Club Photo Shoot - 29th December 2013

Despite the frosty start to the morning, a few club members braved the elements to come out and explore part of the Sligo coastline on this final shoot of 2013. We arrived on the beach at Portavade, a few miles outside Ballisodare in plenty of time for sunrise. Later, we headed along the coast to the beautiful and wild Dunmoran Strand and ended up at Easkey Harbour, just ahead of the rain and what turned into a miserable afternoon. We certainly saw the best part of the day.

The club committee would like to take this opportunity to wish all members of Boyle Camera Club a very Happy New Year.
We look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting on Tuesday 14th January at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. New members are always welcome. Agenda for the meeting will be posted here shortly.

Sunrise on the beach at Portavade, Drumard, Co. Sligo. Sunday 29th December.

Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th December

Welcome
Club Chairperson, Andy Rimmer opened the meeting. The main item here was the club's annual Christmas party scheduled for Friday 13th December in Dodd's Bar, Boyle.
As it turned out, the party was a relaxed and enjoyable event. The club are grateful to Dennis and his family, to Joe and all the musicians that contributed to the entertainment and 'Troy' for the food.

BCC Flickr Pool - Photo of the Month
Each month, club members registered with Flickr are encouraged to put their photos into the Boyle Camera Club Flickr Pool. From the pool, a committee member selects an image and discusses it at the beginning of the meeting. This month, Marion Noone selected Peter Kelly's photo, 'A Walk in the Park' and Jason Mallard selected Brian Munnelly's, 'Sligo Christmas Fayre'. Marion spoke about both images and her (and Jason's) reasons for the selection.

5-Minute Photo

Matthew Gammon spoke about one of his recent Black and White images.

Presentation

Hugh Rooney presented his 'Valencia Project' and used it to discuss the principles of photographic composition, perspective, point of interest, framing and effective focal length. Hugh is a pbase user and says how he finds the site a very useful inspirational resource. He discussed how he usually spends considerable time researching his subjects and preparing for each photo excursion. His talk was inspirational and informative. View more of Hugh's work HERE.

Motivation

Desmond O'Dwyer presented this month's Motivation. The theme for December was "Macro / Close-Up". Margaret Dolan and Martina Morris judged entries and Margaret gave a personal critiques on selected shots.

All entries HERE.

Motivation Winners; left - Louise Pain, top right - Jordan Cummins and below, Tony Murphy.

The winners in each category were;

Advanced

1. 'Gold in Eye' - Tony Murphy
2. 'Leaves' - Geoff Percy
3. 'Cupcake' - Des O'Dwyer

Intermediate

1. 'I Washed My Face' - Jordan Cummins
2. 'Cactus' - Norman Little
3. 'Thistle' - Catherine Mullarkey

Beginner

1. 'Romance' - Louis Pain
2. 'Bird Watching' - Noreen McNamara
3. 'Creepy Critters' - Gretchen Luosey

The January motivation theme is; "A Story" and should be ONE SINGLE shot, not four!

If your entry requires the "Story" to be told in say ... three shots or more, then consider making a Triptych, where shots are put into the same image.

Also,  remember that members may take a shot at any time from September 2013 for any future month's Motivation and the total number of shots that can be entered has increased to FOUR.

A reminder also that the title of each photo should be;

"MEMBERS NAME - CATEGORY (Beg, Int, Adv), IMAGE TITLE and MEMBERSHIP NUMBER" e.g. “John Fox - Beg – Autumn Evening Reflection – 104.jpg”

Entries should be re-sized so that a landscape format photo is 1024 pixels wide or if in portrait format the photo is 600 pixels high.

Entries on or before Friday 10th January  to;

motivationpics@gmail.com 

Group Sessions

Beginners - Tony Murphy addressed using flash units both on and off camera.

Intermediate and Advanced - Matthew Gammon presented the work of one of his favourite photographers, Charlie Waite, to the group for discussion.

Photo Shoot December 29th

This month's photo-shoot will take place on Sunday 29th December. It will be a sunrise photo-shoot at Streamstown, Co. Sligo (see post below), and as such a reasonably early start, with cars leaving the Crescent, Boyle promptly at 7am. Rendezvous with Sligo based members at St. Brigid's, Ballisodare at 7.30am. We hope to see you all there! ... and if not, we wish all our members and their families a very Happy New Year filled with peace, joy and good health.

Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 14th January at 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. Members of the general public are welcome to attend this meeting.

