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DATES: CUT OUT & KEEP BY YOUR PILLOW!
APRIL
18th Filters Night
Committee Meeting 8pm
The Canon A1 continues to do the rounds and we’re all
looking forward to slide shows soon!!
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NOTE: Talks/Events may be subject to change,
due to unforeseen circumstances and will be rescheduled where
possible.
Meeting
Point: The Bridge Hotel, Wednesdays 8.30pm - all welcome.
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Diary
2011
January
February March
April May
June July
August September
October November
December
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| April |
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| 12th |
So, what have we been up to then??
Hmm, well, apparently the 'AGM' went ahead without anyone
there so we were all voted in regardless. I think next
year we should have a lottery! :oD
Last night we welcomed back Niamh
Keoghan with her lovely slide shows of her experience of
China. She also gave us an insight on how difficult life
is without being able to speak the language or read the
calligraphy. Thanks Niamh.
Next week I'll do the Filters
Night so bring your cameras and you can try them out for
yourselves.
The Committee will also meet early
to work on your programme for the next six weeks so, again, if
anyone has any ideas for day trips away, topics you'd like
covered etc. then please let us know. I've tried mind
reading but you all must be sleeping with aluminium hats.
Short and sweet, that's all I have
for ye and if you're feeling nostalgic for George's weather
forecasts it's giving it a frosty minus 2
tonight so don't pack away those thermals just yet.
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| March |
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| 30th |
Many thanks to Garry O'Neill for visiting
with us last Wednesday. As always Garry was very
informative and went through his slideshow of work from his
website and spoke about each of them. For anyone
who wasn't there and would like to take a look at his work you
can see it here www.garryoneill.ie
The Still Life photos were also taken up -
I've been told they haven't been sent to Podge just yet so if
you have yours lurking on your computer you'd better email
them straight away to arklowtbps@gmail.com
Next week, 4th April, bring the
cameras as we're out and about - but leave the tripods at
home. This is a chance to become creative with low light
using different ISOs, shutter speeds and coming up with alternatives
to using a tripod - e.g. steadying your camera/yourself on a
wall/pillar etc. Then back in The Bridge you can show
your photos and discuss the various methods on how you took
them.
On the 14th we welcome back Niamh Keoghan
and she's going to put on a show of her photos from her
travels in China - this is an evening not to be missed and
I, for one, can't wait to see them. Also eagerly
awaited (ahem) is our AGM (we are now 7 years old!)
which as we all know by now should last all of about two
minutes, maybe three - or maybe we'll give one minute per year
of existence this time?? :o)
That bring us up to the end of our
programme so far - if anyone out there has an idea for
anything on a Wednesday night or even a day trip venue you'd like
to put forward - PLEASE DO!!! It's VERY difficult for the
same few people to keep coming up with something new
all the time without support and suggestions from all of
you.
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| 24th |
Many thanks to Robert for stepping
in at the last minute to cover ProShow last Wednesday as
Paul's still not well (send stronger good feeling vibes!!) we
wish him a speedy recovery. Robert did a great job
demonstrating and finishing off 3 shows and putting them
on DVD as well. As we didn't get time to show any
Paddy's Day's photos we'll see how the time goes next week for
it.
I hope everyone's working hard on their Still Life for this
coming Wednesday 28th. Remember no print required - you
just need to bring your photos in on your Pen Drive in their
original size. We have had some practise sessions on
Still Life over the past few weeks so no excuses from anyone
(that's Podge's words them!) Title them with your
membership number (which is listed at the end of this mailing) and
letter.
This week we have the return of Gary O'Neill - Gary's work is
published regularly in various Independent newspapers
including our local Wicklow People, he's always informative
and interesting so hopefully we'll see everyone then.
The AGM on the 4th has been
postponed until the 11th as both Elena and I can not attend -
and we don't want any secret voting going on! :oD
So tonight grab your cameras, leave the tripod at home and get
out and about and work on creative photos - up the ISO or do
some shaky handy trails etc.
Also on the 11th we welcome back Elena's daughter Niamh who
will show photos from her travels in China.
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| 16th |
I hope everyone managed to get
some great shots last Wednesday - good practise working with
shutter speeds/aperature.
There's some readjustments to the
programme for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully Paul
is on the mend and will do the ProShow next Wednesday and
whatever Paddy's Day shots everyone has we'll watch them too.
We have Guest Speaker Gary O'Neill on the 28th so let's make a
big effort and have a good crowd for Gary who is always
informative and very good when he visits us. Remember to
bring in your 2 Still Life photos on the 28th as well - no
prints this time - put the full size photos on a pen drive,
title them with your membership number and letter e.g. 5a for
one photo and 5b for the second. (Hopefully everyone knows
their number as I don't have a list but I'll try get it)
The AGM on the 4th has been postponed until the 11th as both
Elena and I can not attend - and we don't want any secret
voting going on! :oD So tonight grab your
camera's, leave the tripod at home and get out and about and
work on creative photos - up the ISO or do some shaky handy
trails etc.
