Hi - Club member Mike Dooley has some items of photography equipment he would like to sell - below are details and you can chat with Mike this coming Thursday if you are interested in any of said equipment. All dealings are strictly between the club members and Mike Dooley.
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Last Thursday the club had it's first judging of the new Panel competition for the Sweeney Perpetual Trophy. Ann Sweeney judged and as she said it was no easy job. Thanks to all the entrants and congratulations to Ger Kavanagh who came 1st, Patricia Donohue 2nd and...
Due to the adverse weather conditions the club had to cancel Thursday the 9th's meeting. The committee had a little juggling to do with the programme and wish to thank Tom & Patricia for stepping in and doing tutorials on Lightroom and Affinity last Thursday. We are also very...
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Well good job we cancelled last Thursday! Having to cancel has meant a slight rejigging of the programme which means that this Thursday the entries for the "Panel" competition are due in and they will be judged by Ann Sweeney on Thursday 23rd March...
Important message for all members - as I'm sure you are all well aware of the weather situation for the next day or so and due to the uncertainity of how safe it would be for people to travel, the Camera Club for tonight the 9th March is cancelled so PLEASE...
We had a great night in our Still Life tutorial and there was certainly enough of a selection to capture lots of pictures. A special thanks must go to Jim Keller for bringing in what was just a small but fabulous selection, of his large collection of old camera equipment...
A really big thank you to Dave & Bryan from Whelan Cameras Limerick who judged in person (with obvious expertise), our print entries for the Brian Callaghy Cup and hanks for the little quiz and prizes at the end!Whelan Cameras also gave a demonstration on mirrorless cameras and other...
Thank you to Philip Smyth for his great presentation on Nature photography last week.
This coming Thursday 23rd, we have the judging in person, of the Brian Callaghy open theme print competition, by Whelans Cameras from Limerick. The entry prints for this competition will be on display in...
Camera Club members had a great night stretching the minds at the quiz in the Menlo Park Hotel and the Winners were - Claire Dennehy, Tom Quinn, James Percy and Michelle Lynch. Congratulations guys and enjoy your prize of a voucher. Picture of the smiling winners below. A big...
The Camera Club night out is this Thursday the 9th February and will be held in the Menlo Park Hotel @ 7.30pm. We are having a fun quiz night, so start brushing up on some photography questions etc., Prizes for the winning table and the club...
We had a great day out - be it a little cold, but sunny and dry - at Bellharbour Point to Point last Sunday. Afraid the bookies didnt make anything on us as we were there for another interest - getting photos! The scenery, the crowds and the action of the racing all certainly provided that...
We had a great night experimenting with different light trails last Thursday night and below are just a few sent to me by some members. Do keep experimenting yourselves.
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Important news regarding this coming Sunday the 5th February 2023 - plans have changed and we are NOT heading to Eagles Flying in Sligo, but instead to Bellharbour Point to Point in Co Clare. To start with the weather forecast is good,...
We definitely had winners alright last Thursday and thanks to Nicholas Grundy for his very positive, practical and worthwhile comments on all the entries - it made for a very beneficial and rewarding night. Macro/Closeup certainly made for a variety of ideas in the entries. Thanks Nicholas and...
A very interesting and informative display of and discussion about Street Photography by Steve Scott last Thursday Night - thanks a million Steve for your time and information so freely given.
We Welcome Nicholas Grundy this coming Thursday, the 26th, to judge our "Macro/Closeup"...
Thanks to Outdoor Studios for a great presentation/tutorial on Wildlife and how you can get great photos starting from your kitchen window and spreading outwards.
We welcome Steve Scott this Thursday night the 19th @ 7.30pm for Street Photography - this will be of interest to many as we...
Happy New Year to you all and welcome back to the start of the 2023 season. As announced we are going via zoom for the first night the 12th January - starting at 7.30pm, so if everyone could be online a few minutes before, that would be appreciated and you can be...