Club Photo Shoot - 29th December

This month's photo-shoot will take place on Sunday 29th December. It will be a sunrise photo-shoot at Streamstown, Co. Sligo (see map at 'A' in red), and as such a reasonably early start, with cars leaving the Crescent, Boyle promptly at 7am. Rendezvousing with Sligo based members at St Brigid's, Ballisodare at 7.30am. We hope to see you all there! ... and if not, we wish all our members and their families a very Happy Christmas and a New Year filled with peace, joy and good health.


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Christmas Party Night - Friday 13th December

Boyle Camera Club's Annual Christmas Party Night will take place tomorrow, Friday 13th December at 9pm in Dodd's Bar, Boyle. We hope to see you there for a bit of Christmas Cheer!

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 10th December

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address;
• Christmas Party - Dodds Bar, Boyle. Friday 13th December. Deposits to cover food (€4) will taken at the meeting.
• Jason Mallard & Marion Noone - BCC Flickr Group Pool - 'Photo of the Month'.
• Matthew Gammon will give a 5-minute talk on one of his recent images.
• Presentation - Hugh Rooney will discuss of his recent colourful 'Valencia' photo project.
• Tea/Coffee Break
• Desmond O'Dwyer presents this month's Motivation, MACRO. Judged by Martina Morris and Margaret Dolan. Members photos HERE.
• Group Sessions - Opportunity to discuss relevant photography issues for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced members.

Members should note that the door fee for meetings is now €3 as discussed and agreed at our recent AGM.

We look forward to seeing you all.

New members always welcome.

Club Photo Shoot - 1st December 2013

Club Photo Shoot at St. Joseph's Resource Centre Boyle. A very productive and enjoyable morning. The emphasis today was on flash and studio lighting led by Jason Mallard with the help of very capable and thoroughly professional model, Kayleigh.

Boyle Camera Club - Winners of the IPF National Shield 2013

A fantastic and proud achievement for Boyle Camera Club on winning the Irish Photographic Federation NATIONAL SHIELD! Well done to participating members.

Boyle Camera Club was awarded FIRST PLACE in the the Irish Photographic Federation's prestigious National Shield Competition on the 9th of November in Malahide, Co. Dublin. The Club submitted two panels of photographs (above) - one in colour and one in black & white. Competition was extremely keen with twenty six camera clubs from across the country taking part.

This was the Boyle Camera Club's first time to take part in a national competition and in addition to winning the overall National Shield, the club was awarded FIRST place for the best black & white panel and a €250 voucher from Sheldon Photographic, sponsors of the competition.

Individual awards for club photographers went to Geoffrey Percy, Matthew Gammon and Peter Kelly, who received the Bronze Medal for his black and white photograph.

Boyle Camera Club, which recently celebrated its 6th anniversary, continues to go from strength to strength. The Club provides an opportunity for members to expand their knowledge of photography and develop their skills with like-minded enthusiasts. It caters for all levels - beginners, intermediate and advanced members and holds presentations, photo shoots, field trips and exhibitions. The Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre (behind St. Joseph's RC Church) and new members are always welcome! The winning colour and black and white panels were prepared and printed by club members Tony Murphy and Conor Dowling.

Agenda - Tuesday 12th November

November Motivation theme is TRANSPORT. Members should submit their photos to; motivationpics@gmail.com before midnight, Friday 8th November. Remember also that this month members can select one of their images and present it as a PRINT during the club meeting. See details under Motivation in post below.

Boyle's most recent professional photographer, Darren Purcell, will judge and critique the Motivation entries.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address
• Club's participation in the IPF National Shield competition.
• Christmas Party - Dodds Bar, Boyle. Friday 13th December. Deposits (€5 or €10 to cover food will taken at the meeting.
• Peter Kelly & Brian Munnelly - BCC Flickr Group Pool - 'Photo of the Month'.
• Peter Kelly will give a 5-minute talk on one of his recent images.
• Presentation - Jason Mallard will discuss and demonstrate the creative potential of flash photography. See Jason's post on this in the club forum.
• Tea/Coffee Break
• Desmond O'Dwyer presents this month's Motivation (above). Members photos available to view HERE (soon).
• Group Sessions - Opportunity to discuss camera flash related issues as per presentation.

Members should note that the door fee for meetings will henceforth be €3 as discussed and agreed at our recent AGM.

We look forward to seeing you all.

