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Meet ECCG at Midleton’s Lifelong Learning Festival on April 16th

Midleton will host its first Lifelong Learning Festival on Saturday 16th April 2016. The town’s newest festival invites you to explore learning opportunities in the locality through this fun and informative one day event.

If you’d like to know more about East Cork Camera Group then Midleton Library is the place to be at 11am to meet members of the club for a photography talk and exhibition. All new members joining on the day will get a free six week beginners’ photography course.

Programmes are now available throughout the town or at the festival stands in Super Valu or Market Green from 10am on the day.

All festival events are free and absolutely everyone is welcome!

www.eastcorkcameragroup.ie

www.facebook.com/midletonlifelonglearning

ECCG Awards Night 2015

Anthony O’Connor receiving the ECCG perpetual trophy for having won ECCG’s Photographer of the Year 2015 competition from John Finn ARPS

ECCG members and their families and friends gathered in The Midleton Park Hotel on Saturday 28/11/15 for the annual awards night. With competitions throughout the year feeding into the prestigious Photographer of the Year award, the build up to this night was palpable in recent weeks.

Awards Night 2014-5 To add to the positivity in the room, we were delighted that ECCG member, John Tait had been awarded a Licentiateship of the Irish Photographic Federation, earlier in the day at the Distinction Sitting at Thurles. Richly deserved, John had worked hard towards the award in the last few years. Well done John.

Photographer of the Year was not the only award on offer on the night however, as best website gallery, best Panel, best in Category, best in Grades A, B and C, best New Photographer and Club Person of the Year also had to be revealed.

Judging was carried out by Mr. John Finn, ARPS, Mr. Bill Power, FIPF and Ms. Niamh Whitty, FIPF, ARPS.

Following a fine meal expertly provided by the staff of Midleton Park Hotel, the formal proceedings were opened by Competitions Secretary, Anthony O’Connor and, following short speeches by chairman, Denis Barry and special guest, Mr. John Finn ARPS, the award winners were announced as follows:

Best Website Gallery
Grade C: Noelle Lowney
Grade B: Denis O’Flynn
Grade A: Andrew Corkbeg

Best Panel
Third Place: Michael Hickey
Second Place: Finbarr O’Shea
First Place: Anthony O’Connor

Best in Category
Landscape: Anthony O’Connor
Seascape: Fidelma Read
Portrait: Fidelma Read
Nature (J): John Tait
Nature (J): Fidelma Read
Sport: John Tait
Macro: John Tait
Architecture: Anthony O’Connor
Travel: Finbarr O’Shea
Black and White: Fidelma Read
HDR: Anthony O’Connor
Reportage/Documentary: Anthony O’Connor
Open: Fidelma Read

Best in Grade
Grade C
Third Place: James Brady
Second Place: Noelle Lowney
First Place: R.J. Mani

Grade B
Third Place: Denis O’Flynn
Second Place: Trevor O’Connell
First Place: Kevin Day

Grade A
Third Place: Fidelma Read
Second Place: Finbarr O’Shea
First Place: Anthony O’Connor

Best New Member: Eileen Upton

Club Person of the Year: Finbarr O’Shea

Photographer of the Year
Third Place: Fidelma Read
Runner Up: Finbarr O’Shea
POTY: Anthony O’Connor

Congratulations to all award winners and especially, Photographer of the Year, 2015, Anthony O’Connor. Well done too to everyone else who entered as a point or two given in another direction would have seen some of these in the prizes, such was the closeness of the final scores.

A big thank you goes to the three judges who did a stellar job. While the important task of awarding points was their main function, their feedback is equally important as it is vital that everyone gets an objective assessment of their work which can be factored into the fine tuning for the future.

Finally, thanks to our sponsors (click on the links to visit their websites) for the night O’Leary’s Camera World, Oliver Plunkett St, Cork; Barker Photographic, Unit 18, South Link Park, Frankfield, Cork and Art and Frame, Model Farm Rd, Cork and also to The Midleton Park Hotel for providing a beautiful meal and surroundings for a memorable night.

Click here to check out all the images. Enjoy!

Click here for all the results in detail..

All images from the Awards night by Finbarr O’Shea and James Brady.

Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town – Midleton – 10-11/10/15

East Cork Camera Group has been invited to attend the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Expo on Saturday and Sunday 10th and 11th October, 2015 at the Midleton GAA Pavilion opposite the Railway station. A great event is lined up with special guests including John Creedon, Tony Humphreys, Brian Nation and many more.

