Photo Shoot - Strandhill, 29th April

Thirteen club members attended this month's photo shoot on Sunday 29th April. We took advantage of a beautiful sunny but bracing morning at Knocknarea and later in Strandhill, Sligo. Landscapes, seascapes, and people shots was the 'bill-o-fare'. The usual suspects focused on long exposures. See a selection of shots from the photoshoot on the club Flickr site later. Due to the unseasonal cold wind we made our way home early with a stop in Strandhill for a chat and a welcome cup of tea.

Notice; All members entering photos for this month's motivation ‘RGB or Red Green and Blue’ should note that the submission date has been changed due to next weeks Bank Holiday. Submissions should be emailed to info@boylecameraclub.com by midnight on Thursday May 3rd.

JK

John Walshe - Studio Lights Demonstration

Next Tuesday evening 1st May from 8-10pm, John Walshe will give a demonstration at St. Joseph's Resource Centre in Boyle on setting-up and using the clubs lighting equipment and backdrops. Participating members will have an opportunity to take photos and experiment with various lighting scenarios.

Open to all members. Bring your cameras, tripods, speed-lights, etc. There is a €5.00 fee to cover the rental of the Resource Centre.
Interested members should post their intention to attend on the forum post HERE.

Steven Le Prevost lecture - 14th May

Dublin and South Leinster Region of the IPF is excited to present Steven Le Prevost FRPS. Le Provost is one of the UK's most accomplished impressionist photographers blurring the boundaries between photography and impressionist painters.

Venue: Dublin Camera Club, Camden Street, Dublin 2 

Date: Monday, 14th of May 2012, 8 - 10 pm

Cost: €6 on the door, limited to 60 people

Images of Rural Leitrim - Photo Competition

The Leitrim Development Company is a Local Action Group (LAG) implementing the Rural Development Programme (LEADER) in Co. Leitrim. They have been asked to participate in an EU wide photo competition.

The ‘Images of Rural Europe’ initiative aims to promote and celebrate rural development in Europe. The competition will involve the collection of diverse range photos which reflect rural life in Europe today – the winning entries of which will be displayed at a major exhibition at the prestigious Berlaymont building, in Brussels from 22 June to 10 July, 2012. In addition, winning photographers and Local Action Groups (LAGs) will be invited to attend a high profile awards ceremony, in the presence of the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Cioloş, on 27 June, 2012.

Taking part couldn’t be simpler! The Images of Rural Europe photo competition is open to all professional and amateur photographers who are resident in any of the EU Member States. Each entrant may submit as many photos as s/he wishes but only Local Action Groups (LAGs) Leitrim Development Co. in the case of Leitrim will be allowed to upload pictures via the dedicated website www.ruralimages.eu. Leitrim Development Co. would strongly encourage you to consider submitting photos from Co. Leitrim (focusing on the people, communities, events or places etc see attached) to them and they will organise at local level to select a number of pictures from Leitrim to be submitted to the Images of Rural Europe exhibition.

Leitrim Development Co. would hope to consider any and all photographs submitted to them on or before Friday 4th May 2012. We will then submit the selected photos by the deadline for the 18th to the ENRD in Brussels.

Contact: Brian Smyth

Rural Development Coordinator
Leitrim Development Company
Church Street
Drumshanbo
Co Leitrim
Ireland

Phone: 00353 71 9641770, Fax: 00353 71 9641741
e-mail: brian@ldco.ie, Web: www.ldco.ie

Up-Date - Motivation and Photo Shoots for April/May

Motivation

The MOTIVATION theme for May is RED GREEN BLUE. Members are encouraged to interpret the theme in a creative and imaginative way. Red, green and blue are the primary colours associated with displaying images using electronic devices such as seen in camera LCD displays and computer monitors. The challenge posed by this month's motivation is to identify harmonious compositions based on RGB in the world around us. You can select a single or multi-coloured approach to the theme.

Submissions to info@boylecameraclub.com, must be received by Friday 4th May, NO EXCEPTIONS!

Photo Shoots

Carrick-on-Shannon

There will be a club photo shoot to Carrick-on-Shannon on Wednesday evening 25th April. Members should meet at the Moonriver car park at 7pm. Bring your tripod!

This would also be a good opportunity to take photos for the CAPTURE MY CARRICK photo competition.

Knocknarea Sligo

This month's Sunday photo shoot will take place on 29th April. Members should meet at 9am on the Crescent in Boyle for car pooling. We are heading to Knocknarea and the area between Carrowmore and Strandhill in Sligo.

Boyle Duathlon - Lough Key Forest Park
The Boyle Charity Duathlon takes place on Sunday 6th May in Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle. The race is a sprint distance 5k run 20k cycle 2.5k run and follows the same route as previous years. The charity supported this year is The Ciara Grehan Foundation in association with Ability West.

The event organiser have asked Boyle Camera Club if they would consider taking photos at the event. Interested members should respond on the club Forum post HERE.

Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th April

Last Tuesday's Club Meeting was held on a beautiful sunny Spring evening. Club members enjoyed an informal photo shoot in Boyle town before convening as usual at the Resource Centre. Members are encouraged to post their photos from the evening to the club Flickr Pool.

In the absence of club Chairman, Kit O'Connor, Tony Murphy chaired the meeting. He discussed all the agenda items mentioned in the previous post. The issue of monitor calibration was noteworthy; the club will organise a calibration specialist to make a presentation at the earliest opportunity and subsequently will be open to advice on the purchase of monitor calibration hardware and software which will be made available to members.