New members always welcome.

BCC Participation in IPF National Shield 2013

This weekend (Saturday 9th November), the Irish Photographic Federation are running their National Shield event at Malahide Community School in Dublin. The National Shield is an inter-club competition for all members of camera clubs who are deemed to be intermediate photographers. This year, for the first time and on rather short notice, the committee decided to enter Boyle Camera Club in the competition. Because of the very limited time available, in great haste the committee selected photos from the club Flickr stream and approached the individual photographers to participate. As a club, we are required to submit a panel of eight colour and eight monochrome mounted prints. The panels have now been assembled, printed and mounted and are presently en route to Malahide where they will be displayed on Saturday morning with work from other camera clubs across the country.

Boyle Camera Club have been affiliated to the IPF since it's founding in 2007 but we have not often participated in IPF competitive events. As our membership grows and matures, we hope to be more active regarding our engagement with the IPF and will be encouraging members to consider developing work for the IPF Distinctions in the near future.

(View recent Distinctions Panels HERE)

In the meantime, we wish participating members every success this weekend in Malahide. We will post details regarding the club's panel submission here after the event.

Club Photo Shoot - Sunday 27th October - Mohill Horse Fair

 

Many members intending to participate in the scheduled photo shoot to Fowley Falls were disappointed this weekend when the weather men advised us to stay under our duvets. The storm predicted to send carpenters into a frenzy of raft building, never arrived! Those that took up the offer of participating in some indoor photography assembled in Boyle and encouraged by the parting clouds and blue sky, decided to head to the Horse Fair in Mohill. The rain stayed away and we had plenty of craic and took some photos too. Last time we intend to be dictated to by the weather men!! 

In the photo; Derek, Jordan, Geoff, Peter, Joe, Margie, Martina, Dermot and Des. Also there were Jason and Tony.

Club Photo Shoot - Sunday 27th October

'Fowley Falls' by Brian Munnelly

Club Photo Shoot next Sunday 27th October to Fowley Falls, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim. Meet at 9am on The Crescent Boyle for car-pool.
This is our second attempt to visit the falls after the shoot was cancelled due to bad weather some months ago. It would be great if we could meet up with members of the local Rainbow Camera Club for some expertise on other sites in the area.
Journey will take just over an hour from Boyle via Keadue and Manorhamilton. See map below.

BCC Annual General Meeting - 8th October 2013

In celebratory mood at this month's AGM, Paraic Brennan, Dermot Devine and Norman Little.

Election of New Committee Members

The club AGM proceeded as outlined in the Agenda below. Following Chairperson, Andy Rimmer's Welcome Address, Officers from the committee (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) read their annual reports. Subsequently, the new committee were proposed and seconded with a show of hands from the floor. Andy Rimmer will continue as Chairperson with Marion Noone as Secretary and Brian Munnelly as Treasurer. Desmond O'Dwyer and Jason Mallard remain as Motivation Secretary and Tech Advisor. Mary Lane and Tony Murphy will be joined by Joe Kennedy, Peter Kelly and Matthew Gammon to fill the remaining posts.

Club members expressed their sincere appreciation and gratitude to outgoing committee members Margaret Dolan, Debbie McCormack and Maeve Cormican for their exceptional dedication to the club these past years.

All motions, as outlined in the Agenda were adopted unanimously by members;

Annual Membership Fee to remain fixed at current rate.

Monthly Meeting Fee to go from €2.00 to €3.00.

Guest Presenter Fee for meetings will be €5.00 to cover expenses. It is envisaged to have three or four invited guests to present on specialist topics during the year.

Photographer of the Year Awards
This year's Photographer of the Year Awards were presented to Margaret Dolan (Intermediate), Noreen McNamara (Beginner) and Mick Nolan (Advanced). Congratulations to you all for the fine example shown to members during the year.

Photographers of The Year 2013 - L-R Margaret Dolan, Noreen McNamara and Mick Nolan. Also in the photo (third from left) club Chairperson, Andy Rimmer.

Motivation

Des O'Dwyer presented this month's Motivation. The theme for October was "Shop Fronts". Conor Dowling judged entries and gave a personal critique on selected shots. View members entries HERE.

Motivation Winners - left Mick Nolan - 'Cheeky Chique' top right Noreen McNamara - 'Face Lift' and bottom right Margaret Dolan - 'An Siopa Deas'.

