Photo Shoot - Sunday 28th June - Carrick-on-Shannon

Photo Shoot

Club members are reminded that this month's Photo Shoot will take place on Sunday, 28th June. We shall meet at the Crescent, Boyle at 9.30am and organise carpooling for a morning of photography in Carrick-on-Shannon. There will be plenty of photo opportunities as the Lakelands & Inland Waterways are having a Discover Carrick-on-Shannon Day with fun and entertainment about the town for all to enjoy.

Club Meeting - July

Next month's Camera Club meeting, scheduled for 8th July, will deviate slightly from the regular meeting structure. The committee propose to conduct an Evening Photo Shoot about Boyle. Members are asked to bring their cameras and tripods and assemble at the earlier time of 7.30pm on the Crescent, Boyle. Those attending will split into a number of Groups and fulfil a brief that sets out to capture the splendid town of Boyle.

In the event of bad weather, the meeting will be carried out as usual in The Moving Stairs, Boyle.

Check-in soon for up-dates.

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Club Meeting - Wednesday 10th June

Conor Dowling presents his IPF Distinctions submission at this month's club meeting.

This month's main presentation was delivered by Competitions Secretary, Conor Dowling. Conor, who was recently awarded his Licentiate from the Irish Photographic Federation, discussed the process of preparing for the IPF Distinctions. He presented his 'panel' of 10 printed photos based on a 'Wildlife' theme and brought the club through the submission criteria. Conor is hopeful that his success will encourage other club members to consider preparing for the Distinctions awards and he is happy to advise interested members in a formal workshop in advance of the next awards selection due to take place in October.

Members considering applying for an IPF Distinction would do well to read the handbook published by the Royal Photographic Society which is available to download HERE.

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The first round of submissions for the club's Annual Exhibition were also prepared and presented by Conor. The theme for this year's exhibition is 'Love Where You Live' and members are asked to send in their best photos for consideration. It was agreed that the standard of members work continues to improve and that another fine exhibition will be mounted as part of the Boyle Arts Festival in July.

A Sub-Committee to coordinate and organise the exhibition was elected.

Members are asked to submit an additional TWO photos on the 'Love Where You Live' theme for this month on or before 1st July.

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A slide-show of members submissions from the Achill Island Weekend Photo Shoot was shown to members. Photos are still coming in and members that participated in the event can still send their photos to info@boylecameraclub.com for inclusion on our website. See all photos HERE.

The full Minutes from the June Meeting will be available shortly HERE.

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Next Club Photo Shoot

The next club photo shoot will be a visit to Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday 28th of June. Members will meet on the Crescent in Boyle at 9.30am for carpooling.

Next Club Meeting

Wednesday 8th July, 8pm Moving Stairs, Boyle

TM

Achill Island Photo Shoot - A Great Success

Boyle Camera Club Members square-up to the vista views on Achill during the recent weekend photo shoot.

Photographers from Boyle Camera Club took up residence on Achill Island, Co. Mayo for what will hopefully become an annual Summer Weekend Photo Shoot. The event was attended by 28 club members, most arriving on the Island on Friday night to prepare for the 4am sunrise shoot on Saturday morning. Achill enjoyed a weekend of glorious sunny weather while most of the country experienced heavy cloud cover, icy winds and rain.

Dawn Patrol - Doogort Beach, Achill Island.

18 photographers took to the beach at Doogort at dawn in time to catch the sun breaking over the horizon at 5.12am. A perfect start to the day which saw members travel to various stunning and dramatic photographic locations on the island. Day 1. ended with a fine feast for the tired and hungry photographers, hosted by Chris, Veronica and Ger at Doogort and the contingent finished with a night-cap in Lynott's bar. The sun continued to shine on Sunday which saw the club tour the Atlantic Drive before heading home.

It was unanimously agreed the the event was a great success, thanks in no small part to the great efforts and organisation skills of club treasurer, Chris O'Connor. Plans are already underway for the next weekend trip!

Members photos from Achill can be viewed HERE.

