Photo Shoot - Cavan-Leitrim Railway, Dromod.

Boyle Camera Club would like to extend our gratitude to Pat Coen & Michael Kennedy and the Volunteers at The Cavan-Leitrim Railway Museum in Dromod for the warm, friendly and excellent reception we received there during today's photo shoot. The staff pulled out all the stops (literally!) as they presented the extensive range of locomotive antiques they have collected over the years. Members had free-reign on this photographic escapade with more subject matter for photography to feast your eyes on than you could shake a stick at!

This was our first shoot of the year and was very well attended. Photo Shoots are a monthly club event and provide great opportunities to visit and appreciate some of the fine locations we have about Boyle. Photo Shoots also give members the chance to learn about taking pictures in an informal setting and meet like-minded enthusiasts with a passion for photography.

Members that participated in today's shoot are encourage to send some of their images to info@boylecameraclub.com for the slideshow at the February meeting.

View photos from the photo shoot HERE.

TM

Calendar of Events 2011 - Part 1.

The Calendar of Events for the first part of 2011 is now available to members HERE. We hope to include presentations on photographic issues delivered by invited experts so as to broaden members understanding of the craft of photography today. Suggestions are welcomed from members for future presentations and guest speakers.

A Photographers Vest is a very useful piece of kit to have on a photo shoot. Boyle Camera Club currently have these available to members. The vest is light and durable with plenty of pockets to carry that extra lens, filters and other accessories. It also has 'Boyle Camera Club' embroidered over the breast pocket. Vests cost €35.00, are available in all sizes and come in khaki and navy.

Contact; Kit

Members are reminded that we will meet this Sunday, 30th January at 9.00am on the Cresent, Boyle for our monthly Photo Shoot. We are heading to the village of Dromod and the Cavan-Leitrim Railway. The fee is €5.00.

TM

NIPA Triptych competition 2011

This may be of interest to some members.

The Northern Ireland Photographic Association is organising a Special Competition for 2011. The subject is “Open” but the defined format is Triptych, and Calumet Photographic Belfast has provided the top prize of £100 voucher for camera supplies.

Entries by Friday 8th April.

Full details HERE.

TM

IPF Distinctions Workshop in Kilkenny

The next round of IPF Distinctions is scheduled to take place in Athlone in April 2011.

In advance of this Kilkenny Photographic Society are hosting a Distinctions Workshop at the St. Patrick's Centre in Kilkenny on Saturday 12th February 2011 from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm.

Mark Sedgewick will be there to provide useful information and to give advice to anyone intending to apply for a distinction this year - albeit an L, an A or an F! If you would like to receive advice, it is recommended that you bring a selection of photographs you have taken which you think may form the basis of your distinction panel.

In addition, it will also provide an opportunity to meet other people and to share ideas etc.

The timetable will run as follows:

• 10.00am: Registration & Coffee
• 11.00am: Morning Session
• 12.30pm: Lunch break
• 1.00pm: Afternoon Session
• 3.00pm: Close

There will be a minimal cover charge of E5 on the door.

Those members that wish to attend should notify;

Krissi Hodgson (Secretary, Kilkenny Photographic Society) via e-mail at krissi_hodgson@fastmail.fm

TM

Guy Gowan Workshops in Sligo

I had the great pleasure to attend a number of Guy Gowan Workshops over the years in Dublin so I was delighted to hear, he is now setting up a studio in Sligo and will be conducting workshops there in the coming weeks.

Gowan is a master in the area of post-production editing, workflow and printing and is a regular contributor to Professional Photographer Magazine. His workshops are not for the digital photography novice. This post will probably have some appeal to more advanced or Intermediate members with a good knowledge of photography and Photoshop. If you want to raise your photographic game or take your editing skills to a new level, then this is for you.

More info on the Advanced Members page HERE.

TM

Danone Actimel 'Winter - Full of Life' Photo Competition

The Danone Actimel Winter Full of Life Photo Competition has been launched and this national photography challenge has a top prize of €10,000 for the photograph that best captures Ireland’s Full of Life Winter Moment.

Danone Actimel is encouraging all photographers to get out there and enjoy winter - take a picture of your family or friends getting the most out of winter, post it on the Actimel Full of Life website and the winning photograph will receive a top prize of €10,000.

