January Photoshoot - Creative Photography

The January photoshoot will be held in St Josephs Resource Centre at  8pm, tomorrow, Tuesday 31st January. There will be 3 creative photography techniques demonstrated on the night, namely:

Smoke Trails

Still Life

Painting with Light.

Lord of the Rings - John Walshe

There should be enough time for members to sample all three techniques.

Members should bring usual camera gear and a tripod. 

There will be a charge of €3 for room hire.

Club Meeting - Tuesday 9th January

January's meeting began with an address from our chairperson John Walshe which can be seen here. 

Motivation
The monthly motivation was presented and judged by Joe Kennedy. The theme was 'Windows & Doors' and the entries can be viewed here. Next month's motivation theme is 'Black & White (open)'. Entries should be received by midnight on Tuesday 7th February. Links to enter are on the forum.

Looking Out - Derek Featherstone

Skills Session
After the tea break, members split into 2 groups for Photo Editing skills sessions, held by Des O'Dwyer and John Walshe.

Monthly Photoshoot
This month we are running a creative photoshoot in St Josephs Resource Centre  at 8pm on Tuesday 31st January. There will be 3 creative photography techniques demonstrated on the night, namely:
Smoke Trails
Still Life
Painting with Light.
Members should bring usual camera gear and a tripod. There will be a charge of €3 for room hire.

Smoke Trail - Brian Munnelly

Charity Donation.
A donation of €150 was made to the Baby Loughlin Og Burns Journey charity. This was raised from the door receipts and proceeds from our Calendar sale in December's meeting. Many thanks to all who contributed.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, 14th February at 8pm, in St. Josephs Resource Centre, Boyle. New members are always welcome.

Agenda - Club Meeting Tuesday 10th January

Door opens at 7.45pm. Meeting will begin PROMPTLY at 8pm!

The Agenda for our January meeting this Tuesday night is as follows;

• Chairperson's Address; John Walshe
• Announcement of upcoming Photoshoot.
• Motivation theme for January - Black & White.
• Presentation of Charity cheque.
• Announcement of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Photographers of the Year
• AOB

• Motivation Slideshow - Presented and judged by Joe Kennedy. The theme for this month's Motivation was ''Doors & Windows''. Entries can be seen here on Flickr.

• Tea/Coffee Break

• Group Sessions - Members will split into 2 groups, as discussed here;
• John Walshe will host a beginner's photo editing session. 
• Des O'Dwyer will demonstrate editing in Lightroom.

Reminders

• Members are reminded that annual subscriptions are now due - details here.
• Members will be surveyed at the door for their preference of Annual trip away
• There are still some charity calendars available to buy - details here.

Meetings are held in St Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.
We look forward to seeing you all.
As always, new members are very welcome. 

Membership Renewal

We would like to remind members that, with it being the start of the year, all memberships are due for renewal. Details and benefits of Boyle Camera Club membership can be seen here, on the membership page of the website. Subscriptions can be paid, to our Treasurer, Martina Morris, at the door of the January meeting, on Tuesday next. We also provide an online payment option using paypal, which can be accessed at the bottom of the membership page. 

The membership rates are unchanged from recent years and are as follows:

Standard Membership €45

O.A.P/Student/Unwaged €15

New members should also fill out the membership form (which can be accessed here) and submit it to Martina. Existing members should also submit a new form if their contact details have changed from last year.

It is important that all membership subscriptions are paid promptly for various reasons, such as; insurance, entry to club and IPF competitions, and club funding. We thank you for your continued support. 

Next meeting is next Tuesday, 10th January, in St Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle at 8pm.

New members are very welcome. 

January Meeting - Skills Sessions

Firstly, Happy New Year to all! As discussed at the last meeting the January meeting is to focus on a learning section. We have two sessions lined up. 

Edit Challenge

Des is to take those interested in lightroom editing, note you do not need to be a lightroom user to part take as techniques used will be applicable across all editing software. Also this is aimed at already competent users and is NOT a entry level session. Raw file is available for download here.

Please submit edited versions of the files here by Midnight the 6th January 

Des will use these as part of the discussion at the next meeting. This is a great opportunity to focus on editing and the various images which can be created from the same base file.

Basic Skills Session

John Walshe will take a second group. From previous discussions there is a interest in learning more about basic camera skills and basic editing. Due to the time constraints only one topic can be covered. Options are,

Basic Camera Skills, a discussion on Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO and the effect each has,

OR 

Basic editing skills, using photoshop elements, learn how to do basic editing, basic layers, resizing and saving. 

The choice is yours! See link here to chose you preferred course, which ever is most popular will be ran, the other can be ran later in the year if there is interest. Please vote before midnight 6th January. 

See you all at our next meeting on the 10th January, in St Josephs Resource Centre, Boyle at 8pm.