Mallow Library Exhibition

Dear members,

The Camera Club is to be part of an exhibition in Mallow library in the next week or two. If you would like any of your shots to be included in this exhibition please bring them with you next Monday the 8th for consideration.

Tony Worobiec Lecture and Workshop in Mallow

As a follow up to the highly successful lecture by Joe Cornish last October I am now delighted to announce that Mr. Tony Worobiec will be doing a lecture and workshop in Mallow on the weekend 26th/27th February 2010.

Tony is a leading Black and White photographer and an expert in digital black and white printing. He trained as a Fine Artist and headed a large design faculty in Dorset for over 20 years. He has won awards for his work in the UK and internationally. He has exhibited at London’s Barbican Gallery and Bradford’s National Museum of Photography.

His first published project, “Rhythms of the Land” featured monochrome landscapes which focused primarily on the structure of the land and the rhythm it creates. The photographs range from the broad sweeping vistas of the North American landscape to the intimate details of the coastline near his Dorset home.

Whilst Tony steadfastly continues to work with scanned film, he warmly embraces the digital revolution. A regular feature writer for various magazines both here in the UK and the US, he has particularly sought to connect traditional darkroom workers with digital alternatives. He has also recognised that working digitally has opened many new avenues which allow the photographer to explore issues that could not have been contemplated using more traditional methods.

On Friday 26th Tony will be doing a lecture and showing some of his own work and on Saturday 27th he will be hosting a workshop where he will go through the process of converting and printing black and white images.

Cost for lecture (open to all) is 7 Euro and tickets are available at the door.
The workshop on Saturday is limited to 30 and must be pre-booked. The cost of the workshop is 25 Euro.
Lecture and workshop booked together 30 Euro.

More information from John Hooton on 087-2516042 or e.mail johnhootonNOSPAM@eircom.net (Remove the “NOSPAM” before emailing him)

Galleries are back

The Club Galleries are back! The plugin we used before, fGallery, isn’t being maintained any more and I had to convert the gallery information into WordPress posts and uploads. About an hour’s work in all, and a script that I will publish at some stage on my blog.

The uploading procedure is completely different now however, but it’s easy enough and I have updated the “Upload photos” page above to reflect those changes.

Mallow Camera Club Attracts Large Crowd to GOAL Evening

Mallow Camera Club, recently hosted an evening with award winning photographers Julien Behal and Mallow’s Sean Murphy to present their own photographs from a recent trip to India, as part of an awareness campaign by GOAL. A large attendance of over 180 people attended the Hibernian Hotel in Mallow to see a presentation of photographs for over 3 hours.  It was a memorable evening made all the more worthwhile by the raising of valuable funds for GOAL, predominantly by the voluntary efforts of Julien and Sean.  The evening raised €3,495 which was greatfully recieved by Alison Crowzer from GOAL on the evening.  Pictured at the event were Tim Geary, Sean Murphy, Pat Sheehan, Alison Crowzer (GOAL) and Julien Behal.  Also pictured is Tim Geary Tresurer of Mallow Camera Club presenting a cheque to Alison Crowzer on the evening for €3495.

Photos by Pat Sheehan

Four Photographers Gain National Distinctions

Mallow Camera Club toasted the success of four members who gained their Licentiateship Distinction at the recent judging of panels on Sunday last, the 28th of November.  Karen Fleming, Rodney O’Callaghan, John Flynn and Denis O’Leary all received their first Irish Photographic Federation distinctions at the recent event, at the first time of asking.  Pat Sheehan, Club Chairman, congratulated all four on their distinctions, calling the clean sweep of four from four a major personal achievement and a great result for the club.  All four are pictured here with Mark Sedgwick, President of the Irish Photographic Federation.

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Joe Cornish to Visit Mallow Camera Club


Joe’s only talk in the SACC region will be in Mallow Camera Club, on THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2009. Mallow Camera Club are delighted to be hosting this event.

The cost of the lecture will be €20 per person which must be booked in advance.  We anticipate a big demand for this lecture and places will be limited.  Therefore, all those interested need to book their place as soon as possible.

To reserve places please send a cheque (made payable to Mallow Camera Club) for the full amount to cover the number of attendees (i.e. €20 per person), together with the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of each person to:

John Hooton, FIPF,

Dun an Oir,

Cloughlucas,

Mallow,

Co Cork.

Tel:  022-42286   or 087-2516042

Email  johnhooton@eircom.net

Tickets will be allocated on a strictly first come – first served basis.

The event will take place in Mallow G.A.A. Complex on 29 October 2009  at 8.00 p.m.

Detailed directions to the venue and other information will be circulated closer to the date

MORGAN O’NEIL WINS 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

The 2009 photographer of the year took place for Mallow Camera Club recently. There were 230 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, Moira O’Brien , Michael O’Sullivan, & Danny Foley. 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. 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.  Morgan O’Neil was the eventual winner for the overall. 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.

The novice photographer of the year proved to be an even closer competition with only 4 points separating the top three. There was great applause when           Denis O Leary 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 single point from Morgan O’Neil. John said he was delighted with the competition and his success on retaining the trophy.

Club Chairman Paddy Fennessy, 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.

When the final count was done the results were as follows :

Photographer of the year

  1. Morgan o’neill 134 PTS
  2. John Hooton 128 PTS
  3. Sean Murphy 125 PTS

NOVICE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  1. Denis O Leary 105 PTS
  2. Rodney O Callaghan 103 PTS
  3. George Griffin 101 PTS

MONO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  1. John Hooton 75 PTS
  2. Morgan O’Neil 74PTS
  3. Brid Coakley 69 PTS

Well done to all members who participated in the competition.

