IPF Distinctions Athlone - April 2011

On Saturday 16th of April, Conor Dowling, on behalf of BCC, attended the IPF Distinction Awards in Athlone. Conor offers some advice for those who intend to submit for the Licentiate Award this Autumn.

See the Distinctions Page.

Events in May

Photo Shoot Tuesday Evening, 7.30pm 3rd May.

As our usual monthly Photo Shoot date coincides with Easter Sunday and subsequently, the May Bank Holiday Weekend, the committee have opted to reschedule the April shoot to the EVENING of Tuesday 3rd May. Meet at St. Joseph's Resource Centre at 7.30pm.

We appreciate that this may not suit everyone, however, we intend to break into groups and visit a set of local sites to include; Derreen Wood, Boyle Railway Station, the Gaelic Chieftain, Forest Park and others. This will lapse into a low-light shooting situation so members are advised to bring tripods. Each group will be accompanied by at least one advanced member who will go through the process of finding a suitable scene, setting-up and composing the shot and finally, taking the shot. The shoot may also include work with flash.

Club Meeting Tuesday 10th May 8pm

This month's club meeting will include a presentation by Tony Murphy. Tony will discuss the often complex issue of 'LENSES'; focal length, crop factor, maximum aperture, and more. This will be a technical presentation for the purpose of demystifying the jargon associated with lenses and to help members make more informed choices when it comes to investing in 'glass' for your digital SLR.

The full agenda for the club meeting will be posted shortly.

Annual Weekend Photo Shoot - 13th to 15th May

As stated in an earlier post, this year Boyle Camera Club are going to Inishbofin. 20 members have signed up for a weekend of torture and hard graft as they come to grips with sucking the landscape dry with indulgent photographic endeavour! This is the club's third annual excursion and the event has proven to be a popular and productive engagement for members. The committee are grateful to Peter Boalch and Paraic Brennan for organising the event.

More detail disclosed at the club meeting on 10th May.

Annual Summer Exhibition

Members are asked to start preparing their images for this year's Annual Exhibition in association with Boyle Arts Festival. Members will submit up to THREE images, one image per member will be selected for the exhibition.

This year the theme is 'open', which means members can submit images on any subject. However, as a guide, we suggest that only one of your three images be a landscape. Generally speaking, in previous years, landscapes have tended to dominate the exhibition so this year we hope to exhibit a more diverse range of work which might include portraits, abstracts, low-light, still-life and other subject matter.

Members are reminded that we will require High-Resolution files of all entries for the purpose of printing, so ensure to keep your edits suitable for printing up to A4 in size.

More details on this in the run-up to the exhibition.

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We look forward to seeing you all on the 3rd of May.

Competition - "Creativity - Enhancing Our Vision of the Future" - 16th May 2011

A call for monochrome images which will be selected for exhibition in the Helix at DCU this June.

The competition is looking for images which represent the conference theme; "Creativity - Enhancing Our Vision of the Future"

All images accepted will be displayed in the upper foyer of the helix during this international exhibition.

Conns Cameras has donated a first prize of a Cannon Camera and certificates will be awarded at the discretion of the judging panel. Accepted images and details of the photographers will be published in the conference book which will be sold to aid the Japan Relief Fund. Accepted images will also receive a conference sticker to commemorate their acceptance into the exhibition.

Full details, rules and application form are available HERE.

Club Meeting - Tuesday 12th April

Above; Galway Landscape Photographer, Sean Tomkins with Joe Kennedy and Club Chairperson, Kit O'Connor. Sean was guest presenter at this month's club meeting.

Membership turned out in force to welcome Galway landscape photographer, Sean Tomkins, for his presentation at this month's club meeting. Sean presented a selection of his award-winning images of the Irish landscape that stretched from the Dingle Peninsula to the coastline of Mayo. His images reflect the mysterious and often unpredictable nature of Irish light and the seemingly endless patterns and colours that paint drama and emotion into his skyscapes.

Motivation

Joe Kennedy presented this month's Motivation Slideshow. The theme was 'Low-light' and images were judged by the discerning eye of Limerick photographer, Hazel Coffey. Hazel's critique was astute and articulate, the results are as follows;

Winners of this month's 'Low-Light' Motivation - Top: Joe Kennedy - Advanced. Lower Left: Dermot Devine - Intermediate and Right: Anthony Troy - Beginner.