Next Meeting of Boyle Camera Club will take place this Wednesday, 10th June 2009 in The Moving Stairs, Boyle at 8pm.

TM

Achill Island Photo Shoot Itinerary Published

Members of Boyle Camera Club will participate in a Weekend Photoshoot on Achill Island from Friday 5th - Sunday 7th June. Members should meet at the Achill Head Hotel on Friday night at 10pm where the itinerary for the shoot will be discussed.

Full Weekend Itinerary available HERE.

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Canon Camera - FREE Demonstration and Training Day

Canon are holding a FREE Canon demonstration and training day on Cameras, Lenses and Printers on Saturday June 13th.

The day is Free.
Venue; Milestone Electric, Golden Island, Athlone, Co Westmeath.
Phone; Dermot Kelly at 090 6478269 or 090 6478372 or 086 3552969

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Online Resources

Whether you are a beginner or of intermediate or advanced standard, there is a vast amount of information on all aspects of photography for you in the Internet. There are written and illustrated tutorials and probably best of all, many mini-movie tutorials available.

TIP/// Use the Google Search Engine to find what you would like to view!

Advanced Photoshop Users and those interested in Graphics may be delighted with sites like

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/

Thoughts From The Web 01

"Think of a landscape photograph as a jigsaw puzzle, with dozens of different pieces demanding your attention. If you arrange all those pieces in the right order you'll end up with an organised, structured image that makes sense and looks good. But if you put them together any old way, the end result will be a muddled mess of shapes, colours and details that's difficult to make sense of."
http://photoinf.com/General/Lee_Frost/The_Art_of_Composition_-_Landscape.htm

Safety & Health at Work - Photo Competition

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work would like to invite you to take part in their new photography competition. This competition encourages everyone and anyone to send in their photographs on the theme of Safe and Healthy Working Environments.

They want participants to be as imaginative and creative as possible, and to explore ways in which photography can highlight the need for safe and healthy workplaces.

WHAT’S YOUR IMAGE OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK?

The competition challenges everyone living in the EU to grab their camera and capture their own image of safety and health at work. Place the human being at the heart of your photograph and share your perspective on what it means to be safe in the workplace.

The public will select their favourite photograph through an on-line poll. The deadline for submission of entries is 15th of August 2009.

More details on how to enter, prizes, etc, HERE.

Thanks Paraic for bringing this to our attention.

Club Meeting - Wednesday 13th May

We had a full agenda to cover at this month's meeting which was chaired by Peter Boalch and was very well attended despite the beautiful Summer evening.

In this month's presentation, Tony Murphy addressed the mystery that is Digital ISO, in the third and final element of talks on 'The Exposure Triangle' series.

Conor Dowling presented the club's first Photo Competition, the theme was Springtime and members photos were judged by photographer, Anthony Hobbs, Head of Fine Art Media at the NCAD. Anthony's critique on the members photos and the competition results can be viewed HERE. He was particularly impressed by the quality of entries in the Intermediate and Beginners categories.

Conor announced the competition for 'Summertime' and encouraged members to make the most of the coming weeks to considers submissions before the closing date on 31st July.

June Motivation and Arts Festival Exhibition

The Motivation theme for June is 'Love Where You Live'. Members are asked to submit 2 images to info@boylecameraclub.com before 3rd June.

Boyle Camera Club will be presenting a Photographic Exhibition of members images as part of this year's Boyle Arts Festival. The theme of the exhibition is also, 'Love Where You Live'.

Members images will be selected from this month's Motivation for inclusion in the exhibition, so members that have not been regularly sending in their work, do make an extra effort this month to make a submission!

More details on the exhibition will follow. The club hope to establish a sub-committee to help organise the event, interested members can contact the club secretary via info@boylecameraclub.com.

At this month's meeting, members broke into groups to discuss issues relevant to Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced categories. The outcome of these discussions will be catalogued and addressed by the committee and communicated to membership at the next club meeting.

