AGM Tuesday 9th October 2012

Boyle Camera Club will hold it's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 9th October at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. All club members and interested members of the public are welcome to attend.

Club members interested in putting their name forward for election to the new committee should notify the club secretary at info@boylecameraclub.com as soon as possible. The officers posts to be filled are; Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Motivation Secretary, PRO and Technical Adviser.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address
• Officers Reports - Secretary and Treasurer
• Election of Committee for 2012-2013
• Motivation - Black & White

• Presentation - Michael Gannon FIPF, Photographer and Chairperson of Mayo Photographic Club, will give a presentation on his work.
• Boyle Camera Club - Photographer of The Year Awards.

All members are encouraged to attend.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Club Meeting - 11th September 2012

Welcome

Club Chairperson, Kit O'Connor welcomed members back after the summer break and in drawing attention to the forthcoming AGM, said he would be stepping down from his post as chair. During his term as chairperson and treasurer, Kit has been a great organiser and dedicated activist in supporting and promoting the club at every opportunity. He asked members to consider putting their names forward for available posts on the committee in the coming year. Current committee posts are; Chairperson, Secretary, Motivation Secretary, Treasurer, PRO and Technical Adviser. We hope to have representation from Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced groups on the committee. All club members and interested parties are welcome to attend the AGM in October, the agenda will be posted here shortly.

Presentation

Joe Kennedy gave an excellent presentation on his photography, from shooting and developing film in the 1980s to his reluctant initiation into the digital age. Joe's black & white social documentary images, reflecting the influence of greats such as Killip and Cartier-Bresson, record for posterity, the faces and characters of an innocent and less stressed Ireland. Always self-critical and unassuming, Joe's images, many not seen before of Flickr, were an inspiration to us all!

This month's Motivation winners are; top left clockwise - Michelle Gillgarro, Des O'Dwyer and Aveen Neilan

Motivation

The Motivation theme for September was “Book Titles”. Tony Murphy judged the entries and presented the results with a short critique on each. See all entries HERE.

The winners in each section were;

Advanced

• “Pride and Prejudice” - Des O'Dwyer
• “The Bridge” - Brian Munnelly
• “Mr. Chatterbox” - John Walsh

Intermediate

• “Into the Abyss” - Michelle Gillgarro
• “Ireland Me Arse!” - Mary Lane
• “Merchant of Venice” - Debbie McCormack

Beginners

• “50 Shades of Grey” - Aveen Neilan
• “Silence of the Lambs” - Derek Fetherstone
• “Time Machine” - Matthew Gammon

Well done to all who entered.

The motivation theme for our OCTOBER meeting, chosen by Joe Kennedy, is 'BLACK & WHITE'. Members are asked to submit photos on a subject or genre of their choice as long as they are processed in Black & White.

Submit photos to info@boylecameraclub.com on or before FRIDAY 5th OCTOBER.

Group Presentations

During the meeting, the Advanced, Intermediate and Beginners Groups discussed items they wished to see addressed during meetings and photo shoots in the coming year. Some of the items mentioned included;

Beginners - The Exposure Triangle, Shooting indoor without a flash, RAW v JPEG, Using the club's Flickr Groups and Forum.

Intermediate - Exposure Triangle, Using Layers in Photoshop, B & W conversion, Strobist and Time-lapse photography, Advice on camera upgrade.

Advanced - Shooting and processing film, Scanning film negatives, Editing skills using Lightroom, Monitor calibration, Develop a Private on-line forum for photo critiques.

The committee will review the above a devise a schedule to address these items in the course of the coming year.

Other Items

Some members have yet to collect their photos from the club's recent Arts Festival exhibition. These are now in storage at the Resource Centre and should be collected at the next club meeting.

Club member, John Walsh announced that he will be immigrating to Australia at the end of the month. John has been a very active and enthusiastic committee member, generous with his time and sharing his knowledge with others. He will be missed by us all but we look forward to following his impact at Melbourne Camera Club in the months ahead! Best of Luck John!!

Club Photo Shoot

The next formal club shoot will take place on Sunday 7th of October to DUBLIN ZOO. Interested members should add their name to the FORUM POST HERE. The club propose to hire a mini-bus which will depart from The Crescent in Boyle at 7am. The bus costs €11.25 pp provided we can fill all 24 seats. We intend to spend approximately 4-hours at the zoo and return to Boyle at 4pm.

Next Club Meeting - AGM - Tuesday 9th OCTOBER 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre.