Mallow Camera Club

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

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!

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.

CLUB RESULTS

Individual Awards

Denis Whelehan and Tony McDonnell of Dundalk Photographic Society will be making the trip to Mallow to show their award winning images.  Both are experienced photographers and well known in Irish photographic circles.

To see some of Denis and Tony’s images check out their galleries on the Dundalk P S website.

David Lavery of Mallow Camera Club will be showing fellow members the process to updating the website.  As many of us are aware of the benefits of the site it is hoped as of  a result of the training that the site will be  regularly updated.  We hope all will enjoy .

John O’Flynn and Morgan O’Neill won Gold and Bronze medals respectively in the IPF National Print and Projected Images Finals held in Mullingar on Sunday 15 February 2009. John won his medal for best Intermediate Monochrome print, while Morgan won third place in the Open Section of the Projected Images category.

Paddy Fennessy, Chairman, presents the Gold Medal and HC Certificate to John O'Flynn.

Paddy Fennessy, Chairman, presents the Bronze Medal and HC Certificate to Morgan O'Neill.

In addition John Hooton was awarded two Highly Commended Certificates at the competition, and both John O’Flynn and Morgan O’Neill also won Highly Commended Certificates.

Paddy Fennessy with Mallow Camera Club's latest medal winners Morgan O'Neill and John O'Flynn.

American landscape photographer David J Eisenlord (Ike to his friends) gave a presentation of his superb images to the club on Monday night last, 09 February.  Ike is in Ireland for a month as Artist in Residence in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, for February.  Ike spoke passionately about his photography, and brought along a selection of his Platinum Palladium prints for the audience to view.

Ike was joined on the night by his father and Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director of the Sirius Arts Centre, who is herself an accomplished photographer.  Peggy Sue gave a brief overview of the Sirius Arts Centre, and the Artist in Residence programme.  A number of visitors from adjoining clubs also braved the cold to join us on the night.

At the end of his presentation Ike invited the audience up to take a close look at his prints.  He also presented one of the prints to the club for our collection.  Club Chairman Paddy Fennessy thanked David for this wonderful gesture.

David Eisenlord presents one of his prints to Paddy Fennessy, Chairman, Mallow Camera Club.

David explaining his printing technique with some of the audience.

Paddy Fennessy accepting the print on behalf of Mallow Camera Club from Ike (David Eisenlord)

To see Ike’s Irish images visit his blog. 

Visit Ike’s website at www.davideisenlord.com.

Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland, by David J Eisenlord.

Mallow Camera Club
in association with the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
is proud to present an evening with

David J. Eisenlord
American Landscape Photographer

On Monday 9 February 2009 at 8:30 p.m.
Southside Community Centre, Bellevue, Mallow

American Photographer, David J. Eisenlord is in residence at Sirius Arts Centre until the end of February. During his time here, David will be capturing the landscape of Cork County through photography. Based in Minnesota, David has exhibited his stunning platinum palladium prints throughout America, his work in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas and private organisations. You can learn more about this interesting antique process on his website at www.davideisenlord.com

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, County Cork
Artist in Residency Programme

“Growing up taking family camping vacations to the shores of Lake Michigan and Huron, and later as an engineering student in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, the power and beauty of the Great Lakes made a profound impression on me. The Great Lakes are my Big Sky country, a place for solitude and contemplation of ones smallness. I’m drawn in particular to the landscapes of the northern shore of Lake Superior and similar areas such Iceland and the coast of Maine. “ David Eisenlord

Sirius Arts Centre Artist in Residency Programme is made possible through funding by the Irish Arts Council and Cork County Council.

Brian Hopper and Ciaran DeBhal from Dundalk Photographic Society paid a very successful visit to Mallow Camera Club on Friday night last, 07 November.  Brian and Ciaran made the long journey from Dundalk to present their superb images to keen photographers from Mallow and surrounding clubs.  The audience were regaled with stories of their photographic exploits.  Both photographers have travelled extensively and they shoot a wide range of subject matter.

There was good banter between the speakers and the audience, and the quality of the images and the commitment of both photographes to their art came through on the night.  A good night was had by all.

Ciaran DeBhal, John Hooton, Paddy Fennessy, Bríd Coakley, and Brian Hopper