Saturday: 3pm – 7pm
Sunday: 11am – 3pm

Come along and say hello!

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WorldWide Photo Walk 2015

When the Town Crier turns out in full regalia to announce the start of your Photo Walk with an accompanying loud, clanging bell, you know something’s happening and that the odds are more than favourable for a great day ahead.

So it was in Youghal, Co. Cork on Saturday 3rd October 2015 when the walkers gathered for the 8th Annual Scott Kelby WorldWide Photo Walk organised by East Cork Camera Group on a beautiful, sunny morning. As well as our own members and some locals, we were delighted to welcome walkers from Blarney, Carrigaline and Clonmel who made the journey for the 10.45am start. Present also was our guide for the day, local historian, John Kelly, who proved to be a human repository of information regarding Youghal through the ages, giving meaning and perspective to our many stops along the route.

Our walk was based on the existing Youghal Heritage Trail which has a total of seventeen stops, the third of which is the Clockgate.

A jail and scene of gruesome executions in its time, the building has been recently renovated and has a viewing platform at the top offering fantastic views across the town. Since it is presently closed to the public, we were really pleased to have special access granted to us for our Photo Walk by the local Municipal Council.

Having fully ingested this unique view of the town and beyond, our walk wound it’s way through the narrow streets where history and photo opportunities abound.

The next major stop was at St. Mary’s Collegiate Church. Built in 1220 and extended in the 14th and 15th centuries, it is one of the few parish churches of the period still in use in Ireland. It has a fascinating history which is fully illustrated in the church.
Recent radio-carbon dating on wood samples in the Church place this roof in the middle of the 13th century (AD1223 – 1281). These findings prove that St. Mary’s has the oldest radio-carbon dated roof structure of any Church in Ireland.

About a half hour after the appointed finish time of 2pm, our walk came to an end at The Red Store on North Main Street, where some welcome food and refreshments, served by the friendly and attentive staff, finished our day off just nicely.

Youghal has been a destination for ECCG on several occasions in the past and features in our Lighthouse and Blackwater projects as well as in other shoots we have done there. With its long, golden beaches, harbour and enormously deep historic significance, Youghal has an abundance to offer the photographer and non-photographer alike.

With some new friends made and all of the world’s photography issues put to rights, it was off home to get the editing and uploading underway. Already there are around 150 images in our gallery with more to come over the next few days.

Many thanks to Youghal’s Municipal Council, Youghal Tourist Office, Community Radio Youghal, Town Crier, Mr. Clifford Winser, historian and guide, John Kelly, the staff at The Red Store and the people of Youghal for allowing us to roam your streets and photograph everything and anything on our path.

You can download Youghal’s Tourist Trails for your Apple or Android device(s) by clicking the links below.

Follow Youghal on Twitter:
Youghal Radio: @cry104fm

Visit Youghal: @visityoughal

Don’t forget to visit our gallery of images from the PhotoWalk. Enjoy!

Golden Jubilee – Msgr. Ned Goold, PP, Midleton

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Msgr. Eamonn (Ned) Goold, PP Midleton, celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood in 2015 and, on 26th September 2015, he celebrated a special mass for the occasion at the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Midleton, which was followed afterwards by a social gathering at the Midleton Park Hotel.

As the occasion drew near, ideas for a suitable presentation to mark the occasion, were discussed among the organisers. This brought East Cork Camera Group into the story as it was felt that an image of the Holy Rosary Church, a building that means quite a lot to Msgr. Goold, would be very appropriate. ECCG member, Michael Fenton, floated the idea to us and we were quite sure we would have an image to suit in our archive as we had photographed the church only twelve months earlier.

On Saturday 11/10/2014, during our Photo Walk in Midleton, Msgr. Goold was kind enough to allow us photograph the interior of the church and was in the gallery beside us when ECCG member, Finbarr O’Shea made the image below, a striking and faithful rendering of the beautiful building.

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The decision was made and, before long, the image was enlarged on a 24″ gallery-style design with appropriate text and finished with a golden frame which picked up the tones in the image and echoed the significance of the occasion. The presentation was made by Noel Ryan of the Midleton Parish Pastoral Council.

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East Cork Camera Group is honoured to be associated with the event and wish Msgr. Goold the very best of good health and happiness for the future.

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ECCG members, Denis Barry, Anthony O’Connor, Finbarr O’Shea and Michael Fenton were delighted to attend and photograph both the mass and social gathering, from which, a full gallery of images can be seen by clicking here. Enjoy!