Friday 22nd Septemper 2023 was culture night- and Solas are proud to participate with our third annual member’s online photo exhibition. Please visit https://bit.ly/solasphoto23 . If you would then circulate the exhibition on all your instas, twitter/Xs , facebooks, tiktocs, BeReal, Snapchats… whatever your social media, lets get the great work of Solas out there and celebrate one night of culture for all together !!
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New Seasons Begins 6th September 2023
Solas Photography Club are back for the new Club Year on Wednesday 6th Septemper 2023 @ 8 P.M. in the Ard Na Mara Oranmore ( Blueroom) Eircode H91 1ETN5. All Potential, New and Existing members welcome
Membership Now Open for 2023/24 Season
Unlock the Art of Photography while improving and learning new skills.
Membership is open for new and exsiting members who are willing learn and share photography skills, able to attend the Club meetings and will actively take part in the club and its activities on a regular basis thoughtout the season. Our club programme runs from September through to the following June.
Contact us at Solas Photography Club if you would like to part of the new club year starting on 06th September or email us at solas.photography.club@gmail.com
Photographer of the Year Award’s Presentations 2023
This years 2023 Photographer of the Year Award’s Presentations for Advanced and the Photographer of the Year for Non-Advanced, the Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) winners, the individual themed winners for images in Advanced and Non-Advanced were announced. Thanks to all the members for submitting images in the competitions, to the committee members for all the background activity, trojan work by all and finally to the Judges throughout the year for your fantastic and professional feedback on all the images submitted: Helen Hanafin, Tony Murray, Its Martin and Gareth Loughran
The following club members received awards on the evening
Photographer of the Year for 2023 in Advanced was awarded to Enda O’Loughlin
Other award winners in the Advanced Photographer of the Year 2023 were:
2nd Sigita Playdon
3rd Cathal Bowe
4th Martin Kalvaster
5th Shane Stanley
Photographer of the Year for 2023 in Non Advanced was awarded to Catherine O’Dowd
Other award winners in the Non Advanced Photographer of the Year 2023 were:
2nd Ger Considine
3rd Tom O’Dea
4th Victor Koev
5th Grainne Kelly
The Annual Wild Atlantic Way 2023 Printed Competition judged by Gareth Loughran was awarded to Des Glynn
Other award winners in the Annual Wild Atlantic Way 2023 Competition were:
2nd Enda O’Loughlin
3rd Sigita Playdon
4th Jack Kennedy
5th Vincent White
Individual award winners in Advanced:
Best Trains, Planes and Automobiles Image – Shane Stanley
Best Portraiture Image – Richard Peyton
Best Nature Image – Enda O’Loughlin
Best Landscape Image – Sigita Playdon
Best Black & White Image – Des Glynn
Best Colour Image – Cathal Bowe
Honourable Mention – Martin White
Individual award winners in Non Advanced:
Best Trains, Planes and Automobiles (T.B.A) Image – Ger Considine
Best Portraiture Image – Tom O’Dea
Best Nature Image – Emma Walsh
Best Landscape Image – Catherine O’Dowd
Best Black & White Image – Catherine Gaughan Smith
Best Colour Image – Victor Koev
Honourable Mention – Wally Walsh
Honourable Mention – Siobhan Phelan
Congratulations to all the award winners on the evening.
James Crombie Sports Photography
A big thank you to our first special guest speaker of the year James Crombie and to Canon for sponsoring his visit to our club last Wednesday evening.
James is a renowned multiple award winning photographer based in Ireland. In 2021 and then again in 2022 James was awarded the title of PPAI Irish Press Photographer of the year. He is a staff photographer working exclusively with Inpho Sports Photography (www.inpho.ie) in Dublin, apart from his own personal projects.
Through his work with INPHO Sports Photography, James has covered major sporting events worldwide. Notably the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup to name a few. His main passion is sports photography.
Outside of sport, James is currently working on a project with Offaly Down Syndrome consisting of 46 portraits of people based in Offaly with Down Syndrome. This will be exhibited in October 2022 throughout Offaly to coincide with Down Syndrome Awareness month.
James received worldwide acclaim when his murmuration project in which he undertook over 2 winters alongside his friend Colin Hogg, hit the international headlines with his now famous bird shaped murmuration. He plans to continue the project on the lake lands of the midlands and further afield in the coming years.
