Mallow Camera Club

There was great success last weekend at the IPF Print and Projected Finals held in Athlone 

Sky Movement by Paki O Donoghue

Of the  36 prizes up for grabs Mallow came away with a total of 8 prizes . The big win of the day for mallow was Paki O Donoghue who took a Silver medal in the projected image. Pakis image tied for first and  following  the judges decision he was awarded  the Silver medal coming second to no other than the great Des Clinton , that in itself a great  achievement. 

There was also success on the day for  John Hooton , Brid Coakley, Morgan O Neill, Bill Power and  Terry Conroy . Congratulations and well done to all.

Projected Open

Paki O Donoghue -  Sky    Movement  -   Silver Medal

John Hooton  -   Inch -  Judges Medal

Mono  Open

Brid   Coakley  -   Flower    -    Judges Medal

Morgan O Neill   -   Girl with Doll   -   Honourable Mention

Mono Intermediate

Bill Power   -  Gannets in Love -   Bronze Medal

Colour Open

John Hooton   -   Sand Shapes  2 -    Honourable Mention

Enviromental Portraiture  Intermediate

Terry Conroy   -   The Band Strikes A Pose -    Silver Medal

Coastal Ireland

John Hooton   - Coolemonoole-   Honourable  Mention

Kolkata  Photography Exhibition in conjunction with   The Hope Foundation
Thursday 2nd of February – Wednesday 15th of February
Mallow Library,  Mallow co.cork
Four local photographers from North Cork who travelled Kolkata, India, recently  will exhibit a sample of there work in the Mallow Library . The four accomplished photographers, Sean Coleman, Morgan O’Neill, Sean Murphy & David Lavery have all been given extensive access in to the projects that the Hope Foundation work within,  on the streets and slums of Kolkata, ( formally Calcutta ) .
The  exhibition will be opened by Hope foundation Founder – Maureen Forrest on Thursday 2nd February  2012 at 6.00pm at the Mallow Library  and will run until Tuesday 15th February.
The exhibition is hoped to give an insight in to the life and the struggle on the streets of Kolkata. The photographers who are also members of Mallow Camera Club have travelled to Kolkata on numerous occasions between them, to help document the great work carried out by The Hope Foundation.
The Hope Foundation  work to free children and poor families from lives of pain, abuse, poverty and darkness.Living on the streets, children are exposed to horrendous physical and sexual abuse. Those who survive are left to fend for themselves, with no promise of a safe future. They are forced to work from as young as five years of age to earn money for food and so cannot go to school. HOPE works to free them from child labour.
HOPE funds and operates over 60 projects. HOPE reach out to those most forgotten; offering protection, healthcare, nutrition, education, rehabilitation and a family for life
The exhibition is opened to the public for the duration of the exhibition
For further information, please visit www.hopefoundation.ie, email: susan@hopefoundation.ie or contact the office on 021 – 4292990.

Fungi Family By Bill Power

The SACC  Nature competition was held recently in the kilmurry Lodge in Limerick.  The  competition is a regional qualifier for the national nature  finals.   Mallow had a strong contingent of members present on the day ,12 in all, with everybody getting  at least an image or more through to the finals.

Bill Power kept the flag flying for Mallow  when his image  ‘Fungi Family’ won the ‘Best Flora’ category. Another image by Bill  ‘Kingfisher on Green’ was one of 8 photos to get a score of 18 in the printed section, but was pipped at the post. Well done Bill.

Due to bad weather this evenings shoot has been cancelled, however we will meet as normal in the club tonight at 8.30
pm where morgan has promised some interior work and still life , make sure to bring your good nikon cameras with you.

We wll also do a demonstration on uploading images to the club website

Good news on the Club Gallery.
We are up and running again for members to upload there own images.

New galleries will be set up by the web administrator’s when your email address is recieved. Please forward your email to rodneyocallaghan@hotmail.com or jh74@live.ie

Once you recieve your username and password please follow the online instructions at the following link http://mallowcameraclub.org/how-to-upload-images/

Ballingcollig Camera Club would like to inform you that their annual Photo exhibition is taking place on Saturday 24th September from 2.30pm to 8.30pm at their Club Meeting Room upstairs over Mary oConnells Bar in Main Street,Ballincollig Co Cork.
You can gain access to it from the Supervalu car park at the rear of the main street near the Cinema.
There is plenty of free Parking available and Tea & Coffee will be served to all on the day.They look forward to seeing the Mallow Camera Club there and if anybody needs further info on it please do not hesitate to contact us on it.

