Photo Shoot - Enniscrone, Co. Sligo Sunday 1st July

This month's photo shoot will take place at the beautiful seaside town of Enniscrone in Co. Sligo. Members will convene on the Crescent in Boyle on Sunday, 1st July at 8.45 am for car-pool. Otherwise, meet on the pier at Enniscrone for 10am.

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Club Meeting - 12th June 2012

Top left - “Look Mum” by Mick Nolan, lower left - “Clare Island Sunset” by Aveen Neilan and “Ship Shape” by Joe Kennedy

Presentation

Christopher O'Connor introduced our special guest for the night, Des Clinton FRPS. A member of Drogheda Photographic Club, Des has been taking photographs documenting Irish life and it's people for over 30 years and last year was awarded the prestigious Fenton Medal by the Royal Photogaphic Society. Des is a gifted documentary photographer but says he likes most branches of photography and working on themes, building up a body of work on each. He is currently the RPS Regional Organiser for Ireland and is a member of their Visual Art distinctions panel. He lectures and judges widely in Ireland and the UK.

Des started off with slideshow of his work. He showed us a selection of Irish landscapes, environmental shots and other work.

In addition to a very informative talk by Des, club members, John Walshe and Brian Munnelly brought along their photographic panels which they had presented for the recent IPF Licenciate awards in Athlone. They had pointers for those thinking of applying in the future. A most enjoyable evening was had by all.

Motivation

The Motivation theme for June was “A Moment Captured”. Des Clinton judged the Motivation entries and presented the results with a short critique on each. See all entries HERE.

The winners in each section were;

Advanced

1. “Ship Shape” - Joe Kennedy
2. “Sligo Tidy Town” - John Walshe
3. “Capturing a Moment” - Brian Munnelly

Intermediate

1. “Look Mum” - Mick Nolan
2. “Enjoying the Moment” - Catherine Mullarkey
3. “Clare Island” - Norman Little

Beginners

1. “Clare Island Sunset” - Aveen Neilan
2. “Gee–up, we’re homeward bound” - Derek Fetherstone
3. “Inishmore” - Laura Laugere

Well done to all who entered.

The next motivation, chosen by our guest on the night, Des Clinton, is 'Creativity'.

Boyle Arts Festival

Members are reminded to submit their images for inclusion in this year's annual exhibition (see earlier post below for details) which takes place in the library during Boyle Arts Festival from 26th July to 4th August. The club have also some exhibition space in local shop windows, how best to utilise this space will be discussed at the next club meeting.

Club Photo Shoot

Details for a Club Photo Shoot in the coming weeks will be announced shortly here with 'possible' dates being Sunday 24th June or Sunday 1st July. Members will be notified via text during the week.

Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th July 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre.

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CLUB EXHIBITION DURING BOYLE ARTS FESTIVAL 2012

Boyle Arts Festival is fast approaching and we are getting ready to participate again this year. All members interested in exhibiting photographs must provide the selection committee with THREE titled photos (only one landscape please - we want a variety) by the end of June. Photo's must be of high resolution, put on CD or Memory stick (with you name on it) and post/deliver to;

Margaret Dolan,

Abbeytown,

Boyle.

Please meet the deadline date as we have a considerable amount of work to do; selection, printing, framing, hanging, etc .. before the opening of our exhibition in Boyle Library on Thurs 26th July.

We look forward to see your work.

PROPELLER 2012: IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOURCE MAGAZINE

An Exhibition of Works by the 10 graduate photographers chosen as finalists in the Propeller 2012 Award

This annual award supports and mentors graduate students, providing an exhibition, portfolios and prints for 10 graduates each year. This award is part of the 150,000 Fire Arts Awards, launched at The Copper House Gallery in September 2011 by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D.

The Propeller 2012 judges are John Duncan editor of Source Magazine, Trish Lambe from Gallery of Photography, Peter Reddy of Redman AKA and The Copper House Gallery curator Leszek Wolnik.

The first Propeller exhibition was launched on 20th July 2011 at The Copper House Gallery and featured work from the five Propeller finalists: winner Darek Fortas and the shortlisted artists who included Dee O'Shea NCAD, Dorje de Burgh IADT, Ronan McCall IADT and Anna Wickham DIT.

Propeller 2012 Award Exhibition runs at The Copper House Gallery from 13th June 2012 until 26th June 2012.
Admission is free and all are welcome.

Clare Island Photo Shoot - The Best Yet!!

Some of the participating members from Boyle Camera Club - Clare Island May 2012.

Last weekend, Boyle Camera Club members went on their now annual weekend outing to an island off the Irish coast. This year the destination was Clare Island, in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo.

We thought our 2010 trip to Inis Oirr couldn’t be beaten but how wrong we were. We soaked up the beautiful summer sunshine on walks and cycle-trips around the island, took plenty of photographs and enjoyed the hospitality and the ‘craic’ in the evening. Thanks to our hostess Helen O’Grady and her husband Alan who provided such wonderful food and accommodation.

Members are reminded to please send their photos from the weekend to info@boylecameraclub.com for inclusion in a slideshow for the June club meeting.

Also, don't forget this months motivation 'A Moment Captured', submissions by Friday 8th June.