Limerick Camera Club

Attention all members who hold Distinctions from the IPF.

It’s that time of the year again! Your 2010 distinction renewal fee is now
due for payment. Please refer to the fee structure on www.irishphoto.ie

NEW FOR 2010.
To facilitate easier payment of Distinction fees, a PayPal facility has now been
set up on the Irish Photographic Federation website. Click onto “Distinctions”
in the top banner or click onto “read more..” on the notice at the top
of the Home page. www.irishphoto.ie

Notices have been sent to all distinctions holders via the contact list on our
website so, in advance, please excuse any duplication. All payments (not via
PayPal)should be made payable to the Irish Photographic Federation and sent
directly to me - all details are on the IPF website.

Just to confirm that the Guest Speaker for 24th February is Paul Dorrell LIPPA, quondam Chairman of the Limerick Camera Club, and multiple medal winner at the Irish Professional Photographers’ Association awards over the past few years. Something to look forward to!

Hi all,
If anybody has nice Christmas photographs and wishes to contribute with the Oncology Services at the HSE please contact club member james.powell@hse.ie.
They are already looking for pictures for Christmas 2010.
Thanks for your collaboration.
Best regards,
Iñaki

For more information please check the Programme section of this website.

Siobhan Hayes, one of our very own members, has produced this excellent e-learning course on how to Create an audio-visual slideshow. http://www.elearnphotography.com/

The website will teach you how to create your own slideshow from your own images and could be very helpful for any LCC members taking part in the IPF Audio Visual competition.

Folks,

It’s that time of year when all you members are invited to the Limerick Camera Club Annual Christmas Party.

Where: Phil Flannerys in Denmark Street; opposite Papa Ginos Pizza parlor.

When: Wednesday 16th December @ 8PM

There will be a fun quiz with finger food and a few drinks if people fancy it.

This wednesday sees the Limerick Camera Club Critique Night.

The critique night is anonymous. You don’t have to say anything about your image.

Everyone in the Club can bring along One image and have it considered by the group.

There is a huge depth of talent in the club and this is your opportunity to avail of everyones opinion.

Hopefully every image will be considered and commented on covering (in no order):

Technical Merit - Is it taken the way the photographer intended and presented at it’s best?
Composition - Storytelling, is it balanced, where is the eye led in the picture and is there conflict and use of colours?
Content - Subject portrayal and creativity.
Emotion - Every opinion varies but think ‘Do I like it?’

There are as many opinions on this list as there are on photographs, this is just a guideline.

Please bring your image along on the night as a print or on a memory key for projection. If you choose to have your image projected create an image 1024 pixels on the longest side.

The evening should be great fun and useful to everyone from beginner to old-timer.

Remember; you may not agree with any of the points raised but it will help you to consider every opinion. For best results why not bring along an image you are not pleased with but cannot put your finger on why.

At last an end to the long dark night of people looking aghast at their murky images onscreen and explaining pathetically “this ought to be a really vibrant yellow,” and “there’s a really interesting object in the shadows, but you can’t see it here!”

Last week the new club projector arrived, and had its first assignment projecting Sean Dunne’s splendid images on Wednesday night. It’s an Epson 1730W, powerful AND portable.  It did a very good job - brightness, vibrancy, colour and contrast were pretty impressive, and it helped to do real justice to Sean’s images. Let’s wish it a long and happy life in the club!

We all greatly enjoyed the visit of Sean Dunne LIPF last Wednesday evening. Sean showed a range of his work, and spoke with great modesty. His landscapes show a classical and strong gift for composition, and a sensitive and delicate eye for light and form and colour. He is blessed also with the gift for early rising (a gift not often handed out by the fairies at Irish cradles), and we saw many wonderful scenes with early morning fog and mist.

Particular evidence of his skill in seeing an image was a set of images from Kildare, where perfectly ordinary elements of a flat landscape were made striking and beautiful by time of day, composition, and clever camera position.

He finished the evening with a really impressive series of People shots, beautifully executed and processed, full of wry humour, pathos, and quirkiness.

Many thanks to Sean for making the journey down from the South Kildare Photography Club!

Folks,

Don’t forget our recently setup National and International News Section. You can access it here or on the main links on top of this page.

New to that section at the moment is information on the IPF National Print and Projected Image Competition, Tony Dunne Memorial Salon and the Bristol Salon of Photography.