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

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.

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

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.

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

Mallow Camera Club are proud to announce that members of Dundalk Photographic Society will be visiting Mallow to exhibit their work.  Dundalk Photographic Society has been very successful over the years with many of their members winning awards in competitions in Ireland and abroad.

Brian Hopper and Ciaran DeBhal will show their work which has helped Dundalk P S to become one of the most successful clubs in Ireland.  Visit www.dundalkphoto.com to see examples of Brain and Ciaran’s work.

The meeting will take place at 8pm sharp on Friday 7th November at the new Mallow GAA complex and is open to all.  Members of other clubs are welcome to attend.

The club got off to a great start at this weekends IPF National Club Finals when club members John Hogan, Bríd Coakley and Morgan O’Neill all achieved photographic distinctions in the Saturday sitting.

John Hogan gained his Licentiateship of the Irish Photographic Federation (LIPF) with a panel of ten colour images, representing a variety of themes and styles.

Bríd Coakley presented a panel of fifteen superb seascapes, for which she was awarded an Associateship (AIPF), the second level grade of distinction awarded by the IPF.

Morgan O’Neill’s panel of fifteen shots of old and decaying cottage interiors, giving a glimpse into forgotten Ireland, was also awarded an Associateship (AIPF). All awards were unanimous, voted on by a panel of expert judges who already hold IPF distinctions.

All three panels will be shown in the club on Monday night, 28 April.

Congratulations and well done to all.

On Monday April 14th Donncha O Caoimh will present a educational Tutorial evening. Donncha will inform fellow club members of useful websites that will help many photographers.

Reminder for all club members, the upcoming Photographer of the year is fast approaching. This is the first year that the club has introduced a closing date. All mono prints, colour prints, digital files and slides must be delivered to David Lavery competition secretary by Tuesday 13th may. Please note images accepted after this date may not be guaranteed a place in the final. Images accepted on the night of the competition (May 19) will not be accepted.

Max Print size is 16inx12in
Max mount size is 16inx20in
Smallest size print is 5inx7in

Please note it is not compulsory to have images mounted. Images used in previous photographer of the year competitions are not allowed. Images that have been commissioned (been paid to carry out) are also exempt from the competition.

The next big event is the National Photographic Finals Thurles Co.Tiopperary april 26/27th

Mallow Camera Club are delighted to announce that Gerrit Groshart will give a talk to the club on Monday 10th March.

Gerrit hails from the Netherlands, has an EFIAP distinction, and is a renowned nature photographer.

He will be in Ireland for a short visit which includes judging the IPF Nature Competition in Dublin Zoo on 9th March.  He will be giving talks to a number of clubs, mainly on the east coast.  This is the only talk Gerrit will be giving in the south of the country.

As usual MCC are inviting members of other clubs to join us on the night.

Mallow Camera Club traveled to Tallaght in Dublin over the weekend to take part in the 2007 IPF EPSON National Photography Finals. The club had two excellent panels and were delighted to finish in Third place overall. This is the best result the club has chalked up in this prestigious event which is the most important in the IPF calendar. In 2006, when the competition was held in Mallow, the club finished in fourth place overall.

The club finished in joint second place in the Colour Print section – up from third place in 2006. In the Monochrome Print section the club finished third – a considerable improvement on fifth place last year. Sixteen clubs from all over the country took part in the competition which was won by Drogheda Photographic Club.

John Doheny picked up a Bronze Medal for his photograph ‘Anticipation‘ which was awarded third place in the Individual Monochrome Print section.