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Killarney Camera Club

A friendly and welcoming camera club
Our club was formed in late 2001 as Photographic Society of Killarney and was renamed Killarney Camera Club in 2006.

Our aims as a club are:

• To promote and organize photographic activities for our members.
• To provide a forum for our members to pursue their photographic interests.
• To co-operate with other organizations in the promotion and organization of photographic activities. Our members come from a wide range of backgrounds but we all share a common hobby, the love and pursuit of photography. Some o

f us have years of experience while more among us are beginners. Whichever category we belong to we continue to learn more about photography through sharing our knowledge and experience with our fellow members and through the activities in which we participate. Among the events we organize are:
• Local outings for members.
• Presentations by guest speakers such as well-known local photographers, experienced members from other clubs or from our own membership
• Competitions amongst our members, each based on a different theme
• At least one exhibition each year at a local venue
• Attendance at events/presentations organized by other local photographic societies
• In recent years we have photographed the Ring of Kerry Cycle on behalf of the charity’s committee & produced two calendars in partnership with Killarney Lions Club in aid of Kerry Parents & Friends Association. We are affiliated to the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) and the Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) and participate in competitions organized by these associations. We meet every fortnight on Thursday night, except during June, July and August, from 7.30pm in the Brehon Hotel for in person meetings and online via Zoom. On certain occasions, photographic and social events can bring us together other evenings or weekends. We welcome new members who share our passion for photography, regardless of level of experience or knowledge. People are invited to attend up to 2 meetings free of charge before deciding on whether they want to become members. Contact Killarney Camera Club Secretary via [email protected] or phone on 0876555611 with any queries you may have about our club.

27/04/2025

Thanks to all the 22 members who entered our Nature in Colour themed competition. As always, we had an excellent selection of quality images. Well done everyone.
Congratulations to Anne for coming first in the novice category and also getting second place in the unrestricted category, with her Robin at lunchtime! First place in the unrestricted category goes to Iryna with a wonderful image of two Puffins taken on the great Saltee island in Co. Wexford.

Click below for full details:

Thank you to all the 22 members who entered our Nature themed (colour images) competition. As always, we had an excellent selection of quality images. Well done everyone. Congratulations to Anne fo…

17/03/2025

Members enjoyed another excellent competition this month, with 22 entrants putting their "Shallow Depth Of Field " skills to the test. Congratulations to Eric with his winning image of a Dragon fly and getting the top spot in both the novice and the unrestricted categories.
Click below to see the full results

Members enjoyed another excellent competition this month, with 22 entrants putting their “Shallow Depth Of Field ” skills to the test. Congratulations to Eric with his winning image of …

03/02/2025

Our third competition of the year entitled “Street photography, Black and White” had 23 fabulous entries. Here are the results

Our third competition of the year entitled “Street photography, Black and White” had 23 fabulous entries. Well done to Maryann Heidtke who has made it two out of three wins so far this …

03/02/2025

"Your first 1,000 photographs are your worst" - Henri Cartier-Bresson

I was figuring out what to write this week and stumbled upon a quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson. He’s a master of candid photography and one of the pioneers of Street Photography. After our las…

23/01/2025

So what have we been up to as a club so far in 2025 – well so far we’ve had three cool events to start the year and here’s a few words about Terry's VW Van Adventures, our Still Life Photography Night and a Club Outing to the Black Valley.

Happy New Year, everyone! How was your Christmas break? I had a quiet family Christmas and New Year, so my DSLR stayed in its bag until mid-January when the last visitors left except for one quick …

08/12/2024

Thank you, to all the members who entered our Curves themed (Colour images) competition. We had twenty-four very interesting entries and well done to everyone who took part.

Congratulations to Elizabeth for coming first in the novice category with her classic still life image entitled, Lemon Curve.
Very well done to Terry on coming first in the unrestricted category with his wonderful image entitled The Mont (Le Mont Saint Michel)

Here are the top three in each category.

Novice category:
1st Place: Elizabeth Browne, Lemon Curve, 200 points
2nd Place: Trish Scully, Chamonix, 191 Points
3rd Place: Anne Kelly, Pretty Pink Peony, 183 points

Unrestricted category:
1st Place: Terry Mac Sweeney, The Mont, 202 points
2nd place: Elizabeth Browne, Lemon Curve, 200 points
3rd Place: Ade Desbrow, Orange Wave, 194 points

Thank you, to all the members who entered our Curves themed (colour images) competition. We had twenty-four very interesting entries and well done to everyone who took part. Congratulations to Eliz…

28/10/2024

Our first competition of the 2024-2025 season had 24 entries. Thank you to
everyone who took part in the Open Monochrome competition.

Many congratulations to Maryann who came first in the Novice category
and the Unrestricted category, with her wonderful image of the cliffs
looking towards Dunmore Head from Coumeenoole beach, which is titled
Waiting for the rainbow.

Here are the top three in each category.