The club is now in recess until September 2009.

DETAILED SCORING OF MEMBERS FOR THE 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

DIGITAL ENTRIES COLOUR PRINT MONO PRINT
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O TOTAL SCORES
Name Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8 Image 9 Image 10 Image 11 Image 12 Image 13 Image 14 Image 15

1 Barry Linnehan X 15 16 20 17 18 14 18 15 15 17 18 15

198
2 Brid Coakley 21 25 25 21 19 19 18 16 16 18 23 22 24 19 20 306
3 DAVE NELSON 18 20 23 15 16 15 20 18 15 16 20 16 15 17 15 259
4 Denis O Leary X 20 20 25 16 19 14 15 20 16

17 17 17 20 15 251
5 GEORGE GRIFFIN 20 22 19 18 21 18 19

137
6 Jeremy Kingston 19 15 23 16 17 0

90
7 JOHN FLYNN 24 24 21 18 24 19 19 24 22 19 19 20 22 23 22 320
8 John Hooton 23 25 19 26 26 23 23 24 23 24 25 22 23 24 26 356
9 LIAM DOAB 16 15 14 19 13 12 14 12

13

128
10 MORGAN O NEIL 24 25 25 26 24 25 28 28 26 25 19 22 24 26 24 371
11 Paddy Feen 21 20 19 18

17 23 19 18 19 17 19

210
12 SEAN COLEMAN 18 21 19 21 19 22 22 18 21 21 16 19 21

258
13 SEAN MURPHY 22 20 27 24 17 26 24 22 24 24 21 24

275
14 SEAN O RIORDAN 17 16 18 17 19 19 15 17 16 18

172
15 JOHN HOGAN 21 19 25 17 22 25 23 17 15 16 17 16 18 18 19 288
16 ANNA HOGAN 17 16 19

16 19

87
17 RODNEY O CALLAGHAN

20 19 22 20 16 15 21 20 17 20 190
18 COLEMAN CULHANE

21 16 26

17 19

99
19 KAREN FLEMMING

18 19 20 21 20 17 15 13 19 18 180

Photographer of the year

  1. Morgan o’neill 134 PTS
  2. John Hooton 128 PTS
  3. Sean Murphy 125 PTS

NOVICE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  1. Denis O Leary 105 PTS
  2. Rodney O Callaghan 103 PTS
  3. George Griffin 101 PTS

MONO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  1. John Hooton 75 PTS
  2. Morgan O’Neil 74PTS
  3. Brid Coakley 69 PTS

Well done to all members who participated in the competition.

The club is now in recess until September 2009.

Worldwide Photowalk coming to Cork

On July 18th photographers around the world will be walking the streets, paths, hills and fields of wherever they live taking photographs of all around them. This year we can join them by photowalking in Cork City.

All you need to do is register on the Cork Photowalk website, and keep an eye on that site or on In Photos for further details. Places are limited to 50, the Dublin one is almost full already, but the Belfast one still has plenty of room like the Cork one.

Pass the word around to members, and to other clubs!

National Success for Mallow Camera Club

At the I.P.F. Finals held in the University of Limerick last weekend over 26 clubs competed  for the top award.  Mallow Camera Club were winners of the colour print panel section and 6th in the black and white section.  Overall the club came 2nd.   This is a new record for the club. Well done to all photographers whose work contributed to both panels.  This year three judges travelled from Scotland, Italy and…Croatia respectively.  Congratulations to Dundalk Camera Club who won the overall event.
Individually, Morgan O Neill took both silver and bronze medals in the colour print section. This follows Morgan’s success at the last sitting of distinction judging when Morgan was awarded an Associateship from the R.P.S.    Another winner on the day was Sean Murphy who was awarded a highly commended certificate.
Adding to the success of the club,  two members, Paddy Feen and Sean Colman also put forward individual panels for licenteship judging and were both successful so congratulations to both.

All in all a great weekend for Mallow Camera Club.

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CLUB RESULTS

National Club Finals

1


2

3

Dundalk PC


Mallow CC

Drogheda PC

Colour Panel

1

2

3

Mallow CC

Dundalk PS

Drogheda PC

Monochrome

1


2

3

Dundalk CC


Drogheda CC

Clondalkin CC

Individual Awards

Colour

GOLD MEDAL

SILVER MEDAL

BRONZE MEDAL

Highly commended

Highly commended

Highly commended

Lorraine Gilligan, Celbridge

Morgan O’Neill, Mallow

Morgan O’Neill, Mallow

John Butler, Drogheda

Sean Murphy, Mallow

Sean Kennedy, Dublin

Renaissance

Young Girl

Old bag & chair

Little girl

The Captain

Paris Morn

Mono

1st (Gold medal)

2nd (silver medal)

3rd (bronze medal)

Hon Mention

Gabriel O’Shaughnessy, Dundalk

Brian Hopper, Dundalk

Tony McDonnell, Dundalk

Ciaran de Bhal, Dundalk

Village Keeper

Horses in the Mist

Doorstep Group

Teacher & Pupil

Evening Shoot in Doneraile Park

A handfull of members made the trip to Doneraile Park on Monday night for an evening photography shoot.  The evening was fine and dry, and many good images were captured.  The group picture below was taken by Yvonne Esaw.

MCC Group in Doneraile Park, 20 April 2009.  Photo by Yvonne Esaw.

MCC Group in Doneraile Park, 20 April 2009. Photo by Yvonne Esaw.