Celbridge Camera Club

History of Celbridge Camera Club
2018-01-22 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
One of our club’s lifetime members, Michael Davitt, give a talk about the history of the club between the years 1985 and 2000. This should be a great night to hear some stories and see some photos from the history of the club.

POTY Round 3 Hand In Night
2018-01-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the 3rd round of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this year’s competition here).
Solitude is the optional theme for this round of the competition.
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Sunrise shoot at the Forty Foot
2018-01-27 07:30 - 09:00 | Sandycove, Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland
A few members are meeting for a Sunrise Shoot at Sandycove. Sunrise is at 8:15am, so meet at 7:45am at the latest.
This is being organized by George and will be somewhat weather dependent. You can contact George the evening before on 086 2311770 to make sure it’s going ahead.

POTY Round 3 Judging
2018-01-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Judging night for round 3 of the POTY.

Printing Workshop
2018-02-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Saturday 3rd February Brian Hopper will give a workshop on “The Perfect Print”.
This full day course will cover the following topics:

Colour management.
Calibration of equipment.
Workflow – Photoshop / Lightroom
Monochrome Prints.
Post processing:

Layers
Dodge & Burn
Contrast
Sharpening
Re-sizing an image

The emphasis is on the practical step-by-step to producing the perfect print and the use of various papers.
Brian will have an Epson printer and will step through the print process using gloss and matt papers.
He will also introduce different methods of finishing / presenting an image.
All the steps throughout the workshop are straightforward and are aimed at eliminating common misconceptions and making the participants think about the print process.
Cost of this workshop is €50 and is limited to 20 people.
Please register and pay Jim on Monday evening meetings to ensure a place.

AV Night
2018-02-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
All sequences entered by club members for the 35th IPF National AV Championships back in November will be shown, in addition to some of the winning sequences. The club was well represented at the championships and featured in the prizes (see details here).

Guest Speaker: Nigel Motyer
2018-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 12th February we are delighted to welcome Nigel Motyer to the club presenting his wonderful underwater photography.

POTY Round 4 Hand In Night
2018-02-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the 4th round of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this year’s competition here).
There is no theme for this round of the competition.
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Guest Speaker: Claire Nolan
2018-02-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 19th February, Claire Nolan will give a presentation to the club on previsualisation, setting up an capturing the perfect shot.
http://clairenolan.ie.

POTY Round 4 Judging
2018-02-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Judging night for round 4 of the POTY.

Tech Talk: Storage Management
2018-03-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday the 5th March we will have Gerry Kerr giving us a talk about storage / backing up and file management of our digital photographs.

Nature Competition Hand In Night
2018-03-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the Nature competition.
Please make sure you follow the rules for for the nature competition here and the guidelines for submitting images here as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Guest Speaker: Donal Murphy
2018-03-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 12th March, we are delighted to welcome Donal Murphy to the club to show us his images of various architecture projects.

http://www.donalmurphyphoto.com

Bank Holiday: No Meeting!
2018-03-19 20:00 - 22:00
On Monday the 19th March , there will be no meeting, due to St. Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday.

Nature Competition Judging
2018-03-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Judging night for the nature competition.

Internal Speaker: Niall Whelan AIPF
2018-04-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 9th April, club member Niall Whelan will show us a selection of his beautiful images and demonstrate some of his post-processing techniques.

Three Live Stages
2018-04-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 16th April we are going to try something new! We will have 3 live stages:

Image Critique Stage: A number of senior members in the club will be on hand to critique images and to give suggestions and tips on how the images may be improved.
Questions about my Camera Stage: Some of our more technically minded members will be on hand and will hopefully be able to answer questions relating to features and settings of different types of camera. They may not be able to cover all makes and models but they will do their best.
Enlightenment Stage: The club has studio lights that are available to members to borrow. These will be set up at one end of the hall members will be given a chance to try them out.

POTY Round 5 Hand In Night
2018-04-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the 5th round of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this seasons’s competition here).
Texture is the optional theme for this round of the competition.
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Guest Speaker: Paul Stanley FIPF EFIAP Silver
2018-04-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
We are delighted to welcome Paul Stanley FIPF EFIAP Silver to the club. Paul will present a selection of prints on various themes and will also show us his Fellowship panel. Not to be missed!