The winners in each category were;

Advanced

1. 'Cheeky Chique' - Mick Nolan
2. 'Sorry Sir, We Don't Sell Forks' - Mick Nolan
3. 'Welcome Inn' - Desmond O'Dwyer

Intermediate

1. 'An Siopa Deas' - Margaret Dolan
2. 'Shop Front Untitled 1' Derek Fetherstone
3. 'Shop Front Untitled 2' - Derek Fetherstone

Beginners

1. 'Face Lift' - Noreen McNamara
2. 'Walsh Auctioneer' - Dan Lonergan
3. 'Step Back in Time' - Louise Payne

Next month's motivation theme is Transport. Members may submit up to FOUR images and remember, there is a PRINT CATEGORY for our November meeting - Print ONE of your selected images at A4 size. The image must be mounted (2 or 3 inch window-mount recommended)

email address for motivation submissions is;

motivationpics@gmail.com 

Entries on or before Friday 8th November

Panel Discussion

The second part of the meeting consisted of an open discussion among members to consider a 'vision' for the club in the year ahead. Here, members expressed particular interest in seeing the following issues addressed;

• Image Editing
• Printing
• Photo Shoots
• Film Photography

For more information on the discussion, see the minutes from the meeting HERE.

Other Items

• The new committee will meet on Tuesday 15th October at 8pm in Daly's Bar, Boyle.
• Members will be notified of the Photo Shoot location and date shortly.
• Next Club Meeting will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 12th November in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

BCC Members Win 5-Firsts at Discover Bundoran Amateur Photography Event - 13th October 2013

 

'Discover Bundoran' held an amateur photography event this weekend (details here) and five members of Boyle Camera Club won First prize in separate categories of the competition. The over-all competition winner was Margaret Dolan with her image 'Lines'. (Top photo). Other winners were;

Nature/Wildlife - Mary Lane - 'Tall Trees' (second line left)

Sports/Action - Catherine Mullarkey - 'Lesson in Progress' (second line right)
Water Sports Surf - Martina Morris - 'Let the Action Begin' (bottom left)
and Landscape - Marty Cooke - 'Bundoran Landscape' (bottom right)

Sincere congratulation to you all!

Printing Service for BCC Members

One of the items that was flagged during discussions at our recent AGM was the issue of PRINTING. Printing is certainly to be encouraged since printing photos, being the obvious consolidating factor in the photographic process, is not practiced regularly by many members. Home printing seems to be a daunting, complicated and expensive option for amateur digital photographers, often with unsatisfactory results. Empowering members with the confidence to make their own prints through workshops and informative presentations will be one of the areas we hope to address in the year ahead. Last year we had a number of Motivations with an optional 'print' category and this will certainly continue. In fact, this year we intend to put considerable emphasis on demystifying post-production and printing processes.

Conor Dowling, who judged this month's Motivation, is returning to the club after a busy year being involved with developing the Boyle Civic Art Collection. For the past number of years, he has printed members photos for our annual exhibition in Boyle Library. Conor is now offering a very competitive printing service to club members who wish to print photos for Motivation submission and framing.

Inkjet Prints in Colour and Black & White on semi-gloss/lustre, professional quality photo paper.

A4 - €3.50

A3 and A3+ - €12.00

Club members can send EDITED, HIGH RESOLUTION, JPEG files via WeTransfer (see note below) to info@sonarsolutions.com

Prints can be collected by arrangement at Boyle Enterprise Centre.

This is a really easy solution and great deal for members who wish to finally print those special images gathering dust on hard-drives. Seriously, no excuses now!!

WeTransfer is a FREE on-line, file sharing website where files up to 2GB in size can be uploaded. The user adds the email address of the intended recipient of the file, then WeTransfer sends a notification email to the recipient who can then download the file to their computer. WeTransfer holds the file on it's server for one-week, at which point they remove it. The beauty of this facility is that email servers do not get clogged or emails bounced back to sender. A very useful site to have 'bookmarked'!

Derek Fetherstone wins IFA Farmers Journal Photo Competition

Congratulations to Derek Fetherstone on winning the IFA Farmers Journal Calendar Competition with his excellent photo taken on Inisbofin, titled "A Summer Breeze". See more of Derek's photos on his Flickr site HERE.

Camera Phone Photography - An Appreciation

This from Jason Mallard.
"Camera phone photography continues to separate photographers in their opinion on its validity. I have long been in the pro camera phone photography camp and enjoy the work of photographers like Richard Koci Hernandez. If you have not seen seen his work then I suggest you treat yourself and see what is possible with a meager camera phone and a great (photographers) eye.

