Galway Camera Club

World Wide Photo Walk

2009-05-23T06:19:00.001-07:00

The second annual world wide photo walk takes place on the 18th July this year.
I applied and was accepted as walk leader for the Galway walk. There are requirements to lead the walk, such as having lead a camera group or teaching classes. As I've done both, and seeing no one else had applied, I applied.

Anyway, the walk is limited to 50 people, so if you are interested, go to the page on the world wide photo walk page and sign up.

worldwidephotowalk.com/galway-gy-ie/

What is a Photo Walk? Well pretty much as it sounds, you takes photos and walk. There are prizes for the best photo of the walk, and photos get featured on the website. The idea of a world wide photo walk is the brain child of Photoshop author Scott Kelby. It's all about meeting other photographers and having fun in the process.

More Volvo Photo competitions

2009-05-21T02:54:00.000-07:00

There is another photo competition taking pace during the Volvo race stopover.

This one is being run by Fahfoto.
They are looking for images that best capture the spirit and atmosphere in Galway during the stopover period .

1st prize: Nikon D60 DSLR with 18-55 VR lens, 1gb memory card & holdall bag - worth €599.00

Top five images will be enlarged and displayed in their window in Shop Street.

Closing date for entries is 5:30pm Saturday 13th June and details and entry forms can be found here

AGM

2009-05-21T01:52:00.000-07:00

The AGM was held on 7th May

Adrian Megahey was voted in as the new chairperson for the 2009 / 2010 season.

A committee meeting will be held on 28th May at the Menlo Park Hotel at 8pm.
Details on all the committee positions will be finalised at this meeting.

Reminders will be sent to all committee members.

May I take this opportunity on behalf of the club to thank John McHugh for all his sterling work as chairperson last year and thank him in advance for all his advice for the coming season !!!

End of Year Show

2009-05-21T01:40:00.000-07:00

Results of the Photographer of the Year:

1st: Adrian Megahey
2nd= Enda Scahill / Michael Corbett
4th: Sean McCormack
5th: Martin Whyte

Landscape photographer of the Year:

Conor Ledwith

Nortel Trophy for panel of 6 by a new member:

Linda McNulty

Congratulations to all the winners and for some fine examples of photography and images throughout the year.

Volvo Ocean Race Photo Competition

2009-05-19T03:53:00.000-07:00

The Volvo Ocean Race is coming to Ireland this weekend and to celebrate, Galway is hosting a 15-day festival of sailing, music, culture and craic and all for free! Highlights include free concerts, street performance, an attempt to break the world record for Céilí dancing, a Red Arrows air display, markets, interactive exhibits including a simulator and the opportunity to be winched to the top of the mast of a Volvo Open 70 racing boat.

To mark this event, Pixie has been asked by Volvo Ocean Race to help in hosting a photo competition in conjunction with sponsors www.lookwest.ie. All you need to do is register (if you haven't already done it) and upload your images to the following group for all to see and the chance of winning some top quality prices.

To get a chance of a media pass or special access please spread the word or leave a message here showing your interest.

Timetable at time of writing is as follows:

May 23/24/25 – Boats arrive (exact date and time will be known closer to the time).
May 30 – In harbour racing day (Pixie we have 2 passes for the media boat on this day too?)
June 6 – The boat depart!

Cheers

Mike

Search & Rescue Demo

2009-05-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

The Irish Coast Guard will hold a Search And Rescue Demonstration in Salthill along the Promenade at 6pm Friday May 29th.

This will involve the Lifeboat and the S61N Helicopter from Shannon.

Shoot – Photojournalism: The History of the Gun and the Camera

2009-04-09T03:44:00.001-07:00

Shoot – Photojournalism: The History of the Gun and the Camera

Saturday 18th April @ 7:30pm
Bar No. 8, Docks, Galway

Meetforeal events are designed for you to meet like-minded people, share your ideas and learn something new!

This fantastic interactive discussion and presentation will be led by Dave Gilligan, photographer and design expert based in Limerick.

Dave’s presentation will look at some key photographs taken during the wars of the 20th century and some other violent events, including the history of the IRA and the decommissioning of their weapons. It will include a discussion of the cameras used by the photographers of the time and the most violent events that they witnessed.

After the presentation, there will be an interactive discussion, and space for other photographers to give a short presentation of their work.