POTY Round 5 Judging
2018-04-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Judging night for round 5 of the POTY.

Trip Report - Irish Week in Moscow
2018-05-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Club members Tatiana Cahill, Joe Geraty and Terry Carr will give a talk on their March trip to Moscow for an Irish Week event at which they represented Celbridge Camera Club with great distinction! Obviously not everything will be revealed, as “what goes on tour, stays on tour“, but hopefully they can fill us in on some of the details!

Hand in and framing for the Exhibition
2018-05-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in and framing night for the exhibition. As usual we will need many hands on deck to help get all of the images framed, so please come along to help out.
Note that the exhibition is also the final round of the club league.
Each member is permitted to enter a single image in each of the media categories (i.e. one colour print, one monochrome print and one digital projected image).
Members who are not competing in the league may still enter the exhibition. There will be a facility available on the night to clearly identify that their images are not to be considered in the club league. A similar facility will exist for the digital projected images. All of this will be explained clearly by the competition secretary prior to the hand in night.
All images submitted for the final round of the leage will be automatically included in the exhibition.

POTY Round 6 Hand In Night
2018-05-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the 6th and final round of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this seasons’s competition here).
Important notes regarding this round of the league
Please note that this is an open round and that only one image is to be submitted per media type (i.e. one colour print, one monochrome print and one digital projected image).
Also note that images entered in previous rounds of this season’s league are permitted to be entered in this round.
Images entered in this round of the competition are automatically entered into the Annual Exhibition.
Additionally, please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

AGM
2018-05-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
On Monday 28th May we will hold our Annual General Meeting.

Opening night of the Annual Exhibition 2018
2018-06-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland
Keep this date free for the opening night of our Annual Exhibition. The venue will once again be Castletown House in Celbridge. More details to follow.

Outing to East Pier Howth
2018-06-18 19:30 - 22:30 | East Pier, Howth, Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Our summer Monday night outings will commence on Monday 18th June with an outing to the East Pier in Howth.
Meet outside the Slip Hall in Celbridge at 7:30pm or at the East Pier in Howth at 8:30pm. Sunset is at 10pm.
All are welcome and you do not have to be a member to attend.

Outing to Hazelhatch Pub Celbridge
2018-06-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Outing for the 25th June is to Hazelhatch Pub, Celbridge.
Meet outside the Slip Hall in Celbridge at 7:50pm (slightly later than usual). Arrive at Pub at 8:00pm. Sunset is just before 10pm.
All are welcome and you do not have to be a member to attend.

Outing to Trim County Meath
2018-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Next Monday’s outing is to Trim in county Meath beside the river Boyne.
There is a church and old ruins next to the river. It will take approximately 40 minutes to drive there, so meet at the Slip Hall (Main Castletown House Celbridge Entrance) if you are giving or getting a lift. If you are driving direct meet at 20.10. Sunset is approx 21.55 see you there…
All are welcome and you do not have to be a member to attend.
53°33’21.3″N 6°46’11.0″W
https://goo.gl/maps/siQZSbX2pmJ2

Monday 9th July Night Outing To Portran in North Dublin
2018-07-09 19:30 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Meet outside the Slip Hall in Celbridge at 7:30pm. If you are giving / getting a lift or if you are driving direct meet at the tower Bay Car park at 20.10.
Portran, Tower Bay in North Dublin.
https://goo.gl/maps/FToDuxEgpWz
There is a reasonably high high tide, so the beach of Portrane won’t have much to offer, but Tower Bay always has
Walking the 1 km of cliff walk there will be spots all along to try. Hopefully there is some high cloud to give nice twilight sky.
All are welcome and you do not have to be a member to attend.

***(see full message )Tuesday The 17th To St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin
2018-07-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
A important notice for the following outing on
*** We are required to know numbers of members attending….
Tuesday the 17th of July – Yes the date is a TUESDAY the 17th not Monday.
We have been invited by Kelley Ceallaigh NicFheorais to St Patricks Cathedral Dublin at 18.15 Early Evening –
Kelley will do a brief tour and then give us an hour to explore. Kelley has requested to know numbers of CCC members who will attend so can I ask anyone who is interested in going to message me directly (austincrowe3@gmail.com) or text me to 0872260357 and I will pass on the numbers to Kelley If Could get a reply by Thursday the 12th by 18.00 hours Thank you
