Mallow Camera Club

Photography entries are an important part of the indoor section of Clonakilty Annual Agricultural Show.
This year photography once again proved to be very popular with more than two hundred entries divided between fifteen classes some being for juniors.
Four members of the Mallow Camera Club featured prize winners in the four classes that were open to Camera Club members.

Landscape / Seascape:
1st John Hooton Mallow Camera Club
2nd Brid Coakley Mallow Camera Club
3rd John Hooton Mallow Camera Club
Birds or Animals:
1st Paddy Feen Mallow Camera Club
2nd Cora McCarthy Dunmanway
3rd Jeremy Kingston Mallow Camera Club
Nature:
1st Jeremy Kingston Mallow Camera Club
2nd Jeremy Kingston Mallow Camera Club
3rd Paddy Feen Mallow Camera Club
Black & White:
1st John Hooton Mallow Camera Club
2nd John Hooton Mallow Camera Club
3rd Brid Coakley Mallow Camera Club
Best Overall Colour:
John Hooton Mallow Camera Club
Best Overall Black & White:
John Hooton Mallow Camera Club

Morgan O’Neill won a PSA (Photographic Society of America) gold medal and a PSA  Ribbon at the recent Celbridge International Salon.

This was the first Celbridge  International Salon which was successfully judged on Sunday the 6th of June in front of a live audience at National University Ireland, Maynooth.

Please click on link to view results.

http://www.celbridgecameraclub.net/?page_id=437

The 2010 photographer of the year took place for Mallow Camera Club recently. There were 240 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 Group. The competition was open to three different forms of media, Colour Print, Mono Print, & Digital  Projection.  Awards were for Overall Photographer of the year, Novice Photographer of the Year & Mono Photographer of the year. And the highest scoring image from a non distinction    holder. Members were allowed to enter up to 15 images of any media but only their five highest scoring images were counted for the final tally for the overall  photographer of the year. The mono photographer of the year was based on the three highest scoring black and white prints.

The night proved to be very entertaining for all as the interval counts during the competition were indicating a very tight contest. After the colour print and mono print sections were counted it was indicating that it was a three way tie for first place, Brid Coakley, John Hooton & Morgan O Neil.  It Wasn’t until the digital section was counted that  Morgan O’Neil was the eventual winner. This capped a great season season for Morgan who had numerous prizes and accreditation’s through out  the year. A very modest Morgan received great applause from all members, he thanked all for there support. Brid Coakley finished in second place and john Hooton in third.

The novice photographer of the year proved to be an even closer competition with. There was great applause when  new member  Mary Magner was announced the winner. The novice photographer of the year is only open to  members who have not received a gold medal  in a regional/national competition and to an individual who has not received a distinction.  The standard of the novice photographer is of a very high standard.

The mono section was won on a  very tight margin by John Hooton.  John who is one of the most successful club photographers in Ireland won the competition by a a tight margin over Brid Coakley. John said he was delighted with the competition and his success on retaining the trophy.

The new Trophy for highest scoring image from a non distinction holder went to Barry Linehane , Barry who is the club secretary was delighted with the win.

Club Chairman Pat Sheehan, thanked the judges and complimented them on their consistent scoring throughout the night. Sean Murphy, Competition Secretary thanked all for their help in organising the event.

The club is now in recess until September.

John Hooton has achieved his Master FIAP.

The distinction “Master Photographer of FIAP” (MFIAP) was awarded to John in recognition of his entire achievements in the field of artistic photography.

MFIAP is the third step, after AFIAP and EFIAP, in the FIAP distinctions awarded for personal successes in photography.

Congratulations John from all the members of the Mallow Club.

Very well deserved!!!!!

To All current members of Mallow Camera club .

Its that time of year again when we all get an opportunity to get our hands on the sought after Trophy.

If you wish to get entries in on time for the competition could all participants pleas get there prints to David Lavery  by no later than 6pm on Thursday  2 7 May

Please have your print labelled  at the rear of print with your name. If you are providing digital images on disc – there is no upper size restriction.

If you are going to provide them by e-mail, its best to down size them due to downloading / uploading limits. As these images will be projected on a High  definition projector its best to avoid providing low res files.

