Mallow Camera Club

Please join me in sending best wishes to the members of Carrigaline Photographic Society, for their forthcoming exhibition titled “Arts Trail 2010″, which marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Society.

The Society has been actively promoting photography since it’s foundation in November 1985 and this latest exhibition is part of that ongoing objective.

Running from November 1st to November 12th, the exhibition features over 95 photographs from current members, at four venues throughout Carrigaline as follows; Ulster Bank, AIB, Bank of Ireland and the library.

www.carrigalinephotographic.com

John Hooton and Morgan O’Neill have been chosen to join the Irish team to compete in the 2010  Celtic challenge.

John with his image”Cappagh Evening” and Morgan with images”one eyed jack” and “Sorry!”

Ireland won it last year,lets hope we can do it this year.

To read about last years success please click on web page.

http://irishphoto.ie/index.php/2009/10/ireland-wins-celtic-challenge/

The venue for Ciaran White and Lorraine Gilligan’s presentation has been confirmed for St. Patrick’s National School, next to Market Square , Mallow.  The presentation will take place  on Friday the 24th  of September. The photography includes portaits, nude and studio work.  All are welcome.

The Camera Club will resume after its summer break on Monday 13th september 2010. The first night of the new season will be its annual AGM. All out going officers are asked to attend the meeting for 8.30pm at the South Side Community Center Mallow. Both new members and current members are welcome.

An exciting new program has been announced for the coming season and will be unveiled on the night.

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.

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

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.

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)