Boyle Camera Club - Winners of the IPF National Shield 2013

A fantastic and proud achievement for Boyle Camera Club on winning the Irish Photographic Federation NATIONAL SHIELD! Well done to participating members.

Boyle Camera Club was awarded FIRST PLACE in the the Irish Photographic Federation's prestigious National Shield Competition on the 9th of November in Malahide, Co. Dublin. The Club submitted two panels of photographs (above) - one in colour and one in black & white. Competition was extremely keen with twenty six camera clubs from across the country taking part.

This was the Boyle Camera Club's first time to take part in a national competition and in addition to winning the overall National Shield, the club was awarded FIRST place for the best black & white panel and a €250 voucher from Sheldon Photographic, sponsors of the competition.

Individual awards for club photographers went to Geoffrey Percy, Matthew Gammon and Peter Kelly, who received the Bronze Medal for his black and white photograph.

Boyle Camera Club, which recently celebrated its 6th anniversary, continues to go from strength to strength. The Club provides an opportunity for members to expand their knowledge of photography and develop their skills with like-minded enthusiasts. It caters for all levels - beginners, intermediate and advanced members and holds presentations, photo shoots, field trips and exhibitions. The Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre (behind St. Joseph's RC Church) and new members are always welcome! The winning colour and black and white panels were prepared and printed by club members Tony Murphy and Conor Dowling.

Agenda - Tuesday 12th November

November Motivation theme is TRANSPORT. Members should submit their photos to; motivationpics@gmail.com before midnight, Friday 8th November. Remember also that this month members can select one of their images and present it as a PRINT during the club meeting. See details under Motivation in post below.

Boyle's most recent professional photographer, Darren Purcell, will judge and critique the Motivation entries.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address
• Club's participation in the IPF National Shield competition.
• Christmas Party - Dodds Bar, Boyle. Friday 13th December. Deposits (€5 or €10 to cover food will taken at the meeting.
• Peter Kelly & Brian Munnelly - BCC Flickr Group Pool - 'Photo of the Month'.
• Peter Kelly will give a 5-minute talk on one of his recent images.
• Presentation - Jason Mallard will discuss and demonstrate the creative potential of flash photography. See Jason's post on this in the club forum.
• Tea/Coffee Break
• Desmond O'Dwyer presents this month's Motivation (above). Members photos available to view HERE (soon).
• Group Sessions - Opportunity to discuss camera flash related issues as per presentation.

Members should note that the door fee for meetings will henceforth be €3 as discussed and agreed at our recent AGM.

We look forward to seeing you all.

New members always welcome.

BCC Participation in IPF National Shield 2013

This weekend (Saturday 9th November), the Irish Photographic Federation are running their National Shield event at Malahide Community School in Dublin. The National Shield is an inter-club competition for all members of camera clubs who are deemed to be intermediate photographers. This year, for the first time and on rather short notice, the committee decided to enter Boyle Camera Club in the competition. Because of the very limited time available, in great haste the committee selected photos from the club Flickr stream and approached the individual photographers to participate. As a club, we are required to submit a panel of eight colour and eight monochrome mounted prints. The panels have now been assembled, printed and mounted and are presently en route to Malahide where they will be displayed on Saturday morning with work from other camera clubs across the country.

Boyle Camera Club have been affiliated to the IPF since it's founding in 2007 but we have not often participated in IPF competitive events. As our membership grows and matures, we hope to be more active regarding our engagement with the IPF and will be encouraging members to consider developing work for the IPF Distinctions in the near future.

(View recent Distinctions Panels HERE)

In the meantime, we wish participating members every success this weekend in Malahide. We will post details regarding the club's panel submission here after the event.