Celbridge Camera Club

POTY Round 5 Hand In Night
2018-04-23 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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: 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.

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).

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.

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.

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 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.

History of Celbridge Camera Club
2018-01-22 20:00 - 22:00 | 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.

Guest Speaker: Marek Biegalski
2018-01-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
We are delighted to welcome Marek Biegalski who will show us his wonderful images of landscape and fine art. This is a change from the originally scehduled speaker, Claire Nolan, and we hope that Claire will be able to present to us in the coming months.

6 in 60 minutes
2018-01-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
For our first meeting of 2018 we will have 6 club members talk about their photos and how they got them.

No meeting
2017-12-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
As this is the last Monday before Christmas we won’t be having any club meeting on this evening.

Christmas Party
2017-12-16 20:00 - 23:30
This year, our annual Christmas Party will be held in the Village Inn, Celbridge from 8pm (until late).
Tickets are priced €10 and will be available from the club over the coming weeks.
It’s always a great night so do come along.

Guest Speaker: Colm Kerr
2017-12-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
We are delighted that Colm Kerr, the brother of our own Gerry Kerr, will give us a talk about his Drone Photography.

POTY Round 2 Judging
2017-12-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Judging night for round 2 of the POTY.

POTY Round 2 Hand In Night
2017-11-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This is the hand in night for the 2nd 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.

Workshop
2017-11-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
This will be a workshop where various club members will demonstrate some different techniques (e.g. off camera flash, macro). More details will be available closer to the date.

Guest Speaker: Ita Martin
2017-11-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
We are delighted to welcome Ita Martin from Malahide Camera Club to present a selection of her work at the club.
Ita has had a tremendous year so far, winning the IPF Nature Photographer of the Year competition in February and winning a gold medal for the best colour print in the National Club Finals in May.
We are hoping that Ita will let us in on the secret to her success!
You can see some of Ita’s photos on flickr here.

Guest Speaker: Brian Hopper FIPF
2017-11-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
We are delighted that Brian Hopper’s talk which had to be cancelled due to Storm Ophelia, has been re-scheduled for this evening. Brian will show a print presentation called “Six of One – Half a Dozen of Another” – a maximum of six prints of any one genre and finishing with six of his favourite prints.

POTY Round 1 Judging
2017-11-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Stradbally Steam Show Stradbally, Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Our judge for the 1st round of the POTY competition will be Eddie Malin.
Eddie is a long standing member of Clondalkin Camera club and an experience judge and always offers good advice.
You can see his work on https://www.flickr.com/photos/dubpics

Outing to Cloughlea
2017-10-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Cloghleagh, Cloghleagh, Wicklow, Ireland
October’s outing is on Saturday the 28th to Cloghleagh in Wicklow. We will meet there at 10:00am.
This is located just before St John’s Church (sat nav 53.1896652 -6.4342567).
Google map link to the location.
Directions
From Dublin drive towards Blessington and turn left onto the R759 to Sallygap.
Turn left again before Manor Kilbride and about 2KM further you will arrive at a bridge with the river underneath.
If you see St John’s church it means you just passed the spot.
For those of you that want to car pool please arrange between yourselves.
The ground can be wet and slippery. Hiking boots or wellingtons with a good grip are recommended.
