Coinciding with the Trim Balloon Fiesta, our photowalk will take place on Sat 7th & Sun 8th April – Easter weekend.

This event will span two days and will involve a little more than just taking photos. [...]]]>  It’s that time of year again when we remember our friend Danny

Coinciding with the Trim Balloon Fiesta, our photowalk will take place on Sat 7th & Sun 8th April – Easter weekend.

This event will span two days and will involve a little more than just taking photos. Of course taking photos will play a big part and again we are delighted to announce that Irish Balloon Flights have given us a fantastic prize for the best pic of the photowalk. The winner will receive a midweek Hot Air Balloon flight for one. If you’ve never flown, it is an experience you will never forget.

We’re still working out the details but you can expect workshops, talks, print auctions and much more over the two days.

Keep an eye on this page and over on our facebook page for further updates.

Time to book your accommodation in Trim if you plan on staying over.

One of the attractions is a walking photo exhibition over the weekend. The shops in Market Street have kindly donated a space in their shop windows where you can see a selection of photographs on display. You’ll have to walk up one side of the street and down the other to see them all but it will certainly be worth your while.

OK folks, our itinerary is as follows.

Saturday 7th February.

Meet at the church car park on Patrick Street at 11.00am.

From there we will walk to the cemetery at 11.30 and spend a few minutes with Danny. We will then be met by Noel French, our local historian who will give us a guided walking tour of Trim. Noel is a mine of information and a very entertaining guide. The tour should take about an hour or so and following that we will head to Porchfield to see the balloons.

At 2.00 pm we will have the first of our presentations. Peter Fitzsimons, a local Trim Photographer will give a talk on IR and Film photography.

At 4.00 pm our second photographer, Darren Carr from Sligo, will give us a presentation on his iPhone photography.

You really don’t want to miss either of these talks and they are both free. All the talks will take place in Porchfield in the Pilots Briefing Tent courtesy of Trim Balloon Fiesta.

Print Auction.

This is one of our big events of the weekend and to kick it off we have created an auction website so that you can view what’s on offer and make an early bid. There is a fantastic range of original photographs, some framed and ready for hanging.

At 6.30pm we will hold an auction of prints in Brogans Hotel, High Street, Trim. The auction will be hosted by Ray Butler TD and ALL of the proceeds from the sale will got to the RAY club. The RAY club was founded by Danny O’Brien on the day he passed away and it is a valuable resource for the kids of Trim. Danny’s wife Phil is actively involved in the club so we hope you will give it your full support. It is also an opportunity to acquire some top quality prints, some of which are framed, from Ireland’s leading photographers.

After the auction we will proceed to the river to witness the Trim Fiesta Balloon Night Glow. This is a sight not to be missed where the balloons are lit in sync to well known music.

After the night glow, Danny’s family will release some Chinese Lanterns into the night sky in his memory…………………….

That will bring our Saturday to a close and no better place to meet up than in Brogans again where there may be some banter, chat, music, singing and even a drink or two.

SUNDAY 8th.

For those brave enough, sunrise is at some ungodly hour and I’m sure there’s a photo to be had down by the castle.

For the rest of us, we will have a presentation by Sinead McDonald on print preparation at the more reasonable time of 1.00pm in Porchfield again. If you haven’t been to one of Sinead’s workshops, this is a must see. It will open your eyes and make you want to print more.

At 2.00pm and especially for the children, Aafke Bakker from Holland, will give a hands on workshop on Continental Easter Egg Painting. Learn how to decorate real eggs as our continental neighbours do it.

At 3.30pm we will have another presentation by Barry Delaney titled “Fighting for the underdog”. Barry is a photographer with a story to tell. Some of you will know him as The Baz on Pix.ie, but this is a presentation you don’t want to miss.

As on Saturday, all the presentations are free of charge. However, in keeping with Danny’s spirit, we will be providing empty brown envelopes outside the tent. If you would like to make a contribution to the RAY club, please feel free to make use of the brown envelopes.  We don’t care how much or how little you choose to put in the envelopes. They will be handed over to the club unopened and completely anonymously. We think Danny would have a giggle at the use of the infamous “Brown Envelope”.

Of course during all this whole weekend you will have lots of different balloons and kites to photograph.

Don’t forget the competition. All photowalkers will have the opportunity to win the fabulous prize of the balloon flight.

We’ve extended the closing date until Wednesday to give all the film buffs a chance to get their rolls back from the chemist

Please resize your photo to 750px on the longest side @ 72ppi and e mail them to info@allseeing.me – Closing date is Wednesday 18th April. One entry per photowalker so make it your best shot.

Start: O’Connell Statue on O’Connell St (see image)
Direction: Going down the ‘Boardwalk’ from O’Connell St, past the Ha’penny bridge and down to Millennium Bridge. Cross over to Temple Bar and start heading back towards Westmorland St (the main road [...]]]> I am thinking of:
Time: 7pm
Date: Wednesday 14th March

Start: O’Connell Statue on O’Connell St (see image)
Direction: Going down the ‘Boardwalk’ from O’Connell St, past the Ha’penny bridge and down to Millennium Bridge. Cross over to Temple Bar and start heading back towards Westmorland St (the main road leading to O‘Connell Bridge) while doing some street photography

Who is welcome?
Everybody! Even if you have a Point & Shoot or a film camera, are an amateur or Pro. Everybody is welcome.
You will need a tripod, if you don’t have one then say so here and someone may have a spare for you.

