Typology Challenge - December 2014 to February 2015

Members of the Advanced and Intermediate Groups are presently working on a challenge to produce a photographic Typology for the February meeting. Tony Murphy spoke on the subject of Typologies during the Group sessions at the December and January meetings. Some members presented their work-in-progress at the January meeting.

Participants are asked to do some personal research on the subject of Photographic Typologies, there's an endless amount of material available on-line. Subsequently, members are asked to select a subject or subject matter and produce a set of 12 images.

The set should be presented as a PRINT (A3 plus - 19x13 inches) using one of the templates provided by Tony. If members would prefer another presentation format, individual prints or digital files, that's fine. However, a single print containing the set is desirable.

There is no 'prize' for this challenge! It is simply devised to motivate Advanced members and give them an opportunity to expand their knowledge of historical and contemporary photographic trends and flex their creative photographic eye.

More details HERE.

Club Meeting - 20th January (Maybe)

DEAR MEMBERS. AS YOU ARE AWARE, LAST TUESDAY'S CLUB MEETING WAS CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER AND IS RESCHEDULED FOR THIS TUESDAY, 20TH JANUARY, 8PM ST. JOSEPH'S RESOURCE CENTRE, BOYLE.

HOWEVER, THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COMING DAYS IS PREDICTING SNOW AND FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR THE GREATER BOYLE AREA, SO WE MAY REVISE THE DECISION TO CONDUCT THE MEETING IF CONDITIONS DICTATE. MEMBERS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA TEXT AND THIS POST WILL BE REVISED TO CONFIRM A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

MEETING CANCELLED TONIGHT.

6.30pm Tuesday 13th January

URGENT MESSAGE DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING, THE SCHEDULED CLUB MEETING WILL BE POSTPONED PROVISIONALLY UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY, 20th JANUARY. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED.

As text message notification may not reach everyone, could members that see this notice here, pass on the news to others. We will update this post shortly to confirm next Tuesday's proposed club meeting.

PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY TONIGHT.

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 13th January

The Agenda for the January meeting is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address;
• From the 'Suggestion Box'.
• January Motivation has a PRINT option! Prints for this month's Motivation to be given to Kit or Mary before the meeting.
• Print Motivations. Next Print Motivation will take place in April. It is proposed to compile a judging panel consisting of one Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced member for this and future Print Motivations.
• Meeting schedule - Question to members; is there justification/desire to have club meetings more than once a month?
• Exhibitions - proposals and venues for 2015.

• Committee Flickr Choice - Brian and Joe will select one image each from the club's Flickr Pool and discuss them with members.
• 5-minute talk - Catherine Mullarkey will discuss one of her recent images.
• Presentation - Following on from last month's meeting, Beginners and Intermediate Groups will continue examining camera skills with Peter and John. Beginner members participating in the camera skills group - Please remember to bring samples of images for review where you have used shutter speed techniques discussed with John and Peter at our December meeting. You should bring an image, printed or on usb memory stick demonstrating the challenges achieving the desired visual effect or where you have intentionally used shutter speed to capture that critical image! 15 mins will be given to looking at members images. Next up; APERTURE! Be prepared!! Advanced Group members are asked to bring at least ONE of their images from the TYPOLOGY challenge set out at the December meeting for review and discussion. Tony will build on last month's session and demonstrate how to assemble the 12-image panel using PhotoShop. Advanced members are expected to produce a 12-image panel for the February meeting. Advanced members can download the panel templates from this LINK.

• Tea/Coffee Break
• Motivation Slideshow and Critique presented by Joe and Peter.
• Print Motivation The club provides window mounts suitable for an A4 print for €2. Print submissions should be mounted. Judging and critique by Kit and Mary.

Members should note that annual membership fees are now due. The fees remain unchanged; Full Membership €45. Unwaged/Pensioner/Student €15. Members are reminded that a monthly meeting fee of €3 exists. For special guest presenters, the meeting fee is €5.

We look forward to seeing you all.

New members always welcome.