Mr R.K.H has a video (below) on his thoughts on this new era of photography that struck a chord with my own views. What ever your own opinion (you are welcome to have one :o)) I thought it would be a good one to share with the members."

Jason's has also prepared a very extensive document on Camera Phone Photography that he is sharing with members HERE.

Well done Jason.

AGM Agenda - Tuesday 8th October

Boyle Camera Club will hold it's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 8th 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 and Technical Adviser.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address
• Officers Reports - Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer
• Motions for members consideration (see previous post)
• Election of Committee for 2013-2014
• Monthly Meeting Fee
• Annual Membership fee
• Guest presenter fee
• Photographer of The Year Award

• Refreshments

• Desmond O'Dwyer presents this month's Motivation. The theme for October is "Shop Fronts". Members photos available to view HERE (soon). NB Members are reminded that this month there is a PRINT category for this month's Motivation. Andy Rimmer will judge entries.

• Discussion - This will be an open conversation with members to consider a vision for the club as it moves into a new season. Committee members will present thoughts and ideas on a range of topics including group sessions, photo shoots, workshops, IPF distinctions and the Christmas party.

All members are encouraged to attend.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Motivation Themes 2013 - 2014

Members should note that henceforth, Motivation Themes will be issued annually as a set beginning this September.

This month's Motivation theme is "Shopfronts".
The deadline for receipt of entries is Friday 4th October 2013.

This year, 2013 - 2014, Members may take photos ANYTIME  during the year in advance of the Motivation themes below. Also, the total number of photos that can be entered has increased from 3 to 4.

Reminder; the title of each photo should be;
"MEMBERS NAME - CATEGORY (Beg, Int, Adv), IMAGE TITLE and MEMBERSHIP NUMBER" e.g. “John Fox - Beg – Autumn Evening Reflection – 104.jpg”

Entries should be re-sized so that a landscape format photo is 1024 pixels wide or if in portrait format the photo is 600 pixels high. Des has placed a note on how to re-size photos HERE. Tony has a video for anyone using Picasa HERE.
The Motivation Themes for the year ahead are;

• September - Shopfronts
• October - Transportation
• November - Close-up and Macro
• December - A Story
• January - Still-life composition
• February - Environmental Portrait
• March - Patterns
• April - Street Photography
• May - Technology
• June - Man-Made
• July/August - Nature

Happy Shooting!

Club Meeting Tuesday 10th September

Returning after the Summer break, our September meeting was a very busy affair. The meeting followed the scheduled agenda;

Opening the meeting, chairperson Andy Rimmer, welcomed members back after the summer break. Closure was given to this year's very successful exhibition in association with Boyle Arts Festival; all reprints have been dispatched, a new data projector has been purchased and Andy presented a cheque for €320 to Michelle Gilgarro for The Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Diabetes Fund (Photo below).
Andy then reminded members that the October meeting will be devoted to the annual AGM. He presented a number of motions to members for consideration as they will be required to vote on these at the AGM (see earlier post below). A full agenda for the AGM will be posted here shortly.

5-Minute Photo

Donal Hackett gave an excellent presentation on his recent portraiture project. Inspired by the club's 52/52 challenge, Donal told of his search for subjects and the various techniques used to capture the images. Very entertaining and some excellent photography too!

Presentation

Tony Murphy discussed the club's web profile and showed how to navigate the BCC Website, Facebook page, Flickr and Forum. He encouraged members to contribute and share resources in these spaces. Members may not have been aware that they can post content on the club's Facebook page so Tony recommends members to 'Friend' it and keep up-to-date with happenings.

Motivation

Desmond O'Dwyer presented this month's Motivation. The theme for September was "My Irish Summer". John Walsh, from all the way over there in Australia, judged entries and gave personal critiques via video on selected shots. Members entries HERE.

From Top; Louise Payne - 'My Sunshine', Debbie McCormack - 'The Bog Road, Clifden' and Tony Murphy - 'Being Irish'.