A guide is

Viewing on high definition

1920 x 1080 pixels @ 72 ppi .(Pixels per inch )

If you are unsure just email David Lavery the large image but please have your e-mail or image titled with your name.

Acting Competition  Secretary David Lavery

10 EGLANTINE CRESCENT, MALLOW, CORK

e-mail- laveryphotography@gmail.com

Web www.davidlavery.com 0876259311

The Club chair man encourages all members to participate.

Good luck to all.

On 24 April last Mallow Camera Club member Morgan O’Neill was awarded his Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF).  Only a handful of photographers achieve this award each year, often after many attempts.  Morgan not only achieved his Fellowship on his first attempt, but over the past few years the quality of his work has ensured his rapid rise through the ranks of Irish photography.

To achieve his Fellowship Morgan had to present a panel of twenty prints displaying originality, cohesion, artistic input, and technical ability.  Morgan’s panel consisted of photographs of interiors of old unoccupied Irish houses, and gave an intriguing insight into a time now gone, and how people lived.  The superb composition, and use of colour, varying from subtle to vivid, achieved in difficult lighting conditions, all helped to convince the judges that Morgan was worthy of the IPF’s highest award.

Morgan has been a member of Mallow Camera Club for a number of years now, and has won many photo competitions at club, regional, and national level.  He has represented the club on many occasions, and has also achieved international success, having being awarded Associateships from the Royal Photographic Society, and from FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art).  Morgan is also a regular contributor to photographic competitions and exhibitions internationally.

If  you would like to view Morgan’s Fellowship panal,please go to Morgan O Neill on Facebook.

Neily Curtin from the Mallow Camera Club  presented a panal of ten images for judging at the recent Distinctions sitting held  in Athlone.

Neily successfully gained his Licentiateship from the I.P.F.

Success is not new to Neily this his first year as a new member,for he has won at SACC and IPF national level,not  bad for a first attempt….!

A big well done from all the club and looking forward to seeing more of your shots.

Big Success for Mallow at the S.A.C.C. Competition.

The SACC print and slide competition was hosted by the Cork Camera Group on the 16th of March in the Bishopstown GAA Complex.Renowned award- winning photographers Denis Whelehan, Ciaran De Bhal and Brian Hopper from Dundalk judged the competition.

Mallow camera club came to the top winning the three categories, Best Colour Panel, Best Monochrome Panel and Best Projected Panel.

Morgan O’ Neill made a clean sweep at the event winning all three gold medals,Best colour with his image titled ‘Sorry’ which also won Best Colour and Best Overall Image in the Irish photographic Federation’s National print and projected image Finals three weeks previously, and Best Monochrome with his Image ‘Indian sisters’ and Best projected with the image’ Indian Kids’.

The next big event is the National Finals in Athlone where all counties in Ireland will be competing for the Rose Bowl.

'Indian Sisters' by Morgan O'Neill

'Indian Kids' by Morgan O'Neill

“MOR GAN SCOOPS TOP NATIONAL AWARDS”.

Morgan O’ Neill won Best Overall Image and Best Colour Print for his image ‘Sorry’ and was also the recipient of a judges medal for his photo ‘Nature Hunting’ at the recent Irish Photographic federation’s (IPF) National Print and Projected Image finals, in association with Epson.

Brid Coakley was also successful with her image ‘Three Sisters’. It placed third in the colour print category. Brid was also the recipient of a judges’ Medal from judge Nicolas Berlingieri of Argentina, who chose her image ‘Kinard Orange Stone’.

John Hooton won second place in the Mono Print for his photo ‘Kinard Rock’.

In the Intermediate section Neily Curtin won first place in the Mono Section with his photo ‘Blanket of Snow’.

More than 250 people attended the Douglas Hyde Theatre at the Athlone Institute of Technology recently to view the 500 images on display.

There were three different categories in this year’s competition, including colour print, black and white print and projected image.

This years’ judging panel included three judges from Argentina, France, and Britain.
The event saw both professional and amateur photographers from all over Ireland competing in the finals, following regional competitions in the west, south, Dublin and north-east regions.

'SORRY' by Morgan O'Neill