Also on the 11th we welcome back Elena's daughter Niamh who
will show photos from her travels in China.
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| 9th |
I hope you've all picked out your photographic courses you're
going to do this year - qualification or no qualification!
Still, I hope you enjoyed/learned something last Wednesday
with session 2 of Q&A.
And so onwards.... tomorrow evening Pat Nolan is running a
fundraiser for Motor Neuron's Disease in Conary and has asked
us to take photos of the bands playing - can members at least
just send me a return email simply saying 'Yes' if they
can go please? The website is here http://www.conary.net/
Sunday 11am-4.30 there is Moto cross in Ferns if anyone would
like to head there.
A few special requests here:
1. Can members please bring in their
Maritime Photos on a Pen drive next week so we can choose
photos for the Bridge
2. Next Wednesday Paul is going to show
us how to make a slide show with ProShow so if you have 20-30
photos you'd like to bring in please do so and he'll work his
magic for you.
We're awaiting confirmation for our Guest Speaker but in
the meantime...
10 March - Conary Hall Saturday evening 8pm (see above)
14 March - ProShow with Paul
17 March - Remember St. Patrick's Day.
21 March - Light Metering - waiting to confirm. And
we'll have a show on the St. Patrick's Days photos.
28 March - Still Life Competition - it's a bit
different this time - you are required to bring your
two photos in on your pen drive and leave them at their
original size. The committee will then put your photos
on the laptop, put them on a CD and give you back your pen
drive. The disc with all our photos will
then be sent to Podge Kelly who, due to other commitments
will not be here on the night, will return a few weeks
later. You'll remember Podge visited with us some
weeks back and gave a great show and demonstration of his
take on Still Life so he's expecting everyone to have work
in for this or he's gonna kick some donkey.
Bring in your cameras again tonight (28th) - this time
leave the tripod at home - we're looking to take creative
and unconventional night shots tonight - so you can up
your ISO for hand held and grainy or go for the free flying
abstract lights look.
That all brings us up to the 4th April where we celebrate
our 7th Birthday!!! It will also be our AGM so... you
know what's coming!
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| February |
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| 29th |
Gosh,
seems like no length since I emailed ye all!
Many thanks to our hosts Hoey's Bridge Hotel for sponsoring
our Maritime Competition once again. Unfortunately I was unable
to make it there but I believe there were cocktails galore - to
be photographed - before being devoured by our 'samplers'. So
Congratulations go to Gail Brennan who came 3rd with her Arklow
Shipping Anchor; Stewart Case was second and Larissa O'Duffy was
first with Hook Lighthouse.
On Saturday we head to Conary for the Motor Neuron's Disease
fundraiser and we wish them all the very best on the night.
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| 24th |
Just
a reminder that on Sunday we have our outing to Kilmacurragh -
meet 11.30am outside The Bridge.
As all was quiet on Wednesday the Filters night has been
postponed till another time so we had to make do with a bit of
improv - we gave Roberts disc's a chance on the laptop but they
wouldn't work (so if anyone has any recent photo related discs
from any of the mags that we could borrow it'd be much
appreciated) and we settled on portrait videos from Youtube -
can't technology be a wonderful thing at times?!
Next week we have our Maritime competition - 2 photos mounted
please.
Remember as well to email in your Questions so I can get
working on them for ye for the 7th March.
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| 17th |
So
love was in the air last Wednesday - well - a touch of it anyway
- thanks to all for bringing in their Project Work. Your work
for next week follows on from the Q&A night we had - the
topic is 'Panning' (not for gold but the follow your subject
with blurry background).
Thanks also to Stewart for his talk on Maritime photography
ahead of our competition on the 29th Feb - so you all know what
your subject matter is and what it isn't. Keep it
boaty/shippy/naval industry or still life (just no pebbles or
grass - think man made rather than nature). This competition is
sponsored by our adoptive home The Bridge Hotel so we need
EVERYONE to participate in this please. We don't have that many
competitions and we've all known well in advance. Photos must
have been taken within the past twelve months so chances are you
have something - the images are not limited to the Arklow area
and we are surrounded by towns and villages with
boats/ships/harbours and all the paraphernalia that goes with it
so we're looking forward to a great turnout guys.
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| 10th |
Finally
members got out for some night photos on Wednesday, cold as it
was, so looking forward to seeing what everyone got.
Homework for last week was 'Texture' - keep up the good work
everyone. Next week it's St. Valentines Day so that's your
theme.
Stewart will also give a talk on Maritime photography to
guide us in what we should enter into the Maritime Competition
at the end of the month.
If anyone has any thoughts for what they would like discussed
in future weeks please email me and we'll sort it out for ye.
George is laid up again so waves of good vibes to be sent his
way again - get him back on his feet.
And the weekend away to Doolin list is done, house to be
booked this week.
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| 2nd |
Attached
you'll find the handout for our QnA - you won't necessarily need
everything in it and it doesn't by any means cover everything
within each topic but it'll give you a starting point anyway.