The winners in each category were;

Advanced

1. 'Being Irish' - Tony Murphy
2. 'Heading Home' - Mick Nolan
3. 'The Field' - Desmond O'Dwyer

Intermediate

1. 'The Bog Road, Clifden' - Debbie McCormack
2. 'Wheat in theWind' - Kit O'Connor
3. 'Tranquillity' - Derek Fetherstone

Highly commended; 'Spin Me Round and Round' - Susan Duffy

Beginner

1. 'My Sunshine' Louise Payne
2. 'Horseshoe Eye' Michael McGee
3. 'Untitled' - Gordon Blackwell

Highly commended; 'Caravan Holidays' - Noreen McNamara

Next month's motivation theme is Shop Fronts. Members are advised to think outside the box on this one!

Members should note that the new email address for motivation submissions is;

motivationpics@gmail.com 

Entries on or before Friday 4th October

Group Sessions

Beginners - Tony Murphy interrogated this month's Motivation submissions using the Guidelines set by the club for judging. He advised on considering aspects of framing the subject, compositional arrangement and exposure balance.

Intermediate and Advanced - Jason Mallard focused on, the now very topical subject of iPhone Photography.

Photo Shoot

At the meeting, a photo shoot to Ballina via Lough Talt was proposed for Sunday 15th September. However, due to the very bad weather on Sunday, it is doubtful that this went ahead (the author being one of those that stayed under his duvet!). We hope to reschedule this photo shoot to a later date.

Next Club Meeting is the AGM - Tuesday 8th October at 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. Members of the general public are welcome to attend this meeting.

BCC present cheque to Childrens Hospital Crumlin, Diabetes Fund

 

Boyle Camera Club chairperson, Andy Rimmer, presents Michelle Gilgarro representing the Childrens Hospital Crumlin, with a cheque for €320, proceeds from sales at the club's recent exhibition in King House. Also in the photo are committee members; Mary Lane, Debbie McCormack and Des O'Dwyer.

Motions being proposed at BCC AGM - Tuesday 10th October

Boyle Camera Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 10th October at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

At the club's recent meeting, Chairperson Andy Rimmer, told members that they will be asked to vote on a number of items at the forthcoming AGM. Below is a summary of the proposed motions.

1. To elect the Club Officers; Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer.

Regarding the election of officers, the following committee members have put their names forward for nomination; Andy Rimmer has agreed to stand for Chair for a second year; Marion Noone has volunteered to stand for Secretary and Brian Munnelly for Treasurer.

2. To elect the Club Committee - 10 posts.

The existing Committee members, Andy Rimmer, Tony Murphy, Jason Mallard, Des O'Dwyer, Brian Munnelly, Mary Lane and Marion Noone are standing for re-election.

Margaret Dolan, Debbie McCormack and Maeve Cormican are all standing down.

3. It is proposed to raise the monthly meeting entrance fee from €2 to €3.

4. It is proposed to freeze the Annual Subscription Fee at the current level for a third consecutive year.

Currently membership fees are; €45 for Full Membership. €15 for Retired, Unwaged and Junior Members.

5. It is proposed to raise the monthly meeting entrance fee to €5 when invited guests present at club meetings.

This is necessary so as to cover related expenses incurred by the club. 

Members can ask for additional motions to be presented at the AGM and submit nominations for Committee posts by emailing the Club Secretary at info@boylecameraclub.com no later than Tuesday 1st October.

Full agenda for the AGM will be posted here shortly.

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 10th September

The agenda for our September meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson address.
• In this month's '5-minute slot', Donal Hackett will discuss one of his recent images.
• Presentation - Tony Murphy will take members through the navigation of the club website, Facebook and Forum in an attempt to promote greater membership contribution to these spaces.
• Break
• Motivation - Presented by Des O'Dwyer and judged by John Walshe (all the way from Australia!). This month's Motivation is 'My Irish Summer'. View members entries HERE.
• Group Sessions - Beginners will be led by Tony Murphy who will critique a selection of the images from the beginners group and some technical advice. Jason Mallard will take the Advanced Group and discuss Camera Phone Photography. Intermediate Group members can opt to participate in either session.

Other Issues

• OCTOBER AGM - Boyle Camera Club Committee consists of 10 members representing Advance, Intermediate and Beginners groups. This year, 3 members of the current committee will be stepping down, other committee members will be putting themselves forward for reelection. All club members are eligible to sit on the committee. Anyone interested in joining the committee should notify the club secretary at info@boylecameraclub.com before Friday 4th October. Andy will discuss the election protocol at this month's meeting.
• Photo Shoot proposed for Sunday 15th September to Ballina and Inniscrone via Lough Talt.

