Liz Stowe

18 August 2021

Congratulations to our 20/21 League Winners!

Liz Stowe

18 August 2021

It was a very strange year to say the least with a pandemic to keep us all at home. Despite that the competitions committee didn’t let us down with some interesting and diverse themes to keep us busy. We were treated to some wonderful photography as a result. They pushed us to work beyond our comfort zones and we had to get creative or be a little brave to honour the brief.

Huge congratulations to our league winners for our 2020/21 Club Year who all achieved their well deserved 1st place for their beautiful images.

Billy Cahill - 1st Place Advanced

Shane Tiernan - 1st Place Intermediate

Jean McCann - 1st Place Novice

Thank you to our competition committee: Blath McDonnell, Conor O’Brien and Pearse Barnett for all your hard work throughout the year. We are looking forward to the next one!

Billy Cahill - Advanced

Shane Tiernan - Intermediate

Jean McCann

Liz Stowe

20 July 2020

Changing of the guard

Liz Stowe

20 July 2020

Our AGM took place on the 13th of July through Zoom. Thankfully it was well attended and we were able to make the necessary changes to the main committee, including the election of a new chairperson, secretary and treasurer.

Billy White has served as chairperson for the last three years and has remained in that position for the maximum time allowed. He was a great chairman who was a steady and wise presence on the main committee and always happy to represent the club at our exhibitions and the IPF club competitions, no matter how far away we had to travel. Billy is a great teacher and mentor and has always been on hand to help nurture and inspire our members to become better photographers. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Billy for a job well done.

Our new chairperson is Liz Stowe. Liz has served as club secretary for the last three years and was a natural fit to fill the position of club chairperson. She has been a member of the club since the beginning and has worked on the exhibition, education, website and IPF competition committees over the last six years. She has also set the club calendar as part of her role as club secretary, booking speakers and working with the various sub-committees to create an interesting and comprehensive year for our members.

Anne Nathan will take over from Liz as club secretary. Anne has also been in the club since the beginning and has worked very hard on the competition committee over the last few years. She was also part of the team that kept the club going through Zoom during lock down. Anne has become an integral member of the club and will be a wonderful secretary.

Huge thanks to Claire Savage who has come to the end of her term as club treasurer. She was a diligent and dependable member of the main committee and was very committed to the club. Claire has also been a member of our club since the start and served three years on the competition committee before moving into the treasurer role. Claire will now help to run the Zoom meetings for the foreseeable future.

Our new treasurer is Paul Reardon. Paul joined the club a little later than the other main committee members and during his time with us he has worked on the outings committee. He has kept us all entertained over the years with his dry wit and great sense of humour. The club accounts are in great hands.

Liz Stowe

20 July 2020

Owen O'Connor awarded Honourary Membership

Liz Stowe

20 July 2020

We are delighted to announce that Owen O’Connor has been awarded honorary membership of Raheny Camera Club. Owen was a founding member of the club along with Cheryl Cox, Kieran Cox, Edel Bergin and Stacey Adriaanse. An idea that was first formed in 2014 by a group of scout leaders with a common interest in photography. It was through Owen’s knowledge and generosity that the club came to fruition. All it took was some gentle persuasion from the others and the first invitations were sent out to those who they felt might be interested in joining Raheny’s first camera club. The first official meeting to create the club took place in July 2014 and by September the first 50 members trickled through the doors of Raheny United.

Owen is a great photographer who has openly shared all of his experience with us from landscape to portrait photography. He taught us how to light your subject. When and where to shoot landscapes. Where to print our images. He organised our yearly weekend away to Clifden and Donegal. He brought some of the best photographers in Ireland to the club to inspire us. He was always on hand at our outings to help with settings or tripod set up. And he taught us about aperture, shutter speeds, exposure and depth of field. He was our first chairperson and he along with the others managed to turn an idea into a reality. Owen has been an educator and a mentor to everyone and will always be a treasured friend to us all. We are forever grateful for his contribution to our club and it is a great privilege to award Honorary Membership to such a deserving recipient.

