Any events upcoming that Joe Soap can attend?

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone knows of anything that'll be happening in the next couple of days, weeks or months that might be interesting to photograph?

Would like to try photographing some bicycle racing, motor sports, parades, rallies, protests.. pretty much anything at all. Particularly during summer when we get those slightly longer, warmer days.

I often see people posting photographs of cars rallying around tracks, muck and dirt flying through the air, and I never hear of such events taking place.

For me in particular, I'm always trying to keep my ear to the ground for Emergency Service demonstrations that may be taking place near me.


So I was wondering if anyone had any plans for future events they intend to bring their camera to, that they'd like to share with the rest of us? Preferably events that anyone can attend and don't require accreditation or press passes or any of that kinda stuff. The kinda events where anyone can just show up and start snappin' away!?

redarmy

who is this joe soap??

tribalwings

Theres a motorbike racing training day and track day taking place in Mondello on the 5th and 6th March

Promac

Try this:
http://dublineventguide.com/

They might list the kind of things you're lookin for. Not sports I don't think but still might have some cool events you can go and photograph.

tribalwings

tribalwings wrote: »

Theres a motorbike racing training day and track day taking place in Mondello on the 5th and 6th March

Never been anywhere near it, but Google makes it look like the sorta place you can't just wander in to?


Will check out the Dublin Event Guide now. Looks like a nightmare to read the site, though, so I probably won't look at it for long

OldGoat

The Egyptian Embassy might be interesting over the next few days. I've not heard of anything organized but theres bound to be a bit of flag waving.
12 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge.

KylieWyley

Get yourself to Dublin for the St. Patricks Festival.

Get there early to pick out a good vantage point and snap away at all the pretty colours

dazftw

redarmy wrote: »

who is this joe soap??

The general public I think.

Captain Flaps

There's a Kayaking competition at Jackson Falls in Wicklow at the end of the month, that seems to be open to all.

xshayx

http://www.indymedia.ie/ for lots of protest info.

smelltheglove

Generally you have to pay into Mondello, Ive been there a few times as I have a friend who races there, I think it may be around a tenner but I could be wrong, theres usually tickets at the hatch for me so I really dont know.

As regards to getting close enough, I dont know how great they are at just letting anyone down the side of the track, I usually hang out in the inner circle and then go up on top of the coffee shop to watch the race, the one time I took the camera with me for one friend racing they did let me on the inner side to take some pics, I guess you could approach one of the racers and see will they get you in and in return you supply them with pics.

Homer

Irish institute of photography website has a few coming up that are free to attend, such as a "Dublin city at dusk" shoot that takes an hour and starts at 17.45 in Dun Laoghaire if memory serves me. Details of that trip and a few others are on their website.

Tiriel

Not an event for taking photos but it may be of interest to some -

Lecture – Plant hunting with a camera. Sidney Clarke
Thursday 17th February

Sidney Clarke was Principal Photographer for the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh for 15 years until his retirement in 2003. He has traveled widely and has received several awards for his work, including the 'Dr. Andrew Duncan' Gold Medal by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in March 2010. He has also co-authored and been the photographer for a number of horticultural publications.
Time: 8.00pm, Education and Visitor Centre Natonal Botanic Gardens
Organised by the Alpine Garden Society.

kjt

Captain Flaps wrote: »

There's a Kayaking competition at Jackson Falls in Wicklow at the end of the month, that seems to be open to all.

There's also Kayaking Intervarsities next weekend in Cork. Always great shots to be captured there

irish147

THE St Patrick's Day celebrations in Wexford will be extended this year with the Skyfest celebration taking place just two days later. Saturday, March 19, has been pencilled in as the date for the one-day festival, comprising a spectacular fireworks display (choreographed to music) and other associated activities on the quay. Gardaí in Wexford have already begun planning for the event.. It will not be officially launched until February 9, according to the National Lottery, the main sponsors of the event.