Apologies for no blog or updates from August-December 2011. To see those notices please go here:

Welcome to 2012 everyone, may it be filled with love, happiness and lots of
fun.

T’was a stormy night last Wednesday but some of us managed to make it to The
Bridge – most importantly the committee to write up a calendar for the next
few weeks:

First up – in preparation for later in the month we need you to help us out.
We need you to either email or write up a question you would like answered
in relation to either your camera or your photography or anything
photographic related. Perhaps your photos aren’t coming out quite as
intended and you’d like to know why? Is there a button on your camera but
you’ve no idea what it’s for? We’ll do our best to answer them all for you.

Project Work is back – yeah! So for next week – 11th Jan your work is
‘Curves’. Remember as well to bring in your ‘Still Life a la Podge’ and any
festive photos you took and we’ll have a great slideshow for the night.

Also next week Paul wanted to do a talk on Flying Dolphins but we thought
Garden Birds was more appropriate for this time of year. You may remember
Paul did this talk last March and at the time we said it would come up for
Project Work in the future. As many of us feed our little feathered friends
during the winter it’s a great opportunity to capture them in camera.

Hopefully we’ll have the return of Paul Kavanagh on the 18th. Again you may
remember Paul visited us two years ago with his fabulous show of his
climbing trips to Nepal, Wales, Scotland as well as in Ireland. Paul also
takes wildlife photographs and all going well he’ll drop in this evening to
share his work with us.

On the 25th we’re heading out on the town for some Night Shots so make sure
you have your cameras and tripods (cards and batteries charged!)

For the 29th Feb we will hold a QnA/FAQs night. As mentioned above we need
your help with this in order for it to go smoothly so get your questions in
and we can start working on them.

We’re also planning our weekend away and are considering the 11th May as a
possible date. The area being considered this year is West Clare, a
beautiful, stunning area of the country. Here we have the Cliffs of Moher,
The Burren (described as "a savage land, yielding neither water enough to
drown a man, nor tree to hang him, nor soil enough to bury him" by Oliver
Cromwell's surveyor), Aliwee Caves , Arran Islands and lots lots more (not
forgetting a few watering holes). The date isn’t carved in stone so check
your diaries and let us know when you’re available and we’ll start planning
in earnest.

Delightful congratulations to Fiona on the birth of her son recently. We
wish her and all the family all the joy in the world (and sleepful nights).


In Brief:
11th Project Work ‘Curves’; ‘Still Life a la Podge’ & other photos
taken during the hols.
Garden Birds with Paul

18th Paul Kavanagh ‘Wildlife’ (TBC)
25th Out’n’about – Night Shots (cameras/tripods)
29th QnA/FAQ


Other dates of note:

29th February Maritime Competition
28th March Still Life