Club member and globe-trotter, Paraic Brennan, concluded the meeting with a very fine presentation showing images he has collected from his travels in Ireland and abroad. It was very much a case of 'every picture tells a story' and Padraic kept members entertained, as much by his fine stories as looking at his excellent images.

Achill Island Weekend Photo-Shoot

Achill Island - Chris O'Connor

It won't be long now!! Members are very much looking forward to the Achill Island Weekend Photo-Shoot. Chris O'Connor has been busy organising the event and is finalising numbers for accommodation. The club will be staying at the Achill Head Hotel. So far 28 members will make the trip for a weekend that promises to offer spectacular photographic opportunities and a memorable time in one of Ireland's most beautiful locations.

Chris has drawn up a room allocation plan for members, view it HERE. Additional Information of room rates and what to bring for the trip HERE.

Participating members are asked to meet in the

Achill Head Hotel at 10pm, Friday 5th June.

Getting there; From Boyle, head for Castlebar and Newport. From Newport head for Achil/Achill Sound. On the Island follow directions for Keel. The hotel is on the main road between Keel and Dooagh as above.


Anyone interested in participating that has not already put down their name should contact Chris immediately!

The next meeting of Boyle Camera Club will take place in

The Moving Stairs, Boyle at 8pm, Wednesday 10th June.

TM

Solas Gallery Photo Exhibition

An Invitation to submit work for a Photographic Exhibition is open to members and non-members of the Solas Gallery, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, from June 19th to July 11th.

Submission date is Saturday, May 30th 2009

The Solas Gallery was opened in 2007 by the Ballinamore Community Arts Group and is assisted by the Leitrim County Council Arts Office and The Arts Council. Its aims are to promote a greater awareness, interest in and appreciation of all forms of visual arts within the area. Solas is an artist-led project with a membership from anywhere within the catchment area of Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon, Cavan, Sligo, Donegal and Fermanagh. New members are always welcome.

The Photographic Exhibition will be open to both members and non-members alike.

To request details and entry forms, please leave your name, address, phone number and email with Sandra 071 9625276 / sandra@solasart.ie or visit the website HERE. Forms can also be collected from the gallery.

LC

Conor Dowling Awarded LIPF Distinction in Limerick

'Kermit' by Conor Dowling

At the recent Distinctions Awards meeting held in Limerick University, Conor Dowling was awarded the Licentiate (LIPF) by the Irish Photographic Federation. This award is the first in the Distinctions series followed by the Associate and Fellowship.

Conor travelled down to Limerick on the 25^th April to present a panel of ten photographs. These were placed before a panel of eight judges who awarded the Licentiate. Conor will give a talk on the process of putting together a panel of pictures at a forthcoming club meeting to encourage other members to present their work for a Distinction at the next Federation gathering in November. Further details will be posted on this site.

Conor is the First member of Boyle Camera Club to be awarded an IPF Distinction, we are all very proud of his success and wish to acknowledge his achievement by extending our sincere congratulations, well done Conor!

TM

TOP Photo Calendar Competition 2010

TOP (formerly TOP Oil - not to be confused with STEWARTS Oil) are running a photography competition for their Photo Calendar 2010 which is open to all amateur photographers in the country.

Photos can be of any subject, taken anywhere in Ireland and the winning photos will be compiled to make the TOP Calendar for 2010 – distributed to 35,000 homes. So you budding photographers out there who want immediate exposure, get snapping! All information is on http://www.top.ie/Home/Photo_Comp/Photo_Comp.html and entries can be sent to photo@top.ie with the why, when and where the photo was taken.

Entries must include NAME and ADDRESS. The Closing Date for entries is the 31st May 2009.
Any queries to Paula Donaghy on 085 121 8495

TM

SPRINGTIME Competition

Entries for the SPRINGTIME Competition have been submitted and can be viewed HERE.

Boyle Camera Club's first formal Competition as opposed to our Monthly Motivation, is the first of FOUR competitions that will be held Seasonally and Annually - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

This month's Springtime Competition will be judged by Photographer and Head of Media at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Anthony Hobbs.

Closing date for entries was; Thursday 30th April 2009.