Meeting takes place at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Winning Combination for Andy at Elphin

Congratulations to Andy Rimmer for his great success at this year's Elphin Summer Show. Andy won first place in three of the photography categories with the above photos. Reminder to members that the Strokestown Show is on this coming weekend, see the previous post for details.

Also, Motivation entries should be submitted to Des on or before Friday 6th September! Details of the next club meeting on Tuesday 10th September will be posted here shortly.

Certified Photography Evening Course at NCAD

Starting 23rd September at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin.

There are a maximum of 10 students on the course so all individual needs are catered for. Students will have the opportunity to pursue projects in the areas that are of most interest to them and learn the skills to achieve their individual goals. At the end of the course everyone will have the opportunity to exhibit their work in the end of year exhibition which takes place during the PhotoIreland Festival.

Overview of the course on the NCAD website HERE.

The closing date for the course was late June but there may still be places available. Interested members can contact Seliena Coyle: 01 6364214 or cead@ncad.ie

My Irish Summer - Motivation Theme for September Meeting

Boyle Camera Club will hold it's next club meeting on Tuesday 10th September at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. Members are reminded that the Motivation Theme for September is 'My Irish Summer'. Considering that the weather was kind to us this year, I'm sure there was plenty of photos taken, and if not, then there is still time to do so!

Members should send their motivation entries to Des at; motivationpics@gmail.com on or before Friday 6th September.

At a recent committee meeting, there was a proposal to review the current monthly Motivation and Des will be discussing a new approach to this very important club activity at the September meeting.

Full Agenda for September's meeting will be posted here shortly.

Elphin Agricultural Show - Saturday 31st August

The Boyle Summer Show was a great success this year and there were plenty of excellent photo opportunities for camera holders on the day. In the tent however, it was obvious that the photography section was very poorly represented. Perhaps the club needs to be more active promoting participation in this aspect of our local show next year! Well done to the participants though, in particular to 9-year old Gráinne Rooney, who won the Roscommon Herald perpetual trophy.

Members might be interested in taking part in the Elphin Agricultural Show which takes place this Saturday, 31st August. There is a photography section which has various categories;

• Class 250: Best Child Study Coloured
• Class 251: Best Animal Study Coloured
• Class 252: Best Landscape Coloured
• Class 253: Best Black and White Photo
• Class 254: Best Snapshot
• Class 255: Best Celebration Photograph
• Class 256: Best old photograph

Prizes; 1st Prize €15 2nd Prize €10 3rd Prize €5 Entry

Fee €2 per entry.

Interested members can download the entry form HERE.

Entries to be with the Secretary, Clare Caslin, Rockville, Hillstreet, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon by Thursday 23rd August 2013

For queries call +353 87 9471081 or email info@elphinshow.com

Note: Entry fees must be paid in advance of Show day. One Free exhibitor pass for all entry fees over €20. No Pass; No Free Entry

Also, the Strokestown Show takes place on Saturday and Sunday 7th and 8th of September. Here too, the show provides an opportunity for members to submit photographs. Download the entry form and show schedule HERE.

The Recent Photography of Hugh Rooney

Club member Hugh Rooney has produced some very noteworthy photography on his travels around Ireland and abroad over the years. His recent images of the Architecture of Valencia in Spain are a particularly beautiful set that are getting a lot of attention on-line. We could all learn a few things from the way Hugh composes a photography. Have a look at Hugh's work HERE.

Thank You for Coming.

Photo: Tony Murphy

Boyle Camera Club would like to thank everyone that came to visit our recent exhibition at Boyle Library during the Boyle Arts Festival. This year's very successful exhibition saw over 30 prints being sold, the proceeds of sales will be donated to The Childrens' Hospital in Crumlin. Members of the public were particularly impressed by the photos of Derek Fetheston 'Watching Over You' and Joe Kennedy's 'The Stables".

The club also held a raffle during the exhibition in the hope of raising funds to purchase a new data projector. This was also well subscribed to and the winner, Fionnuala Meagher, has received the framed print of her choice from the exhibition.

As always, the photo slideshow proved very popular for visitors and Joe has promised to make this available to view on this site shortly.

Club members should note that photos from the exhibition will be available to collect at the next club meeting.

Next club meeting will take place on Tuesday 10th September at 8pm in St.Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. New members are always welcome.

