Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – Harvest Moon over Scotsman’s Bay
On 5th October about 12 members headed down to Scotsman's Bay in Dun Laoghaire to get some pictures of the Harvest Moonrise. Fortunately, we had a relatively cloud-free evening and we got to see the Moon rise over the bay. Unfortunately taking pictures of the moon is...
Club Outing – National Botanical Gardens
On Tuesday 10th October eight of the members headed down to the National Botanical Gardens of Ireland in Glasnevin. Other than it being October, one would have thought it was a Spring day. Armed with favourable weather and an Art Exhibition in the gardens we went...
Club Outing – The Liffey Descent
On Saturday 23rd September a number of our members headed down to County Kildare and the River Liffey to capture pictures of canoeists going down the rapids of the River Liffey starting at the K Club in Straffan ending at Islandsbridge near Phoenix Park. Over the 11...
Club Outing – Eventing
Eventing is one of the Olympic equestrian disciplines where the horse and rider have to complete three tests: a Dressage test, a Cross Country test and a Show Jumping test. Five of us gathered to start our photographic odyssey at the water jump wandering thereafter...
Club Outing – All Ireland Hurling Sevens
On Saturday 2nd September a number of members arrived on a sunny day in Silver Park for the Hurling Sevens matches. A difficult assignment with the sun and the background (spectators and cars) playing havoc with photo opportunities. Photographing hurling is a...
Club Outing – Laytown Races
On the 5th September a number of members travelled to Laytown to attend the annual beach race on Laytown strand. Having secured press accreditation for the event which allowed access to the restricted beach area, the members were able to take sporting images which for...
Club Outing – Drimnagh Castle
On the 8th August 13 Midweek Shooters gathered at Drimnagh Castle under a sunlit sky promising rain later. The castle was built in the 13th century by the Norman Knight Hugo de Bernivale and is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat fed by the small...
Club Outing – Temple Bar
On a very wet Monday night on 31st July about a dozen members met at the now defunct Central Bank on Dame street with the hope of getting some street photography in Temple Bar. The weather eventually cleared and we went on walkabout capturing the mood and atmosphere...
Club Outing – Blackrock
Our Summer outing to Blackrock, on the 24th July, started in ideal conditions at the car park close to Blackrock train station. We had a great turn out, with some opting to head immediately over the bridge to the seashore, others heading towards the park and yet...