Novice category:
1st Place: Maryann Heidtke, Waiting for the rainbow, 194 points.
2nd Place: Elizabeth Browne, Blennerville Windmill, 177 points.
3rd Place: Eamon Fleming, Reflections, 169 points.

Unrestricted category:
1st Place: Maryann Heidtke, Waiting for the rainbow, 194 points.
2nd Place: Julia Deady, An Searrach, 185 points.
3rd Place: Mícheál Ó Searcóid, Ibis, 181 points.

31/08/2024

Thanks to everyone who has helped with the preparation of our exhibition. Tanja and Mary have been baking and making for todays refreshments- don’t forget to drop in for our opening today at 2pm

Lots of goodies to eat and a wonderful selection of photographs to view

21/08/2024

Please see the attached details for our upcoming exhibition in Killarney House.
All welcome.

23/07/2024

Exciting News for Cyclists! 😊

Check out the photos from the 2024 Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle! You can view them by clicking the link below or by visiting our website, where you'll find images captured by the talented Killarney Camera Club members 📸📸

https://killarneycameraclub.ie/2024/07/20/ring-of-kerry-charity-cycle-2024/ -1757

The photos are organized into four collections:

Start Line 🚴‍♂️
Coomakista ⛰️
Finish Line ✅
Medal Giving & Entertainment Area 🥇🎤
Each collection includes multiple albums sorted by the time the photos were taken. For instance, if you crossed the finish line around 4:25 PM, your photo will likely be in the "16:15 - 16:29" album in the Finish Line collection.

Feel free to download and share your favorite photos on social media, and don't forget to tag us and the Killarney Camera Club 📸📸

Congratulations to everyone who participated and completed the Cycle! 👏👏

A special thank you to the Killarney Camera Club photographers for their dedication and for capturing over 17,000 incredible photos. Also, thanks to Seamus Long for compiling and uploading all the images.

07/07/2024

Members of Killarney Camera Club covered over 12 hours yesterday taking photos of the annual Ring of Kerry Cycle. Starting at 4.30 in the morning all the way through to the end.

Members of the club have taken hundreds of thousands of pictures over the years of this fabulous event.
Thanks to everyone involved and to the organisers of Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle.

17/06/2024

What a great competition and enjoyable evening we had for our final meeting of the season. There was a fabulous display of high quality prints, courtesy of the 24 members who entered the competition.
Congratulations to Maryann who won the Novice category, with her photograph of the stormy waters at Di**le Lighthouse.
In the Unrestricted category, well done to Julia whose early morning shot of the tranquil Dolomites earned her first place.
Here are the top three in each category.

Novice category:
1st Place: Maryann Heidtke, Lighthouse, 166 points
2nd Place: Eric Jenkinson, Trillium Lake, Oregan, 163 points
3rd Place: Iryna Halaieva, Black skinned angel, 162 points

Unrestricted category:
1st Place: Julia Deady, Dolomites, 180 points
2nd Place: Ade Desbrow, How now brown cow, 172 points
3rd Place: Seamus Long, Kenmare Bay Sunrise, 168 points

04/06/2024

Water was the main subject matter among the entries for our Long Exposure themed competition, with many Kerry locations featuring. Thanks to the 22 members who entered photographs.

Well done to Iryna who won the Novice category, with her photograph of O’Sullivan’s Cascade.

Congratulations to Conor on winning the Unrestricted category, with his very, very long exposure of Lough Leane.

Here are the top three in each category.
Novice category:
1st Place: Iryna Halaieva, O’Sullivan’s Cascade, 153 points

2nd Place: Elizabeth Browne, Cascading Waterfall Tower Woods, 146 points

3rd Place: Mike Kennedy, Owengarriff River, 145 points

Unrestricted category:
1st Place: Conor Healy, Majestical Lough Leane, 174 points

2nd Place: Seamus Long, Sisteron Traffic Trails, 173 points

3rd Place: Julia Deady, Annascaul Waterfall, 167 points

21/04/2024

Lots of faces with many different expressions were on view in our Natural Light Portrait competition. And it was good to see both colour and black and white photographs in the 21 entries. As always, thanks and well done to all who entered.

Congratulations to Iryna on taking 1st place in the Novice category, with her photograph titled David the Gardener.

In the Unrestricted category, Nikki’s black and white photograph, Winter Sun, shared first place with Iryna’s image. Well done to both.

Here are the top three in each category.

Novice category:
1st Place: Iryna Halaieva, David the Gardener, 166 points

2nd Place: Eric Jenkinson, Ticket Collector, 155 points

3rd Place: Maryann Heidtke, Blue eyed girl, 151 points

Unrestricted category:
Joint 1st Place: Nikki Foley, Winter Sun, 166 points
Iryna Halaieva, David the Gardener

2nd Place: Seamus Long, Eyes Left, 159 points

Joint 3rd Place: Terry MacSweeney, Sapa Lady, 158 points
Julia Deady, The Coalman

Address

C/o The Brehon Hotel
Killarney
CO.KERRY

Website

http://www.killarneycameraclub.ie/

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