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

The SACC regional round of the National Print & Projected Image Competition (formerly known as Print & Slide competition) was held at the Park Hotel, Clonmel on Sunday last, 7th December. This competition is a qualifying round for the national finals . There were several hundred entries from many of the camera clubs in the southern counties.
Mallow camera club was very well represented with members from all levels participating in the event. The competition was split into different categories for both advanced and intermediate. There were sections for Colour Print, Mono Print & projected image. The club results are as follows

Colour Print, Intermediate
1st Rodney O Callaghan

Mono, Intermediate
2nd John Flynn

Advanced Section
Colour Print
1st John Hooton
2nd Brid Coakley
3RD David Lavery

Mono Print
2nd John Hooton

Projection Digital/slide
1st Morgan O’Neil
3rd John Hooton

It has been another great weekend for the club.  Following on from the recent successes in the SACC Nature Competitons, the club and club members have scored more wins over the last few days.

On Saturday club members travelled to Dublin to participate in the IPF National Print and Projected Image competition.  Veteran club member John Hooton won a Gold Medal for his slide ‘Fallen  Water’ in the Projected Image section. 

The following day, Sunday 10 February, the club travelled to Castleconnell, Co. Limerick to participate in the SACC Annual Exhibition & Competition.  The club took the overall prize for best club in the competion.  They also won trophies for best colour panel and best slide panel. Bríd Coakley and John Hooton both picked up first prizes for best colour print and best slide respectively.

The club now qualifies for the IPF National Photography Finals which will be held in Thurles in April.

Well done to all.

On Sunday the 27th January the 2008 SACC Nature Photography Competition was hosted by Limerick & District Camera Club. The competition was judged in two categories, Flora and a Fauna. Entries consitsted of colour prints and slides from members of SACC clubs.
Colman Culhane was successful in two categories. Coleman won best slide the Flora section with a lovely fungi image. He also picked up a silver medal in the colour print section of the flora category.

New members Jeremy Kingston & Paddy Feen both picked up silver medals in the slide section of the flora and fauna respectively.
Well done to all who participated.

The next club open competition is the IPF National Print and Projected Image to be held in Dublin on the 9th of February. On Sunday 10th February the SACC Annual Competition & Exhibition will be hosted by Limerick Camera Club. This is a qualifying round for the national photographic finals which will be held in April 2008.

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.

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.

On Monday night 16 April we were delighted to welcome members of Dungarvan Camera Club who shared some great photographs with us.  Photographs covering such diverse subjects as Portraits, Landscapes, Macro/Close-Up, Wedding, Travel and Night Photography were among the images shown.  A cup of tea and a chat rounded off a great evening.  Thanks to the members of Dungarvan CC who made the trek to Mallow.  We’re looking forward to the return trip.

Members of Dungarvan Camera Club show their photos – more lovely images can be seen on their website www.dungarvancameraclub.com

Mallow Camera Club is delighted to host an evening with renowned Scottish photographer Roy Robertson on Thursday 26 April 2007 at 8:30 pm.  Roy is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has been active in photography for many years.  His photographic interests include Landscapes, Townscapes, and B+W Photography.  Roy tends to work on themes and his photographs have been exhibited widely, including in Europe and America.  He currently has an exhibition ‘Traditions‘ running in Dundee. 

Roy is a regular speaker at camera clubs in the UK.  Mallow will be his only speaking engagement in the SACC region during his short trip to Ireland.  His talk should not be missed.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY NIGHT

At the SACC Annual Competition and Exhibition held in Mallow on Sunday 18 February, Mallow Camera Club swept the boards winning all but one of the top prizes, thus securing their place as the best club in the south of the country.

Stags Collide by Morgan O’Neill – Best Colour Print SACC 2007 

The club won the event outright and also took first place in each of the three sections, Colour Prints, Monochrome Prints, and Slides.  In the individual category club members Morgan O’Neill and John Hooton won first prize in Colour Prints and Slides sections respectively.

The competition was judged by Des Clinton, Judy Boyle and Seán Casey who are all award winning experienced photographers, and well known within the Irish photographic community.

Mallow now qualifies to compete in the IPF National Photography Finals which will be held in Dublin on 21 & 22 April.

Results – Best Club                   SACC Finals 2007 Club Results           

1. Mallow Camera Club
2. Kilkenny Camera Club
3. Clonakilty Camera Club
4. Cork Camera Group
5. Thurles Camera Club 

Results – Colour Print Panels

1. Mallow Camera Club
2. Clonakilty Camera Club
3. Cork Camera Group
4. Thurles Camera Club
5. Kilkenny Camera Club

Results – Monochrome Print Panels

1. Mallow Camera Club
2. Cork Camera Group
3. Limerick Camera Club
4. Kilkenny Camera Club
5. Clonakilty Camera Club

Results – Slide Panels

1. Mallow Camera Club
2. Kilkenny Camera Club
3. Clonakilty Camera Club
4. Wexford Camera Club
5. Thurles Camera Club

Well done to all concerned.

The competiton was a great success. The judges said they were very impressed with the quality of the photographs on display.

Fourteen clubs from all over the region traveled to Mallow to compete in the competition which is the most important in the SACC calendar.