Creative Digital Competition
It has been confirmed that the judges for our creative digital competition are coming on April 4th. Therefore all entries for this competition have to be submitted to Neil no later than Saturday March 31st. As entries are digital format please submit on either disc or USB stick. Please have your identification letter attached. All discs and USBs will be returned. Also please note that as we have no meeting in Hayes Hotel on Wednesday March 28th due to our visit to Slatterys Museum, Cormackston. Entries can be left at the reception of Hayes’ Hotel and also in Hickeys Fujifilm Photo Centre/Pharmacy 10 Liberty Square, Thurles. The deadline has to be strictly adhered too.
Winners
On March 21st Jim Finn came to judge was our club competition based on Sport/ Movement.
He gave some very constructive commentary on the many images. However he did not like to see some images over enhanced in the computer. He added that if images were properly done in the camera there should be no requirement for
major enhancement in the computer.
At the conclusion of the judging Jim displayed images taken many years ago and spoke
about the skill required prior to the arrival of the digital camera. It was a very interesting
session.
The results of the competition are as follows
Beginners section
Black & White : 1. Siobhan Kennedy, 2. John Carey, 3 Siobhan
Kennedy.
Colour : 1.Siobhan Kennedy, 2. Mary Mahony, 3.John Carey
Highly Commended : John Carey and Siobhan Kennedy
Advanced section
Black & White : 1. Eamon Brennan, 2.John O’Loughlin, 3. Jim
Freeman
Highly Commended: John O’Loughlin
Colour: 1.J.J.Fogarty, 2.Jim Freeman, 3 Eamon Brennan
Highly Commended : Eamon Brennan and Christy Bracken
Chairman Neil Ryan informed all that we would be traveling to Slatterys’ Museum in Cormackstown on Wednesday March 28th, so no meeting in Hayes Hotel. On April 4th we are honored to have the President of the Irish Photographic Federation John Cudihy visit us . John who is a member of Kilkenny Photographic Society will be also accompanied by some of his colleagues who will judge our “Creative Digital “competition.
Photoshop Session
Hi folks due to circumstances outside of our control the judging of our competition “Sport/Movement” is being deferred to next week. Nik Pavlenko is doing a session on Photoshop which is being followed by a digital show courtesy of Eamon Brennan. We regret the alteration.
National Nature Finals
At the National Nature Finals which took place at the Leisure Centre in Westport, Mayo on Sunday last Eamon Brennan secured a silver medal in coming second place. It is a marvelous achievement to have one of our members showcasing us at such a prestigious event.
Eamon who is one of our longest serving members has been a nature enthusiast and this particular subject is definitely his forte. Congratulations to Eamon and also to Jim Freeman, Christy Bracken and Stephen Ryan in qualifying for the finals.
On March 7th we had another session on Photoshop courtesy of Sarah Morris. It was a question /answer type session which went very well, with Sarah demonstrating in detail step by step approach. The session was concluded with two digital presentations by both Sarah Morris and Jim Freeman .Our thanks to both for sharing their images with us.
Chairman Neil Ryan informed the members to get their camera in clicking form for the forthcoming St. Patricks Day festivities in Thurles, which are taking place on March 18th. There will be a club competition on the festivities which will be supported by a town council committee towards a prize for the winner.
The chairman added that only paid up members can compete on behalf of the club.
Weekly Notes
On February 22nd members were shown how to set up small groups. It was an ideal opportunity in advance of upcoming events such as First Communion, confirmation etc to get into the correct mode. Tips were given on the do’s and don’ts when trying to get a pleasing shot. The session provided great entertainment.
Our thanks to the members who acted as models during the evening, they performed splendidly. As usual the ones with all the talk failed to volunteer.
We also had the submission of prints for our “Still Life “competition.
Well done to J.J.Fogarty who has risen over €1000 through sponsorship in aid of Conquer Cancer. He volunteered to have his hair dyed last week in support of the worthy cause.
On March 7th we will have another session on Photoshop. Members are welcome to raise any photographic query which will be duly addressed.