If you would like to participate further in the event by sharing your work in a 6.40 min (Pecha Kucha) presentation, you can register here.

More details about the event here.

Admission is FREE.

Thanks a lot and looking forward to seeing you there! If you know of someone who would be interested in the event please forward this details.

Croi appeal for Photographers

2009-02-02T08:18:00.001-08:00

Sarah-Jane O'Hanlon has from Croi been in touch in relation to their Christmas Card campaign:

Local Heart Charity Croí are asking local photographers to submit any Christmas/Snow Scenes for consideration for their Christmas Card Campaign.
For any further information please contact Sarah-Jane on 091-763520 or email sarahjane@croi.ie

Your support would be greatly appreciated

Club begins Jan 15th

2009-01-10T05:33:00.001-08:00

The new season kicks off at 8pm Next Thursday Jan 15th in the White Room, Cluain Mhuire Campus, Wellpark Road.
The Newsletter is awaiting a final piece of text relating to the AV Competition and will be out shortly.

AV Team List

2009-01-10T05:23:00.000-08:00

Team A.

1. Sean McCormack.
2. Enda Scahill.
3. Brendan McNally.
4. Mary Imbusch.
5. Heinz Rohleder.

Team B.
1. Sean Stafford.
2. Donal Taheny.
3. Paul Kelly.
4. Ann Frances Nee.
5. Linda McNulty.

Team C.

1. Adrian Megahey.
2. Nathan Timmins.
3. John McHugh.
4. Breda Leonard.
5. Grainne McPolin.

Team D.

1. Noel Barbour.
2. Martin Whyte.
3. Frank Phelan.
4. Cepta Byrne.
5. Marie Larkin.

Team E.

1. Michael McEvoy.
2. John Ward.
3. Willie Wade.
4. Ann Sweeney.
5. Paula Hammond.

Team F.

1. Sean McSweeney.
2. Conor Ledwith.
3. John Kearney.
5. Kitty Killilea.

Team G.

1. Philip Smith.
2. John Smith.
3. Enda Coffey.
4. Rosaleen Hinchy.

Team H.

1. Paul Feeney.
2. Ger Mooney.
3. Brian Callagy.
4. Staz & Anna.

1. Teams choose their own captains (usually first name out of hat is the captain).
2. Teams choose their own Theme.
3. Shows can be presented either in Slide or Digital format.
4. Each member of the team must contribute a minimum of 5 images to the show.
5. All shows must be completed and handed in to Willie Wade by Thursday April 16th.

The AV presentations will take place on the night of April 30th. 2009 with the adjudication by Michael Corbett

Good luck to each of the teams.

Spring Programme 2009

2009-01-03T23:38:00.001-08:00

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Michael Kelly Memorial Competition

2008-12-02T07:06:00.001-08:00

Team Audio Visual Presentation

Teams:

Teams must comprise of 3 Members (An effort should be made as far as possible for teams to include new club members)

Digital AV Presentation:

Each team must produce a 6-8 minute slideshow/presentation of photographs with an accompanying soundtrack and/or commentary.

There is no limit on the number of photographs per presentation.

The soundtrack may be music or spoken word or a combination of both.

The photographs and soundtrack should complement each other and reflect upon the theme of the presentation.

The choice of theme is the decision of each individual team.

Judging

Presentations will be adjudicated along the following guidelines (not an exhaustive list):

Theme

Photographic Quality

Relevance of Soundtrack/Music

Artistic Interpretation

Innovation

Originality

Registration and Judging Dates

All teams must be registered with the Competition Secretary Willie Wade in writing.

The Competition will be judged on a special commemoration night in Spring 2009.

The deadline for entries will be announced shortly.

Prizes

The prizes for this competition will be announced shortly pending confirmation of sponsors.

Programme Changes for next week, Dec 3rd

2008-11-27T16:19:00.001-08:00

Next week sees a slideshow from Michael McEvoy, some AV presentations from the late Michael Kelly (RIP), to show the type of entry for the competition that bears his name. Finally there will be a short Photoshop tutorial on using Layer Masks and Blending Modes from Sean McCormack.

