Liz Stowe
Congratulations to our 20/21 League Winners!
Congratulations to our 20/21 League Winners!
Liz Stowe
Changing of the guard
Changing of the guard
Liz Stowe
A move to Zoom
A move to Zoom
Liz Stowe
Another great success at the LIPF Distinctions ...
Another great success at the LIPF Distinctions in February
Liz Stowe
A great success at Photographer of the Year!
A great success at Photographer of the Year!

Six Members achieve their LIPF Distinctions in Portlaoise!

We are delighted to to announce that six members of the club were successful in achieving their Licentiateship from the Irish Photographic Federation on the 9th March in Portlaoise. A wonderful accomplishment for the club and the result of months of hard work, commitment, diligence and most importantly, team work from all involved in this momentous success.

Individual photographers present their work before the distinctions judges, who assess whether the applicant should be awarded the relevant distinction applied for. Thankfully all members brave enough to put themselves forward on this occasion were successful and we are extremely proud of their results.

We would like to congratulate the following members

  • Billy White LIPF

  • Liz Stowe LIPF

  • Olwyn Young LIPF

  • Sharon Hughes LIPF

  • Eamonn Quinn LIPF

  • Brendan Burke LIPF

Well done to all on your great triumph!

Click on the images below to see each successful panel.

Liz Stowe LIPF

Sharon Hughes LIPF

Olwyn Young LIPF

Eamonn Quinn LIPF

Brendan Burke LIPF

Billy White LIPF

League Winners 2017/18 Announced

Over the course of the Camera Club year we run 7 monthly competitions, and each competition has an Open section (where members can photograph on any subject) and a Theme Section (where the members have to follow a brief on a theme). The themes this year were as follows:

1. Bull Island (no wooden bridge, no Poolbeg Chimneys)
2. Silhouette
3. Breaking the Rules
4. Frozen in Time
5. Portrait
6. Clips Clamps and Connectors
7. Broken

Congrats to the section winners this year.

Liz Stowe was the well-deserved winner of the Advanced Section. Alison Stewart, who was with the club for a year while home from Australia, took the crown in the Intermediate section, and in the Novices it was Deryck Vincent who emerged victorious.

Advanced Winner's Gallery 2018: Liz Stowe

Intermediate Winner's Gallery: Alison Stewart

Novice Winner's Gallery: Deryck Vincent

The list, when it was shared with the members, provoked some strong and often hilarious reactions but it’s fair to say that everyone took the challenge and some of the entries were stunning. The reason we have competitions, and in particular themed competitions, is to encourage members to push themselves beyond what they would usually choose to photograph, and to work on techniques involving different types of composition and using all of the camera’s different settings.

Everyone learns a lot when planning and capturing an image, and also in the judge’s critique of their work. Our judges are generally drawn from other camera clubs, we would ask an advanced photographer – usually with a particular or special interest – to review all of the competition entries and asses them in order of merit. Every member has the opportunity to see everyone else’s competition entries being critiqued and it is always a great learning experience.

There were promotions for any members who scored 85% or above over the course of the year, so the league tables are a great way of helping member to progress.
You can see some of the winning competition entries here.

The Art of Street Photography

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Taking place in the elegant ballroom of Dublin's Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, The Art of Street Photography is an Exhibition of Street Photography featuring the works of many acclaimed and published International and Irish Artists. Carefully curated by Des Byrne, it is a fascinating window into other worlds.

We are delighted to have one of our members, Liz Stowe, included in this eclectic and fascinating collection of work, along with many members of the Irish Street Photography Group. 

Featured Photographers include: Jill Freedman USA - Tish Murtha UK - Richard Sandler USA - Gabi Ben Avraham Israel - Tatsuo Suzuki Japan - Rudy Boyer France - Arek Rataj Poland - Melissa Breyer USA - Flo Fox USA and fifty other amazing Photographers.

The exhibitions runs until the 30th June.

Admission is free.

The 95th Scottish International Salon of Photography 2018 Acceptances

We are extremely proud to announce that two members of Raheny Camera Club have had images accepted in the 95th Scottish International Salon of Photography.

Liz Stowe and Owen O'Connor have had three images accepted each.

The Scottish International Salon of Photography 2018 is an International Show of Photographic expertise and has received International Patronage and Recognition from: - 

The Federation lnternationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP)  (2018/141),                       (International Federation of the Art of Photography) and Photographic Society of America (PSA) (2018-133).

It's a fantastic achievement and marks the first acceptances for members of the club to Salon competitions. Hopefully many more will follow and our other members will be inspired to follow in their footsteps.

Huge congratulations to you both!

Check out their successful images below.

Liz Stowe

Owen O'Connor

Owen O'Connor is IPPVA Portrait Photographer of the Year 2018

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We are incredibly proud of club member and former chairman, Owen O'Connor, on his fantastic win at the Bank of Ireland IPPVA Awards 2018.

Owen was awarded Portrait Photographer of the Year 2018.

This is a huge achievement and we would like to congratulate him on this momentous accolade. Owen was one of the founding members of the club and is an integral part of our community. We are delighted that his fantastic talent has been rewarded.

Well done, Owen!

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Congratulations to Alison Stewart who won the Change Makers Category in the Huawei Creative photography awards

The club would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to Alison Stewart who won the Change Makers category in this years Huawei Creative Awards. Alison was selected from thousands of photographers so we're very proud of your achievement and wish you continued success in the future. Some other members, Dom O'Brien, Miriam Maguire and Olwyn Young were also shortlisted for the final in various categories across the competition. Congratulations on this huge achievement to all of you. 

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