Liz Stowe

29 June 2020

A move to Zoom

Liz Stowe

29 June 2020

As with almost everything else, the camera club was forced to retreat from our weekly meetings in Raheny GAA Club to the safety of our own homes. The Corona Virus had taken a hold of our everyday life and meetings were suspended. Thankfully our competitions committee, determined to finish out the league, took on the reins of the club and organised weekly Zoom meetings. It was a great success and enjoyed by many of our members, allowing them to keep up with their photography friends and inspiring them to keep taking photographs.

We had some great speakers and judges and even managed to have the end of year party and pub quiz online. Huge thanks to Blath McDonnell, Anne Nathan, David Carbery and Andy Nathan for all their hard work throughout this time. It is greatly appreciated by all members of the club.

Liz Stowe

5 March 2020

Another great success at the LIPF Distinctions in February

Liz Stowe

5 March 2020

We are so thrilled for our members who were successful at the February 29th Distinction sitting in Portloaise. The wild weather was certainly against them but it didn’t deter them as they made their way towards the midlands. It was a journey that was to be rewarded with great success. Seven members were successful and received their LIPF Distinctions for their wonderful panels. It takes a lot of work to pull a panel together and it was great to see them rewarded for their hard work.

Congratulations to Derek Emerson, Billy Cahill, Conor O’Brien, Terry Tracey, Pearse Barnett and Anne and Gerard McGrath. We are so proud of you all.

Derek Emerson

Gerard McGrath

Anne McGrath

Conor O’Brien

Terry Tracey

Billy Cahill

Pearse Barnett

Liz Stowe

26 February 2020

A great success at Photographer of the Year!

Liz Stowe

26 February 2020

The club would like to congratulate our member, Conor O’Brien, who placed 1st for his Mono Print at the finals of the Photographer of the Year in the Talbot Hotel on the 23rd February. It was a fantastic result for Conor who has gone from strength to strength in IPF competitions over the last 12 months. Conor was awarded first place for his colour image in the National Shield, before success with the same image in the Regional Rounds of the Photographer of the Year.

It was his beautiful mono print of a man reading that ultimately earned Conor a gold medal at the Photographer of the Year Finals in the non advanced category. A fantastic result and a magical day for all who attended and supported Conor as he received his award.

We are incredibly proud of Conor and wish him every success in the future.!

Liz Stowe

25 February 2020

All the World's a Stage Inter Club Competition

Liz Stowe

25 February 2020

All The World’s A Stage was the theme for this year’s Inter Club Competition which took place upstairs in Donaghmede Shopping Centre on the 19th February. It was a wonderful event with a healthy attendance of hopeful photographers from five local camera clubs, all waiting to see the results of judging by husband and wife team, Eamon and Christine O’ Day.

There was great excitement as the results were called out. Four members received honorable mentions: Billy White, Sharon Hughes, Cian Burgess and Owen O’Connor. Dom O’Brien was highly commended. Jennifer Whelan was awarded 5th place. Cian Burgess was awarded 3rd place. And Liz Stowe was the overall winner with 1st place. It was a fantastic night for Raheny Camera Club and we are very grateful to our Exhibitions Committee, Cian Burgess, Birgit Kretschmann and Aidan O’Reilly for all their hard work in pulling it together.

We would also like to thank DCC, Donaghmede Shopping Centre and Bermingham Cameras for very generously sponsoring the competition. It was a very enjoyable evening and we look forward to next years’ event!

Congratulations to all our successful photographers!

Liz Stowe

24 February 2020

Photographer of the Year 2020

Liz Stowe

24 February 2020

2019 was a phenomenal year for our club and 2020 has kept that momentum going. It all started in early February when three members were successful at the regional round of the Photographer of the Year 2020.

Liz Stowe was awarded a Bronze medal in the Mono Print section in the Advanced category.

Liz Stowe - Bronze Medal - Advanced Mono Print

Brendan Burke received an honourable mention in the Colour Print section in the Advanced category.

