The Tallaght Photographic Society would like to wish all of our members, friends and their families a very Happy Christmas and our very best wishes to all for happiness and prosperity in the New Year!
Our next club meeting will take place in the Rua Red at 7.30pm on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 – new members are always welcome and we look forward to seeing you all then!
The Tallaght Photographic Society Christmas party is on this weekend, Saturday December 17th at 8.00pm in the Old Mill pub, Tallaght. It costs only €10 per person and there will be finger food and some good craic in great company! Hope to see you there!
We can meet at the Rua Red and get the LUAS into town from there – please be there before 7.30pm as we will be leaving promptly at 7.30 – if you’re there any later you will have missed us.
Alternatively, you can make your own way into town and meet us there! Make your way to Grafton Street and we can meet at Stephen’s Green SC get some nice Christmassy photos and maybe get in a drink or two!
This will be our last club meeting until the new year – January 10th – but remember that we also have our Christmas party at the Old Mill pub on Saturday, December 17th.
Hope to see you then.
At our meeting this Tuesday, our very own Steve McGrane will be doing a talk on HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and on infrared photography. Steve has produced some beautiful images using both methods and it should be very interesting seeing the processes involved.
A huge thank you and congratulations to John Byrne, Craig Fox, Eddie Cody, Tony Victory, Shane O’Keeffe and Anne Koenig on the success of this year’s TPS International Salon. This team work extremely hard each year on the salon and it has grown from strength to strength every year in the 21 years it has been running. With over 4,000 entries from 51 countries, the Salon is something that every TPS member should be proud to be involved in, and it could only have been achieved with the effort put in by the Salon team. Well done to all.
Thanks also to the members who were on hand to help with the judging process and the hanging and taking down of the Salon exhibition at the library over the last week. Your help is much appreciated!
Just a reminder that our Christmas party this year will be held at the Old Mill pub in Tallaght, on Saturday, December 17th. There will be platters of finger food, drinks and good craic to be had. The price per person is €10 and it should be a fun night. Hope to see
you there!
Finally but certainly not least – Congratulations to Liam Fox, on successfully achieving his Licentiateship from the IPF at the distinction sittings at Athlone Institute of Technology. Liam is a talented photographer and it is great to add him to the ranks of members with IPF distinctions. Well done Liam!
This Tuesday, November 29th, we are forsaking our regular weekly meeting at the Rua Red for the South Dublin County Library, Tallaght. Come along to the exhibition launch of the 21st Tallaght Photographic Society International Salon of Photographic Art. The exhibition will feature just a selection of the thousands of images entered this year in our most successful salon to date. There will be refreshments available and we can go for some drinks afterwards – hope to see you there!
We’re back at the Rua Red on December 6th, when TPS member Steve Mcgrane will do a talk on HDR and Infra Red Photography. The One-Shot competition entries are to be in for judging by last month’s winner Derek Clarke – the theme for December is “Something Funny”
Next Tuesday, November 22nd, is our monthly league competition judging. Our guest judge, Celbridge Camera Club’s Mark Sedgwick has been an excellent judge in the past and it is always a pleasure to have him along at our club meetings. Good luck to all who entered – looking forward to seeing your images.
Just a reminder about December’s One-shot competition. Derek Clarke was our lucky winner for last month’s theme on Motion and has nominated Something Funny for December 6th.
Tuesday, November 29th has us out of the Rua Red and at the South Dublin County Library for the prize giving and launch of the Tallaght Photographic Society 21st International Salon of Photographic Art. There were hundreds of entries from all over the world and some of these images will be on display from Saturday, November 26th until December 2nd,
so please come along and support the exhibition.
The Tallaght Photographic Society Christmas party is on Saturday, December 17th at the Abberly Court Hotel and includes a four course meal and entertainment. The price per person is €55.00. Please inform a committee member if you are interested in coming along, as we need to confirm numbers and place the booking.
This Tuesday, November 15th, we have guest speaker, wildlife photographer, Andrew Kelly. Andrew will show us a slideshow of his images and also bring along some prints to look at. Visit his website http://akellyphoto.com/ for more info!
This Tuesday is also our monthly league competition entry night, so remember to bring along your prints and to email your digital images to info@tallaghtphotographicsociety.com
This Tuesday, November 8th, we are dusting off our club studio lights for a practical demonstration. Please bring along your camera if you are interested in having a go at the lights on the night!
The club’s studio lights are available to rent to TPS members – for more details see a committee member.
This Tuesday, November 1st we’d like to invite our members to bring in their favourite cameras, lenses (or other equipment) to show off to their fellow club members. Please bring along some images on disc, or USB key, to illustrate the effect of your lenses!
Also this Tuesday is One-Shot Competition. This month’s theme is Motion and will be judged by last month’s winner Scott MacBride and the winner of this month will be given the dubious honour of selecting next month’s theme and judging those entries! Good Luck!
There’s a club outing to Glendalough this coming Sunday, October 23rd. An early start, we’re meeting in the carpark of Molloy’s pub between 9.00am and 9.30am. If that’s a little early you can always make your own way to Glendalough and meet up with us there! Prepare for all weathers, dress warmly and bring a packed lunch. Don’t forget your camera and tripod!
Glendalough offers lots for an enthusiastic photographer: a graveyard, monastic ruins and a round tower set in a beautiful valley with the famous two lakes which gives the area its name. A good stretch of the legs along the upper lake will bring you to the ruins of an abandoned lead miners’ village. Plenty there to get those creative juices flowing!
Next Tuesday, October 25th is our Monthly League Competition judging night! Looking forward to seeing your images! Good luck to everyone who entered!
Looking ahead to Tuesday, November 1st… We have our monthly One-Shot competition. Won by Scott MacBride last month, the theme for November is Motion and is open to your own interpretation. Entries should be printed about 10 x 8 inches and do not have to be mounted.
Also on Tuesday, November 1st is Lens Envy: DSLR Lenses and What They Do! Members are invited to bring along their cameras and favourite lenses (and any other equipment they would like to show off) and talk about why they like those particular lenses. Members are also encouraged to bring along images to illustrate the effects acheived by their lenses.