Imagery – https://jamescrombie.pixieset.com/jamescrombietalk2022/
NEW SEASON 2022/23
Our new season 2022/23 kicks off on Tuesday 6th September 22 @ 8pm in the Function Room @ Keanes Bar & Restaurant, Main Street, Oranmore,County Galway.
We welcome Club Members and New Members with an interest in photography to join us for our opening night when we will present our exciting programme of Talks, Workshops, Competitions and Day Trips for the coming season
There will light refreshments available on the night
If you would like more information or you are interested in to joining Solas Photography Club please send email to: solas.photography.club@gmail.com
Photographer of the Year 2022/23 and Wild Atlantic Way 2022 Competition Themes Announced
The Photographer of the Year 2022 Presentations
At the our recent Annual General Meeting and Awards presentation Night , this year’s photographer of the Year and Individual award winners were announced.
The photographer of the Year for 2022 was awarded to Sigita Playdon
The Annual Wild Atlantic Way 2021 Competition judged by Anthony Demon on the 2nd February was awarded to Sigita Playdon
Other award winnersin the The photographer of the Year 2022
2nd Des Glynn
3rd Anne Francis-Nee
H.C. Enda O’Loughlin
C. Shane Stanley
C. Martin Kalvaster
Individual award winners
Best Still Life image – Anne Francis-Nee
Best Portraiture image – Cathal Bowe
Best Nature Image – Enda O’Loughlin
Best Landscape Image – Sigita Playdon
Best Abstract Image – Joe Silke
Best Colour or B & W Image – Des Glynn
Most Improved Photographer – Shane Stanley
Wild Atlantic Way Competition 2021 award winners
2nd Des Glynn
3rd Shane Stanley
H.C. Joe Silke
C. Brendan Reaney
Congratulations to all the award winners on the night
NEW SEASON & MEMBERSHIP 2021/22
NEW SEASON 2021/22
Our new season 2021/22 starts on the 8th September 21 @ 8pm and we welcome Club Members and New Members with an interest in photography to join us for a free Online opening night on Wednesday 8th September 2020 @ 8 P.M.
If you are interested in joining our opening night event please send email to: solas.photography.club@gmail.com
MEMBERSHIP 2021/22
Membership is open for new and exsiting members who are willing learn and share photography skills, able to attend the Club ZOOM meetings and will actively take part in the club and its activities on a regular basis thoughtout the season. The club programme runs from September through to the following May. Meetings are held on the First and Third Wednesday of each Month from 8.00pm to 10pm. These consist of lectures by Special Guest speakers and club members, club competitions, workshops, practical’s and occasional studio sessions. We also organise regular monthly club outings.
Membership fee for 2021/22 is €60
If you would like more information or you are interested in to joining Solas Photography Club please send email to: solas.photography.club@gmail.com (Subject title: Membership)
Photography Exhibition from Solas Photography Club.
As you may have guessed from the title, Solas is an amateur photography club, who, in ordinary times meet up twice monthly in Oranmore and hope to do so again during the upcoming season which kicks off in September. For the past four years, Solas have hosted an annual series of lectures with some of the leading national and international experts in the field, offering members the opportunity to stretch their talents and enhance their skills and abilities in this absorbing hobby. The past season has been challenging because of their inability to physically meet up, but through remote technology the club has successfully continued their programme of lectures and competitions online. Solas is a small club of 35 to 40 members who recognise camaraderie is essential and learning from each other is one of the key elements of their success. Outdoor workshops and field trips are also part of the annual programme and they take full advantage of the Wild Atlantic Way, the Burren and Connemara on our doorstep.
The competitive edge is also encouraged and throughout the year a number of competitions are organised to give members an opportunity to have their work anonymously critiqued and scored by external judges for the purposes of enhancing their skills and abilities. The club has also been successful in national competitions, and several members have won national and international awards for their work.
This year for the first time, Solas invite you to enjoy samples of their member’s award winning work at an inaugural virtual exhibition. The club hope to have a physical exhibition in the not too distant future, but in the meantime their member’s exhibition is online at www.bit.ly/solasphoto21 . So come and have a look at local photographic talent from the comfort of your armchair or even lying in bed. After all, what use is art if it is not appreciated and admired by good people like you? If you would like further details or wish to contact the club regarding the upcoming season, see www.solasphotographyclub.com.