BCC 6th Annual Photography Exhibition opens in Boyle Library

 

Photographer John Reynolds speaking last night at the opening of Boyle Camera Club's annual exhibition in Boyle Library, King House. Well done to all members participating in the exhibition. A special thank you to Kennedy's Framing - Tubbercurry, Conor Dowling for printing the images and Trojan Boyle for the use of the data projector.

Boyle Camera Club Exhibition in association with Boyle Arts Festival 2013

 

Members of Boyle Camera Club hanging their 6th annual exhibition in Boyle Library in advance of the launch of Boyle Arts Festival. The exhibition opens at 7pm this Thursday.
Proceeds of all photo sales will be donated to local charity.
In the photo are; Jason Mallard, Joe Kennedy, Andy Rimmer, Margaret Dolan and Debbie McCormack.

 

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 11th June

The agenda for our June meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson address
• In this month's '5-minute slot', Mary Lane will discuss one of her recent images.
• Presentation - Hazel Coffey is visiting from Westport and will discuss her photography and what motivates and inspires her work.
• Break
• Motivation - Presented by Des O'Dwyer and judged by Joe Kennedy. This month's Motivation is 'Low-Light'. View members entries HERE.
• Group Sessions - Beginners will be led by Tony Murphy who will continue with his workshop, editing using Layers. Joe Kennedy will take the Advanced Group to discuss "A certain Style of Photography" and the Intermediate Group can opt for either session.

Other Issues

• Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition - Members are reminded to bring their 3-images for selection with the €35 print and framing fee. FULL DETAILS HERE
• Inter-club photo shoot with Rainbow Camera Club at Rossinver, North Leitrim. Sunday 23rd June.

Meeting takes place at 8pm in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Club Meeting Tuesday 14th May

The May club meeting very much followed the proposed agenda.

Opening the meeting, Chairperson Andy Rimmer commented on the positive local response to the club's recent exhibition at Coffey's in Carrick-on-Shannon. It was unfortunate that the proposed follow-up exhibition in Roscommon did not happen due to the venue being unavailable. That said, members should prepare their work for the club's annual exhibition during the Boyle Arts Festival. Full details regarding the submission of photographs in the post below.

The schedule for the Hot Air Balloons photo shoot this weekend, in association with The Gathering, has been posted on the forum. Members should make every effort to see this great spectacle at Lough Key Forest Park weither viewed close-up or from afar!

Roscommon Tourism have been in touch with Andy and are interested in promoting members images of the county. Members having appropriate images should contact Andy for details.

5-Minute Photo

Geoff Percy has set himself the challenge of photographing the waterfalls of the North West region and is in the process of compiling a series for black and white. Geoff showed some of his work from this project and discussed the shooting and post-production involved in making the images. Great subject matter and beautifully photographed too.

Presentation

Tony Murphy discussed shooting low-light interiors and exposure bracketing, a process whereby multiple varying exposures are produced to capture the full dynamic range of tones from a scene, then married in post-production to give an accurate and balanced result.

Motivation

Desmond O'Dwyer presented this month's Motivation. The theme for May was "Pattern". Brian Munnely judged entries and gave personal critiques on selected shots. Members entries HERE.

Top - 'All the Blue' by Martina Morris. Bottom Left -'Scarf' by Louise Pain and 'Jig-Saw' by Tony Murphy 

The winners in each category were;

Advanced

1. “Jig-Saw” - Tony Murphy
2. "Natures Patterns” - Matthew Gammon
3. “Building Blocks” - Jason Mallard

Intermediate

1. “All The Blues” - Martina Morris
2. “Inis Mór Wall” - Norman Little
3. “Wooden Pattern” - Margaret Dolan

Beginners

1. “Scarf” - Louise Pain
2. "On the Beach" - Lexie Monaghan
3. "You Looking at Me" - Noreen McNamara

Next month's motivation theme following on from Tony's talk and set by Brian Munnelly is Low-Light. Des has put some useful links on the club forum HERE.

Members should note that the new email address for motivation submissions is;

motivationpics@gmail.com 

Entries on or before Friday 7th June

Group Sessions

Beginners - Tony Murphy showed how to process a set of bracketed exposures using Layers and Masks in Adobe PhotoShop Elements.

Intermediate and Advanced - Following on from last month's session, Jason Mallard continued the subject  of editing RAW and JPEG image files.

Club Photo Shoot

As stated above, the balloons in Forest Park this weekend ... pray for favourable weather. We'll see you there?

Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 11th June at 8pm, St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle. New members always welcome.