REMINDER - PHOTO SHOOT TOMORROW SUNDAY 15th NOVEMBER

Members are reminded that there will be a club photo shoot visiting the beautifully restored St. Mel's Cathedral in Longford. This is a great opportunity to see the building as the light changes from day to night. Equally splendid in natural daylight or artificial light, it is a chance to try out your interior photography skills and learn for more experienced members. Please bring a tripod.
Considering the weather at the moment, the emphasis will be on the interior of the building.
Meet at the cathedral at 3.30pm.
We look forward to seeing you all.

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 10th November

Door opens at 7.45pm. Meeting will begin PROMPTLY at 8pm!
Members are asked to bring their camera and tripod and dress appropriately for some outdoor photography!

"The Aurora Borealis over Dunmoran, Co Sligo" by Jordan Cummins. Jordan will be sharing his knowledge and experience of artro-photography at this month's meeting.

The Agenda for our November meeting next Tuesday night is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address; Presented by John Walshe.
• Revised Monthly Motivation - A proposed revision of the format and presentation of the monthly Motivation.
• Annual Christmas Party will take place on Friday 4th December.
• Club Photo Shoot to St. Mel's Cathedral on 15th November.
• AOB

• Review of this year's IPF National Shield competition presented by John Walshe.

• Motivation Slideshow presented by Joe Kennedy. The theme for this month's Motivation is 'PHOTOJOURNALISM'.

• Tea/Coffee Break - During the break, a slideshow of photos taken by members recently at the Mohill Horse Fair.

• Presentation and Workshop - Jordan Cummins will discuss and demonstrate his passion for photographing the heavens over his beloved Sligo. For many years Jordan has acquired considerable knowledge and skill while photographing the night sky, Milky Way and in particular, the Aurora Borealis. Tonight, he will share his knowledge with us. Jordan wants members to bring their cameras and tripods for an active demonstration to photograph the night sky. Obviously, we will all be praying for a clear sky!!!
  Have a look at some of Jordan's stunning photos on his Flickr site HERE.

We look forward to seeing you all.
New members always welcome.

Boyle Camera Club presenting at this year's IPF National Shield competition in Dublin.

The very best of luck to members of Boyle Camera Club who are representing us at this year's Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) National Shield competition which takes place today (7th November) in Scoil Iosa, Malahide, Co. Dublin from 10.00am-5.00pm.

Boyle Camera Club have submitted two panels of ten photographs each in the Colour and Monochrome categories. A sincere thank you to our Chairman John Walshe, Martina Morris, Hugh Rooney (pictured above) and Margaret Dolan, who travelled to Dublin to present and hang the panels. We await the final results with great anticipation!

Boyle Camera Club were winners of the National Shield in 2013.

Boyle Camera Club AGM - 13th October

Election of New Committee
Boyle Camera Club's AGM took place recently at St. Joseph's Resource Centre Boyle.
The initial part of the meeting was concerned with the election of the new committee. Those committee members standing-down this year, Kit O'Connor, Mary Lane and Marion Noone were thanked for their contribution. Deserving of much credit and praise, Andy Rimmer, who very diligently served as chairperson for the past three years has also retired.

From back left - Andy Rimmer, Hugh Rooney, John Walshe, Joe Kennedy and Brian Munnelly.
Front from left - Deirdre Ryan and Margaret Dolan. (not in photo - Margaret Mulligan and Tony Murphy)

The new elected committee is as follows;
Club Chairperson - John Walshe
Treasurer - Brian Munnelly
Secretary - Margaret Dolan
Officers - Hugh Rooney, Deirdre Ryan, Margaret Mulligan, Andy Rimmer, Joe Kennedy and Tony Murphy.

The Motivation theme for October was “Film Titles” and was judged by Peter Kelly.
Beginners. 1st “Blue Brothers” by Margaret Mulligan 2nd “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” by Margaret Mulligan 3rd “The House on the Hill” by Deirdre Ryan.


Motivation - 'Film Title'

Motivation Winners - left - Matthew Gammon.
top right - Tommy Guihan and bottom right Margaret Mulligan

This month’s Motivation was presented by Joe Kennedy and judged by Peter Kelly. The winners in each category are as follows;

Advanced

1. Matthew Gammon - 'Birdman'
2. Margaret Dolan - 'Terms of Endearment'
3. Andy Rimmer - 'Around The World in 80-Days'

Intermediate

1. Tommy Guihan - 'Clockwork Orange'
2. Sally Moffatt - 'The Lion King'
3. Lexie Monaghan - 'The Shooter'

Beginner

1. Margaret Mulligan - 'The Blues Brothers'
2. Margaret Mulligan - 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly'
3. Deirdre Ryan - 'The House on the Hill'

The November Motivation Theme is 'Photo Journalism'.
Only images taken AFTER 1st of October 2014 are eligible for Motivation entry!
Members can submit up to FOUR images.

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.

November Motivation Entries on or before Friday 6th November to;

motivationpics@gmail.com

Main Presentation - Brian Farrell

After the tea break, the guest speaker, Brian Farrell, gave a most entertaining and educational presentation about his work as a free-lance photographer and showed examples of his published works. He stressed that "good photos can be taken on our own doorsteps and that if a person can’t take good pictures in their own environment, they won’t be able to take them anywhere else."

Follow Brian Farrell on Facebook.

Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 10th November.