Killarney Camera Club

Novice Category

• 1. Justyna Krawczwk - Blue Rose
• 2. Ignatius O Shea - One Eye On The Ball
• 3. Shah Shahidi - Cork Harbour
• 4. Lorraine Ahern - Twilight

Unrestricted category

• 1. Giulia Cameranesi - Intensely Blue
• 2. Seamus Long - Blue M and Ms
• 3. Paul Garnet - Valentia

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Giulia Cameranesi		131
2	Seamus Long		121
3	Paul Garnett		119
4	Teddy Sugrue		117
4	Seamus Long		117

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Posted by Seamus Long

Our club photographic exhibition titled "TEN YEARS ON" is now on display in the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, New Road, Killarney. This is in celebration of our ten years in existence during which the Club has gone from strength to strength. The images represent a wide variety of photographic subjects including landscape, seascape, nature, portrait and still life and were taken by both experienced and inexperienced photographers.

Everybody is welcome to go along to view our exhibition and entry is free of charge. The exhibition will run until 19th May and is open from 9.30am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday. We hope you enjoy our 10th Anniversary exhibition and, if you wish, you may leave comments on our Facebook page .

Thanks to the Management and staff here in Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for hosting our exhibition.

Novice Category

• 1. Matt O'Neill - LakeSide
• 2. Maire Keane - Black Valley
• 3. Billy Dermody - Rocks

Unrestricted category

• 1. Giulia Cameranesi - Blennerville
• 2. Paul Garnet - Watergate
• 3. Teddy Sugrue - Old Harry Rock

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Giulia Cameranesi		141
2	Paul Garnett		131
3	Teddy Sugrue		128
4	Giulia Cameranesi		127
5	Seamus Long		121

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Novice Category

• 1. Monika Costello - lucky with cat 2
• 2. Giulia Cameranesi - Ballybunion Beach
• 3. Denis O Leary - IMG_9856

Unrestricted category

• 1. Janette O Callaghan - Razorbills
• 2. Teddy Sugrue - Lough Leane
• 3. Paul Garnett - Proud Stag

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Janette O Callaghan		169
2	Teddy Sugrue		167
3	Paul Garnett		164
4	Monika Costello		163
5	Seamus Long		162

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Unrestricted category

• 1. Terry MacSweeney - iFruit
• 2. Giulia Cameranesi - Sad reflection
• 3. Denis O Leary - Swan Lake

Novice Category

• 1. Giulia Cameranesi - Sad reflection
• 2. Denis O Leary - Swan Lake
• 3. Maire Keane - Gougane Fog

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Terry MacSweeney		124
2	Giulia Cameranesi		111
3	Denis O Leary		110
3	JC Andre		110
3	Maire Keane		110

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Posted by Marie Lyne Kelly

After starting our preparations for the exhibition in mid October, Tuesday evening last we were proud to launch our 10th Anniversary Photographic Exhibition. The exhibition which is currently on show in Killarney Library is aptly entitled "Ten Years On". The work on display represents a large range of members in the club. Images from experienced members hang beside images from the inexperienced members of the club and they all compliment each other perfectly.

Seamus Long, our club chairman and one of the founding members of Killarney Camera Club, began the evening with a speech explaining how in the 10 years since the club was founded photography has changed in so many ways. Moving from film to digital has made it more accessible to people. He also spoke how the club has changed over the 10 years. From the first meetings in the Park Place hotel to what has become our home for the last 4 years The Heights Hotel. Finally he thanked those who helped out behind the scenes in setting up the exhibition. From the photographers for the beautiful images to others who helped with frames, mounting, printing and hanging.

Seamus then introduced our special guest on the evening, Radio Kerry broadcaster Mr. Weeshie Fogarty. Weeshie who has been very supportive of the club since we appeared on his show "In Conversation with..." in March of this year was a popular choice to launch the exhibition for us.

Weeshie himself has a love for photography and especially photographing his much loved Killarney and its beautiful surroundings. He mentioned during his speech that we as photographers have the tools to record a moment in time. Which if it's not captured could be gone and lost forever. How taking images of local people and places can bring memories back to people who have long since moved away from their hometown. In seeing one image people can be transported back to times past and friends they knew and loved.

We were joined by some of our members on the night who were delighted to see their work hanging, some for the first time. It is obvious the amount of work the Exhibition Committee, which consists of our chairman Seamus Long, Pat Neary and Ignatius O'Shea had put in when you see how well the exhibition looks when you enter the room in the Library.

Also joining us were fellow photographers from other camera clubs. We really were delighted to see people who travelled from as far as Ardfert Camera Club and we thank them all for their support. We also appreciate the support the local photographers and journalists have given the club on this exhibition. Articles and images have appeared in Kerry's Eye, Killarney Outlook and Killarney Advertiser.

Finally on behalf of the club I would like to thank John and Mary and all the staff in the Killarney Library for all their help and co-operation and for the welcome they gave to everyone who was there on the night. The exhibition is running for another week and we would love for you to come along and have a look and perhaps leave a comment in the book if you like what you see.

