News items from November meeting

A reminder of the News items announced at last Tuesday's meeting:

2017 Christmas Party

This year the Christmas Party will be held as a social in the second half of the December meeting (12th December). There will be hot food and festive treats on offer and we hope to see everyone there!

Motivation

Next month's theme is 'Aspects of Winter'. The deadline is midnight, Tuesday 5th December. Dropbox links to enter will be on the forum in due course.

Strobist Seminar - Sun 3rd Dec

We have been asked by the IPPA to circulate details of an upcoming Strobist Seminar in Dublin featuring, David Hobby (Strobist.com) and Sara Landa. Its a one day seminar in Dublin (Dun Laoghaire).  All details are on the forum here. The IPPA are offering a free ticket worth €75 to one of our members who intends to go. To be in with a chance of winning this please reply to the forum post, stating your interest. Winner will be announced next Tuesday.  

24/12

The committee have decided to replace the current 52/52 with a 24/12 competition. In a nutshell, participants will upload 2 photos a month by the end of each month, for the year. It will be run in a similar way to the 52/52 with a few minor changes to the current rules. The New Rules will be added to the website shortly. The 24/12 will start in January 2018. More details to follow.

Upcoming Photoshoot

We intend to run a photoshoot in King House similar to the one we ran in January 2016. We will be demonstrating how to take portraits using natural light, strobe lights (flashguns), and studio lights. Provisional date is Jan 28th. Keep an eye on the website for more details.

Notifications

A reminder that the website and forum both have notification features, to keep you informed of any updates posted on both. For the website, enter your email as shown below. For the forum, register your details, as shown below also.

Agenda - Club Meeting - 14th November

Door opens at 7.45pm. Meeting will begin PROMPTLY at 8pm!

Please note this months door fee will be 5 euros

The Agenda for our November meeting this Tuesday night is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address;
• Motivation for November.
• AOB

• Motivation Slideshow - This months movitation theme is Abstract, Joe Kennedy will present the images. There will be review and discussion afterwards.

• Tea/Coffee Break

• Speaker - Gabriel O Shaughnessy – Gabriel is one of Ireland's leading photographer and an always sought out judge for international competitions. He has been a member of Dundalk Photographic Society for over 20 years in which has help them to win the FIAP Clubs World Cup. Gabriel has won over 40 wards at national level. He is also sits on the IPF distinctions judging panel. For more about Gabriel see http://irishphoto.ie/about/mfiap-members/gabriel-j-oshaughnessy/

Meetings are held in St Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. We look forward to seeing you all. As always, new members are very welcome

Motivation Reminder

Iced Tea with Mint - Peter Kelly

Members are reminded that the motivation theme for this month is 'Abstract'. Entries should be submitted here before midnight on Tuesday 7th November.