Simon Allen - thank you soo much for your very comprehensive and thought provoking judging of our competition themed "Action". It was very obvious that Simon had put a lot of work into this adjudication and it was lovely to have a person from Scotland judging one of our competitions - one...
Thanks to all who turned up on what was definitely a cold night, but an enjoyable one. We did attract some attention with all the tripods, but in a good way. Next time we might manage a hot something at the end of the night.
Thanks Nicholas Grundy for your tutorial on Macro & Closeup photography last Thursday. Great to have the cameras out! Looking forward to having Nicholas judging our Theme no 4 "Macro/Closeup" on the 26th January 2023.
This coming Thursday the 8th December, we have our first...
Despite a downpour or 2 we got a few photos from our outing last Sunday to the medieval monastery in Headford and the only inland lighthouse close by.
The Galway Camera Club would like to give a huge thank you to Darach Glennon who judged this competition. His critique was extremely positive, fair and informative to all - his own presentation of some of his work was just beautiful - well worth looking at his website, so just look up...
Tutorial with Nicholas Grundy is next on our programme for this coming Thursday 1st December @ 7.30pm and this will have an emphasis on Macro/closeup. As we have a "Macro/Closeup" competition coming up, with entries due on the 12th January 2023, this tutorial is very timely and knowing the...
We were soo privilaged to have Inaki Hernandez bring us around both the oustide and inside of some of the world's famous buildings, showing us some amazing perspectives of these buildings. We even got to see some of his award winning prints and they were truly stunning. Thank you...
Thanks soo much to everyone who contributed to a full night of members showing the absolute variety of topics, talent and knowledge that was on display last Thursday night - well done to all.
We also presented our beautiful handmade (by member Jim Keller) tropies to members from the...
This Thursday is "member's night" where we will have members talking about how and why they took their pictures that they will be showing. This night will show the diversity of talent and also will definitely have a varity of topics in the presentations - should be interesting so dont miss...
We had a wonderfuld trip around the world with Brendan Lawlor's photographs last Thursday. Many thanks Brendan for such an informative and interesting night.
This Thursday 27th @ 7.30pm we have the results of our first competition of the Season 2022-2023. Critique provided by Kevin...
We always have a great welcome for Brendan Lawlor and his wonderful pictures, full of color, personal stories, his travels and we are always left with a smile on our faces.
So 7.30pm this Thursday night - dont be late! Below are some examples of Brendan's work.
A very big thanks to James Crombie for a really great presentation last Thursday night, of both personal and professional photographs from his collection. The club wish to acknowledge that we have made a donation to Down Syndrome Ireland on behalf of James...
Wildlife Photographer Oliver Wright is going to give a talk on his work and equipment in the Strand Hotel Limerick on Wednesday 26th Oct 2pm - 5pm. Check the link www.whelancameras.ie/wildlife-oliver-wright
It is with great pleasure that Galway Camera Club will start our 2022-2023 Season in Atlantic Technological University (Formerly GMIT), in the White Room in Cluain Mhuire, Wellpark, Galway, H91 DY9Y on Thursday 22nd September @ 7.30pm. All Welcome.
Our first Guest Speaker, on the...
Hi Everyone - hope your Summer is going as hoped for you. The Committee had planned to have an outing this coming Sunday, but unfortunately it seems that the weather will be too good - Imagine! Also, there is a match this Sunday and another important one the following Sunday, so it has been...
Athenry Credit Union are holding, (what seems to be becoming an annual one) their 2022 amateur photography competition - if you are interested in entering there are T & Cs so check out the link and good luck!
Members may be interested in the following invitation, received from Kilkenny Photographic Society. Please go to the website link https://kilkennyphoto.net/wildlife/ for full details on this interesting competition and talk. If any member...
Just some information, as promised, regarding some themes that will be in the 2022-2023 Season
"Red" - "Weird & Wonderful" - "Macro" - and an "Open" theme. The aforementioned will be in digital format and it is great that we will be back to our print competitions - "Connemara"...
