Evening Photo Shoot at Ardcarn - 29th September 2011

Some club members made the most of the beautiful evening light about Boyle when they visited Ardcarn Church and cemetery. As always, Sligo was very respectfully represented - well done lads for making the effort:-) Members are reminded that there are two photo shoots scheduled in the coming week;

• Saturday 8th October 10.30am - Beginners Group meet in St. Joseph's Resource Centre for a natural light portrait shoot.
• Sunday 9th October 9.30am - Intermediate Group meet in Rathcormack School Car Park for car pool to Hazelwood and surrounding area.

Birr Castle Photo Shoot - 25th September

Nine members of the club attended this event last Sunday. Thanks to Eamon, our driver for the day. We got to Birr at 12 pm - just in time for breakfast for Joe and

Gerry! Unfortunately the Balloons didn't fly as scheduled due to strong winds. As we

had access to the Birr Castle Demesne we busied ourselves shooting landscapes and portraits - see a selection on the club Flickr site HERE. We lost Martina Morris for a while but luckily she caught up before we left for home. Thanks to Martina for the sandwiches which we enjoyed on the way home with a stop at Kilmartins Garage in Athlone for a welcome cup of tea.

Paraic.

Photo by Joe Kennedy

BCC Exhibition Opening at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon

Friday 23rd September 2011. Photographer, Mike Bunn officially opens Boyle Camera Club's exhibition at The Dock Gallery, Carrick-on-Shannon. The exhibition will run until 23rd October.

Pictured above L to R: Sean O'Dowd, Conor Dowling, Mike Bunn, Kit O'Connor, Paraic Brennan, Joe Kennedy and Andy Rimmer.

More photos HERE.

BCC Exhibition - Friday 23rd September - 5.30pm at The Dock

IPF Distinctions Up-Date

The November sitting of the Distinction judging panel will take place in Thurles Institute of Technology on Saturday 26th November.
The closing date for applications will be 17th October. For the closing date, you will need to submit an application form and pay the appropriate fee. Fees can be paid via check postal order or Paypal.
For application forms and more information on individual distinctions and the Licentiateship, see the IPF website HERE.

Club Meeting - 13th September 2011

Boyle Camera Club Chairperson, Kit O'Connor presents Martina Morris of TOUCH Ireland with a cheque for €600 from the proceeds of the club's recent photography exhibition at Boyle Library. Also in the photo are committee members Debbie McCormack and Andrew Rimmer.

Our first club meeting of the Autumn season kicked off with an excellent presentation by club member Desmond O'Dwyer. Desmond has been exploring the possibilities of HDR photography for some time and his well researched and delivered presentation went some way to clarifying the pros and cons of this post production technique. Not one to sit on the fence regarding photography issues, Desmond's generosity in sharing his experience in this field was well received by members, even those that have a 'love/hate' relationship with HDR photography. For members that missed the meeting, Desmond has offered to make his presentation available on-line HERE.

BCC Exhibition at The Dock

The Dock exhibition was selected from over 120 photos submitted by members. In a slideshow presentation, the photos that will not be hanging on the gallery walls were reviewed and an informal critique took place on a selection of the photos. With regard to the exhibition, prints are now at the gallery, the posters and catalogues are printed and members should now be considering what they will wear on the big night of Friday 23rd September to the opening! We look forward to seeing everyone there.

Group Discussions

Advanced, Intermediate and Beginners groups met to arrange photo shoots in the coming weeks.

Advanced Group;

Thursday 29th September - Low-light shoot. Meeting at 6.00pm, Ardcarn Church (between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon on the N4). Some blue-hour work in the adjacent cemetery followed by a visit to the church. Our gratitude to the Gillespie Family for granting access.

Intermediate Group;

9th October. Meet at Rathcormack School Car Park, at 9.30am. Car pool from there to Hazelwood and surrounding areas of interest. Ideal opportunity for Macro work. Depending on time, peoples availability and interest we can move on to other areas for photographic opportunities. All are welcome. Interested parties respond to this post in the club forum HERE.

Beginners Group;

Tony Murphy discussed how to use a compact camera to take close-up and macro photos. Members are expected to put this into action in this month's motivation. The beginners group will be meeting in early October for an indoor natural light still-life and portraiture shoot. Maeve has kindly offered to bring some theatrical costumes so this one should be a bit of fun! Date and time for the beginners shoot to be decided. All members welcome.

National Hot Air Balloon Championships Photo Shoot in Birr

A contingent from the club will attend this event on Sunday 25th September. Presently, Andy is looking into hiring a bus. Weather permitting, this should be an excellent day out with club members having full photography access to Birr Castle estate. Anyone that has not already signed up can email Andy via info@boylecameraclub.com

October Motivation

The Motivation theme for this month is MACRO Photography. Members might find this post from a few years ago helpful. 3 Photos to info@boylecameraclub.com by FRIDAY 7th October.

AGM - Tuesday 11th October

Our October meeting will see Boyle Camera Club celebrate our 4th birthday. The agenda will be posted here in the coming weeks. Members interested in putting their names forward for positions on the new committee should notify the club secretary in advance of the meeting. Members of the current committee will be putting their names forward for retention of posts, however there will be at least two seats to fill on the new committee. All registered members are encouraged to attend.

A New Season Begins at Boyle Camera Club

Congratulations to Andy Rimmer, winner of the prize for the Best Landscape Photograph at the Castlerea Show recently.

As we prepare to return to ‘business as usual’ after the summer break, the committee wish to bring members up to date with current issues and events.

We have been very busy behind the scenes these past few months; reprinting and distrubiting the photos sold during our Arts Festival exhibition and preparing for our forthcoming exibition at The Dock later this month.

Our exhibition in Boyle Library was very well received, a sincere thank you to all participating members and the organisers of the event, in particularly The Boyle Arts Festival Committee and Boyle Library staff. The public comment book bares testiment to the appreciation of the many visitors who viewed the work. At this point, we have distributed all the photos that were sold and will be making a presentation to TOUCH Ireland on behalf of all our members in the coming weeks.

With regard to our exhibition at The Dock Gallery in Carrick-on-Shannon, members photos were delivered to the printer this week. We will present 30 photos to The Dock for hanging in The Jury Room on Monday 12th September. The formal opening of the exhibition will take place on Friday 23rd September at 5.30pm as part of National Culture Night. We are honoured and delighted that the internationally celebrated photographer, Mike Bunn, has accepted our invitation to open the exhibition. Members are encouraged to bring their family and friends along to the opening.

We will have our next club meeting on Tuesday 13th September. We look forward to seeing you all at this, the beginning of our autumn season. We will post the agenda for the meeting shortly.

One of the items that will be discussed is our AGM which takes place in October. Members interested in putting themselves forward for positions on the new committee should make their intentions known to the club secretary at our next meeting. The nomination and election of officers will take place at the AGM.