As always we would like to thank our family and friends for coming along and supporting us. They are the ones who indulge our passion for photography. The ones who don't mind us getting up in the middle of the night for a sunrise shoot or coming home late, wet and cold after a failed sunset shoot!

Posted by Seamus Long

Following publication of the 2012 Killarney Lions Club/Killarney Camera Club Calendar many people have asked me "Who is the man in the 'Cherry Walk' photograph?" As well as representing the month of April, the photo was on the cover of the Summer edition. Unfortunately, the truth is I didn"t know. While I spoke to him very briefly on the day I took the photograph in April as he was walking his dog, I neither knew his name nor anything about him. I took the photograph about an hour after I spoke to him and he didn"t know I was taking it. So, to me he was the "Mystery Man". After the photograph was selected for inclusion in the calendar I set about trying to find out who the Mystery Man was but I had not succeeded in doing so in advance of the publication and launch of the calendar,

Early afternoon on the Sunday 23rd of October my wife and I were walking in Knockreer. When we came towards the end of our walk we continued towards the Cherry Drive. Just as we came to the gate I saw a dog on my left. I thought I recognized it as the one I"d seen with the "Mystery Man". Immediately, I heard the shrill blast of a whistle and the dog scampered off at speed along the drive. As I rounded the bend, there was the man halfway along the drive walking with his stick in hand and the dog now at his feet. I quickened my walk and caught up with them. I introduced myself and told him about the photograph I had taken back in April. He was delighted when I told him about its inclusion in the calendar. We chatted for about 10 minutes. He told me his name - Bill Kehoe- - and that of his dog - Pen. I said I had a copy of the calendar photograph at home which I wished to give him. He told me where he lived and I promised to call around with it.

Later that afternoon I called to him at his home at Ross Road. I was greeted at the door by Pen. Bill was sitting in his chair reading the paper. He was very welcoming. Some of his grand-children were there. I gave Bill the A3 sized photograph. I could see on his face how pleased he was with it. He looked chuffed when I gave him the calendar and he saw himself on the cover. He called his daughter who is busy in the kitchen. She too was delighted with the photograph and the calendar. I then went outside and took a few photographs of Bill holding the calendar - I finally had a photograph of the face to match the man in the calendar. Mystery solved!

Bill lives in a bungalow on the old McShain estate at the top of Ross Road. Originally from Wexford, he became Head Gardener for the McShains when they bought the former Lord Kenmare estate. He showed me the Upper Yard where he resides, the old glass-houses and the pigeon house - one of the last three remaining of it"s kind in Ireland and Britain, Bill reliably informed me. He said he is very happy to see that work has finally commenced on the restoration of Killarney House. Back inside his warm home I was offered tea by his daughter while Bill told me about his family, ably illustrated by the many photographs hanging on the walls. He has a great interest in the flora and fauna in the Demense and Knockreer. He spotted a squirrel on his walk earlier that day and told me how he had seen a chipmunk in the area a few months ago.

I spent a very enjoyable hour with Bill that day. He is a very interesting, engaging and knowledgeable man. As I left his home it occurred to me how appropriate it was that the man who has spent a large part of his life living and working in the Demense should, by accident rather than by design, be the person I captured in the photograph that April day.

Posted by Seamus Long

Teddy Sugrue, LIPF, was the only Club member to enter the SACC Print and Projected Image competition held in Kilcoran Lodge, Cahir on Sunday 20th November. He did very well with his projected image "Wreck of the Sunbeam" qualifying to go forward to the IPF competition next year. The same monochrome image won the Club Competition back in June. Well done Teddy and best of luck in IPF Final.

Unrestricted category

• 1. Paul Garnett - Dark Hedges
• 2. JC Andre - muckross house
• 3. Giulia Cameranesi - church
• 4. Seamus Long - Indian Fisherman

Novice Category

• 1. Giulia Cameranesi - church
• 2. Giulia Cameranesi - Profile
• 3. Denis O Leary - IMG_0714 BW
• 4. Ignatius O Shea - Tranquility

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Paul Garnett		178
2	JC Andre		163
3	Giulia Cameranesi		160
3	Seamus Long		160
5	Paul Garnett		158

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Posted by Justyna Krawczyk

5:45 AM, Saturday morning on the 12th of November. With my camera, tripod and few other necessary bits packed I'm coming to the Heights Hotel car park. Despite this dark, windy and drizzly night I'm still looking forward to reaching the destination of today's trip, just before the dawn.

There are a few other people going, who are not afraid of this nasty weather. So together with Seamus, Matt, Denise, Pat, Lorraine and Matthew, divided into 3 cars, we leave Killarney at 6 AM.

The journey takes about one hour and nothing foreshadows this coming morning to bring the light necessary to get the shots we are going there for. Shortly after 7 AM we welcome Gougane Barra.

Against a backdrop of rugged hills, on a little island in the lake is the site of a sixth century hermitage of St.Finbarr, founder and first Bishop of Cork. The island is linked to the main land by a causeway.

For a few minutes we all just stand, look and admire the outstanding, peaceful view of the little church situated in such spectacular scenery.

