APUG GET TOGETHER BEFORE XMAS

[monosnaps]

I hope to make it for 8:00 am at Kippure Lodge, see you there.

 

[thefizz]

party on...

 

[thefizz]

Auhhh Sile why did you have to bring that bottle of wine

 

[peterev]

good night? good shooting?

 

[Gizzo]

what a nice meeting!!!
I might have lost my tripod plate (the yoke that goes below the camera)......
but apart from that, thumbs up!!!

 

[Fintan]

good night? good shooting?

good night, great shooting, great chat, great print show

only minus was the slippery drive home from Carlow in the fog :rolleyes:

 

[Síle]

Auhhh Sile why did you have to bring that bottle of wine

Auhhh Peter why did you make me drink the wine?

Really great meeting everyone, I thoroughly enjoyed the company and the shooting and we even got our frost!

It was great to finally meet Eddie, Brian and Gigi... glad we didn't leave you in Blessington!
Already looking forward to the next one..

 

[Gizzo]

only minus was the slippery drive home from Carlow in the fog

sorry to hear that Fintan
by any chance did I left my Manfrotto's plate in the boot of your Def????

 

[Fintan]

yea i found it under the seats dude

 

[peterev]

sounds good, looking forward to seeing the prints

 

[thefizz]

good night? good shooting?

Yes and yes

Although we will have to remember not to leave Gigi behind at the chippers next time and Martin will have learn that its too cold this time of the year for swimming in the river.

I will have to try to resist the temptation when Sile tries to lure people up to her room again with promises of wine :rolleyes:

And then there was the lecture given by Tex at lunch on Saturday about the previous nights boozing even though he was the only one having a pint at the time :confused:

 

[peterev]

Holy crap did somebody go swimming, -4 degrees, balls of steel or brains of cheese?

 

[thefizz]

Unfortunately Martin's Bronica also took a dip.

Hope its ok Martin?

 

[peterev]

Unfortunately Martin's Bronica also took a dip.

Ah, so it was photographic exuberance rather than drunken bravado.

 

[Gizzo]

an early Santa Claus gave me an enlarger
now the only thing I need is space. damnit!
but now I'm ready to play!!!!!

 

[martinhughesireland]

The Bronica is fine Peter, still working Very little water got into it thank god

Thanks for the weekend all, was good fun
M

 

[monosnaps]

Had an enjoyable day, the good company helped. Pleased to meet Gigi Mel and Sile, A little more time to discuss prints and print presentation techniques would have been a bonus. I have two rolls processed, The Acros 100 taken at Kippure which was very contrasty with a few dodgy exposures. The other roll is the Holga images which look ok, they are drying at the moment.
Pleased Martins camera is ok, Did Sile sort out the problem with the Olympus.

 

[Vincent Brady]

I only wish that I had a digital camera to photograph you guys sitting around a table in A PUB with glasses of water in front of you. I'd go public and international with that one and ruin your reputations. Apart from that I thought it was a great weekend and a pleasure to meet everyone. Looking forward to our next get together. We need to allow more time for print showing.

Cheers
TEX

 

[Fintan]

I would have liked a pint but somebody has to drive Tex :rolleyes:

On other occasions there was plenty of time to show prints on the friday evening when everyone was present.

 

[Síle]

Sorry I missed out on the pub/print showing, but impressed you lot were on the water! I struggled through the office party and more wine.. it was tough, but someone had to do it! It seems I should be glad I missed out on the Tex lecture though.. hope you were gentle with them Tex!

Eddie so far I haven't had the chance to take the Olympus to the darkroom to remove the film and check out it out, hopefully I'll salvage something out of it, then it'll be taking a trip to Dublin to sort it once and for all.. at least I had thought to throw in the compact! How did the close up of our friendly equine friends work?

Martin glad to hear the camera is ok... dying to see some of those Rollei results.

Peter.. Um... 'Lure you' to my room?? Don't make me tell everyone what really happened.....

 

[Fintan]

Sile you might like to give this guy a call;

Alan McDonnell
Camera Repair Centre
147 Harmonstown Road,
Artane,
Dublin 5.
Ph: 087-1350345

 

[MOPS]

Good day was had by all I think, bar the dip in the river by the camera, etc.... Next time out I am going to tie my tripod to my arm so I won't forget it; managed to use a rock or two with my camera sitting on my hat as a make shift tripod, thanks for the loan of yours Sile. Nice to meet some new and not so new faces, hope you all got home OK.....MOPS

 

[monosnaps]

Sile you might like to give this guy a call;

Alan McDonnell
Camera Repair Centre
147 Harmonstown Road,
Artane,
Dublin 5.
Ph: 087-1350345

Alan used to work out of DML, does he stll do the Hasselblad work there, I know he has to give DML customers preference.. Repairs can be expensive and film cameras are so cheap now make sure the repair is economical.

 

[melball]

What a great weekend. It was good to meet up and meet some new faces. Sorry I missed the print showing, hopefully they will have finished a bit more of the Dublin-Cork motorway next time we meet and I won't have to head away so early.

 

[Síle]

Thanks Fintan and Eddie I'll give him a buzz later on today and see if he can give me an idea of how much first, as I mentioned on Saturday I need to get my autocord fixed too.. so it might just be worth it..
I hope!