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...
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