It's just before half past 7 AM when Maire arrives, the rain is gone, very few clouds in the sky, just on time! We decide to set up our gear and be ready to catch the amazing sunlit view of St Finbarr's Church in our cameras. As soon as the sun rises the mountain behind the lake gets this nice, gold colour, so the view through the camera gives us a lovely, warm feeling on this chilly, November morning, which makes us feel really delighted and not sorry for every minute spent here and not in bed.

We stay about two hours in Gougane Barra and during that time the scenery changes slightly, become even richer with fog passing by, giving us completely different shots of the place each time. After 9 AM the best light seems to be gone, but for a lovely ending to the trip Maire has invited us to her home in Ballyvourney to warm us up with a cup of nice tea, where we can relax and chat away about the outing, having breakfast as well. Thanks to Maire's hospitality we get back our energy to return home, thinking on the way about checking our images on the computer screen.

I think above all that I'm going to remember my first sunrise trip to Gougane Barra as one of the nicest morning out with my camera and for everyone who likes to catch a fabulous, bit mysterious and unprecedented shot I highly recommend it!

Posted by Marie Lyne Kelly

On Monday the 3rd of October the Kerry Hospice Christmas Card fundraiser was launched in the Palliative Care Unit in Tralee General Hospital. There was a fantastic turnout on the night and we were spoiled with the warm hospitality of the staff from the unit. The fundraising team are a force to be reckoned with and this is obvious when you see the fruits of their labour , the unit itself. It is a bright warm homely place where you are surrounded by a collection of sculptures and artwork. The next phase in development is underway and here are more plans in the future so there is a constant need to raise even more funds.

The reason we were there was to support our member & chairman Seamus Long who has two images amongst the beautiful array of cards in this years selection. This is second year that an image by Seamus has been chosen. Last year his image of the crib in St. Mary's Cathedral proved very popular. Pictured with Seamus (second left) is Michael O Suilleabhain, Kerry Hospice, Ted Moynihan Chairman of Fundraising Kerry Hospice and Dr. Billy O'Connor.

We wish them luck in their future plans.

Posted by Marie Lyne Kelly

On Friday the 23rd of September the Club took part in Culture Night 2011. We had a digitally projected exhibition of our members work from last season shown in the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht.

There also was the Hugh O'Flaherty Photographic Exhibition & a drama "The Man we Knew" written and performed by Blewdoor Productions held there on the night so we had very talented company.

We had a good turn out from club members on the night even though the weather was unkind, so a very big thank you to those of you who braved the elements. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Kerry County Councils, Art Officer Kate Kennelly for giving us the forum to showcase our clubs work.

We had a great turnout for our first competition of the 2011-2012 season, with 15 entrants and 30 photos in our Open competition.

Unrestricted category

• 1. Terry MacSweeney : Sunrise at Tomies
• 2. Pat Neary: Beenoskee Brandon Bay
• 3. Janette O Callaghan: Gannets

Novice Category

• 1. Maire Keane: Snail
• 2. Marie Lyne Kelly: Buster
• 3. Ignatius O'Shea: Torc Waterfall

Scoring

Place	Photographer	Title	Total
1	Terry MacSweeney		118
2	Pat Neary		113
3	Janette O Callaghan		111
4	Maire Keane		106
5	Paul Garnett		105

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Posted by Marie Lyne Kelly

Firstly I would like to welcome back all our members. It's hard to believe how fast the summer has passed and that we have now started our 2011/ 2012 season. This is a very special year for Killarney Camera Club as we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of its foundation.

So it is very fitting to announce that Seamus Long, one of the founding members of the club, was elected chairman at the AGM that was held on the 8th September. With Seamus on the committee this year is Paul Garnett who was re-elected as Treasurer. I (Marie Lyne Kelly) have been elected the clubs secretary. Pat Neary & Maire Keane were also elected to the committee. Our competitions remain in the safe hands of Terry McSweeney who is once again our Competitions Secretary he is joined on the sub-committee by Pat Neary & Janette O'Callaghan and between all of us we hope to give Killarney Camera Club & its members the best season we can possibly deliver.

On behalf of the new committee & club members I would like to thank the outgoing one, Tadhg Kelliher, Janette O'Callaghan, Teddy Sugrue, for the work they have put in to the club to make it the success that it is.

We have already had our first meeting on September 22nd and it was great seeing the clubs members' eager to get going. What delighted us all was the amount of new faces that came along. We always try to live up to the club motto "A Friendly & Welcoming Camera Club" and we hope all of you enjoyed the evening.

At our first meeting we had David Hogan give his latest Landscape Presentation. He once again showed us what is possible to achieve with knowing the basics of photography. Explaining how with proper composition, researching our location & knowing our equipment will in the end help us be better photographers. He showed us his extensive collection of images and pointed out the dos & don'ts and typical errors that can occur if you don't do the research. I think we all left the meeting being both impressed and inspired by his work.

Next on the agenda is our first competition of the season which is next Thursday the 6th of October. It is an Open themed competition and these usually entertain us with a vast and varied range of images. Keep an eye out for the results that Terry will post here when they are available. Good luck to all who entered.

We have a busy year planned so keep and eye on this website to see what we are up to. Once again I would like to welcome any people interested in the club to come along on the night and see what we do.