Beginners

1. Anthony Troy
2. Marion Noone
3. Margie Dunne

Intermediate

1. Dermot Devine
2. Paul little
3. Michael Gardiner

Advanced

1. Joe Kennedy
2. Tony Murphy
3. Margaret Dolan and Peter Kelly

All submissions can be seen HERE.

Next month's Motivation Theme is MOVEMENT. Members are asked to submit up to three images to info@boylecameraclub.com on or before Friday 6th May.

Joe also presented a slideshow from the club's recent photo shoot to Stroketown House.

See members photos HERE.

April Photo Shoot

Later this month (date to be confirmed), club members will break into groups of Beginners - Intermediate and Advanced for site specific photo shoots. Each group will be accompanied by a committee member and visit a specific location. Details relating to the proposed shoot will be disclosed after the next committee meeting.

IPF Distinctions Group

Conor Dowling met with a group of members intending to go forward for Distinctions this Autumn. Members are currently preparing work for their respective photography panels under Conor's guidance. The group meet from 7 - 8pm before each monthly meeting.

New Members

Each month Boyle Camera Club attracts new member to it's meetings. The committee would like to welcome all recent and new members to the club. Persons interested in attending meetings are welcome to do so, meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. Intending members should make themselves known to one of the committee members who will be happy to answer queries about the club. Intending members can attend Two meetings after which point they must formally register.

Registration includes;

• completing the membership application form.
• payment of the annual registration fee.
• selection of Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced category for the purpose of taking part in monthly motivations and group specific workshops.

Other information

• The IPF National Club Championship takes place this weekend in Athlone. Full details HERE.
• Annual Weekend Photo Shoot - This year BCC will travel to Inishbofin - Friday 13th to 15th May. The final call for places went out at the meeting as booking had to be promptly confirmed. Anyone not at the meeting should contact info@boylecameraclub immediately to reserve a place. Additional information about the trip will be posted here shortly.
• Next Committee Meeting - Tuesday 19th April.
• Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th May

Club Meeting - Tuesday 12th April

7.00 - 8.00pm In advance of the club meeting, members that are going forward for IPF Distinctions will meet with Conor Dowling.

The Agenda for our April club meeting is as follows;

• 8pm - Chairperson's Address

• Presentation - Landscape Photographer, Sean Tomkins.
  
  Sean is an acclaimed, winning, professional landscape photographer from Galway City. He is a self - taught photographer and uses his native Galway as inspiration for his wonderful images. There are many prints of his much loved Connemara and Counties Mayo, Clare and Kerry, and he uses the changing light and dramatic landscapes to create such diverse images. Sean has been a long-time member of the Galway Camera Club and has won many competitions and awards.

• March Motivation & Critique - Low-Light, presented by Joe Kennedy. This month's Motivation will be judged by Photographer, Hazel Coffey. Hazel is an exceptional photographer and member of Limerick Camera Club. She has a sensitive eye for nature and the Irish landscape. A regular visitor to the Flickr sites of many Boyle Camera Club members, Hazel has earned our respect for her astute and articulate praise and criticism of our work.
• Tea/Coffee
• Joe will also show a selection of members photos from the recent Strokestown House photo shoot.
• Group Sessions - Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced related issues.

Members are reminded that Friday 8th of April is the closing date for Motivation entries.

Motivation entries can be viewed HERE.

Members that attended the photo shoot to Strokestown House should send in some of their photos to info@boylecameraclub.com to be included in the slideshow and critique.

House Keeping Duties

• Setting out the room in advance of the meeting.
• Taking charge of refreshments.

TM

5 Go Wild in Dublin

Peter Kelly, Phil Burns, Joe Kennedy, Paraic Brennan and Tony Murphy

This weekend, some club members met informally in Dublin to seek out photographic treasure. During daylight hours, the group explored the possibilities presented on the city streets and were not deterred by the severe downpours that happened to hit Dublin that day. Later, they photographed about the area of the Samual Beckett Bridge and Grand Canal Theatre where the lighting and exposure challenges are very different to those here in Boyle. Sunday morning included a visit to the Smithfield Horse Fair before heading home. If any members have engaged in any similar ventures, let us know and we'll be happy to publish them here.