Club Announcements - Tuesday March 18th 2025
Eddie Chandler Gallery
We have a new exhibition in the Eddie Chandler Gallery - it is the FIPF Panel from Maria McCormick.
Dublin-Edinburgh Photo Exchange
A selection of 30 prints from Dublin CC is currently exhibiting in the Edinburgh Photographic Society Gallery and we will we reciprocate with an exhibition of 30 prints from Edinburgh in our Gallery. This exchange is a reactivation after Covid of a long-standing arrangement between these two Clubs. Thanks to Paul Stanley for organising.
Volunteers needed to keep the Gallery open on Saturdays.
Volunteers are needed for the Gallery. Volunteering is the only way to keep our gallery open and is a great way to contribute to the club. Anyone who is interested in volunteering can register on the club website HERE.
Tonight’s Meeting (March 18th)
Judging Winter League Finals - Print Images. Thanks to our judge for tonight Gabriel O’Shaughnessy MFIAP, FIPF, FRPS, EFIAP/p from Drogheda Photographic Club
Wednesday, March 19th
Photography Course for Beginners – Week 9 and last night until the opening of the exhibition on 5 April
Documentary and Street Photography Workshop - Thursday March 20th
The next DSPW meeting will be held on 20th March @ 8pm.
As usual, you can present your own images or you can use the Image Submission app (https://streetphotography.ie)
The Zoom details for the meeting will be emailed to all members of DCC and all members may attend.
Saturday March 22nd
Saturday Shutters are going to the IMMA in Kilmainham. Meeting at 10am in the car park.
Please register on the Website here (scroll down to the bottom)
Gallery Volunteers can register on the club website here.
Monday, March 24th - Distinctions Workshop
Distinctions Workshop at 19.30 in Camden Street.
Next Club Meeting - Tuesday March 25th
JMembers evening in the Club. Recent competition Winners from the Winter League will be invited to talk about their images.
Wednesday March 26th - Darkroom Workshop
Gerard Kelleher will hold a Darkroom Workshop in the Club on Wednesday 26th March at 19.30. All members are welcome including those on our Photography for Beginners Course.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Full details of our activities are on the What’s On section of the club website at this link
National Photographic Competition
IPF National Photography Competition now open: Click here for details
Closing Date has been extended to 12th March. And the IPF has announced that Bermingham Cameras has sponsored a prize of a voucher valued at €1,500 for the best image.
IPF Distinctions Assessment - Saturday 29th March
The next IPF Distinctions Assessment sitting will take place on Saturday 29th March and will be held in the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise. The closing date for this has also passed but we wish our members who have submitted panels all the best and we encourage members to attend to both support them and also to see what happens. This is especially useful if they are thinking about preparing a panel. It will start at 10:30 am - but be there early.
An Óige Photographic Group
86th Annual Exhibition this year in June, in the National Botanic Gardens with Open Competitions, IPF National Portraiture Gold Medal Competition and an IPF Gold Medal for best overall image in the Open sections, as well as our members sections.
Entry form can also be downloaded and then printed from the website.
Submission of digital images for the digital section will be possible through our website Open section Exhibition page but it is NOT YET OPEN.
https://www.anoigephoto.com/open-ipf-exhibtion-submitdigital
FIAP NEWS
FIAP Distinctions
The application period for FIAP Distinctions will be open from 1st November 2024 to 28th February 2025 - details from Paul Stanley
FIAP Photo Academy Online Events
The Photojournalistic Approach with Lucien Migné
Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 7pm London Time - Presented by the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events
Join us for a presentation by the French Photojournalist Lucien Migné who will speak with us about his images and the motivation for being a Photojournalist.
Register to attend at this link: https://bit.ly/4flfRU0
Drogheda Photographic Society
Rare opportunity to get an insight into the world of renowned photographer Leigh Preston with his talk on ‘Seeing Images’
To be held over 2 nights on zoom, Tuesday 18th March and Wednesday 19th March 2025 at 8pm.
Open to non members, click on the link below to sign up for 20€. When you log into zoom, please use the name you signed up with so that the administrator knows to let you in.
https://buy.stripe.com/4gweVpejH0vk6acbII
http://www.leighpreston.co.uk/index.htm
International Women’s Day
In honour of International Women’s Day, Permajet are celebrating women in print. From photographers to designers, tattoo artists to educators, we're shining a spotlight on the women in the print & photography industry.
Throughout March, discover inspiring stories and valuable insights by visiting PermaJet’s YouTube channel, blog, and social media platforms.
PermaJet Printing Workshop - Sunday April 6th
Michael O'Sullivan is coming back to Dublin on Sunday April 6th to run a PermaJet Printing Workshop. Details below.
This is a very popular workshop and will be on sale from Monday. However, as the event will be held in our Gallery in Camden Street, PermaJet have given us early access to the sale for DCC members/associate members. (Cost for the day works out around €75)
Here is the link - https://www.permajet.com/product/digital-printing-workshop-ireland-dublin/
Dublin Street Photography Festival 2025
Back for 2nd year the Dublin Street Photography Festival will take place May 2-4 2025. Full details here https://www.dspfestival.com/
There is a Competition associated with the festival – Closing date 31st January. https://www.dspfestival.com/competition
ADMIN ITEMS
Council Subgroups
A topic discussed at the AGM is the importance of wider membership participation in running the Club. We are a very active Club with lots of activities. Too often it is the same few people over and over organising these activities. While many take part and benefit from doing so, it would be great to see more members taking an active role so we can all benefit and we can all develop our photography even more. To help make it easier to broaden the participation we will be setting up several new subgroups in the coming weeks.
Print Mounts
The Club ordered a good supply of mounts for the Winter League. These are on sale in the club for €2.50 for Cut Mounts and €2 for uncut. Mounts will be on sale on Tuesday evenings in the Club. Please bring the right change for the number of mounts you would like to purchase.
PR and Social Media
If members of the club are involved in Special Interest Groups, organising workshops, outings our PRO welcomes an image with a short caption and hashtags which can be posted on our Facebook and Instagram Club Pages promoting the activity / group / club. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
DCC Facebook page – just a reminder that the Club has a Facebook page and an Instagram page. If you have your own then please like and follow us on either or both. For those who have a FaceBook page you might also like to join the DCC Private Group at this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1187882871582107
Grading of members – If you have never been graded and would like to be, please send 8 or 10 jpg images of your work to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A member must be graded before they can participate in competitions.
DON’T FORGET
- Update on members - If you hear of the illness or bereavement of any member please let us know so that we can acknowledge that.
- Subscriptions – please keep your subscriptions up to date. You can renew on the club website. If you do not know or have forgotten your password please contact Ruth at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Please be aware that PayPal has a tendency to set up renewals as recurring. This is just to remind that you can switch this off in PayPal if it is not what you want. Instructions to cancel recurring PayPay payments are here.
- We have also been made aware that the Stripe service is also doing the same – so please check if you have renewed recently using a Credit Card
- If you are looking to pay by cheque, please don’t send it to the club address as we are closed. Instead, you can email our Treasurer who will happily help you.