TM

Photo Shoot - Sunday 26th April

Members of Boyle Camera Club at Derreen Wood, Boyle during the April Photo Shoot

There was a great turn out for our April Photo Shoot. 29 members met on The Crescent and proceeded to Derreen Wood, just 4 miles from Boyle. The famous bluebells attract visitors from far and wide, and are almost at their peak, however today's light was less than perfect. This did not stop members getting down and dirty to make the most of this beautiful Springtime spectacle.

Sandra Oddy at Derreen Wood

The club proceeded towards Knockvicar and Clarendon Lock. Here, the many boats that navigate the Shannon, pass through the lock between Boyle and Carrick for a €1.50 toll.

A special invitation was extended to club members to visit the beautifully restored Deerpark House, home of club members Dan and Margaret. Deerpark was once the hunting lodge of the Rockingham Estate and was famous for hosting the biggest and finest game and fowl hunts in Ireland. Dan and Margaret graciously entertained this shooting party and kept the tradition alive with a feast fit for 'Kings' and photographers alike. The club would like to extent our sincere gratitude to Dan and Margaret for their generous hospitality.

The photo shot ended with a visit to Ardcarne Garden Centre. Here, in this macro photographers 'Heaven', the rain nor wet lenses did not hinder the keenest bunch of photographers in the county. Our thanks to Ronan O'Conghaile and his staff for allowing members photograph his colourful displays of native and exotic flowers, trees and shrubs.

Club Photo Shoots happen once a month, throughout the year - yes, even during the Summer! They are as much about making friends, having fun and getting to visit some of the best and most beautiful locations our area has to offer, as much as they are about taking photos, discussing and learning about photography techniques and sharing knowledge. Boyle Camera Club is open to anyone with an interest in photography. Whether you own a digital compact or SLR camera, we can help you explore and exploit the technology to capture better photographs in a fun and friendly environment.

Our next Club Meeting will take place in the Moving Stairs, Boyle at 8pm, Wednesday 13th May. An agenda for the meeting will be posted shortly.

Members who took part in this month's photo shoot are asked to send in some of their photos for inclusion in a slide show at our next meeting. Submissions to; info@boylecameraclub.com Make sure your photos have your Name and Title as the 'file name'.

Photos will be available to view HERE.

Also, entries are now due for this months Club Competition 'SPRINGTIME'. Please send these to info@boylecameraclub.com before THURSDAY 30th APRIL.

TM

Photo Shoot - Sunday 26th April

A short REMINDER to members that Boyle Camera Club will have their April Photo Shoot this Sunday 26th. The shoot will include visits to numerous locations including, Derreen Wood, Clarendon Locks, The Jetty at Bruno's in Knockvicar and for macro enthusiasts, a stop at the Ardcarne Garden Centre. We will meet as usual on The Crescent, Boyle at 9am.

Members are also reminded to submit their entries for the Springtime Photo Competition on or before Wednesday 30th April.


TM

Camera Club Meeting - 8th April 2009

Example of the difference between Slow and Fast Shutter Speed as discussed at this month's meeting.

This month's meeting of Boyle Camera Club included a presentation by Tony Murphy on the subject of Shutter Speed, the second part of three such presentations on the issue of The Exposure Triangle.

This month's Motivation images were presented by Conor Dowling. This month's theme, 'People at Work', proved to be challenging and a number of members images were discussed.
Motivation submissions can be viewed HERE.

Next month's Motivation

Submissions for the Quarterly Club Competition should be sent to info@boylecameraclub.com before the end of April. The theme for this competition is SPRINGTIME.

Love Where You Live 2009

Boyle Camera Club will once again exhibit as part of the Boyle Arts Festival 2009. The theme for this exhibition is 'Love Where You Live'. Submissions for the exhibition will be due at the end of May. More details to follow.

Club Chairperson, Sean O'Dowd presented a selection of his images and discussed his approach to photography and how he uses it to inform his passion for Graphic Design.

Club member Paraic Brennan will give a presentation on his work at next month's meeting.