Register your interest here and I will DM you my mobile num nearer the date.
Mention what camera you have and somebody might bring a spare lens for you to try.

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Time: 7pm
Date: Wed 11th January
Start: Georges Quay (Opposite Custom House)
Direction: – down the docklands towards Samuel Beckett Bridge – cross to Dublin Convention Centre.

This walk is great [...]]]> This proves to be a popular walk so I will start off this year with it…..

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Time: 7pm
Date: Wed 11^th January
Start: Georges Quay (Opposite Custom House)
Direction: – down the docklands towards Samuel Beckett Bridge – cross to Dublin Convention Centre.

This walk is great for reflections and different shutter speeds.

Who is welcome?
Everybody!
Even if you have a Point & Shoot or a film camera, are an amateur or Pro.
Everybody is welcome.
You will need a tripod, if you don’t have one then say so and someone may have a spare for you.

Register your interest here and I will try and send you my mobile num nearer the date.
Mention what camera you have and somebody might bring a spare lens for you to try.

A tripod will be essential as will warm attire. Entry is free and lemonades are available in several of the venues for an all important debriefing.
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7Up Winter Wonderland Photowalk

Time: 7pm
Date: Monday 12th December
Start: Spire to Where the lights end
Direction: Spire – down Henry Street to Jervis Centre – Jervis Street to Liffey – into Temple bar – on to Georges Street – TBC

Who is welcome?
Everybody! Even if you have a [...]]]> I am thinking of:

Time: 7pm
Date: Monday 12^th December
Start: Spire to Where the lights end
Direction: Spire – down Henry Street to Jervis Centre – Jervis Street to Liffey – into Temple bar – on to Georges Street – TBC

Who is welcome?
Everybody! Even if you have a Point & Shoot or a film camera, are an amateur or Pro. Everybody is welcome.
You will need a tripod, if you don’t have one then say so here and someone may have a spare for you.

Register your interest here by pressing on the Join button below and I’ll DM you my mobile number nearer the date.

(I’m still trying to work out where there are Christmas lights on ‘d south side’)

The WDD Blue Monument challenge:
In 2010, over 900 monuments and buildings in 84 countries lit in blue on 14 November to raise awareness of diabetes and World Diabetes Day. [...]]]> In association with Diabetes Ireland I’m organising a Photowalk to mark World Diabetes Day (WDD) and the Blue Monument challenge.

The WDD Blue Monument challenge:
In 2010, over 900 monuments and buildings in 84 countries lit in blue on 14 November to raise awareness of diabetes and World Diabetes Day. As a result of the continued popularity of this initiative, it will continue to be a core component of the WDD campaign. In 2011, the blue lightings will take centre stage for all World Diabetes Day-related grass-roots activities and events, reinforcing the link between the colour blue and diabetes, and strengthening recognition of the Blue Circle as the global symbol of diabetes.
In Ireland, to date, the following Buildings will ‘Go Blue’ in support of Diabetes.

- Fire Restaurant at the Mansion House
- PricewaterhouseCoopers, IFSC
- The Convention Center, North Quay
- The Dublin Wheel, Point Village, East Wall Road

Diabetes Ireland plan on growing this list over the next two weeks, and if feasible any new additions will be added to the walk.

The Plan
The current plan is to meet at the Mansion House on Dawson Street between 6.45pm & 7pm on Monday 14th November. We will start by photographing Fire Restaurant from there we will walk to the IFSC to the PricewaterhouseCoopers building, then onwards to The Convention Centre and finally on to The Dublin Wheel. See below for the route.

Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Convention Centre and Diabetes Ireland, the Convention Centre will be going blue on 13th but are unable to use the blue lighting on 14th, so the Convention Centre will not now be a part of the walk. If anyone is around Dublin on 13th Nov, you might want to get some shots of the building in it’s blue lighting.

Diabetes Ireland has been in contact with all of the locations and so we will have no problem taking photographs. I’d like to thank Kate Moran for her assistance in doing this.

There is now a group on pix.ie “Diabetes Ireland WDD 2011″ for the event to enable everyone share their photos from the walk, just upload to pix.ie and use the tag WDD2011. Diabetes Ireland would also appreciate it if Photowalkers would allow them publish some photographs in their magazine (credit will be given) contact details will be available on the night for those willing to provide some of their shots.

If you are talking part, warm clothing and comfortable walking shoes are recommended. A tripod could be useful too.

Oh, there’ll be T-Shirt for everyone taking part!

Diabetes Ireland have just announced that they would like to feature the best photograph from the Blue Monuments photowalk on the front cover of of ‘Diabetes Ireland’ magazine.

The route we will be following is:
Starting at Fire Restaurant beside the Mansion House, we will then walk across Molesworth St to Kildare St (turn left) down Kildare St on to Leinster St (turn right) continue to Lincoln Place, around to Westland Row, continue along Lombard St to City Quay (turn right) continue along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay (at this point we can photography Beckett Bridge with Dublin Wheel behind it) spend some time in this area shooting across the river towards PWC, DCC. Cross the Beckett Bridge (turn right) travel along the quays to the Dublin Wheel. Around the wheel & East Wall road. End of walk. Personally I will probably talk the Luas from the Point Village stop back to Connolly.

Come along to Paul Freeney’s 12th Photowalk in a hugely historic and peaceful part of the city. Hear interesting facts spanning over 1,000 years amid some of Europe’s most beautiful buildings and gardens.

The walk will take in: