IPF Audio Visual National Championships

These take place on Saturday, 21st & Sunday, 22nd October, 2017 in Aras Chronain Irish Cultural Centre, Watery Lane, Orchard Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Everyone is welcome – especially those who have never experienced this medium of photography on an international level. Celbridge Camera Club members have entries in all sections Novice, Intermediate, Club & Advanced. There are also sequences from South Africa, England, Wales, Australia, Norway, Ireland – north and south and the Netherlands for the international competition.

Judges – we are delighted to welcome Richard Brown & Andrew Gagg as our judges, both Fellows of the Royal Photographic Society and multi award winning AV workers. Richard is looking forward to returning and Andrew for his first visit. They hope to attend the camera club on 23rd October before returning to England.

There are also 2 applications for Distinctions in Audio Visual to be judged over the weekend and the judges will get to show some of their work.

Registration each day at 10 a.m., with introduction and commencement of judging at 10.30. There will be a break for lunch each day with sandwiches and soup available. The judging will recommence at 1.30 p.m., until around 5 p.m., on the Saturday. There will be a gala dinner that evening in the Green Isle Hotel. Judging will continue on the Sunday morning. Lunch will again be available and the weekend will conclude after lunch with the judges’s sequences, the distinctions applications and showing of the winning sequences and presentation of the awards. All national entries will be commented on, but not the international sequences. As usual, there will be a charge for non-competitors of €20 for the weekend, €12 for the day.

We wish the camera club members every success!