Additional items addressed were the next club photo shoot and the weekend trip to Achill Island.

Photo Shoot - Sunday 26th April
This month's photo shoot will take place along the length of Boyle River. The shoot will start in Boyle and work its way to Derreen Wood to view the famous bluebells. We will stop at various spots along the river an finish with tea at a very special venue.

Photo Weekend - Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Weekend of Friday 5th or Friday 12th June 2009

Club Treasurer, Christopher O'Connor, has been in contact with a number of accommodation sources and it is essential that bookings be consolidated as soon as possible. The cost will be €40.00 pps/per night in a local hotel. Chris needs numbers immediately!! Members interested should notify Chris via info@boylecameraclub.com.

The event will commmence on Achill Island on the Friday night with a shoot at sunrise on Saturday morning. We will stay two nights and return to Boyle on Sunday. Members can join the event at any stage, e.g. Saturday or Sunday. It promises to be a very special photographic experience, no matter what the weather brings.
A full itenerary will be drafted shortly and published for members to review.

Full Minutes from the meeting prepared by Club Secretary, Dermot Devine, available HERE.

The next club meeting will take place on Wednesday 13th May at 8pm in The Moving Stairs, Boyle.

TM

Photo Shoot - Lough Talt, Co. Sligo

Boyle Camera Club at Lough Talt, Co. Sligo.

18 members of Boyle Camera Club braved the wind and rain today during a photo shoot that took them to Lough Talt and the Ox Mountains in Co. Sligo, Pontoon on the banks of Lough Conn and finishing at the Foxford Woollen Mills, Co. Mayo. Spirits were high despite the bad weather. The monthly photo shoots are as much about getting out in the fresh air, seeing some of the beautiful countryside on our door step, making friends and having fun as they are about taking photos. The Sligo/Mayo landscape is some of the most picturesque in Ireland, great in any weather (as long as you're prepared for it!), this area is definitely worthy of a revisit when the sky is a little brighter.
The Club would like to extend our gratitude to the Staff at Foxford Woollen Mills, for allowing members photograph the premises.

Members are reminded to submit photos from the shoot which will be viewable HERE.

Reminder; Wednesday 1st April is the submission date for this month's MOTIVATION. The theme is 'People At Work'.

Next Club Meeting; 8pm Wednesday 8th April, Moving Stairs, Boyle.

Lough Talt - Tony Murphy

TM

Club Activities - Update

Boyle Camera Club's Motivation Exercise this month is 'People at Work'. Entries should be emailed to info@boylecameraclub.com before Wednesday, April 1st. Members should ensure that they include their name and image title in the file name of the submission.

The next Photo Shoot is set for Sunday, March 29th. Members should meet at the Crescent, Boyle, at 8.30am. The trip will include Pontoon and Lough Conn, then Foxford Woollen Mills, Co. Mayo, via Lough Talt in Co. Sligo.

The next club meeting will take place at 8pm, Wednesday, April 8th in the Moving Stairs, Boyle.

Sean

St. Patrick's Day - Boyle 2009

Dermot Devine - St. Patrick's Day, Boyle 2009

Members of Boyle Camera Club were out in force to take advantage of the good weather and colourful subject matter at this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boyle. You can view a selection of members photos HERE. Any members that have taken photos can send a selection to info@boylecameraclub.com for inclusion in the set.

TM

Fantastic Photo Opportunities will be all around us today - parades, daffodils, new growth, old fools getting drunk, young fools learning how, smiles, laughter, faith, hope and charity ...lets record all of them and remember this Special Day as one of Peace and Goodwill

Sean

In the Footsteps of The Giant

Brannan House - Paraic Brennan

Club member Paraic Brennan recently had some of his images honoured in the 6th edition of the Schmap Sacramento Guide. Paraic's recent travels in America included Yosemite Valley, home to one of photography's great legends, Ansel Adams. Paraic's photo of Yosemite LeConte Memorial Lodge is included in Schmap Yosemite Guide 6th Edition.

See more of Paraic's photos HERE.

Well done Paraic.

TM