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Another great day was had by Fermoy Camera Club last Sunday April 21 st. when they headed to Mocollop Co.Waterford

MOCOLLOP, a parish consolidated with Lismore is located on the border between Co. Waterford and Co. Cork, on the road between Ballyduff and Fermoy.

The day provided dry weather and blue skies, always a plus when out and about with a camera and a tripod. We started the day by taking photos in the Mocollop Glen water park, the variety of waterfalls, the movement of cascading water, swirling pools, blossoming flora and bright green mossy trees provided us with lots of opportunities to capture wonderful landscape shots.

Having walked though the wooded Glen we headed to the ruins of Mocollop church, situated on the left bank of the Blackwater.

Watched by an audience of Sheep we took photos of the church and wandered through the graveyard.

A grand day out was had by all, Mocollop is a wonderful area to visit, it is right on our doorstep.

Scott And Catherine McBride

Scott and Catherine McBride pictured with Club Chairman Padraig Barry (center). On Tuesday 9 April, Fermoy Camera Club were privileged to host esteemed photographers, Scott & Catherine MacBride, from Celbridge Camera Club, who travelled down from their home in Dublin to show a fantastic selection of their photographs and to discuss and share the creative processes which often result in some of the most unique images and which are commercially sought after worldwide. The Club were also delighted to welcome members of other local camera clubs including Cobh, Mallow, Cork & Blarney. Club Secretary, Lee Fox, said “We would like to thank all that came along to this event, to those who helped out on the night and, of course, our very special thanks to Scott & Catherine who were so entertaining and willing to share creative ideas, all of which are so often achieved with minimum budgets which has given us bags of motivation going forwards!” In addition to their usual work, the Macbrides have religiously partaken in their very own “365 Project” where they each take and upload a photo every single day. They haven’t missed a day in well over 2 years and of course, arriving in Fermoy earlier in the day, this was no different. Scott goes one step further. Every single Tuesday is “Face Down” Tuesday! Anyone on Barrack Hill might have performed a double take while this photo was being taken. Cat & Scott’s work can be seen on flickr at “CatMacBride” and at “possessed2fisheye”