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.

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.

John Hooton also won a bronze medal in the colour section.

In the Intermediate Section Pakie O’Donoghue  won a silver medal in the colour section for his image “Rock” and a bronze medal for him image “Kerry” and also a bronze medal for his image “Smoking Bird” in the projected class.

Well done Pakie for a class act!!!

Despite the bad weather there was a very strong entry.

The Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) is the region of the Irish photographic Federation (IPF) covering the south of the country from Arklow to Clare.
The SACC is responsible for holding the regional rounds of national competitions, hosting guest lecturers,and providing a means of communication between Clubs in the south of the country.

Pakki O'Donoghue receiving his Silver medal from Mark Sedgwick,President of the Irish Photography Federation.

John Hooton receiving his bronze medal from Mark Sedgwick

Because of the weather we may have fewer participants, so now might be your chance to do well.

The date is Sunday the 5th of December
The venue is The Park Arms Hotel, Clonmel, Co.Tipperary
Entries will be taken from 10am to 12am
Judging will begin at 2pm
The competition is run in conjuction with the IPF and will adhere strictly to IPF rules.
The SACC AGM will take place between 12am and 1pm.

Click here for competition rules

Click here for entry form

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

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

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

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.

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.