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.
Competition
Happy New Year to all our members. We will be judging our novelty competition depicting Christmas scenes at our meeting on Wednesday January 18th. On January 25th we are having a session on Photoshop and also the entries for our club competition, theme “People” are to be submitted and will be judged on February 1st.
IPF Distinctions @ Thurles
At our meeting last Wednesday November 23rd Jim Troy set up projected image and gave members a practical session on the setting of aperture etc. It was a session with a difference. We will have a practical session on Night Photography on December 14th when the town is lit up with the Christmas lighting.
On Saturday November 26th last our club hosted the Irish Photographic Federation National Distinctions in the Tipperary Institute. The day commenced @ 8.30am with the erecting of the display stands and members assisted until 5pm handling some fantastic images. We also had a selection of our own prints on display outside the distinction hall.
Our thanks to the management of the Institute for making the splendid facility available to us.
Special thanks to all the members who helped to make the event a wonderful success.
We will have the judging of our Nature competition on Wednesday December 7th. Our Christmas party is on Saturday December 10th anyone interested contact the officers immediately.
Weekly Notes Nov 9th
On Wednesday November 9th Jim Troy, John O’Loughlin and Sadie O’Dwyer gave their views on all the prints that were submitted by our members. They were delighted to hear the comments made and found it a learning process on their way to become more accomplished in their photography.
Debbie Hickey gave a digital presentation on Lomography which helped enlighten club members.
Chairman Neil Ryan reminded members of the forthcoming I.P.F. Distinctions which is being held in The Tipperary Institute on Saturday November 26th and is hosted by our club. He informed that he required volunteers for the day and added that our club should have a collection of prints on display.
Also at our next meeting we will be formulating a list for our Annual Christmas Party which is being held in Hayes Hotel on Saturday December 10th. Anyone interested please inform the officers.
A reminder to all that the entries for our Nature competition is November 30th. Get the camera clicking!
Winners
It was wonderful to see such a large entry for our recent competition and hopefully this trend will continue for the rest of the year.
The winners were as follows :
Beginners section
Black & White
1. Dusan Hoza, 2. John Carey , 3. Aoife Lahart
Colour :
1. John Carey , 2. Aisling Ely, 3. Colin Parry
Highly Commended Fina Holohan, Tony Kavanagh
Advanced Section
Black & White
1. John Walsh, 2. Tim Murray , 3. Eamon Brennan
Colour
1.Christy Bracken , 2. Debbie Hickey 3. Mike O’Neill
A big thank you Stephen Ryan A.I.P.F who gave a digital presentation last week which featured his winning Associateship panel.
Open Competition
A reminder to all our members to bring with them to tonight’s meeting: 3 colour 7×5 prints and 3 black and white 7×5 prints. These will be put forward to our open themed competition, so your photograph can be any style whatsoever! Tonight we will have a session on photography courtesy of John O’Loughlin and there will be a presentation of medals and the Perpetual Cup in memory of Paddy Prior.
Camera Demonstration
Tonight Jim Troy will give a demonstration of cameras down through the ages! A walk through 120mm, Twin Lens Reflex Cameras, 35mm cameras etc. You can see how the very first cameras operated. 8.30pm at Hayes’ Hotel, Thurles.
Camera Club Returns
Hi everyone, We’re pleased to say that the camera club will be returning after the Summer break. First meeting is Wednesday 28th of September, @ 8.30 pm upstairs in Hayes’ Hotel Thurles. All new members very welcome 
Nature Competition Winners
Congratulations to our nature competition winners, It was lovely to see the various styles that were evident in the body of work we saw last night. Richard O’Dwyer from Kilkenny Photographic society very kindly judged the photos for us. In 1st place was Christy Bracken, 2nd place Bobby Bracken and 3rd place Jim Freeman. Well done to all involved.
Nature Competition
Hi Everyone, Please bring in your colour nature photos (max of 3) on USB stick/card/CD tonight for entry to our Nature Competition. Our meeting will be held in “The Factory” (night club) venue in Hayes Hotel tonight @ 8.30pm.
