Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – Emo Court
On Saturday 9th September four members arrived at Emo Court. The weather was warm and sunny. Emo House is a neo-classical mansion, set amid the ancient Slieve Bloom Mountains. We meandered around the beautiful lake and walled garden. We experimented with ICM shots....
Club Outing – Glencree
On a beautiful September Saturday (02/09) at 10.30am 14 Offshoot members met in the Glencree Reconciliation Centre near Enniskerry. A few early arrivals partook of coffee and cakes in the Armoury Café. A few (more eager) early arrivals visited the nearby German...
Club Outing – Summer Break
Over the Summer break instead of meetings on a Monday we had outings. Below are a selection of our member's images taken on these outings. Some images (click on an image to open in full-screen mode) from the outing can be seen below: [justified_image_grid...
Club Outing – Duckett’s Grove and Altamont Gardens
On Saturday 1st July, 9 members arrived at Ducketts Grove, the weather was great although there was quite a stiff breeze, making macro photography quite difficult. Ducketts Grove ia a ruined 19th-Century, great georgian country house that was redesigned in a...
Club Outing – Ireland’s Eye
On Saturday 24th June, 17 members of our club ( plus a junior future member ) gathered on the west pier of Howth harbour. Weather conditions could not have been more favourable for our short crossing to Ireland’s Eye. During our 20 mins boat trip to the landing point...
Club Outing – Petit Volant
On Saturday the 10th June a group of us headed to the Benildus College sports grounds for an outdoor event by Petit Volant. This is our second time to photograph their acrobatics team, previously we attended their studio in Sandyford. Unfortunately, someone (who shall...
Club Outing – Moonrise over the 40ft
On Saturday evening, 3rd June, 10 members of our club gathered on the East Pier, Dun Laoghaire, to capture the rising full moon ( named ‘Strawberry Moon’ or first Summer moon). Conditions were favourable with no clouds visible in the sky, but the all important horizon...
Club Outing – Inistioge and Woodstock Gardens
On Saturday 27th May, a small but merry gang of 4 arrived at Inistioge, a beautiful and historic village on the river Nore in South Kilkenny. We rambled around the town down to the bridge, this ten-arch rubble stone Classical-style road bridge was built in 1763. We...
Club Outing – Birds on the Saltees Islands
On Saturday 20th May 13 lucky members descended on the Saltees for an Outing which was planned in March. The morning was very pleasant and cloudy, but there was no cold in the air. The wind which was quite noticeable onshore was not present when the boat reached the...