Philip Smyth is our Guest Speaker on Nature this Thursday 16th

Date Published 
Sun 12 Feb 2023

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 thanks to Menlo Park Hotel for the friendly service and for having such a great setup ready for us.

This Thursday we welcome Philip Smyth, a local photographer, on the timely topic of Nature. This is as Isay timely, as we have a competition coming up with entries due on the 13th April with judging on the 27th April. So lots of interest in this topic. Below is some information on Philip.

Philip is a full-time professional photographer based just outside Galway city. He has always been passionate about landscape and nature photography and is a qualified member of the Irish Professional Photographers association (LIPPA). He has won many awards for his photos including the Best Wildlife single Image category at the Irish Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2015, and has also been awarded Best Wildlife Photographer 2016 at the Irish Professional Photographer of the Year Awards.

Having 25 years experience in Irish nature and landscape photography his enthusiasm and passion for his profession is reflected in his images.

Below are some of those images and looking forward to seeing more of Philip's images on the night.

ATI
Cluain Muire Campus
Mervue
Galway
Ireland