Mallow Camera Club

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

It was another successful day for Mallow Camera Club at the SACC Print and Slide competition held in Clonmel on Sunday 09 December.  There were 234 entries for the SACC competition which included three sections, Slide, Colour Print, and Monochrome Print.
John Hooton won the Seamus Scullane Memorial Trophy for the second year running for the best image in the competition. John also won the best slide image of the day for haunting image of a remote river in the Kerry mountains. John was also highly commended for a beach shot taken in Kerry. Morgan O’Neill received second place in the Colour Print (open section) for a dramatically lit abandoned house interior. Bríd Coakley was also highly commended for a low vantage point image of water rushing around a beach rock.
John Hogan (Club Chairman) was delighted when he came first in both the Colour Prints and the Mono Prints for the novice section. This was a terrific result for John as there was a very large entry. John Hogan’s colour print was of a spider guarding his web, while his mono print was a dramatic portrait of his daughter. Well done John.
This is Morgan O’Neill’s second prize within a few weeks as he picked up a first place prize in the recent Drogheda Photographic Club’s open competition in the colour section.
John Doheny also picked up a prize in Drogheda for best Mono print of a Portuguese beach. Both John Doheny and Morgan O’Neill fought off very strong competition to recieve these awards.
Well done to all prize winners.

The 16th year of the The Togher International Festival in upon us again.
The Themes for Experienced Amateurs and Professional Photographers are as follows
1. My Own Country. 2. Children. 3. Animals. 4. Celebrations 5. Sport. 6. My Favourite Snapshot.
The entries can be delivered to the following
Denis Mc Sweeny Photo Shop Oliver Plunket Street & Merchant’s Quay
Walshe’s Pharmacy The Lough Shopping Centre (next to SUPER VALU)
Togher Pharmacy Tramore Road, Togher
Or Post To :
Togher Festival Of Amateur Photography 2007
Eanriss 104 Walsh Road Togher Cork 4
Closing Date is November 21st 2007
See entry form attached
Entry form

Mallow Camera Club were entertained by a camera group from the north east of England on Monday evening. Five Members from the independent camera group based in the Newcastle area visited mallow club while on a week’s photographic expedition to the south west of Ireland.  Initial contact between the two clubs was made via email after they saw the Mallow Camera Club website.
The five members; David Miller, John Race, Peter Dixon, Paul Hattan & David Foley, showed off there work to a packed audience. Club chairman, John Hogan, thanked each of them for sharing there work with Mallow Camera Club.

Each member of the group had his own unique style, and all images were well received by the audience. The images displayed were of a very high standard with very creative use of subject matter such as glass, ice, water & architecture.
David Miller, on behalf of the group, thanked everyone for there hospitably and donated one of his images to the Mallow Camera Club collection.