Emotion Competition Winners

2008-11-27T16:16:00.001-08:00

The winners of the Emotion competition as judged by Willie Wade are:

Monochrome
1st: Sean McCormack
2nd: Michael Corbett

Colour Print
1st: Sean McCormack
2nd: Michael Corbett
3rd: Sean McCormack

Slide
1st: Martyn Whyte
2nd: Adrian Megahy
3rd: Adrian Megahy

Digital
1st: Enda Scahill
Joint 2nd: Adrian Megahy + Michael Corbett
Joint 3rd: Adrian Megahy + Michael Corbett

Tonight: London Salon and Emotion competition results.

2008-11-27T10:25:00.001-08:00

Willie Wade will be judging the results of the Emotion competition tonight, along with a viewing of the 2008 London Salon. The salon is a prestigious competition with a large international entry. Only the best make it into the winners book and it's sure to be a great show.

Audio Visual Competition

2008-11-24T14:24:00.000-08:00

Tatiana Thank You

2008-11-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

A big thank you to Tatiana G for a very inspiring and interesting show last week(Nov 6th). Check out Tatiana's work at www.tatianag.com

Test your hue recognition skills.

2008-09-15T08:54:00.001-07:00

A post over on the Flickr Adobe Lightroom blog lead to me taking the FM 100 Hue Test. Being on the X-rite website, you know that it's an accurate test. Zero is the perfect score. I got a 4, so I guess I'm happy. My weakness was in the cyan/blue section. It's a bit of fun, even if it does serve to show that maybe you can't see as well as you might imagine!

18th Sept

2008-09-15T08:52:00.001-07:00

A slight change to the program already. Coming up next week we have Cepta Byrne and Adrian Megahy. Adrian is replacing Ger Mooney.

Winter 2008 Newsletter

2008-08-19T22:05:00.001-07:00

The new newsletter will be winging it's way to you shortly. Included is the programme for the year and details of club related events. The less patient among you can download a copy in PDF form.

Change of Day to Thursday

2008-08-19T22:02:00.001-07:00

This year the camera club will be meeting on Thursdays. So all you Champions League lovers have no excuse.

New Committee

2008-05-07T16:54:00.001-07:00

Chairperson: John McHugh
Vice Chairperson: Enda Scahill
Treasurer:Ann Sweeney
PRO: Sean McCormack
Communications Secretary: Mary Imbusch
Competitions Secretary: Willie Wade
Recording Secretary: John McManus

Committee Members:
Mike Patterson,
Brian Callagy,
John Smyth
Breda Leonard
Ron Bailey

Photographer of the Year Results

2008-05-07T16:43:00.001-07:00

Overall Winner: Enda Scahill
2nd Place: Ann Sweeney
3rd Place: Ronan Bree

The category places are as follows:

Digital: Enda Scahill
Colour Print: Enda Scahill/Ronan Bree
Mono Print: Enda Scahill
Slide: Ann Sweeney

Podge Kelly | AGM

2008-04-28T09:38:00.001-07:00

Hi Folks,
Podge Kelly will be with us this Wednesday. He'll be showing a series of slideshows and prints, along with a demonstration of Nik Filters.
He's suggested that if people bring along images on disk/USB drive, he'd have a go at using Nik on them as part of the demo.

This is the last full meeting before the AGM, which I'm quite looking forward to.

The AGM is the following week and the night includes Prize giving and 2 competitions.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as Photographer of the year will be awarded, based on points from the competitions throughout the year.

For new members there is the Nortel Trophy. 6 images are required for this panel. Ann Sweeney has more details on this panel and I suspect we'll be announcing these at this weeks meeting.

The other prize on the night is the Trophy for the annual Landscape Print competition. Each member can enter 2 images for this Trophy. Last years total number of entries was not great, and with the wealth of talent in the club, I think there should be much more. Photos can be B&W or colour. They must be mounted. There is no maximum or minimum size and the entries will be judged on the night

Finally, the AGM will give people a chance to have their say in the running of the club. If you feel you have something to say or want to join the committee, let us know. If we have a list of potential committee members, the process of nominating and seconding will go much faster. If you have gotten benefit from the club, I think it's your duty as a member to give something back.

See you on Wednesday,

Sean McCormack
Chairperson

Evening Shoot

2008-03-01T08:01:00.001-08:00

A reminder that at 6.30pm on March 12th, the beginners class will be meeting to shoot the Cathedral. Meeting place is the first slipway down from the Salmon Weir bridge.
Other members are more than welcome along.