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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...
Club Outing – Dun Laoghaire Sailing
For our outing on the 20th July as we waited in the car, it wasn’t the most promising of starts to our outing. The heavens opened and there was a torrential downpour - !! Irish Summer strikes again !! But it soon cleared and we actually had no rain for the rest of the...
Club Outing – Lough Tay
On Monday 10th July as part of our Summer Outing programme a number of the members headed up to Lough Tay to get some sunset images. Some images (click on an image to open in full screen mode) from the outing below: [justified_image_grid...
Club Outing – Monasterboice
On Tuesday the 11th of July the predicted weather came to pass and under clouds heavy with showers 5 members gathered in the churchyard of Monasterboice. It was alive with tour buses from which disgorged tourists to mingle with us amongst the gravestones, high crosses...
Club Outing – Marley Park
On 3rd July the first outing of our Summer Season was to Marley Park. In typical Irish fashion it was a 'soft' day and we did not know if the event was going ahead until the last moment. A hardy group of our members toughed it out and their images (click on an image...
Club Outing – Camargue
In Mid-May 12 of us (9 members and 3 guests) travelled to this beautiful part of Provence wedged between the Petit Rhône and Grand Rhône and roamed by black bulls, white horses and pink flamingos. The Camargue is a wetland of salt pans, rice paddies and the most...
Mike Smith LSINWP
Congratulations to Mike Smith for attaining his LSINWP Distinction at the May 2017 sitting of the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers. The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers members capture the natural world, which...
Club Outing – Saltees 2017
On the 10th June ten of the members went out to the Greater Saltee Island of Kilmore Quay in County Wexford to get pictures of the sea birds. Some of the members headed up on the 9th June to take pictures of the Hook Lighthouse. Unfortunately the weather was never on...