We’re delighted to report that it’s an SACC club member who takes home the top prize from the IPF National Nature Finals held on Saturday, March 9th 2013 in Kilkenny.

The congratulations go to Michael Murphy from Cork Camera Group for his image “Irish Hare in Morning Dew” which won ‘Best overall image’.  This image topped the Projected Image – Open section and Michael also claimed a bronze medal in the same category. Well done Michael!

We also are very pleased to recognise the achievement of Bill Power from Mallow Camera Club (and our very own SACC Chairman!) who took home no less than three awards. Bill placed first in Colour Print – Theme (Peatland Ireland)  with “Griston Bullrush”, second in the Colour Print -Open  with “Amethyst Deceiver” and also received an honourable mention for “Toadstool Triplets” in Projected Image – Open.

Charlie Galloway from Waterford Camera Club took home two honourable mentions – one in Projected Image – Theme (Birds Feeding) and the second in Colour Print – Open with “Kingfisher”.

Finally, Edward Delaney from Enniscorthy Camera Club received an honourable mention for “New Life” in Projected Image – Open.

Congratulations again to all – a very proud day for the SACC!

We are delighted to showcase their winning image below and wish them further success in the coming years with their beautiful nature photography images.

(The image here are from SACC clubs, to see a full report and view the rest of the winning images from the other regions, please take a look at this link on IPF website)

Thank you to all the clubs who pre-registered for this years SACC Interclub Competition.  We are delighted to announce that we have received a record number of entries from clubs in SACC region, with both long-established and shiny new clubs competing.  Best of luck to all!

We’ll be releasing full details of the schedule for the day shortly, (including some special treats that we’re keeping under wraps for the moment!), but for now, please find all the information you need to enter.

Please direct all queries to interclub2013@sacc.ie or use the contact page on this website.

The IPF Canon Print & Projected Finals take place this coming weekend (February 23rd & 24th) at Athlone Institute of Technology.

Full details, including lectures  and the programme of events for the day can be found on this link on IPF website.
Lectures can be booked from IPF website.

We would like to wish all competitors who qualified from SACC clubs the very best of luck and we hope to see lots of familiar faces from our region in Athlone.

On Sunday, January 27th, the SACC held the regional qualifying round of the IPF National Nature Competition at The Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny in association with Kilkenny Photographic Society

Congratulations to all our winners on the day and to everyone who took part. Best of luck to everyone whose images qualified for national finals next year.

Thank you to our judges; Mark Sedgwick FIPF EFIAP and Des Connors FIPF who did an outstanding job not only scoring the images but also providing ongoing commentary and invaluable feedback to the audience on many of the images they were judging.

The competition was powered by Picturk and its online system once again proved itself on Sunday. Thanks to Paul Geraghty from Picturk who was with us for the day to ensure smooth running of the competition.

Thanks are due to the hotel for providing outstanding facilities and to Kilkenny Photographic Society who hosted the events and supplied a great team of volunteers for the event.

Huge thanks also to the SACC committee, without whom this event would not have taken place.  We look forward to our next event – The SACC Interclub Competition which takes place on March 24th and we’ll be posting details about it over the next few weeks.

Finally, full results available via link below:

SACC Regional Round of IPF National Nature Competition Results 2013

Happy New Year from SACC to all its members. We wish you health, happiness and stunning photography in 2013!

Notice for all clubs:

Membership fees for 2013 are now due. The fee remains unchanged from last year at €50. For more information and payment methods, we’ve added a fees section to the website (include paypal link for those who wish to pay online).

Please note that only members of paid up clubs will have access to SACC competitions and only paid up clubs will be eligible to enter SACC Interclub Competition.

We’re starting the new year with our first competition (SACC round of IPF Nature competition) taking place at the end of January.  We’ll be posting updates about that competition shortly, but in the mean time, please find below a list of some other upcoming dates that might be of interest.  Details subject to change, so please check our calendar for confirmation and also for details of venue.

Congratulations to John Hooton FIPF FRPS MFIAP on a fantastic evening surrounded by family, friends and colleagues last week as he launched his beautiful first book “Gathering Light on the Dingle Coast”.

His book can be purchased directly from his website: http://www.john-hooton.com and we’ve got our hands on a couple of images from launch night at Springfort Hall in Mallow courtesy of Patrick Sheehan.

We’re delighted to share the following invitation from John Hooton FIPF FRPS MFIAP to the launch of his eagerly awaited first book “Gathering Light on the Dingle Coast” and wish him every success with it!

On Sunday, November 18th, the SACC held the regional qualifying round of the IPF Print and Projected Image Competition (in association with Canon) at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel in Cahir, Co.Tipperary.

Congratulations to Gerald Dunne from Ennis Camera Club who won the overall title of best image for his beautiful monochrome print “A Piece of Peace”.  Gerald not only takes home the Seamus Scullane memorial trophy, but also a shiny new Canon PIXMA MG6250 high performance printer.  Congratulations to all our medallists on the day and indeed to everyone who entered the competition. Best of luck to everyone whose images qualified for national finals next year.

Thank you to our judges; Bob Morrisson, Cliff Hutchinson & Paul Stanley and to Picturk, our partners for this competition (especially to Paul Geraghty who was with us on the day).

Thank you also to the outgoing committee and the team of volunteers who did an excellent job both planning and running the event.

Finally…. the bit you’ve been waiting for…. the results….

Results Page SACC PPI 2012

Congratulations to Ron Bending from Deise Photographic Society on taking the title in this years SACC Creative Digital Competition.

Jarlath Judge from Enniscorthy Camera Club took second place, with Vladimir Morozov from Wexford Camera Club taking third.

Top three images below (click for view larger) and full results available over on results page.

Congratulations again to the winners and also to everyone else who took part, especially the contingent who travelled from Tallaght Photographic Society.  This year saw the highest participation in Creative Digital in some time.