This month's Motivation winners are; top left - Aveen Neilan, bottom left - Margaret Dolan and right - Brian Munnelly.
Presentation
This month's presentation consisted of a tripartite photo critique by Margaret Dolan, Andy Rimmer and Paraic Brennan. Each were required to select one of their own photos and describe the process of choosing a location, point-of-view, camera settings and processing. Margaret focused on a single image of Glencar Waterfall. Andy selected a series of images that told the story of the transition from stillness to turbulance on a stretch of the river Nile. Paraic's shot was a low-light interior and his emphasis was on post-production using 'Aperture'. A very stimulating and informative discussion and critique developed. It was very interesting to see the diverse range of approaches to the presentation brief. Excellent!
The Motivation theme for July was “Creativity”. Debbie McCormack and John Walshe judged the entries and presented the results with a short critique on each. See all entries HERE.
The winners in each section were;
- “Apple iPod” - Brian Munnelly
- “Memory” - Des O'Dwyer
- “Droplets” - Brian Munnelly
- “Mirror Mirror” - Margaret Dolan
- “Someone Remembered” - Mick Nolan
- “Rose Bowl” - Marion Noone
- “Connemara” - Aveen Neilan
- “That's What I Call Efficiency!” - Derek Fetherstone
- “Reflections” - Noreen McNamara
Well done to all who entered.
The motivation theme for our SEPTEMBER meeting, chosen by our judges, is 'BOOK TITLE'. Members are asked to consider the title of a book and present a photo that reflects it.
Submit photos to info@boylecameraclub.com on or before FRIDAY 7th SEPTEMBER.
Group Presentations
During the meeting, the Advanced and Intermediate Groups combined for a presentation given by Tony Murphy on the subject of 'Photographic Typologies'. Tony defined the meaning of the term and illustrated it with historical references to the work of Karl Blossfeldt, August Sander, The Becher's and Donovan Wylie. He showed some samples of his interpretation of 'photographic typology' and set the challenge to members to consider and shoot their own 'Typology' and present a set of 9 photos at the September meeting.
Des O'Dwyer discussed the issue of camera Shutter Speed with the Beginner Group. Des has been kind enough to share the transcript of his presentation for all HERE.
The club will have it's annual exhibition at Boyle Library in association with Boyle Arts Festival from 26th July - 4th August. The exhibition will be open by photographer, Brian Farrell at 7pm on the evening of Thursday 26th July. The club will host a wine reception and members are encouraged to bring their family and friends to celebrate and mark the end of another successful year.
To assist the organising committee, we are asking for some volunteers to help with hanging the work in the library and at the former Fujifilm premises on the Crescent in Boyle.
- Members photos will be hung in the Fujifilm premises on Monday night, 23rd July. Volunteers should indicate their availability to assist on the Forum.
- The work in the library will be hung on Wednesday 25th July (time to be confirmed).
Exhibiting members are asked to 'sit' the exhibition for a brief period during the festival. A rota was drawn up at the meeting. Should any member be unable to do this, they must nominate someone else to sit in their place.
Exhibiting members must pay the printing and framing fee of €30 on or before the opening of the exhibition!
As we are formally taking our Summer Break, there are no club photo shoots scheduled. However, members are encouraged to organise their own group shoots in the weeks ahead. Anyone interested in organising a shoot should notify the club secretary by emailing info@boylecameraclub.com and post details on the club FORUM.
Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 11th SEPTEMBER 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre.
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