Brendan Burke - Highly Commended - Advanced Colour Print

Conor O’Brien was awarded first and second place in the Colour Print section in the Non Advanced category and 2nd place in the Mono Print section.

Conor O’Brien - 1st Place - Non Advanced Colour Print

Conor O’Brien - 2nd Place - Non Advanced Colour Print

Conor O’Brien - 2nd Place - Non Advanced Mono Print

Congratulations to all members and the best of luck in the finals!

Liz Stowe

20 November 2019

Huge results in the National Shield!

Liz Stowe

20 November 2019

What a day we had in Kilkenny!

We couldn’t have imagined how the day would end as we set off at 6.30 on a cold Sunday morning. As always there was speculation about where we would place, talk of our progression over the last few years from 23rd place at our first attempt and moving up to 17th on our last. Would we make it into the top ten this year? Maybe…. Yes, if we could achieve that we would be happy. As a relatively new club we all felt that it was good to make a steady progression in the rankings and we felt that as a group we were bringing each other on and that was showing in our two panels this year. So we were quietly optimistic that we would move up that ladder but we were not prepared for what actually unfolded as the awards were announced.

It started with the announcement for most improved club. We were told that there were two clubs who were being awarded this year. The first called out was Blarney Camera Club to a roar of cheers from its members. We were still clapping for them when they announced that the other club to receive a certificate was Raheny Camera Club. Our jaws almost hit the floor. We just looked at each other in disbelief before a delayed and riotous roar. Our first award as a club. We were beside ourselves with happiness. Absolutely thrilled.

We had just about gathered ourselves and regained some measure of calm when they announced our member, Conor O’Brien as the recipient of the bronze award for his beautiful colour print. We couldn’t believe it. We were on our feet, absolutely bursting with pride for Conor as he stood up and collected his award. Another first for Raheny Camera Club. We were delighted.

With no expectation of placing in the top three for either the colour or monochrome panel we settled in to see who would be successful and have their moment of glory in front of the gathered crowd. If truth be told we were still a little distracted by our previous awards. When our panel appeared on the big screen as they announced first place for monochrome, we were blindsided. It took a few seconds for the reality to set in and another round of shocked glances at each other before we erupted in a unified cheer. We had won for our panel. It was hard to believe. Our little club, just five years old, had created a panel that had achieved first place. What a fantastic feeling, standing together, in utter disbelief, to receive our award.

As the full results were handed out we discovered that we had come fourth with our colour panel and fourth overall. Not bad for a fledgling club from Raheny.

It was a surreal experience that went from joy to pride to utter bewilderment.

We would like to congratulate Andrew Magan and his team for organising such a great event. It was a fantastic venue and a wonderful day. Thank you for all your hard work.

Congratulations to the following photographers who represented the club with their images:

Monochrome Panel: Billy Cahill, Conor O’Brien, Terry Tracey, Liz Stowe, Billy White, Dee Barragry, Derek Emerson, Gerard McGrath, Anne McGrath and Claire Savage.

Colour Panel: Olwyn Young, Billy Cahill, Conor O’Brien, Pearse Barnett, Phil McGowan, Anne McGrath, Dom O’Brien, Derek Emerson, Sharon Hughes and Jennifer Whelan.

Until next year!

Liz Stowe

24 September 2019

League Winners 2018/19 Announced

Liz Stowe

24 September 2019

Olwyn Young

Derek Emerson

Claire Savage

It was an interesting and diverse year in terms of competition themes thanks to our hard working competitions committee and we were treated to some wonderful photography as a result. They pushed us to work beyond our comfort zones and we had to get creative or be a little brave to honour the brief.

Huge congratulations to our league winners for our 2018 /19 Club Year who all achieved their well deserved 1st place for their beautiful images.

Olwyn Young - 1st Place Advanced

Derek Emerson - 1st Place Intermediate

Claire Savage - 1st Place Novice

Thank you to our competition committee: Anne Nathan, Blath McDonnell and Olwyn Young for all your hard work throughout the year. We are looking forward to the next one!