Exhibitions

Members are asked to deliver their framed photos for the club exhibition in Gleeson's, Roscommon at 7.45pm, Tuesday 17th April to Daly's Bar, Boyle. John Walshe will collect the photos. Members should note the related post on the club FORUM.

Once again, Boyle Camera Club will present a photo exhibition in Boyle library as part of the Boyle Arts Festival which takes place in July. Members are asked to prepare their submission in the months ahead. This will be an OPEN exhibition where members submit a maximum of 3 photos for consideration, one of which will be selected for the exhibition.

Club Lighting and Studio Equipment

The club own a set of studio lights and background accessories available for loan to members. These can be booked through Kit O'Connor and Tony Murphy. Members can book the lights at club meetings or via email; info@boylecameraclub.com. Term of loan is on a weekly basis.

Also, the club have a set of videos (4) by Guy Gowen which address all aspects of his unique image editing skill. These are also available on load to members.

Motivation

The Motivation theme for April was “ Water". Tony Murphy judged the Motivation entries and the remainder of the meeting was devoted to a detailed critical analysis of members photos.

The winners in each category are;

Advanced

• 1st - Geoffrey Percy “Spilled Water”
• 2nd - Jason Mallard “One of these Days”
• 3rd - John Walshe “The Big Splash”
• Commended; Des O'Dwyer for the 3 photos in his submission. As a set “one of the strongest motivation submissions I’ve seen”.

Intermediate

• 1st - Mick Nolan “Real Austerity”
• 2nd - Donal Hackett “Drop of Ice” and Martina Morris “Untitled”
• 3rd - Martina Morris “Drip Drip Drip”
• Commended; Donal Hackett, Mick Nolan, Anthony Troy and Margaret Dolan.

Beginners

• 1st - Amy Clarke “Ladder”
• 2nd - Derek Fetherstone “Under Pressure”
• 3rd - Caitriona Feely “Splash”

The Theme for next month's motivation will be announced shortly.

Due to the restricted time, the Group Sessions did not occur as planned. This will therefore be carried forward to our May meeting.

Diary Dates

Club Photo Shoot will take place on Sunday 29th April - location to be decided.

Next club meeting will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 8th May in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th April

The newly restored Boyle Abbey - Photo courtesy of Sean O'Dowd

Evening Photo Shoot

Please bring your cameras and tripods to next Tuesday's meeting as we hope to take advantage of the evening light by visiting the newly restored Boyle Abbey situated just a short distance from the Resource Centre. For this reason we plan to meet at the abbey for 7.30pm and shoot until sunset at 8.25pm. We will subsequently return to the Resource Centre to conduct the remainder of the meeting.

The Agenda for our April club meeting is as follows;

• 7.30pm - Meet at Boyle Abbey for Photo Shoot.
• 8.30pm - Return to Resource Centre for meeting.

• Tea/Coffee

• Chairperson's Address - (see items to note below).

• April Motivation - WATER, presented by Joe Kennedy. Submissions available to view HERE.

• Group Sessions - Advanced Group to discuss PRINTING, Intermediate Group will address LONG EXPOSURES and FILTERS and Des will continue his EDITING BASICS with the Beginners Group.

Items to Note

• 52/52 Challenge up-date. (10/52 should be posted by Friday 6th April).
• Exhibitions - Boyle Arts Festival & Gleesons Roscommon.
• IPF Related Issues - Distinctions preparation meetings.
• April Photo Shoot - Sunday 29th.
• Beginners Editing Workshop with Des O'Dwyer.
• Club investment in NEW EQUIPMENT. Studio Lights and Backdrops now available to members on loan.
• Monitor Calibration.
• Summer Weekend Photo Shoot to Clare Island. (see below)

Summer Weekend Photo Shoot to Clare Island

Twenty members will take part in this year's photo shoot to Clare Island from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th May. Costs outlined below;

• Ferry - From Roonagh Pier €12.00 return. MAP HERE
• Accommodation - €35.00 pp sharing includes breakfast. €70.00 for 2 nights.
• Bike Hire - €10.00 per day.
• 4-course evening meal Saturday €25.00

House Keeping Duties

• All members are reminded that their annual subscription is now due. Membership Form and fees can be given to the club Treasurer at the meeting. Download the Club Membership Form HERE.

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

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Club meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month in St. Joseph’s Resource Centre, Boyle at 8pm.

New members are always welcome.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Photofest Ireland 2012

Following the success to date for both Exhibitors and Visitors of Photofest Ireland - the IPN Photography Agency for Photographers & Trade is delighted to announce Photofest Ireland 2012 - held in the state-of-the-art Conference Centre in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, near Dublin Airport. It will be a one-day event on Sunday 29th April 2012, for further details on the Crowne Plaza Conference Centre HERE.

Date: Sunday 29th April 2012 (one-day event) 10am - 6pm.

This Photographic Trade event continues to be the largest Photographic Trade Show in Ireland, the extensive Exhibitors & Brands continues to grow!

Key activities at - PHOTOFEST IRELAND 2012

• Photographic & Imaging trade representation, including IT companies introducing new products and services meeting new and existing clients face to face.
• FREE Seminars & NEW Lecturers Irish and International Speakers.
• Additional Photographic related activity at this event will include Latest Photographic Equipment; Product Demonstrations; New Software Solutions; Pilot Commercial Shooting; Introductions to new Styles & Finishings; B2B Opportunities; Training Solutions; Stock Photography; Photographic Associations; New Insurance Solutions for your business; Galleries; Web Designers for Photographers; Careers & Students; Photographic Publications; & more in development.

C Helen Burke - Event Organiser
E helen@irishphotonews.com
T +353 (0)1 459 8088
M +353 (0)86 264 2073
W http://www.PhotoFestIreland.com