The new season kicks of on Monday the 12th of September with our club AGM. This is your opportunity to have your say and cast your vote to decide the new club officers.

It is also a great opportunity to review the club program and see what is planned for the new season.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Rodney O’Callaghan and Morgan O’Neill have been chosen for the Irish team to represent Ireland in the 2011 Bienniel ”Movement”.

They are amongst  twenty of the top  images that make up the  team.

Ireland has gained a very high standard in International competitions in the last few years,hopefully they will do well in the 2011 Bienniels.

Best of luck !!!!!

Morgan O'Neills ''Rock''

Rodney O'Callaghans ''Motion''

Mallow Camera Club Brings home The Rose Bowl

Camera Clubs from all over Ireland took part in the Irish Photogrpahic Federations National Clubs Finals held in Athlone this weekend.
The Irish Photographic Federation (I.P.F.) is the umbrella body for amateur photography in Ireland.
The two day event, held at the Athlone Institute of Technology is the biggest competitive event in the amateur photography calendar in
Ireland.  This year the judges travelled from Holland, Crotia and Northern Ireland.

Each club is eligable to enter two panels, one monochrome and one colour with each panel having ten images.    Judging of
the monochrome panels took place on Saturday but final results were not announced until Sunday afternoon following the
judging of the colour images.  Mallow Camera Club took second place in the monchrome section and achieved first place in the
colour section.  As overall winners of the competition they were also awarded the coveted “Rose Bowl”  This is the first time a
club from the Southern Association of Camera Clubs has won “The Rose Bowl” and it is especially significant this year as Mallow
Camera Club celebrates its Silver Jubilee.

There were also a number of individual winners with John Hooton winning a gold medal for the best colour image in the competition,

Morgan O’Neill winning a silver medal   in the colour section and Brid Coakley winning a bronze medal also in the colour section.
John Hooton and John O’Flynn also received an honourable mention in the monochrome section while Brid Coakely and Morgan O’Neill both received honourable
mentions in the colour section.
There was further success for club member, Mark Heffernan who was awarded a Licenteship Distinction from the I.P.F. following judging of
his individual panel.  Congradulations to Mark.
Overall a tremendous weekend for all the members of the club.

More news soon.

Mallow Mono Panal

Mallow Colour Panal

March 29th 2011
Venue: St John’s College, Sawmill Street, Cork
Admission: €7.50 , Start: 8pm
www.corkcameragroup.net
Cork Camera Group proudly presents, an evening with renowned photographers Rod Wheelans FIPF MFIAP FRPS & Anne Greiner MPAGB.
This is their only talk in the SACC Region and is not to be missed!
Rod & Anne’s talks are well known for being hugely entertaining & inspiring!
www.corkcameragroup.net
Anne is a very active member of Dumfries Camera Club and her work has contributed significantly to their wide ranging success in national and inter-club competitions. She is one of only two people who have achieved the Credit, Distinction and Master Award of the PAGB. Anne is a PAGB listed judge. She has judged many international exhibitions but never a club competition!
Rod joined the Dumfries Club in 1983 and has twice served as their president. He has been a member of the SPF Executive for more than 25 years and has been SPF president. He joined the PAGB Executive in 1990 and served as president 2005-2007. He has organised and chaired the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship since its inception in 1997 and the PAGB GB Cup since its inception in 2008 but he considers his most important contribution to be the PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit. Rod prepared the first draft of these awards, defining a structure remains little changed to this day. In 1999 he succeeded Ian Platt as the non-voting chairman of the adjudicators.
Rod is also a member of the RPS Associate and Fellowship Panel for Visual Art.
Although Anne & Rod are successful professional photographers with a busy portrait studio – twice MPA Scottish Portrait Photographer of the Year – they have never lost their amateur roots, competing and exhibiting widely. Between them they have nearly 5000 acceptances and over 250 awards in national and international exhibitions.