About Bray Camera Club

We are a small but active and friendly Camera Club established in April 1971 located in the seaside town of Bray County Wicklow Ireland. Read on to find where we are, our programme of events, and links to some galleries of work by our members.

The contacts page identifies those who run the Club, how to locate us and tells you to whom you can write to or email if you require more information, and the Links page gives a selection of useful photographic links.

Finally check out our club forum to share your photographic thoughts and perhaps get some technical support, tips and advice.

 


[18.07.2008]

Camera Obscura

As part of the seaside festival, for one day only, Bray Camera Club is proud to present "Irelands Largest Camera" AKA The Camera Obscura Find out more about the Camera Obscura here. All are welome to view this optical phenomena, the event will take place at the Remax office beside Lawlors chemist on the Quinnsboro Road, Bray from 11am to 5pm on Saturday 19th July. ( admission is free)


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BCC Annual Photo Exhibition

This years annual Club exhibition was officially opened at Bray Library by local Labour TD Liz McManus on Thursday evening at 7.30pm.
Liz gave a wonderful speech and commended the club on the High standard achieved this year. The exhibition will be on view throughout the Bray Seaside festival 2008.


[06.05.2008]

IPF Club Finals 2008

All IPF Club Final results are now available on the IPF website here

The BCC internal club competition rules and the latest available club competition results are now available here.

Please note a revised Club programme to June 2006 has now been posted.

On Tuesday 6th May Mike Tallon will give a talk on Usingg Filters and getting a correct exposure reading, this will be followed by a talk on Classic camera by Douglas Barry.


[18.02.2008]

Film - 18th Feb 2008 at 20:00

Notice to all members, as a change to our usual programme we've decided to include some social outings this year. As detailed at our last meeting the mermaid centre in bray have a number of interesting films being screened during February and March. If you're interested (and why not?!) pop along tonight at 8pm to the mermaid arts centre Bray.

At the - Mermaid Arts Centre

The Apollo space program literally brought the aspirations of a nation to another world. Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on ground beyond our planet. For the first time ever, all surviving crew members from the Apollo missions tell their story in their own words. Visually stunning original NASA film footage-much of it never seen before-is interwoven with riveting firsthand testimony. Dir: David Sington. 99 mins Language: English

Tickets: €7.50 / €6.00


[18.02.2008]

Next Round Robin Competition 21st Feb

• Image Collection:
Could all members bring along their images (in particular Black and White) to the meeting on Tuesday 19th February, for inclusion in the next panel(s) for the Round Robin interclub Competition to be held in Malahide on Feb 21st.

[09.02.2008]

• Update on Next Tuesdays DSLR Competition:
Both panels have now been selected for next Tuesday Night. Thanks to everyone for submitting the necessary images given such short notice. For those travelling to tallaght, Douglas has outlined directions on the club forum.

Details on all of the forthcoming Interclub Competitions can be found at www.dslr.ie


There will be a Studio Lights Still Life session at the Epworth Hall next Tuesday night (12th Feb), so bring your camera along and some suitable objects to shoot i.e. bowl of fruit, Flower pot etc.

• Club Programme:
The new club programme for period January to June 08 is now available, check it out here.

[23.01.2008]

• A link to the Document on Street photography and the assignment details based on it have now been posted, click here to download a copy.

• Some information on the forthcoming IPF National Print and Projected Image Competition:

The 2008 IPF National Print and Projected Image competition will take place on 9th February 2008 in the Carmelite Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 4, at 11:00 a.m.

Entries to Tony Dunne, 52 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth, before 1st February.

There will be awards in each section in both open and intermediate categories.

IPF Gold medals will be awarded for Top Image Overall, Top Colour Print, Top Monochrome Print, and Top Projected Image.

IPF Silver medals will be awarded for Best Landscape, Best Creative, Best Still Life, and Best Environmental Portrait.

Three Judges’ Medals will also be awarded.

See IPF Downlods Page - Forms for an entry form.

[17.01.2008]

• As discussed at last Tuesday nights meeting various links have been added to the sites Links page relating to the judging of photographic competitions.