BCC Stand at Boyle Summer Show and Updates

Boyle Camera Club occupied a stand at this year's Boyle Summer Festival. The event has been a great success and a credit to the organising committee and all who took part in the many events and competitions. The club was suitably represented, thanks to Chairperson, Sean O'Dowd, Conor Dowling and Louise Cole, who assembled the stand and used it as a forum to promote the club and its activities.

SUMMER Photo Competition

Francis Farrell - On Booterstown Beach

Members photos for the SUMMERTIME photo competition have been submitted and can be reviewed HERE. Photographer, David Knight will judge the competition and results will be presented at the next club meeting.

September Club Meeting - Update

There is an amendment to the proposed schedule for the September club meeting. Photographer, Eunan Sweeney will present a sample of his work in place of David Knight, who is unable to attend on Tuesday 8th. Eunan is an exceptional contemporary Landscape and Wild Flower photographer with work exhibited throughout the country. We are delighted that he is able to come and share some of his expertise with the club.

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NEW VENUE for Camera Club Meetings

BOYLE SUMMER SHOW

Boyle Camera Club will be represented at one of the many stands during the Boyle Summer Show which will take place in St. Joseph's Hall this Sunday. The club will present a selection of members photos and information on the club's activities. Any member that can spare the time, can come along and help out on the day. The event in St. Joseph's Hall commences after the Parade at 2.30pm.

Full Programme available HERE.

Club Meeting TUESDAY 8th September - 8pm

The September Meeting of Boyle Camera Club will take place in The Royal Hotel, Boyle. Members will be notified of this change of venue and time-slot shortly via text message. The committee would like to apologise for any inconvenience this causes and hopes members will be able to attend as usual.

Photographer, David Knight - Presentation

The September meeting will be a busy one. Acclaimed photographer, David Knight will make a presentation of a selection of his photos and discuss his approach to making and processing stunning images.

David was recently awarded a Licentiateship status by the SWPP. This follows on from the Licentiatship awarded to David last year by the Master Photographers Association.

SUMMER - Club Photo Competition

Members are reminded that submissions for the SUMMER PHOTO COMPETITION are now due.

All members can submit TWO photos that reflect the theme 'Summer'. Email photos to info@boylecameraclub.com Please insure that you include Your NAME, TITLE and CATEGORY in the file title.

We hope that our presenter, David Knight, will judge this month's competition and give a summary of his views on his nominations at the meeting.

Closing date is FRIDAY 28th August.

Other Items of Interest

Tony Murphy will make a presentation on the subject of RECIPROCITY. In photography, this means balancing the three elements of the 'Exposure Triangle' in order to get good exposure.

Group Discussion - This month, we hope to resume a dimension of group discussion during the meeting. Conor Dowling, Tony Murphy and Peter Boalch will facilitate analysis of a selection of iconic photographic images and examine the ingredients that makes some photos truly great!

AGM - Nomination of Officers for next year's Committee - The Club's AGM will take place on TUESDAY 13th October. Members are asked to mention any issues that they would like to be considered/addressed at the meeting.

There will be a number of posts vacated by the current committee and members will be asked to make themselves known if they are interested in standing for election. Details will be disclosed at the meeting and posted here in due course.

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Boyle Summer Show - Photo Competition 2009

PHOTO COMPETITION

There is still time for photographers to enter the Boyle Summer Show, which takes place on Sunday August 30th. You may get to win a rosette and have a lot of people admire your photographic skills!

Applications should be made by Friday August 21st, but pictures don't have to be presented until the morning of the show, on Sunday August 30th.

Pick up a schedule from the office of Úna Bhán Tourism, Grounds of King House, Boyle, for more information. The Club will also have a presence at the Show - more details nearer the date.

Meanwhile, here is an excerpt from the programme:

Photographic Section
Theme: Love Where You Live

Entry Fee €3.00

81. Love Where You Live (Adult Section)

82. Love Where You Live (Secondary School Section)

83. Best Overall Image (Sponsored by realboyle.com)

116. Primary Section (Primary Age) Entry fee €2.00  Theme: Love Where You Live

Download Application Form HERE.

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News Update - August 2009

Boyle Camera Club - Love Where You Live Photo Exhibition 2009

This year over 40 members of Boyle Camera Club exhibited their photographs in this, our second exhibition as part of the Boyle Arts Festival. The club would like to extend thanks and appreciation to everyone that helped make this year’s event a great success. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the generosity of photographer, Tony Geoghan, for printing all the exhibited photos. To Brogan’s Pharmacy, for the use of their window to promote the exhibition. We would also like to thank Paul Byrne for providing his printing services and Una Bhan Tourism and it’s staff for all the help they gave us. We sincerely wish to thank Boyle Library for generously providing the exhibition venue and extend gratitude to its staff. Thank you also to Daly’s and The Moving Stairs who have been a great support to the club during the year. Finally, the club would especially like to thank all those members that generously gave up their time to supervise the exhibition, well done to you all.

Some photos HERE.

Members that participated in this years exhibition are reminded that the subscription of €12 will be collected at the club meeting on 12th August.

Congratulations Conor

Congratulations to Conor Dowling, our club Competitions Secretary, who was awarded First Prize at this year’s Local Artists Exhibition during the Boyle Arts Festival. It is the first time in the history of the festival that the first prize has gone to a photographer. Conor’s work is deservedly receiving recognition, recently he was also awarded his Licentiate from the Irish Photographic Federation. Well done Conor!

Members Photo Competition

The closing date for the Summer Photo Competition has been extended to Friday 28th August. Members are asked to submit their photos on the theme ‘Summer’ to info@boylecameraclub.com on or before this date.

Club Meeting 12th August

Our next club meeting will take place in the Moving Stairs this Wednesday at 8pm. The meeting will include a presentation from Peter Boalch who will show and discuss his recent photos from Belfast and Scotland. Conor Dowling will show and critique some of the recent submissions from the Love Where You Live exhibition and Carrick-on-Shannon photo shoot. Tony Murphy will return to give a practical presentation on the subject of Low-light photography.

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The Look of The Irish - RTE Sunday 9th August.

Club members that may be kept indoors by this Summer's crap weather might be interested to note that this Sunday, RTÉ will commence a new series ‘The Look of the Irish’. As part of this season, documentaries will be aired from Sunday 9th to Friday 14th August, which will celebrate Ireland and our heritage through the photographs that have shown us who we are since 1893.

In this series formal and informal snaps taken by amateur and professional photographers over the last 170 years will be looked at. Nine documentaries will be aired covering emotive photographic topics such as a Cork’s family’s story if city life over three generations to the fascinating archive of Titanic survivor Fr. Browne.

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