Again another great selection of images submitted for our monthly competition. Congratulations to all who submitted and here are the winning images for this month.

Topic: Tallaght Photographic Society’s Zoom Meeting League Night with Judge: Julie Corcoran Time: Nov 24, 2020 08:00 PM London Zoom link has been sent to members by email Looking forward to seeing you then Kay

Topic: Tallaght Photographic Society’s Zoom Meeting/Mark Stewart/ Skramshots Time: Nov 17, 2020 08:00 PM London REMINDERThis Tuesday  is also hand in night please have your Images in before 8.00pm Have a nice weekend and keep safe RegardsKay 

Congratulations to club member Brenda Sheridan for winning the November one shot competition Theme for November was smooth and shiny

Congratulations to all who submitted league entries for October 2020, especially the novice photographers. Thanks again to Tony Murray, Malahide Camera Club, who judged the photos for us last night.

We are having our first meeting of the new season and as normal we start with Show and Tell. This will be by Zoom, details forwarded to members by email. Please only have 10 photos, in jpg format, you will be sharing your screen through Zoom. We also have our one shot competition, our judge this time is Tony Swweney. The theme is LOCKDOWN. Same format : jpg. and normal rules apply regarding resizing of photos. Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.

New Club Committee for 2020/21 As you know we had our AGM last night.  Thank you everyone who attended and to the Volunteers who stepped up to join the Committee. The following are your new Committee:President: Paddy SayerSecretary: Kay GeogheganTreasurer: Ewa Poplawska  Competition Secretary: Gerry DalyPRO:  John RafteryCommittee Member: Oliver O’FlannaganCommittee Member: Piotr Rak Thank you to everyone for your support over the last few years…..Best regards,Ellie

This summer as we were not able to hold our Tuesday evening outings, the committee decided to run a monthly challenge. Three challenges were set up in June, July and August and members were asked to submit their entries and club members voted for their favourite image. Great images were submitted and it was good to see so many club members getting involved in the competition. Winning images were – Thanks to all who took part in the competition.

This Tuesday we welcome Elaine Butler from Palmerstown Camera Club. Elaine is going to talk to us about composite photography. You can see some of her work here:http://www.elainebutlerphotography.com/ Don’t forget voting in the August Challenge is open until 10pm tonight.  Our season starts again on the 1st of September with our AGM.  The AGM will be held via zoom,  details will be sent out closer to the time.   Sept 8th is our first One Shot of the new Season.  Thank you to Maureen Hastings for once again getting sponsorship from Harvey Norman in Nutgrove.  The Theme is “Lockdown” and entries should be emailed to  info@tallaghtphotographicsociety.com by 8pm on the 8th of September.  Usual rules re sizing apply….2400px on the long side and 240dpi.  See you all on Tuesday!

Tuesday 11th of August is our next meeting where we will welcome Tim Pile to talk to us about his Photography.  You can see some of his work here: www.timpile.co.uk As you will see from his website Tim’s photography comprises mainly nudes in landscape, so bearing in mind that we are an over 18’s only club, please be aware of who is in the room when you join the meeting!  Zoom Details to follow. The August Challenge theme is “Vibrance”  Get your entries into info@tallaghtphotographicsociety.com by 5pm on Tuesday 18th August.Voting will start on August  20th until 23rd and the winner will be announced at our meeting on  August 25th.  Usual rules re sizing apply….2400px on the long side and 240dpi.Please name your file with your Club Number and the challenge name.  For example 12345_Vibrance.  (If you are unsure of how to do this please reply by email and one of us will help you). See you on Tuesday next at 8pm