Happy Christmas

       
Don't forget to capture a "beautiful blur shot" for our meeting on the 24th of January 2013. Make sure you have it emailed to Derek in good time for inclusion.   Winner takes the pot!.

Flickr Christmas offer

Guys.

The guys @ Flickr are offering a small Christmas bonus of a 3 month extension to you existing pro account for all those that have one. Its worthwhile logging in to your account  to avail of this offer while it lasts.

Meeting dates for January and February

January RLCG meetings in the Library are Thursday 10th and 24th
February RLCG meetings in the library are Thursday 7th and 21st

Its beginning to feel a lot like.......

Reminder , Christmas meal out Tuesday 11th December. See you all in Sapphires Restaurant at 8pm
no cameras required :-)

Howth Outing

Great turnout for this mornings outing with 14 members turning up to brave the elements for the trip out in the bay to shoot the Bailey at sunrise.

Thanks to the guys from http://howth-boats.com for making the trip possible.

RLCG.

Leo enjoying a cuppa

Taken this morning off the bailey on our monthly outing ...

Irelands Eye December 2nd Trip

Ahoy there!
       Update on our trip to Irelands Eye and the Bailey lighthouse Coastline We will now leave at 7a.m. sharp from Rush Library carpark in case the roads are icy.For those of you who are travelling straight to Howth we meet with the boats at the Aqua  Restaurant which is on the left harbour ,you can drive down and park there.Weather permitting we will stop off at the Island for an hour , this is at the boatmans discretion. Afterwards its off to the local caf for a fry up and steamy cup of coffee If you cannot make please let us know.

This years Rush Tidy Towns calendar 2013

Here are the group's photographers and images chosen for 2013 calendar. Well done to those of you who donated the use of their images. The RLCG wishes Rush Tidy Towns the best of luck with sales, we bet its another sell out this year.

Photographers:
Jan: Mary Doran – Rush Library in the Snow
Feb: Keith Boland – Rush Harbour
March: Diane O'Donoghoe – Rush Tidy Towns Boat
April: Mary Doran – Steam
May: Leo Bissett - U21 football champions
June: Derek Balfe – Lambay Island View
July: Leo Bissett – Footsteps
August: Leo Bissett- Rogerstown Shamrock
Sept: Diane O'Donoghoe – Lambay Rolls
October: Derek Balfe – Tied up at Sunset
November: David Feighery – Sunset in the Church
Dec: Valeri Byrne – Its beginning to feel a lot……

Photo Challenge Winner

Well done to Keith for winning weeks 'portrait' photo challenge.

The next challenge will be selected by Keith and posted here..

For those who missed tonights meeting the winning photo is below.

Well done again Keith

Photo Challenge - B&W Portraits

As set by the last challenge winner Rodrigo this photo challenge was Black and White Portraits.

Your entry for the above should be emailed to Derek (derekbalfe@gmail.com) before next Tuesday evening the 6th of November for entry.

One entry per person. €2 per entry and winner takes all.

Zombie Shoot

Thanks to all the guys and girls that participated  in the Zombie Shoot in Rush last Monday.  Great fun was had by all. Big thanks to Val and her make up helpers for making everybody look the part...  

Next meeting: Thursday 8th November

This meeting is the closing date for the B&W portrait competition - submission details will be posted soon.
Bring 3 photos on a usb stick for some c+c. Hopefully no more four letter words will be used in the critiques...

Next meeting: Thursday 25th October

Our next meeting is on Thursday evening @ 7 pm in Rush Library. We will plan our next 3 outings and the ZOMBIE shoot at this meeting. Each member is to bring 3 images on USB.
New members welcome. 

Malahide Castle

Thanks to everyone who ventured to Malahide this morning in search of Autumn. It is still a little early as there are plenty of green leaves on the trees but the morning was lovely and hopefully there were a few nice shots captured.
Bring your shots to the meeting on Thursday evening for some c+c!