The Actimel website has tips on how to get support for your pictures (as well as tips for keeping healthy in winter). The finalists for the Danone Actimel Winter Full of Life Photo Competition will be selected by the public through an on-line vote, before they go towards the final round of judging. As well as National winners, the photo that receives the most votes in each county will get a Canon Ixus digital camera.

Log onto www.actimel.ie to find out more and for full terms and conditions.

TM

Club Meeting - Tuesday 11th January

Ardcarne Church near Boyle - Gerry Morris

Our first meeting of the year was very well attended, with many new faces ... and familiar ones too. The full agenda was presented as planned, ably coordinated by the club's new Chair, Kit O'Connor.

Full Minutes for the meeting HERE.

The club have adopted a change to the regular format of meetings. Henceforth, for a brief period during meetings, members will splinter into Beginners - Intermediate - Advanced Groups. On this occasion, groups identified issues they would like to see addressed during these sessions. These issues are presented on the respective group Pages (see the page tabs above) and items of interest and points of information will be added in this space regularly.

The committee are currently working on a Calendar of Events for the year ahead and hope to present it at the February meeting.

January Photo Shoot

A photo shoot is planned for Sunday 30th January. Meet at 9.00a.m. on The Crescent, Boyle to car-pool for a trip to Dromod and the Cavan-Leitrim Railway Museum. The entrance fee is €5.00.

Motivation

January Motivation was 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. View members entries HERE.

The Motivation theme for February is Abstract Architecture. Members submit Two images to info@boylecameraclub.com before Friday 4th February. Images should be sized to 1024 pixels wide at a resolution of 72dpi. Members should indicate Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced in the title. From next month, the motivation images will be judged by an invited photographer and a points system adopted. Prizes will be awarded in each category at the AGM. There will be a critique of a selection of images during the meeting.

Next Club Meeting

Tuesday 8th February, St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

New members always welcome.

TM

Advanced Members

Please keep in mind that we have organised a photo shoot for Sunday 30th January when reading this post.

There is an On-Camera Flash Weekend Workshop taking place at the Centre for Creative Practices in Dublin on Saturday & Sunday 29th and 30th of January (11am - 5pm). The workshop is being run by former IADT lecturer, Hugh McElveen. The cost is €120.00

Full Details HERE.

Centre for Creative Practices,

15 Pembroke Street Lower,

Dublin 2.

Share Ireland Photography Event - Submission before 21st January

Sligo VEC is calling on all photographers nationwide to join in their celebration of Wikipedia’s tenth birthday.

To recognise the event they are running an event called ‘Share Ireland’. They are asking you to send your photographs from around the country. The aim is to create a library of user-generated images that will be freely available online through Wikimedia Commons – an archive built by community for community. This resource is currently very short on Irish content.

Prizes for participation in events will include digital hampers and mini video recorders, so get those pictures in for a chance to win. You can find out more about Wikimedia Commons. Please bear in mind that images of a particularly personal nature or of copyrighted items cannot be accepted (for example, logos). Photographs of minors must include consent of a parent or guardian.

If you are interested in adding your images to the archives please forward pictures to wikiwander@gmail.com by 5pm on Friday 21 st January 2011. Image title, your name, address and telephone number must also be included.

Full details on this and other events taking place in Sligo HERE.

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Also, this from Bristol Photographic Society regarding their International Salon 2011.

TM

Next Camera Club Meeting - 11th January 2011

Boyle Camera Club will kick off the New Year with our first Club Meeting next Tuesday, 11th January at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre. The club will be adopting a revised structure to meetings which will afford members the opportunity to actively engage with photographic issues relevant to their level of proficiency. The agenda for Tuesday's meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address
• Presentation: Tony Murphy - Printing your Digital Photographs
• Motivation Slideshow and Critique
• Break
• Beginners - Intermediate - Advanced Group Discussions
• AOB

Members and New Members are reminded that the annual club subscription fee is now due and can be paid at the meeting. The fee structure has been revised. Full Membership is now €45 and students, unwaged and OAP's €15.

There will be a club Photo Shoot on Sunday, 30th January. We will visit the Railway Station at Dromod in Co. Leitrim. I visited this place a few months ago and it is a treasure-trove of antique auto-locomotion with everything from old trains to tanks and airplanes. Full of colour and something for everyone. More details disclosed at the meeting.

Members are asked to make recommendations for future club photo shoots and we hope to have a full diary of shoots and events prepared for our February meeting.

TM