Welcome to Galway Camera Club online

Galway Camera Club has been running for over 20 years and is a diverse group of individuals interested in taking and viewing photographs. With a broad range of members from Professional to Amateur, we cater to all kinds of photography, from Digital to Film. We have members with interests in Infrared, Pinhole and Lomographic photography, along with more standard fare such as Landscape and Portrait photography.
There are also beginners classes available and new members are always welcome.
We meet on a Thursday night at 8pm in the White Room in Cluain Mhuire college (GMIT), Wellpark Road, situated a short walk from the junction at the Huntsman.
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Irish Walled Competition 2007

The Heritage Council has launched the 2007 Irish Walls Photography competition which will see the local winner pick up a cheque for €500.

All details can be found here

Michael Kelly funeral

The funeral mass of Michael A Kelly will take place tomorrow, Friday 24th, at noon in Cong Church, located beside the Abbey. Michael passed away last Tuesday morning at 5am, after a short illness. Michael's talent and passion for photography, especially in AV slideshows, will be sorely missed by the Club. His guidance, advice and judgement have been a boon to the club from the beginning. Galway Camera Club and its members express their deepest sympathy and condolences to the family in their time of grief.

HSE West Healthy Ageing Photo Competition.

Thought you may be interested to know that HSE West are running a photo competition. All details and an entry form are in the file below. Note that entries are due in by 31st August.

PhotographyCompetitionFinal.doc

IPF AV Competition

AV 2007
25th Irish National & International Audio-Visual Championships



The 25th Irish National & International Audio-Visual Championships, AV 2007, will take place on 12th to 14th October 2007 in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

The event will be judged by Colin Balls, FRPS, FIPF.

Closing date for entries: 1st September, 2007.

Entry form and entry fees to be sent to AV Group Secretary Lilian Webb, 66 Roseville, Naas, Co. Kildare. Tel: 045-866 160 to arrive not later than Saturday 1st September, 2007.

Rules and entry form available for download from the IPF website www.irishphoto.ie.

Closing date for reception of Sequences: 21st September, 2007. Identification forms, slide/tape and CDs for digital sequences, to be sent to Alan Lyons, Technical Team, 32 Oatfield Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. (01-6263658) e-mail: alanpsi@eircom.net. No sequences can be accepted after this date.

Provisional Timetable
Friday 12th October
8 pm Judge's Sequences

Saturday 13th October
10 am. Doors open
10:30 am First Judging Session
Lunch
2 pm Second Judging Session
7 pm Gala Dinner

Sunday 14th October

10 am. Doors open
10:30 am Third Judging Session
Lunch
2 pm Showing of Prize Winning Sequences
5 pm Close

Admission charge for Spectators: One day: 10 Euros, Weekend 18 Euros

Winter Program

Below is the winter program, click to enlarge.

Beginners Classes

Beginners Classes for members (i.e. you must be a paid member to attend) will begin on the 3rd October. The classes will generally be run by Ann Sweeney, along with other members contributing in digital workflow lessons. These classes are 1 hour long from 7pm-8pm. They are held in the same room that the club meets in, The White Room, Cluain Mhuire on Wellpark Road.

Competition Rules

Here are the normally accepted rules for entering club competition.

There are 4 categories in our competitions: Digital, Colour Print, Monochrome Print and Slide.

You can have up to 4 entries in total, with no more than 3 in any one category, EG 2 slides, 1 colour print and 1 digital.

Digital entries should be saved with 1000 pixels on the longest dimension. Also the filename should include your name, the competition name and a number if you've more than one digital entry, e.g. SeanMcCormack_Landscape_img2.jpg. Entries must be brought in on the entry night, due to issues with missing images. (Our new competition Secretary may take emails entries)

Prints, both colour and mono, should have your name and the orientation on it. Otherwise the judge may not know which way is up!

All prints should be suitably mounted. Prints not mounted will be disqualified from entry.

While there is currently no size limit, small prints tend to do badly in competition. A print size of 8"X12" to 11"X14" is a good size for competition. External competitions have a maximum size of 16"X20" including the mount, if you are considering entering these also.

Slides should be dotted in the bottom left hand corner as you look at them normally.

Although new material is preferred, any photo which has not been entered competition in 10 years may be entered again.

Good luck!

Newsletter for Winter 2007

You can download the new newsletter for the club here!

Created quickly using Pages on the Mac, it contains the Winter Timetable, along with other information about the club.

Location

Galway Camera Club meets in The White Room on the GMIT Cluain Mhuire campus, situated on Wellpark Road. Click on the picture to bring up the location on Google Maps.