Christmas Party Night - Friday 5th December

Boyle Camera Club will host their annual Christmas Party Night next Friday 5th December at Daly's Bar, Boyle. Dinner with desert will be served from 9pm followed by music from The Psychonics.

Members should indicate their intention to attend by signing the related post on the club FORUM. Cost is €10 per person. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Blue Hour Photo Shoot - 7th December, Roscommon Town

This month's club photo shoot will deviate from the usual Sunday Morning slot in favour of a Blue-Hour afternoon shoot in Roscommon Town on Sunday 7th December. As we move steadily towards mid-Winter, the day's progressively grow shorter with sunset taking place about 4.15pm on 7th December. The Christmas lights will be aglow, so the town should provide some interesting photo opportunities for us.

Members should bring tripods and strobist gear, not to mention warm cloths and footwear. Look-out Roscommon! Members travelling from Boyle should meet on The Crescent at 3pm. Assemble in The Square, Roscommon Town at 3.45pm. We look forward to seeing you all.

December Motivation - Lead-in Lines

The Motivation theme for our December meeting is 'Lead-in Line's. Lead-in lines can take many forms, they can be an obvious visual element of the composition that direct the viewer towards the main subject of the photo or they may be subtly implied by the arrangement and position of other compositional elements. The two images here demonstrate some possible approaches. Members should email their photos to; motivationpics@gmail.com on or before Friday 5th December.

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 11th November

After a busy weekend in Malahide, it's back to business as usual for BCC.
In line with discussions at the AGM, this month we will conduct a Pre-Meeting session from 7.30pm for the purpose of addressing members technical issues as well as a short presentation on camera shutter-speed. Participating members should bring their cameras!
These pre-meeting sessions will be suitable for beginners and provide an opportunity to put forward suggests for future sessions and Group gatherings.

The Club Meeting will begin as usual at 8pm with the following agenda;

• Chairpersons address.
• Members 5-minute slot - Catherine Mullarkey.
• Committee Flickr Critique - John Walsh and Mary Lane.
• Motivation 'Stranger Portraits', presented by Joe Kennedy and judged by Mick Nolan.
• Break.
• Main Presentation - John Walsh and Peter Kelly will demystify the process of Inkjet Printing at home.

We look forward to see you all.

IPF National Shield Competition 8th November 2014

Boyle Camera Club surrendered the coveted IPF National Shield to a deserving Galway Camera Club at yesterday's competition hosted by Malahide Camera Club. Galway emerged victorious over a record 31 entrants this year. Clubs were required to submit a panel of 8-monochrome and 8-colour photos from non-distinction holding members. Judging was a serious and critical business with great scrutiny given to image content and quality. We were delighted to be part of this national event and very proud of the images selected to represent the club. A sincere thank you to all members involved in getting the work to Malahide. Congratulations to Galway Camera Club.