Thanks to everyone who tuned into the AGM last Thursday - it was a great attendance. The Secretary and the Treasurer gave their reports and the Chair spoke about the year gone by and gave some of the themes for coming competitions in the Season 2022-2023, so that members can keep busy...
I know everyone loves AGMs and we, Galway Camera Club, are holding ours this Thursday night the 5th May at 8pm. The results of the Image of The Year in each category will be announced on the night along with some other well deserved awards. We will also be announcing some of the...
Thank you to David Keep for the last of the 2021-2022 Season's presentations of guest speakers and it certainly was an inspiring one to finish on.
Well, I must say that looking back over the 2021-2022 Season, despite having to remain on zoom, we have certainly had a...
David Keep is the last of our guest speakers for this 2021-2022 Season and seeing as we live on the Wild Atlantic Way, it is quite appropriate that we finish on this topic of photography. David himself states that he is "passionate about all forms of...
Thanks to all who turned up for the night shoot - some had returned to the warmth of a fire before we got to do the "selfie"! Great shots on some member's facebook pages.
A huge thank you to David Garthwaite for what was a spectacular demonstration on his photoshop skills which left us in awe at what he can and does produce. If you would like to see some of these results please go to the following links and have a look for yourself - thank you David ...
Delighted to have the opportunity of having David Garthwaite as our next Guest Speaker on the 24th March.
Some information below about David and some of his stunning images, but please do go to either his website or instagram using the given links to see more of his work before...
Thanks to Denis O'Reilly for a great night of flower photography, showing how one can improve in this skill and make it also into an art form.
This Thursday, the 3rd March, we welcome back Eamon O'Daly from Outdoor Studios with the very popular Macro Photography as subject...
Thank you very much to all the club members who did such a great job in introducing and talking about their pictures last night - we are soo lucky to have such diversity in our club and it made for a great display of talent in the club. Thanks guys and think, going forward, this could turn...
This Thursday the 17th February we are having "Member's Night" - this is basically members putting up 4 or 5 of their pictures onto their gallery in the website and speaking about them - perhaps, why they took it, what attracted them to take it and if they can talk about the settings etc. ...
RTE's photographic competition "Eye on Nature" will be judged by award-winning filmmaker Anne Sommerfield, wildlife photographer Mike Brown and Matthew Jebb, Director of Botanic Gardens of Ireland.
The closing date for entries is 12 noon on Friday, March 4 and...
Thanks to Eamon O'Daly from Outdoor Studios for another night of information about exploring the potential of the camera, not from the technical side but from exploring composition, light and just looking at things differently and how small things can make a huge difference to the end result....
Thanks to Outdoor Studios for a great, easy to follow and understandable talk on "Understanding Lenses from all stages".
Next week on Thursday 27th we have guest speak Anthony Demion on the topic of Astro Photography - this one could be out of this world (sorry just couldnt resist!).
...Below are the results of the first 2022 competition "Street Photography" - Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the entrants to the competition. The club would like to thank Gary Loughran from Carrickmacross Camera Club for being such a great judge and taking time over...
Galway Camera Club is delighted to announce our new club website and we are inviting all members to attend an instruction tutorial of how the site works regarding competition entries and member's gallery etc. This will be held on the 6th January 2022, with a notification going out to all...
Galway Camera Club is delighted to announce our new club website and we are inviting all members to attend an instruction tutorial of how the site works regarding competition entries and member's gallery etc. This will be held on the 6th January 2022, with a notification going out to all members...
Thanks a million to Annie Given for last weeks presentation, as she brought us with her on the journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic which was both informative from the photographical and historical angle . We would also like to acknowledge her generous gesture of donating...
Tutorial Class 8-9pm - Camera Settings - Next Competition (3) Theme has been changed to "Galway through the lens" - Chairman judges this one.
Judging of "Street Photography" by Gary Loughran from Carrickmacross Camera Club