with relevant contacts. Also, it would be great if you could put copies of the advertising poster circulated last week into local libraries (when they open) shops etc.
There are a number of members who have offered help / mentoring etc. I will circulate details of what is expected for a discussion at a ZOOM meeting in the near future.
DON’T FORGET
Subscriptions – please keep your subscriptions up to date; it’s important for the club’s health
Update on members - If you hear of the illness bereavement of any member please let us know
MORE OFFERS OF GEAR
We have been contacted with an offer to sell two aluminium developing trays (37cm x 47cm) for €20.
Also, a former member is disposing of some gear – cameras (film & digital) lenses etc. A list is available HERE.
If you are interested in either, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PROBLEMS WITH EIRCOM EMAIL ADDRESSES
Our Secretary has asked me to tell you that eircom.net emails are still causing problems and have become very unreliable. They frequently bounce back (but without any pattern) and frequently go directly into your spam directory. If you cannot change your email provider then be aware that you may not get meetings invitations; if you do not see an invitation by about 5pm on Tuesdays, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and it will be resent, although with no guarantee it will get through.
Annual Exhibition – it is clear that we are not going to have a traditional annual exhibition this year. So Council has decided to hold a members exhibition using a publicly available on-line medium. It will not be a competition and there will not be a selection process; we will ask members to select two of what they consider to be their best images for inclusion. We think there will be a potentially wide audience for it, which can be promoted through our Facebook page and other media. The likely timing is after the Summer Competition. Further detail will follow at a later stage.
Opening club facilities Although we would all like to get back to meeting in the club, it’s clear it will be a while before we can – a review of all the health and safety aspects of the club house has found a number of additional matters which need to be addressed before we can open up the premises again; so for the moment, we are not in a position to allow any activities there
So we continue planning for meetings on-line; the programme for July is complete (including a session with the FIAP president next week) and we are planning for the remainder of the year (to include the Summer Competition and the Wilter League).
RE-OPENING OF CLUB HOUSE FOR SINGLE USE
We have looked at the feasibility of opening the club premises for use of the studio or dark room. However, there are still some legal, insurance and safety issues which council feels must preclude that for now, particularly in light of the restrictions set out in the Government Guidance. See note above.
OTHER NEWS
Membership cards – as members renew their subscriptions on-line, we have not been able to issue membership cards; however if you need one we can arrange to get it to you. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Photo-boxes – you will recall that before lockdown, we were organising an order of photo-boxes for the club and a number of members asked to be included in that order obviously this had to be put on hold. The UK supplier is now shipping to Ireland again and we are proceeding with the order. We are contacting each member who placed an order so with this information so if you want to withdraw from it, not a problem, please let This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. know by Friday 17th We can arrange a refund if you have already paid. Some have placed an order and have yet to pay - they will aslo be contacted.
NOTES FROM TUESDAY 23rd June MEETING ON COMPOSITE IMAGES
Six sets of notes available to download
NOTES ON FIAP DISTINCTIONS AND SALONS
FIAP Distinction process demystified
ON LINE EXHIBITION - PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Each year the PPAI has a competition oan an exhibition following that, teh print exhibition travels around the country to a range of venues. This year they have made the exhiv=bition available on line at the following link: https://ppai.ie/2020-exhibition Well worth a few minutes to watch it.
ARTHUR MURRELLS MEMORIAL PANEL COMPETITION RESULTS
We had a super competition with a record 33 entries. Thanks to all who presented such a great range of images and congratulations to our top six:
1st Gerry Andrews - "Soussusvlei Namibia"
Runners Up
Anne-Sophie Gigan - "Welcome to my Miniature Mountains Life"
Gerard Kelleher - "Valencia Curves"
Maria McCormick - "Oil Slick"
Rodney Smythe - "The International Bar"
Sean Kennedy - "Freedom Walk"
All the panels presented are on the home page of the club’s website.
I would also like to specially thank Pauric, Ruth and Noel for creating the process which made it all happen.
NOTE TO @EIRCOM.NET EMAIL ADDRESS OWNERS
In recent weeks we have noted that we are getting email bounce-backs from eircom.net addresses. Where possible we are re-sending these but often with the same result so if you have an eircom address and haven't heard from the club recently - this could be the reason. Some members have switched to alternative providers - if you chose to change please advise the secretary without delay. Please note that the content of the weekly announcements is also placed on the news section of the site.
EQUIPMENT AND IMAGES STOLEN IN LONDON
Willie Fagan has been contacted by Sean Sexton an Irish photographer based in London who had some rare and valuable equipment and images stolen recently. As a number are of significant Irish interest, he has asked that we circulate a list of them, in case any of them pop up over here. If you have any information please Contact; Sean Sexton 0793 999 7879 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The stolen items are:
- Detective camera disguised as a pair of binoculars c.1890.
- Another detective camera disguised as a pair of binoculars c.1900.
- A Tikka detective camera disguised as a pocket watch, hands at seven minutes past eleven.
- Dr. Kreugner detective camera disguised as a book c.1890.
- An unusual very flat seven inch diameter circular camera, the Stirn, made of copper c.1890.
- Five mahogony/brass and bellows cameras by Watson, Sanderson etc.c.1900.
- A group of brass encased lenses some engraved Ross, Goddard, Grubb, Harrison and Schnitzer.1850's to 1870's.