A reminder that the next competition is based on action shots as the theme is “Movement/Sport” so keep the eyes and camera on the ready!
Table top photography
At our meeting on February 15th we had a session on table top photography which presented members with an opportunity to get some Still Life scenes. It proved to be a very worthwhile exercise, members were given advice by Jim Troy on the various settings required to get the desired results. We wait in anticipation for the entries for our competition based on “Still Life” next week.
The judging of which is taking place at our meeting on February 29th by George Willoughby.
We wish our members Stephen Ryan, Christy Bracken and Eamon Brennan who qualified for the National Nature finals the very best of luck. They will travel to Westport, County Mayo on Saturday March 10th.
On Saturday evening a group from the club attended a function in the Anner Hotel, Thurles to Honour one of our esteemed members Jim Troy who was one of three members of the staff of Centenary Coop that had retired recently. Jim who had been employed at the Ballyduff branch had amassed a service almost totaling forty five years. We heard at first hand from the management staff an account of his loyal and dedicated service during his very long tenure. We wish Jim every good wish, health and happiness in the years ahead. He is currently one of the longest members in our club and once again he has always been very generous with his co-operation to fellow members.
Still Life
To all members you are reminded to bring your camera and flash gun to our meeting this evening. Jim Troy is doing table top photography which gives everyone the opportunity to get Still Life scenes. As Still Life is the theme of our next competition this is the ideal opportunity and avail of it!
February
At our meeting on February 8th we had our second session on Photoshop courtesy of Jim Troy. Sessions of this type gives everyone a brilliant opportunity to equip themselves with many aspects of enhancing images that require some treatment. As the season progresses we will return to this topic once again.
As many family occasions will be coming up by way of First Communion; Confirmation etc members will be giving an opportunity to update themselves with a session on setting up small groups and the use of flash on February 22nd. To those interested make sure not to forget the cameras and to have batteries for the flash gun. The following week will be the submission of our competition based on “Still Life”.
Please keep the cameras clicking!
On February 1st we had the judging of our “People” competition. Jim Finn did a splendid job in judging the large number of prints. He gave comments on every entry which were well received. He outlined at the outset that anything he was about to say was going to be of a constructive nature and that it truly was. When the judging came to a conclusion Jim gave his own digital presentation on the very subject that he had judged as well as some mountain climbing scenes from Italy. The chairman Neil Ryan complemented Jim on doing so and added that it was the very first time that a judge had displayed images on the very subject that had been judged, adding that it was a brave departure.
Congratulations to the following winners in our people competition:
- Beginners Section – Black/White
- 1st Siobhan Kennedy
- 2nd Siobhan Kennedy
- 3rd Dusan Hoza
- Colour
- 1st Dusan Hoza
- 2nd Dusan Hoza
- 3rd Mary Mahoney
- Advanced section Black/White
- 1st Eamon Brennan
- 2nd Christy Bracken
- 3rd John Walsh
- Highly commended Jim Freeman
- Colour
- 1st Christy Bracken
- 2nd Jim Freeman
- 3rd Jim Freeman
- Highly commended John O’Loughlin, Eamon Brennan, and John Walsh.
At our meeting on February 15th we will have a session on Table Top photography which will give the opportunity for some still scenes in advance of our next competition on the topic of Still Life.
January Competition
At our meeting on January 18th we had the judging of our Novelty Digital competition
theme Christmas setting. The judging was done by the members thought secret ballot.
It proved to be a successful event. Our thanks to John O’ Loughlin for providing the voting
sheets and for doing the tallying of the results. Afterwards Jim Freeman gave a digital
presentation covering the trip to Scotland last year which was well received.
The results of the competition were 1st John O’Loughlin, 2nd Dusan Hozan, 3RD J.J.
Fogarty, 4th Brendan O’Loughlin. Our congratulations to all concerned.
On February 1st we will have the judging of our first competition of 2012 the theme
being “People”.
This competition also provides members to formulate an entry for a
forthcoming regional competition which has a similar theme.
We have also commenced giving sessions on Photoshop and our next one is being held
on February 8th, so members should have all their queries answered regarding this topic
over the coming weeks.