There was great feed back tonight, thank you all, glad you
enjoyed it and nice to know we can all still learn things and
share the knowledge - that's why we're here.
Thanks as well to everyone for all their hard work with the
Projects recently - keep it up - and with the shows from Wicklow
Gaol as well - great work guys. For anyone who hasn't yet
visited the place it's well worth it - and a great day to fill a
rainy one and if you have kids they'll love it too - it's a
great way of bringing history alive and memorable for them.
Next week's Project Work is 'Texture'. Make sure to bring
your cameras as well - unfortunately as we were expecting bad
weather last week we didn't head out so if it's a good night
next Wednesday we will head out.
The Committee will meet at 8pm to plan the next few weeks but
do remember that the Maritime Completion is on the 29th Feb. 2
A4ish photos mounted please.
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| 30th |
We had a great day out in Wicklow Gaol on
Sunday - an ideal way to spend the afternoon in weather like
that. After being 'incarcerated' we were left to our own
devices which gave us ample opportunity and time (what else
are you going to spend in prison) for taking photos (some got
a 'Get out of Jail' card early for good behaviour while others
got extended sentences).
So tomorrow night we have our Q&A night -
time's up for entering your questions but don't worry there
should be enough on the night to keep you going for a while.
Time is also running out to get your name down
for the Weekend away trip to Doolin in Clare planned
for 11th May - Elena needs your name this Wednesday
(1st Feb) so she can book the house.
Well done to Elena as well as she was the only
one with Project Work last week - come on guys - get back to
it!! It's great to see the creativity that everyone
brings to each Wednesday night so come on and share it! So
I'll give ye another chance to bring your 'Shadows' tomorrow
night and don't forget your 'Garden Birds' - mine aren't great
but I'll bring them anyway and Paul can tell me where I've
gone wrong!
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| 20th |
Hi
all,
Many thanks to Paul Kavanagh for his show of Wildlife &
Adventure photographs. How he gets the time is beyond me!!
Here's the link to his website: http://paulkavanagh.ie/
Paul is a very modest guy, does not consider himself a
photographer but gets stuck in to everything he gets involved in
whether it's climbing (mountains, snow and ice), trekking or
birds. If you missed Wednesday's show you can see his
photos on his site.
Bring the camera next week (25th) as we're out and about
for night shots - tripods required as well if you have them.
Project Work for last week (although not mentioned in last weeks
newsletter - opps) was to be 'Shadows' so we'll show them on the
25th as well and put the Garden Birds back till the 1st Feb.
Also on the 1st Feb we are to have our Q&A
although with the influx, or rather lack, of questions coming in
you must all be experts?! Surely someone must have a query
on something (photographic). Questions in please so we can
prepare answers for ye. We'd love at least one from
everyone.
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| 7th |
Welcome
to 2012 everyone, may it be filled with love, happiness and lots
of fun.
T’was a stormy night last Wednesday but some of us managed
to make it to The Bridge – most importantly the committee to
write up a calendar for the next few weeks:
First up – in preparation for later in the month we need
you to help us out. We need you to either email or write up a
question you would like answered in relation to either your
camera or your photography or anything photographic related.
Perhaps your photos aren’t coming out quite as intended and
you’d like to know why? Is there a button on your camera but
you’ve no idea what it’s for? We’ll do our best to answer
them all for you.
Project Work is back – yeah! So for next week – 11th Jan
your work is ‘Curves’. Remember as well to bring in your ‘Still
Life a la Podge’ and any festive photos you took and we’ll
have a great slideshow for the night.
Also next week Paul wanted to do a talk on Flying Dolphins
but we thought Garden Birds was more appropriate for this time
of year. You may remember Paul did this talk last March and at
the time we said it would come up for Project Work in the
future. As many of us feed our little feathered friends during
the winter it’s a great opportunity to capture them in camera.
Hopefully we’ll have the return of Paul Kavanagh on the
18th. Again you may remember Paul visited us two years ago with
his fabulous show of his climbing trips to Nepal, Wales,
Scotland as well as in Ireland. Paul also takes wildlife
photographs and all going well he’ll drop in this evening to
share his work with us.
On the 25th we’re heading out on the town for some Night
Shots so make sure you have your cameras and tripods (cards and
batteries charged!)
For the 1st Feb we will hold a QnA/FAQs night. As mentioned
above we need your help with this in order for it to go smoothly
so get your questions in and we can start working on them.
We’re also planning our weekend away and are considering
the 11th May as a possible date. The area being considered this
year is West Clare, a beautiful, stunning area of the country.
Here we have the Cliffs of Moher, The Burren (described as
"a savage land, yielding neither water enough to drown a
man, nor tree to hang him, nor soil enough to bury him" by
Oliver Cromwell's surveyor), Aliwee Caves , Arran Islands and
lots lots more (not forgetting a few watering holes). The date
isn’t carved in stone so check your diaries and let us know
when you’re available and we’ll start planning in earnest.
Delightful congratulations to Fiona on the birth of her son
recently. We wish her and all the family all the joy in the
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