- Two small circular Scioptic balls incorporating two lenses set into rich brown lignum wood .c.1720.
- Various small cased portraits (less than six by four inches) of men, beautiful women and a labourer. One stamped in gilt Claudet, Regent St. London.
- A group of colour photographs on glass, portraits, scenes, flowers and still life scenes. Some stamped A and L.Lumiere.
- A group of small positives on glass of people and rural scenes in Ireland c.1890 in a green solander box.
- Sepia photographs of Ireland c.1890
13, A large framed black and white portrait of James Joyce, three feet by two feet, black frame four inches wide signed by Bernice Abbott for the Tibet Fund.
Contact; Sean Sexton 0793 999 7879 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
USING THE CLUB FLICKR GROUP
Long inaccessible to all but a few this group website is now available to DCC members. It is for nothing other that showing other members what you are doing with the camera. In order to access it you first need to set up a FLICKR account of your own and then move images to the DCC Group once you seek access to it. Once you seek access remember to advise the Secretary also. For fuller details see HERE
MEMBER’S PROJECT
One of our members – Stephen O’Sullivan – has started a Covid Community Photography Project. Once the current restrictions have eased, he is going to take and share (for free) “Doorstep Portraits” of people and families in Dublin 6 to help document and remember these surreal times. So far, he’s had an amazing response with over 120 participants. Stephen is still thinking about what might emerge for this (perhaps an exhibition or a publication). If you would like to participate you can contact Stephen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ORDERS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC CASES
You will recall that before the suspension of activities the club was planning to restock its cases and invited members to join in with our order; we have not been able to place that order (the supplier is in the UK) but plan to do so when that’s feasible. However, if any member now wishes to opt out of their order, or would like a refund of monies paid, please let us know by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS
As you know, we had to cancel the judging night for Mono and Digital entries; we have collected the entries from the judge together with scores and brief comments. We have not been able to arrange judging of the colour print entries. When we are able to do so, we will get the images judged and marked, and post the results of all three categories (and judges’ comments) on the club website.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MEMBERS
We are grateful for your patience at this challenging time; all the measures we are taking are to protect your health and safety.
We are conscious that some of our members may be become unwell, and that there is an unfortunate possibility we will face some bereavements. If you hear of the bereavement of any member, we would be grateful if you could let us know so we can acknowledge such a sad loss.
OTHER VIRTUAL OPTIONS
We are also exploring the use of virtual conferencing:
• To host the Panels Competition (scheduled for May 26th)
• To hold Image Assessment sessions
• To link in with other clubs to exchange presentations
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
All of this will require a lot of work and we really need members to help out. In particular:
• And on 21st April, we plan to have members show and talk about images they have taken during Outings and Walkabouts last year. Again, we need contributions from the membership for this.
More generally, if members can contribute to a workshop or an image assessment night, we would be very grateful.
Please contact the President on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Access to club premises
Since our last communication we have carried out a risk assessment of the premises; however that has been overtaken by developments and Government guidelines. So the club premises remains closed for all activities, even to small groups and individuals, for the foreseeable future. However, the risk assessment has given us behavioural rules for such groups and individuals, and as soon as Government guidance permits we will allow access to the premises subject to those rules.
The assessment also highlighted some changes for the premises to ensure it remains safe. During this time, we will endeavour to undertake the works indicated by the risk assessment; our motivations will always be to protect the membership from harm.
The Annual Exhibition
Under current Government advice, it would not be possible to collect entries for an Annual Exhibition by the proposed closing date 28th April. We will keep this under review of course, but we need to be cognisant that most members who might submit entries will need access to mounts and in many cases print shops to put together their entries.
Photographic Groups
Again, developments with the COVID19 have prompted the Government to limit public outings etc. So organising a Saturday Snappers Group, Tuesday night walkabouts and perhaps similar weekend events cannot be progressed at this stage.
David Gray is organising a virtual meeting of the Documentary and Street Photography Group on Thursday 2nd April. You can contact David at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to participate.
75th Anniversary Events
We have decided to defer such events until 2021 (as our first meeting was in November 1945 so 2021 is our 75th year of operation). As members are limited in their scope to take photographs at the moment, we’ve decided to extend the range of photographs of Dublin over a wider time period (perhaps this century).
Winter League Results
As you know, we had to cancel the judging night for Mono and Digital entries; we have collected the entries from the judge together with scores and brief comments. We have not been able to arrange judging of the colour print entries. When we are able to do so, we will get the images judged and marked, and post the results of all three categories (and judges comments) on the club website.
On-Line activity
We can anticipate further freedom of movement restrictions in the near future so we would encourage members to think creatively and look at table top and macro photography. Some tips for domestic projects can be found here in Amateur Photographer
The Club is brimming with creative talent so let us use these gifts to keep the Club alive in the digital space. All suggestions and ideas are welcomed by the Council in how we can do this.
Continuing to be part of the club
Council will stay in contact through regular email updates and of course please check in on the Club website regularly for news and information.
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BEGINNERS EXHIBITION PRINTS
These will be available for collection in the Council Room on any club night once normal activities resume.
DON’T FORGET
- Take lots of images of Dublin for our 75th Anniversary Exhibition next year
- 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.
NOTE
Continuing to have on-line activity
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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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 once normal activity resumes.
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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