Celbridge Camera Club

Judging POTY Round 1
2025-10-06 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Slip Hall Celbridge
Judge is TBD.

Presentation by Helen Hanafin
2025-10-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Helen will be giving our club a presentation on Minimalist Photography, exploring how to identify compelling subjects, process images effectively, and maintain simplicity without overdoing it.

AV night
2025-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Club member Michael Linehan will give a quick overview of what AV sequences are, will give a short demonstration of one of the software programs used to create AVs and this will be followed by showing a selection of AVs from the recent IFP National AV Championships as well as some from club members.

InterClub Night
2025-11-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
InterClub Night:

Members Showcase
InterClub Showcase

This will be a great opportunity to meet members from another Camera Club. 6 members of Celbridge Club will each present 3 of their favourite photographs and 6 members of Clondalkin Camera Club will each present 3 their favourite photographs. This is a great way of seeing the images other photographers are taking and the different styles of photography.

POTY Round 2 Hand In. Theme: Minimalist
2025-11-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Hand in for Round 2 of the POTY. The theme for this round is Minimalist.
This is the closing date for submissions for Round 2 of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Judging POTY Round 2
2025-11-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge

Photoshop editing followed by Deirdre Beaugie
2025-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
There will be a short step by step photoshop tutorial on how the tutor edits their photograph.
This will be followed by a presentation by club member Deirdre Beaugie entitled ‘My Photography’. Deirdre has a varied interest in photography and we are guaranteed to see some wonderful images.

POTY Round 3 Hand In. Theme: Occupations/Environmental Portraiture
2025-11-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Hand in for Round 3 of the POTY. The theme for this round is Occupations/Environmental Portraiture.
This is the closing date for submissions for Round 3 of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Presentation by Brenda Sheridan
2025-11-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Brenda is an accomplished Nature photographer who has a wide range of beautiful images from as near as the wildlife in the Dodder to as far away as the Birds of Costa Rica.

Judging POTY Round 3
2025-12-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge

Photoshop Editing followed by Christine Taylor
2025-12-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
There will be a short step by step photoshop tutorial on how the tutor edits their photograph.
This will be followed by a presentation by club member Christine Taylor on her trip to Sri Lanka. Christine will take us on a visual journey through some highlights of Sri Lanka. From elephants to tea plantations and lots in between.

Camera Club Tech Night: PhotoPills, Instagram & Photobooks
2025-12-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
There will be three short presentations.
Paul Johnston will cover PhotoPills. Deirdre Beaugie will talk about Instagram. The person covering Photobooks is TBC.

Deirdre Beaugie - My Photography
2026-01-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Club member Deirdre Beaugie will talk us through some of the wonderful photos that she has taken and talk about the different aspects of her photography.

Denis O’Reilly – Still Life Photography
2026-01-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Denis is a fine art, flower, and still life photographer based in Kilkenny. He is a Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation (FIPF) and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS). Denis will talk us through how he takes his wonderful still life images.

From Camera to Frame
2026-01-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Tonight we will be preparing for our Mini Exhibition on the 26th of January. Members can bring 2 printed A4 images with them, and there will be window mounts available to purchase on the night. This will be a practical night, where you can mount your photographs in window mounts. There will also be a demonstration on how to use mount cutters.

POTY Round 4 Hand In. Theme: After Dark (Nightlife, Neon Lights, Shadow)
2026-01-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Hand in for Round 4 of the POTY. The theme for this round is After Dark (Nightlife, Neon Lights, Shadow).
This is the closing date for submissions for Round 4 of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Mini Exhibition
2026-01-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
This will be a wonderful night where members can display their printed images, and for all members to see the talent and variety of photographs that the members of Celbridge Camera Club take.

Judging POTY Round 4
2026-02-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Judging for Round 4 of the POTY.

Nature Photographer of the Year Hand In
2026-02-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Online
This is the closing date for submissions for the Nature Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please note that all images are to be submitted as digital images. There are no print entries for this season’s Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Judging for the Nature Photographer of the Year
2026-03-02 20:00 - 22:00
This evening we will have judging for the NPOTY. Please be early as there are always a lot of images to get through and we will start on time.
Suzanne Behan from Kilkenny Photographic Society will be our judge for this season’s nature competition.

POTY Round 5 Hand In. Theme: Composite (2 or more layers)
2026-03-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Hand in for Round 5 of the POTY. The theme for this round is Composite (2 or more layers).
This is the closing date for submissions for Round 5 of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Judging POTY Round 5
2026-03-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Judging for Round 5 of the POTY.

POTY Round 6 Hand In. Theme: Emotion
2026-04-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Hand in for Round 6 of the POTY. The theme for this round is Emotion.
This is the closing date for submissions for Round 6 of the Photographer of the Year competition (see details for this season’s competition here).
Please make sure you follow the guidelines for submitting images (which can be found here) as otherwise your images may be disqualified.

Judging POTY Round 6
2026-05-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Slip Hall Celbridge
Judging for Round 6 of the POTY.
