Irish Photography Websites
Mallow camera club will kick the season off again for the 2008/2009 season.Monday 15th sept is the commencement date.The AGM will take place on this night with a final program to be announced.All current members are encouraged to attend.New members are also welcome on the night.Hope to see ye all there.
The club would like to offer sympathy to the family of Debora McDowall.Debora passed away on September 1st at Marymounth Hospice cork.Debora was an active member for many years and took part in many club outings competition’s.She will be sadly missed by all club members.
The following text is courtesy of the ipf website
Closing Date for Tallaght Photographic Society’s 18th International Photographic Salon of Photographic Art.
IPF Gold Medals will be awarded for the best landscape and sports images in the competition.
This years event has approval from the Photographic Society of America this is the first salon in Ireland to have this kind of approval.
You can get further information and download an entry form from the TPS website.international-entry-form1
Attention all you flower photographers, there is a photographic competition on the Derek Mooney Radio Show.Please copy this link for details
http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/competitions/garden_heaven.html
As we all know there are a few avid photographers within the club with strong images of flowers.Best of luck to all
One of John Hooton images titled “ Clogher Storm “ has been included in an International Photographic Calendar- PHOT’ART International. The magazine which is produced in France is aimed at International photographers. Twelve international photographers were picked out of thousands of members. John’s Image portrays the Kerry coast in a moody and dark perspective.
The 2008 photographer of the year took place for mallow camera club on Monday 19th of May. There were up to 300 entries from over twenty members of the club. The competition was based on the top five scoring images from each member.
This year the competition was judged by three members from cork camera club, Vincent Kelly, Martin Duggan, & Danny Foley. The competition was open to four different forms of media, Colour print, Mono Print, Digital Projection & Colour Slide. Awards were for Overall Photographer of the year, Novice Photographer of the Year & Mono Photographer of the year. Members were allowed to enter up to 15 images of any media but only there five highest scoring images used for the final tally.
A total of 298 images were submitted with over 50% being digital projection. Club chairman John Hogan complimented the external judges on their consistent scoring throughout the night. David Lavery competition secretary thanked all for their help in organising the event.
When the final count was done the results were as follows :
Photographer of the year
NOVICE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
MONO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Well done to all members who participated in the competition.
The club is now in recess until September 2008.
The 2008 Irish photographic finals took place over the weekend. Thurles Camera Club hosted the event at the Tipperary Institute which proved to be a very good venue. Mallow Camera Club qualified for the event earlier this year by winning the SACC competion. The club displayed two panels, a monochrome and a colour print panel which was made up of ten images in each panel.
Of the 19 finalist Mallow Camera Club finished in fifth place overall behind the winners Dundalk Photographic Society. Mallow’s Monochrome panel finished in third place, while the colour panel finished in a disappointing ninth place. This result came as a surprise to many as Mallow have always been very strong in the colour print section.
The highlight of the final day was Sean Murphy’s silver medal in the Monochrome print section. The three distinguished judges from Northern Ireland, the UK & Turkey spoke highly of Sean’s image which portrayed difficult rural living conditions in Ireland.
All panels will be displayed at the next club meeting on 28 April 2008.
The club got off to a great start at this weekends IPF National Club Finals when club members John Hogan, Bríd Coakley and Morgan O’Neill all achieved photographic distinctions in the Saturday sitting.
John Hogan gained his Licentiateship of the Irish Photographic Federation (LIPF) with a panel of ten colour images, representing a variety of themes and styles.
Bríd Coakley presented a panel of fifteen superb seascapes, for which she was awarded an Associateship (AIPF), the second level grade of distinction awarded by the IPF.
Morgan O’Neill’s panel of fifteen shots of old and decaying cottage interiors, giving a glimpse into forgotten Ireland, was also awarded an Associateship (AIPF). All awards were unanimous, voted on by a panel of expert judges who already hold IPF distinctions.
All three panels will be shown in the club on Monday night, 28 April.
Congratulations and well done to all.
On Monday 21st of April John Hogan will demonstrate with fellow members what is involved in the selection process of a panel for distinction accreditation. John will be looking for opinions from fellow members on his selection of prints. Fellow members with images for selection are also welcome to show there work.
Mallow Camera Club Photographer of the Year 2008
COMPETITION RULES
Some of these web sites may stretch the definition of “education” slightly but even looking at photos is an education if they inspire you. Here are the links I talked about at last night’s club meeting:
And of course, Luminous Landscape.
